Sleeping Beauty – 2011. A Jane Campion Film (Australia) -Wiki

June 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Sleeping Beauty – 2011. A Jane Campion Film (Australia) The film is based in part on the novel The House of the Sleeping Beauties by Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata. I liked this film very much. The star is Emily Browning who I remember last seeing in the film “NED KELLY”. Before watching this film I had read a few reviews about it and most of the reviews were not glowing, and there seemed to be a lot of criticism. The […]

Categories: AUSTRALIAN MOVIE, Entertainment, FILMS, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIES • Tags: drama, Emily Browning, entertainment, Films, MOVIES

Spirited Away (2001) – IMDb

June 3, 2012 by Netflowers

Storyline Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present. Mom and Dad don’t hesitate to sit down and dig in, but Chihiro senses danger and refuses. As night falls, she is […]

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Red Road (2006) – IMDb

May 29, 2012 by Netflowers

A unique look at revenge.  Loved this film, the story, the actors, and the feel of the Glasgow estate “Red Road“.  I recommend this film it was a good watch, I give it 9/10. Whilst working as a CCTV operator in Glasgow’s working-class Red Road estate, Jackie sees a face from the past, a face that she thought would no longer haunt her dreams. Keeping her distance, and with the use of her CCTV cameras, she follows the face and […]

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Close to Home (2005) – IMDb

May 25, 2012 by Netflowers

Close to Home (2005) Karov La Bayit (original title) 98 min  -  Drama  -   16 March 2006 (Israel) Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can’t stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened… See full summary » Directors: Vardit Bilu, Dalia Hager via Close to Home (2005) – IMDb. Related articles Bandidas (2006) – IMDb (netflowers.wordpress.com) The Lover (1992) – IMDb (netflowers.wordpress.com) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) – IMDb (netflowers.wordpress.com) Little Fish (2005) – IMDb (netflowers.wordpress.com) Fingersmith (TV Series 2005) – IMDb (netflowers.wordpress.com) The Island (2005) – IMDb […]

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Fly Away Home – 1996

May 25, 2012 by Netflowers

In New Zealand, 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) is involved in a car accident with her mother, which results in her mother’s death. Amy is taken back to her new home in Ontario by her inventor father Thomas Alden (Jeff Daniels), who later introduces her to his girlfriend, Susan (Dana Delany). While Amy is initially hostile towards her dad and Susan, she eventually grows fond of both. After a construction crew destroys a small wilderness area of birds in the […]

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The Lover (1992) – IMDb

May 24, 2012 by Netflowers

The Lover (1992) – IMDb. Storyline It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having some monetary difficulties is returning to boarding school. She is alone on public transportation when she catches the eye of a wealthy Chinese businessman. He offers her a ride into town in the back of his chauffeured sedan, and sparks fly. Can the torrid affair that ensues between them overcome the class restrictions and social mores of […]

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All About My Mother (1999) – IMDb

May 20, 2012 by Netflowers

All About My Mother (1999) – IMDb. Storyline A single mother in Madrid sees her only son die on his 17th birthday as he runs to seek an actress‘s autograph. She goes to Barcelona to find the lad’s father, a transvestite named Lola who does not know he has a child. First she finds her friend, Agrado, a wild yet caring transvestite; through him she meets Rosa, a young nun bound for El Salvador, but instead finds out she is […]

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Once Were Warriors IMDB (1994)

May 15, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Once Were Warriors (1994). Beth Heke Played by Rena Owen: quote: “Our people once were warriors. But unlike you, Jake, they were people with mana, pride; people with spirit. If my spirit can survive living with you for eighteen years, then I can survive anything.” (Thus spoke Beth). This is a powerful and deeply troubling story of a Maori family in New Zealand. Jake, the husband Played by Temuera Morrison is Alcoholic to the max. Alcoholism is tearing […]

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Netflowers Movie Blog » Diva (1981) IMDb

May 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Netflowers Movie Blog » Diva (1981) IMDb.

Categories: ACTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS • Tags: drama

Best of Girls with Guns Movies – IMDB – a list by lankalion

May 10, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDB -Best of Girls with Guns Movies – a list by lankalion.

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The Proposition (2005) – IMDb

April 30, 2012 by Netflowers

The Proposition (2005) – IMDb. Storyline Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gang’s mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley’s proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and – more importantly […]

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Pictures & Photos from Rabbit-Proof Fence – IMDb

April 30, 2012 by Netflowers

Pictures & Photos from Rabbit-Proof Fence – IMDb.

