Michael (II)(2011) NR Austria Directed by: Markus Schleinzer Written by Markus Schleinzer Cast: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger and Christine Kain.
Plot: A drama focused on five months in the life of pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
Running time: 96 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story: ***
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
May 16, 2012 by chouski
Michael (II)(2011)
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May 15, 2012 by chouski
Cross of Iron (1977)
Cross of Iron (1977) R USA Directed by: Sam Peckinpah Written by Julius J. Epstein, Walter Kelley and James Hamilton Based on Willi Heinrich (novel “The Willing Flesh”) Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell and James Mason.
Plot: A squad of German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front during WWII led by a battle-hardened sergeant fight to survive Soviet attacks and dogmatic commanders in a chaotic and lethal environment in this sympathetic portrayal of another side of the war not commonly portrayed in Hollywood film.
Running time: 132 minutes
Direction: ****
Script, overall story: ****
Cast performance: ****
Music: ****
Cinematography: ****
Overall Production: ****
Final chouski rating: Yakuza
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May 15, 2012 by chouski
Bernie (2011)
Bernie (2011) PG-13 USA Directed by: Richard Linklater Written by Richard Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth Cast: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey.
Plot: In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s alive.
Running time: 104 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story:**
Cast performance: ****
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Threeski
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May 10, 2012 by chouski
The Dictator (2012)
The Dictator (2012) R USA Directed by: Larry Charles Written by Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris and John C. Reilly.
Plot: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Running time: 83 minutes
Direction: **
Script, overall story:**
Cast performance: **
Music: **
Cinematography: **
Overall Production: **
Final chouski rating: Twoski
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April 30, 2012 by chouski
The Wild Geese (1978)
The Wild Geese (1978) R UK Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen Written by Reginald Rose based on Daniel Carney(novel) Cast: Richard Burton, Roger Moore and Richard Harris
Plot: A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution.
Running time: 134 minutes
Direction: ***
Script, overall story:**
Cast performance: ***
Music: ***
Cinematography: ***
Overall Production: ***
Final chouski rating: Threeski
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