I've been trying to catch up on my movie watching. At least two films a day. I watched Women in Cages and Friday Foster, two of Pam Grier's interesting performances. In Women in Cages, Pam plays a sadistic prison guard in the Phillipines who had been rape as a kid. In Friday Foster she plays an investigative reporter/photographer who was once a model. This could have been a TV series. Sort of like Get Christie Love, which was a 70's TV series.
I watched a film called Piano II, A Man who Cried. The film stars Johnny Depp, John Tuturo, Cate Blanchet, and Christina Ricci. It was a Japanese Copy, but had little subtitles. Johnny Depp didn't have much dialogue in this film. Its the story of a young Russian Jewish girl who dreams of coming to America to find her father who left her many years ago to make a better life. Christina Ricci has very unsual features and almost appears to be born in the wrong time. She looks dazzling when she appears in films that are period pieces such as Sleepy Hollow, and this film. Its a story about being different and yet being the same. Everyone wants a better life for themselves, but not everyone seems lucky to get it. The other film I watched with Johnny Depp was Nick of Time. A try at action, but this was no Die Hard or Ransom even. Depp plays a father who's daughter is kidnapped and he is forced to kill a governor in order to get her back. The film stars, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton and Peter Fonda. If you're a fan of Johnny's then you'll like this film.
Last night I watched Four Brothers. It's a John Singleton film about the murder of a woman that was mother to four boys of very different backgrounds. All of them were dealing with behavioral issues and as adults it transcends. They all come together and decide to avenge their mother's death. It's filled with fighting, car chases, explosions and a little bit of good acting. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese who has become John Singleton's alter ego. Andre Benjamin the other half of OutKast, and Terrence Howard.
Other films I've watched recently include, S.W.A.T., Island in the Sun, Young Adam, Titanic, Harlem Nights, and Up the Creek without a Paddle.
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