| "O" All Films Watched 2000-2010 |
| All films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), * 1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) |
| Links are to longer reviews on site. A film defined as 70 min.+ visual event. |
| The year included with the film is the year I watched each film. |
| (V) = TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat viewing (W/O)= walked out |
| O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000, d. Joel Coen) *** |
| O DELFIM (2003, d. Fernando Lopes) Portugal AFF. Insufferably pretentious drama about poor suffering rich people. * |
| O FANTASMA (2001, d. João Pedro Rodrigues) * |
| O (2001, d. Tim Blake Nelson) ** 3/4 |
| OASIS (2002, d. Lee Chang-dong) *** 3/4 |
| OBABA (2005, d. Montxo Armendariz; Spain) ** 3/4 |
| OBSERVE AND REPORT (2009, d. Jody Hill) Very black, obscene, mostly unfunny comedy...however surprisingly entertaining with Rogan & Anna Faris standouts. *** |
| OCCUPATION DREAMLAND (2005, d. Olds and Scott; docu) V. *** |
| OCEANS (2010, d. Perrin & Cluzaud) Great nature footage of ocean & shore life, a little too obvious narration...all in all a big screen experience to treasure. *** 1/4 |
| OCEANS 12 (2004, d. Steven Soderbergh) A ridiculous plot, off-hand acting and sloppy direction made for an overblown disaster, IMHO * 1/4 |
| OCEAN'S ELEVEN (2001, d. Steven Soderbergh) ** 3/4 |
| OCULTO (2008, d. Antonio Hernández) V. Woman's revenge thriller. Leonardo Sbaraglia & Angie Cepeda have real chemistry. *** |
| ODD LITTLE MAN (Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert) (2000, d. Stein Leikanger) *** |
| ODE, THE (2008, d. Nilanjan Neil Lahiri) Overwrought, heavy handed So. Asian/American gay drama. Guilt, screwed up childhood. Ugh. * 1/4 |
| OF GODS AND MEN (2010, d. Xavier Beauvois; France) ** 3/4 |
| OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (2010, d. Hilda Hidalgo; Costa Rica) *** |
| OFF SCREEN (2006, d. Pieter Kuijpers) ** 1/4 |
| OFF THE MAP (2004, d. Campbell Scott) Wonderfully atmospheric coming of age story of young girl in a close rural New Mexico family. *** 1/2 |
| OFFSCREEN (2007, d. Christopher Boe) ** 1/4 |
| OGU & MAMPATO ON EASTER ISLAND (2003, d. Alejandro Teilez) Chile AFF. Children's cartoon. WO |
| OH HAPPY DAY (2007, d. Ian Poitier) * 3/4 |
| OH IN OHIO, THE (2006, d. Billy Kent) Ograsmic hi-jinx in Cleveland. OK script, good acting, end sort of peters out. ** 3/4 |
| O'HORTEN (2008, d. Bent Hamer; Norway) *** |
| OKAY (2002, d. Jesper W. Nielsen) *** 1/4 |
| OLD JOY (2006, d. Kelly Reichardt) *** |
| OLGA (2004, d. Jayme Monjardim) Interesting, if overblown production based on true events about a Jewish Communist woman revolutionary caught in a Nazi net. ** 1/2 |
| OLIVE HARVEST, THE (2004, d. Hanna Elias) Overwrought triangle romantic drama about 2 Palestinian brothers & the woman they both covet. * 3/4 |
| OLIVER TWIST (2005, d. Roman Polanski) *** 1/4 |
| OMAGH (2004, d. Pete Travis) Muted dramatic re-enactment of '98 N. Ireland bombing & aftermath with quietly great performance by Gerard McSorley. *** |
| ON EDGE (2001, d. Karl Sloven) ** |
| ON GUARD (2002, d. Philippe De Broca) [1997] ** 1/2 |
| ON NATIVE SOIL: THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT (2005, d. Linda Ellman; docu) *** 1/2 |
| ON THE BUS (2001, d. Dustin Lance Black) *** 1/4 |
| ON THE DOWNLOW (2004, d. Tadeo Garcia) Latino gangs do an ugly gay West Side Story. Utterly talentless cast & crew. Why are we subjected to these terrible films? 1/2* |
| ON THE ROAD WITH JUDAS (2007, d. JJ Lask) *** |
| ON THE TOWN (2010, d. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly) ** 1/2 |
| ON THE WATERFRONT (2004, d. Elia Kazan) Missed this when I was 13. For my tastes overly melodramatic with an annoyingly heavy Bernstein score. I do get Brando, tho. ** 1/2 |
| ON THE WINGS OF DREAMS (2008, d. Golem Rabbany Biplop; Bangladesh) ** |
| ON_LINE (2003, d. Jed Weintrob) Digitally shot indie drama about relationships made and broken on a net sex line. Clever, innovative and involving. *** |