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Once Were Warriors (1994) IMDB

April 27, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Once Were Warriors (1994). Storyline Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Jake Heke is a violent man who beats his wife frequently when drunk, and yet obviously loves both her and his family. The movie follows a period of several weeks in the family’s life showing Jake’s frequent outburst of violence and the effect that this has on his family. The youngest son is in trouble with the police […]

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The Long Good Friday (1980) – IMDb

April 24, 2012 by Netflowers

The Long Good Friday (1980) – IMDb. Storyline Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues. Written by Marty Cassady <martyc@bev.net>  

Categories: 80's, Crime, DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, STRONG FEMALE LEAD, UK ACTOR, UK MOVIES • Tags: FOREIGN MOVIES

The Dreamers (2003) – IMDb

April 24, 2012 by Netflowers

The Dreamers (2003) – IMDb. Storyline Paris, spring 1968. While most students take the lead in the May ‘revolution’, a French poet’s twin son Theo and daughter Isabelle enjoy the good life in his grand Paris home. As film buffs they meet and ‘adopt’ modest, conservatively educated Californian student Matthew. With their parents away for a month, they drag him into an orgy of indulgence of all senses, losing all of his and the last of their innocence. A sexual […]

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Murderous Maids (2000) – IMDb

April 24, 2012 by Netflowers

Murderous Maids (2000) – IMDb. Storyline On February 2nd 1933, in the town of Le Mans, in the West of France, two sisters, Christine Papin, 27, and her younger sister Léa Papin, 21, brutally killed their employer Mrs. Ancelin and her daughter Geneviève. Why did they commit this horrifying murder? As a result of an unhappy childhood? Because they could no longer stand being commanded and exploited by arrogant bourgeois employers? Because their incestuous relationship had been exposed? The film […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS • Tags: Based On True story, BIOGRAPHIES, incest

Talk to Her (2002) – IMDb

April 23, 2012 by Netflowers

Talk to Her (2002) – IMDb. Storyline After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco’s girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of them […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES • Tags: FOREIGN MOVIES, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Don’t Tempt Me (2001) – IMDb

April 23, 2012 by Netflowers

Don’t Tempt Me (2001) – IMDb. Storyline A boxer named Manny, battling a potentially life-threatening brain injury, finds his soul to be the object of a metaphysical fight. Two different supernatural agents are sent to win over his soul to their side: one is an angel from a curious version of Heaven, that looks just like a beatific Paris, and in it everyone speaks French; and the other agent is a waitress from Hell, sent to seduce him to spend […]

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Run Lola Run (1998) – IMDb

April 22, 2012 by Netflowers

Run Lola Run (1998) – IMDb. Storyline Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola’s run.Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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IMDb – Close to Home (2005)

April 21, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Close to Home (2005). Storyline Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can’t stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to a patrol in Jerusalem as part of their compulsory military service. Their job is to stop Palestinian passersby, to ask for their identity cards, and to write down their details on special forms. You don’t move from this place, don’t sit down, […]

Categories: FOREIGN FILMS, ISRAELI MOVIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, PERSONAL FAVORITE, STRONG FEMALE LEAD • Tags: drama, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

The Secrets (2007) – IMDb

April 21, 2012 by Netflowers

The Secrets (2007) – IMDb. Storyline In The Secrets, two brilliant young women discover their own voices in a repressive orthodox culture where females are forbidden to sing, let alone speak out. Naomi, the studious, devoutly religious daughter of a prominent rabbi, convinces her father to postpone her marriage for a year so that she might study at a Jewish seminary for women in the ancient Kabalistic seat of Safed. Naomi’s quest for individuality takes a defiant turn when she […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, INDEPENDENT MOVIES, INTERESTING LADIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, STRONG FEMALE LEAD • Tags: Israeli Movies

The Harder They Come (1972) – IMDb

April 21, 2012 by Netflowers

The Harder They Come (1972) – IMDb. Storyline With dreams of becoming a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds corruption from his record producers and the drug pushers they’re connected to. Rather than fail his dreams Ivan lets nothing stand in his way, not even the law.Written by Daniel Jos. Leary

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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) – IMDb

April 20, 2012 by Netflowers

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) – IMDb. Storyline Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980′s Romania.

Categories: ABORTION, DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, STRONG FEMALE LEAD • Tags: Actors, drama, Netflowers Movies

Immortal (Ad Vitam) (2004) – IMDb

April 17, 2012 by Netflowers

Immortal (Ad Vitam) (2004) – IMDb. Storyline This movie is set in the year 2095, hence the presence of mutant humans and extraterrestrials. The main character is known as Jill. She is not human. When she is discovered by Dr. Elma Turner she is diagnosed as being the most interesting genetic test subject Turner has ever come across. Her organs are not in the right place, she has no memory and her internal biological age appears to be only three […]

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House of Flying Daggers (2004) – IMDb

April 17, 2012 by Netflowers

House of Flying Daggers (2004) – IMDb. Storyline During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called “The House of the Flying Daggers” rises and opposes the government. A police officer called Leo sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the “Flying Daggers”. Leo arrests Mei, only to have Jin breaking her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new […]

