What movies have you seen recently?

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Sin City II: A Dame To Kill For.

Second time I've seen this; this time on DVD. Part prequel, part sequel to the original film. Lots of wonderfully nihilistic, homicidal fun. Mickey Rourke as Marv was loads of fun committing acts of mayhem and murder.

Alexander

Oliver Stone movie about Alexander the Great.

Elf

Hansel and Gretel (1987). Another film of the Cannon Movie Tales collection.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Ten years after Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Caesar's apes are drawn into battle with the surviving humans when human-hating ape Koba starts a war.

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A very good movie indeed..

Brian's Song

True Story about the friendship between Chicago Bears Running Backs Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers during the second half of the 1960s.

Billy Bathgate

Gangster film about a teen named Billy Bathgate becomes the protégé of real gangster Dutch Schultz.

Aviya's Summer (הקיץ של אביה, HaKayitz Shel Aviya)

The poignant true-life tale of a young girl's struggle for survival in the post-Holocaust era. Set in 1950s Israel, this two-part film saga continues in Under the Domim Tree. Both were produced and written by Gila Almagor.

so there is a sequel, yey. i may get around to watching that possibly if the foreign language section of my library doesn't fail me. this film, while a bit short, i did like.
looking at the box though, i don't know what i was expecting. an image on the box shows her behind bars, screaming. i thought that she was in some sort of camp (i didn't know what it took place after i started watching it, duh) but it turns out it was just a gate.

shot in location in kfar avraham, petah tikva. the dirty roads, arid, yet with no shortage of trees (palm) reminds me of mexico when i went...or perhaps more my parent's memories of the place when they lived there when they were like Aviya, when such dirt roads were more common and it was not as developed as the mexico or israel of today.

the birthday party scene was especially affecting.

Netflix dvd: maleficent

i highly enjoyed it. bummed i never made it to the theaters to see it then. just didn't work out. LOL
anyway...i liked the new take on a classic fairy tale. it made me like Maleficent...LOL. and Angelina flying was awesome too!

Sharknado 2: The Second One

One year after the first movie, another Sharknado strikes New York.

oh wow^ how was it?

i am reminded suddenly of this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz32GChBnsM