| ONCE IN A LIFETIME: STORY OF NEW YORK COSMOS (2006, d. Crowder & Dower) V. Fast moving, involving docu about pro soccer. *** 1/4 |
| ONCE IN THE LIFE (2000, d. Laurence Fishburne) ** |
| ONCE UPON A TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL: SPIRIT OF JEET KUNE DO (2004, d. Ha Yu) Sang woo Kwong great as shy high school student beset by bullies. *** 1/4 |
| ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (2003, d. Robert Rodriguez) Some good set-pieces and interesting acting; but ultra-violent and shrill. ** 1/2 |
| ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS (2003, Great Britain d. Shane Meadows) Predictable British family drama with inaudible dialog. ** 1/4 |
| ONCE YOU'RE BORN YOU CAN NO LONGER HIDE (2006, d. Marco Tullio Giordana) *** 1/4 |
| ONCE (2007, d. John Carney) *** |
| ONDINE (2010, d. Neil Jordan) ** 1/2 |
| ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER (2000, d. Kevin Macdonald) *** 1/2 |
| ONE DAY LIKE RAIN (2007, d. Paul Todisco) 1/2* |
| ONE HOUR PHOTO (2002, d. Mark Romanek) ** 3/4 |
| ONE HUNDRED NAILS (Centochiodi) (2007, d. Ermanno Olmi) ** 1/4 |
| ONE NIGHT AT MCCOOL'S (2001, d. Harald Zwart) * |
| ONE NIGHT WITH SABRINA LOVE (2001, d. Alejandro Agresti) *** |
| ONE WEEK (2008, d. Michael McGowan) *** |
| ONE-HANDED TRICK, THE (2009, d. Santiago Zannou) ** |
| ONLY GOD KNOWS (2006, d. Carlos Bolado) *** 1/4 |
| ONLY HUMAN (2006, d. Dominic Harari and Terisa Pelagri) Occasionally silly Spanish family farce...Jewish girl/Palestinian man. ** 3/4 |
| ONLY JOURNEY OF HIS LIFE, THE (2002, d. Lakis Papasthathis) * 1/2 |
| ONLY JOURNEY OF HIS LIFE, THE (2003, d. Lakis Papasththis) Greece AFF. Magical realism with no coherent plot. * 1/2 |
| OPEN HEARTS (2003, d. Susanne Bier) Denmark AFF. Dogma drama about fear of loss and love. *** |
| OPEN RANGE (2003, d. Kevin Costner) Gorgeously photographed western - almost overcomes cliché plot with some superb acting esp. by Robert Duval. ** 1/2 |
| OPEN ROAD, THE (2009, d. Michael Meredith) Jeff Bridges, in best dissipated Dude mode & game Timberlake do road trip clichés. Predictable; but better than expected. ** 3/4 |
| OPEN WATER (2004, d. Chris Kentis) Viscerally disturbing, small film about a scuba diving couple lost at sea. ** 3/4 |
| OPERATION HOMECOMING (2007, d. Richard Robbins) Out of the tragedy of war, true art in the best of this years docus. **** |
| OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN (2008, d. János Szász) *** |
| OPIUM WAR (2008, d. Siddiq Barmak; Afghanistan) * 3/4 |
| OPPONENT, THE (2000, d. Eugene Jorecki) *** |
| ORA DI PUNTA, L' (2007, d. Vincenzo Marra) ** 3/4 |
| ORA O MAI PIÚ (2003, d. Lucio Pellegrini) Energetic & well made coming of age story-leftist group during Genoa 8 fracas. Jacopo Bonvicini actor to watch. *** |
| ORANGE COUNTY (2002, d. Jake Kasdan) *** |
| ORCHESTRA SEATS (Fauteuils d'Orchestre) (2006, d. Danièle Thompson) Nicely edited, involving Parisian mult-character romantic comedy. *** 1/4 |
| ORDER OF CHAOS (2010, d. Vince Vieluf) Strong, snarky, atmospheric thriller. Fine perfs (Coiro and Ventimiglia). Vieluf is writer/director/composer to watch! *** 1/2 |
| ORDER, THE (2003, d. Brian Helgeland) Dark parable of black popes and sin eaters. Surprisingly not bad filmically, though ludicrously overwrought & cheesy. * |
| ORDINARY EXECUTION, AN (Une exécution ordinaire) (2010, d. Marc Dugain) *** |
| ORFEU (2000, d. Carlos Diegues) ** 1/2 |
| ORIGINAL SIN (2001, d. Michael Cristofer) *** |
| ORLY (2010, d. Angela Schanelec) ** 1/4 |
| ORPHAN, THE (2002, d. Sun-fung Lee) ** |
| ORPHANAGE, THE (2007, d. J.A. Bayona) Spain's foreign film submission ** 1/2 |
| OSAMA (2004, d. Siddiq Barmak) Highly politicized, simplistic indictment of Taliban as anti-women to extreme. Involving story of girl masquerading as boy. ** 1/4 |
| OSO ROJO, UN (2003, d. Israel Adrián Caetano) Loner outlaw, larger than life character in a film noir notable for its cruelty and compassion. *** |
| OSS 117: NEST OF SPIES (2006, d. Michel Hazanavicius) * 1/4 |