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Holy Smoke (1999) – IMDb

April 17, 2012 by Netflowers

Holy Smoke (1999) – IMDb. Storyline While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he’s met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth!Written by Anonymous

Categories: 90's, Actors, AUSTRALIAN MOVIE, FOREIGN FILMS, INDEPENDENT MOVIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, SUNDANCE • Tags: AUSTRALIA, drama, FOREIGN MOVIES, INDEPENDENT, Jane Campion, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) – IMDb

April 16, 2012 by Netflowers

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) – IMDb. Storyline The disappearance of a magical jade sword spurs a breathtaking quest for the missing treasure. Li is embittered by the loss of his jade sword, and his unrequited pursuit of Yu is further complicated by the mysterious intrusion of an assassin. The identity of the assassin is gradually unveiled as another poignant tale of love begins to ravel with that of Li and Yu against the backdrop of Western China’s magnificent landscape.Written […]

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City of God (2002) – IMDb

April 15, 2012 by Netflowers

City of God (2002) – IMDb. Storyline Brazil, 1960′s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well…too well. 1970′s: Li’l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants […]

Categories: Actors, BEAUTY, DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, INDEPENDENT MOVIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, SUNDANCE • Tags: BRAZILIAN MOVIE, VIOLENT

The Piano (1993) – IMDb

April 15, 2012 by Netflowers

The Piano (1993) – IMDb.   Storyline It is the mid-nineteenth century. Ada is a mute who has a young daughter, Flora. In an arranged marriage she leaves her native Scotland accompanied by her daughter and her beloved piano. Life in the rugged forests of New Zealand’s South Island is not all she may have imagined and nor is her relationship with her new husband Stewart. She suffers torment and loss when Stewart sells her piano to a neighbour, George. […]

Categories: Actors, AUSTRALIAN MOVIE, DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, STRONG FEMALE LEAD • Tags: Actors, AUSTRALIA, EXCELLENT MOVIE, FASHION, Films, Netflowers Movies, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Don’t Tempt Me (2001) – IMDb

April 15, 2012 by Netflowers

Don’t Tempt Me (2001) – IMDb. Storyline A boxer named Manny, battling a potentially life-threatening brain injury, finds his soul to be the object of a metaphysical fight. Two different supernatural agents are sent to win over his soul to their side: one is an angel from a curious version of Heaven, that looks just like a beatific Paris, and in it everyone speaks French; and the other agent is a waitress from Hell, sent to seduce him to spend […]

Categories: Actors, ART WORK, DRAMEDY, FOREIGN FILMS, KIDNAPPING, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, SPAIN, STRONG FEMALE LEAD • Tags: Actors, drama, Penelope cruz., STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Let Him Have It (1991) – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Let Him Have It (1991) – IMDb.   Storyline In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek’s friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England’s belief in capital punishment. Written by Scott Renshaw <as.idc@forsythe.stanford.edu>

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, UK ACTOR, UK MOVIES • Tags: Netflowers Movies

Volver (2006) IMDB

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Volver (2006). Storyline Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother and aunt Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene’s sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimunda after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, […]

Categories: Actors, ART WORK, DRAMA, FAMOUS FOLKS, FOREIGN FILMS, INTERESTING LADIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, SPAIN, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Talk to Her (2002) – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Talk to Her (2002) – IMDb.   Storyline After a chance encounter at a theater, two men, Benigno and Marco, meet at a private clinic where Benigno works. Lydia, Marco’s girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession, has been gored and is in a coma. It so happens that Benigno is looking after another woman in a coma, Alicia, a young ballet student. The lives of the four characters will flow in all directions, past, present and future, dragging all of […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, INTERESTING LADIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, SPAIN, STRONG FEMALE LEAD

Jamon Jamon (1992) – IMDb

April 13, 2012 by Netflowers

Jamon Jamon (1992) – IMDb.   Storyline Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia falls pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis’ mother is determined to break her son’s engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

Categories: FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: 1998

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Amazon.com: Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: Naveen Andrews, Sarita Choudhury, Indira Varma, Rekha, Khalid Tyabji, Arundhati Rao, Surabhi Bhansali, Garima Dhup, Pearl Padamsee, Kusum Haidar, Harish Patel, Ranjit Chowdhry, Ramon Tikaram, Mira Nair, Caroline Baron, Dinaz Stafford, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Michiyo Yoshizaki, Helena Kriel, Wajida Tabassuh: Movies & TV. Amazon.com If you’re looking for a deep, intelligently romantic movie with complex characters and a richly rewarding plot, don’t bother with Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. On the other hand, […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES

Breakfast on Pluto (2005) – IMDb

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

Breakfast on Pluto (2005) – IMDb.   Storyline A foundling lad, Patrick “Kitten” Braden, comes of age in the 1970s. He leaves his Irish town, in part to look for his mother and in part because his transgender nature is beyond the town’s understanding. He’s taken in by a rock band, falls for the lead singer, has brushes with the IRA, is arrested by the London police, works in a peep show, and poses as a survey researcher for the […]

Categories: DRAMEDY, FOREIGN FILMS, LGBT MOVIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES, PERSONAL FAVORITE

IMDb – Diva (1981)

April 12, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Diva (1981).   Storyline Young Parisian mail courier is content with his bohemian lifestyle, his circle of friends and listening to opera, particularly one exceptional American diva who refuses to be recorded. So enamored with her, he makes an illegal tape of her at a concert. But when the tape is confused with one implicating a police chief with the mob, he must use all his ingenuity to survive. Particularly notable for its stylish New-Wave production values and […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, MY FAVORITES

Chocolate (2008) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Chocolate (2008) – IMDb.   Storyline When Zin, former girlfriend of a Thai mob boss, falls for Masashi, a Japanese gangster in Thailand, the boss banishes them: Masashi to Japan, and Zin, with her small daughter Zen, to live next to a martial arts school. Zen is autistic, with uncanny swift reflexes. She watches the students next door and Kung Fu movies, absorbing every technique. She’s now a teen, and her mother needs chemotherapy. Zin has taken in a chubby […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005) – IMDb.   Storyline U-CARMEN is a feature film based on Georges Bizet’s 19th-century opera that was filmed on location in a modern South African township setting. The energy, compassion, and heat of township life in all its elements create a constantly visually interesting and dynamic background for the unfolding of the story, which owes part of its huge popularity to the thrilling combination of a violent gangster tale with a passionate, almost supernatural love story. As […]

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Carmen (2003) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Carmen (2003) – IMDb.   On a journey through Spain, the French writer Prosper Merimee (Jay Benedict) is forced by fate to be the witness of a story of passion. The free, enigmatic nature of a woman called Carmen (Paz Vega), her southern beauty, her passionate, impulsive character turn the sergeant, Jose (Leonardo Sbaraglia), into the victim and protagonist of a fatalistic chain of extraordinary events, turbulent loves, uncontrollable passions, jealousy and bloodshed. Aranda brilliantly casts Spains manliest actress of […]

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Breaking and Entering (2006) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Breaking and Entering (2006) – IMDb.   Storyline A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King’s Cross with his mother; he’s nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will’s architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, PERSONAL FAVORITE, UK MOVIES

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) – IMDb.   Storyline A woman’s lover leaves her, and she tries to contact him to find out why he’s left. She confronts his wife and son, who are as clueless as she. Meanwhile her girlfriend is afraid the police are looking for her because of her boyfriend’s criminal activities. They talk to a female lawyer, who turns out to be the lover’s new lover, and everyone’s path keeps crossing each […]

Categories: DRAMEDY, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES

Wondrous Oblivion (2003) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Wondrous Oblivion (2003) – IMDb.   Storyline Eleven-year-old David Wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it. He has the entire kit but none of the skill, and he’s a laughingstock at school. So when a Jamaican family moves in next door and builds a cricket net in the back garden, David is in seventh heaven. But this is 1960s Britain, and when the neighbours start to make life difficult for the new arrivals, David’s family is caught […]

Categories: FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES, UK MOVIES

The Winslow Boy (1999) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

The Winslow Boy (1999) – IMDb.   Storyline Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine’s engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine’s prospects to pursue justice. After defeat in the military court of appeals, Arthur and Catherine go to Sir Robert Morton, a brilliant, cool barrister and M.P., […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES

IMDb – Close to Home (2005)

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

IMDb – Close to Home (2005).   Storyline Rebellious and outgoing Smadar can’t stand types like Mirit. Mirit, introverted and frightened, keeps away from the likes of Smadar. But the two are thrown together as they are assigned to a patrol in Jerusalem as part of their compulsory military service. Their job is to stop Palestinian passersby, to ask for their identity cards, and to write down their details on special forms. You don’t move from this place, don’t sit […]

Categories: DRAMA, FOREIGN FILMS, INTERESTING LADIES, MOVIE POSTERS, MOVIE REVIEW, MOVIES

Crossfire aka PYROKINESIS (2000) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Crossfire (2000) – IMDb.   PYROKINESIS Storyline Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don’t arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge. Written by Killer-40  

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It’s a Free World… (2007) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

It’s a Free World… (2007) – IMDb.   Storyline Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times. Written by anonymous  

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Run Lola Run (1998) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Run Lola Run (1998) – IMDb.   Storyline Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. Lola has 20 min to raise this amount and meet Manny. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola’s run.Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  

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Chaos (2001) – IMDb

April 11, 2012 by Netflowers

Chaos (2001) – IMDb.   Storyline A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.Written by <aelsilva@studiocanal.com>  

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