| OSSESSIONE (2005, d. Luchino Visconti)V. Fine, neo-realist B&W noir based on Postman Always Rings Twice. Massimo Girotti is revelatory. *** 1/4 |
| OT: OUR TOWN (2003, d. Scott Hamilton Kennedy) V. Docu feature about 1st high school play in Compton in 20 years. *** 1/4 |
| OTHER BANK, THE (2009, d. George Ovashvili) *** 1/2 |
| OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, THE (2008, d. Justin Chadwick) Bad history, great jewelry. ** 1/4 |
| OTHER END OF THE LINE, THE (2008, d. James Dodson) Every romantic cliché in the book; but Jesse Metcalfe isn't half bad. ** |
| OTHER GIRLS, THE (2001, d. Caroline Vignal) ** 3/4 |
| OTHER GUYS, THE (2010, d. Adam McKay) I simply have no tolerance for dumb comedies. I did laugh...but the action sequences were boring & it didn't work for me. * 3/4 |
| OTHER MAN, THE (2008, d. Richard Eyre) *** |
| OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN, THE (2005, d. Mitch Davis) V. *** |
| OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN, THE (2002, d. Mitch Davis) ** 1/2 |
| OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, THE (2004, d. Marcos Bernstein) Fine film romance about an elderly lady who gets involved in witnessing a possible crime. *** 1/4 |
| OTHER SIDE, THE (Al Otro Lado) (2005, d. Gustavo Loza) ** 1/2 |
| OTHERS, THE (2001, d. Alejandro Amenábar) ** 3/4 |
| OTRO LADO DE LA CAMA, EL (2003, d. Emilio Martinez-Lazaro) Spanish sex comedy with music & dance, about couples playing musical beds.. *** |
| OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (2008, d. Miguel Gomes; Portugal) W/O |
| OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS (2001, d. Barbet Schroeder) *** 3/4 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ASSASSINS (2001, d. Barbet Schroeder) + *** 1/2 |
| OUR LAND (La Terra) (2006, d. Sergio Rubini) *** 1/4 |
| OUR OWN (2005, d. Dmitry Meskhiyev) Interesting, involving variant on the Russian WWII film, about escaped soldiers behind German lines. *** |
| OUT AT THE WEDDING (2007, d. Lee Friedlander) * |
| OUT OF ORDER (2003, Pilot d. Wayne Powers) V. This works as a standalone feature. Realistic family drama of a pair of screenwriters. Outstanding acting. *** |
| OUT OF THE CLOSET: THE WILLIAM HAINES STORY (2001, d. Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbado) ** 1/2 |
| OUT OF TIME (2003, d. Carl Franklin) A policier/sting film with more plot holes than a pound of swiss cheese. Diverting at times, but predictable. * 3/4 |
| OUT OF TIME (2007, d. Harald Friedl) ** 3/4 |
| OUT (2002, d. Hideyuki Hirayama) *** |
| OUT (2003, d. Hideyuki Hirayama) Japan AFF. Black comedy reminiscent of Weekend at Bernie's only emontionally resonant. *** |
| OUTBREAK (2003, d. Wolfgang Peterson) V. Catching up (yes, just got TiVo, which explains the videos). Viral thriller. Good suspense, lousy science. ** 1/2 |
| OUTING RILEY (2007, d. Pete Jones) *** |
| OUTPATIENT (2002, d. Alec Carlin) *** 1/4 |
| OUTRAGE (2009, d. Kirby Dick) V. Confrontational docu, intriguingly edited, about hypocritical gay Congresscritters and the harm they foist on the Republic. *** 1/2 |
| OUTRAGE AT GLEN RIDGE (2004, d. Guy Ferland)V. Earnest, effective TV message movie with outstanding Heather Matarazzo as retarded girl raped by footall team. ** 3/4 |
| OUTSIDE THE LAW (Hors la loi) (2010, d. Rachid Bouchareb; Algeria) *** 1/2 |
| OUTSOURCED (2006, d. John Jeffcoat) ** |
| OVER THE HILL BAND (2010, d. Geoffrey Enthoven) ** 1/2 |
| OVERBROOK BROTHERS (2009, d. John Bryant) *** |
| OVERLORD (2005, d. Stuart Cooper) 1975 B&W docudrama about a Brit soldier preparing and participating in D-Day. No Private Ryan, sort of blah. ** 1/4 |
| OVERNIGHT (2003, U.S. doc. d.Mark Brian Smith) Excellent documentary about a megalomanic filmmaker/rock singer who tangles with Harvey Weinstein. *** 1/2 |
| OVERTURE, THE (2004, d. I Vichailak) Well made, if overwrought, Thai film about a traditional musician's life from child prodigy to regime threatening elder master. ** 3/4 |
| OWNING MAHOWNY (2003, d. Richard Kwietniowski) Hoffman is great as banker-gambler. The film struck close to home to this gambling addict. Good job. *** |