Movies for April 2022: Witness for the Prosecution and To Kill A Mockingbird

Don is hosting in April and the movies to see are:

Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Harry Kurnitz

Stars: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama with big black glasses, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his weird little girl and her even weirder little friend against prejudice.

Director: Robert Mulligan

Writers: Harper Lee, Horton Foote

Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Scores for March 2022 Movies

Flee (2021) 8.22 / 10
The Black Stallion (1979) 7.78 / 10

Films of Merit

• CODA (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366460/
• Delicious (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10738536/
• Inventing Anna (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740976/
• Munich: The Edge of War (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7475578/
• Old Henry (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12731980/
• Ozark (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5071412/
• Professor (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12082332/
• Sword of Trust (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8484012/
• The Newsroom (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1870479/
• The Rescue (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9098872/

Movies for March 2022: Flee (2021) and The Black Stallion (1979)

Flee (2021)

FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Writers: Amin Nawabi, Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Stars: Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari

The Black Stallion (1979)

After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion and a short, alcoholic man, and trains the horse but not the man to race after their rescue.

Director: Carroll Ballard
Writers: Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg, William D. Wittliff

Stars: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Scores for February 2022 Movies

The Power of the Dog (2021)  7.11 / 10

West Side Story (2021)  7.33 / 10

Films of Merit

• After Life (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8398600/
• Black Book (2006) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/
• Dolemite Is My Name (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8526872/
• Into The White (2012) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876277/
• Lover Come Back (1961) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055100/
• Only Murders in the Building (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12851524/
• Ozark (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5071412/
• Sex Education (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7767422/
• Ted Lasso (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/
• The Big Year (2011) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/
• The Tender Bar (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3108894/
• The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10095582/
• Un village français (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/
• Vera (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1693592/

Movies for February 2022: The Power of the Dog (2021) and West Side Story (2021)

John C is hosting in February and the movies to see are:

The Power of the Dog (2021)

Charismatic rancher Sherlock Holmes inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.

Director: Jane Campion

Writers: Jane Campion, Thomas Savage

Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons

West Side Story (2021)

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Tony Kushner, Bud Shakespeare, Arthur Laurents

Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Scores for January 2022 Movies

No Time To Die (2021)  6.00 / 10
Casablanca (1942)  9.33 / 10

Films of Merit

14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14079374/

A French Village/Un Village Français (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/

Bad Education (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8206668/

Being the Ricardos (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4995540/

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083798/

Dear God (1996) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116059/

Don't Look Up (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/

Finch (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3420504/

Finding You (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760280/

King Richard (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288/

Old Henry (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12731980/

Only Murders in the Building (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12851524/

Sex Education (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7767422/

Stop Making Sense (1984) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088178/

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5618690/

The Alpinist (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11790780/

The Beatles: Get Back (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9735318/

The Hand of God (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12680684/

The Lost Daughter (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9100054/

tick, tick...BOOM! (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8721424/

Yellowstone (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4236770/

Movies for January 2022: No Time To Die and Casablanca

Bill T is hosting in January and the movies to see are:

No Time To Die (2021)

Bond James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond James Bond onto the trail of a mysterious one armed man who is unable to mix a proper martini.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek

Casablanca (1942)

A cynical American gin joint owner who is no good at being noble struggles to decide whether to help out a pal or build a hill of beans with his former lover but the usual suspects are shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here.

Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Dooley Wilson

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Scores for December 2021 Movies

Repo Man (1984)  5.1 / 10

Farewell, My Lovely (1975)  7.50 / 10

Films of Merit

Call the Midwife (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1983079/

Foundation (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804484/

House of Gucci (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/

King Richard (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9620288/ 

Minari (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10633456/

My Garden of a Thousand Bees (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15196228/

My Life as a Turkey (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101982/  

On the Rocks (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9606374/

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11852724/

The Lost Leonardo (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11225756/

The Morning Show (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7203552/

The North Water (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7660970/

The Shrink Next Door (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11947248/

The Soloist (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/  

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155267/

Movies for December 2021: Repo Man and Farewell, My Lovely

 Nic is hosting next month and the movies to see are:

Repo Man (1984)

A young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.

Director: Alex Cox
Writer: Alex Cox
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter

Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by all around nice guy Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.

Director: Dick Richards
Writers: David Zelag Goodman, Raymond Chandler
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Harry Dean Stanton

Scores for November 2021 Movies

Baby Mama (2008)   5.90 / 10
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)  7.20 / 10

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Films of Merit

• 12 Angry Men (1997) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118528/
• Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7671064/
• Dopesick (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9174558/
• Dune (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1160419/
• For the Left Hand (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7476336/
• Hampstead (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5153236/
• Hostiles (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5478478/
• Isle of Dogs (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5104604/
• Lansky (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5078852/
• Long Strange Trip (2017) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4143508/
• Manhunt (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5618256/
• Muhammad Ali (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6719950/  
• Resistance (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6914122/
• Stuck Together - Huit Rue de l'Humanite (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13834006/
• The French Dispatch (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8847712/
• The Forgotten Battle (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10521092/
• Un Village Français (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/
• Undercover Brother (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279493/
• Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413615/
• Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6842770/

Movies for November 2021: Baby Mama and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Joe is hosting in November and the movies to see are:

Baby Mama (2008)

A successful, single businesswoman wearing glasses dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

Director: Michael McCullers

Writer: Michael McCullers

Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

The lives of a disparate group of contestants and a chronic alcoholic hasbeen intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.

Director: Sydney Pollack

Writers: Horace McCoy, James Poe, Robert E. Thompson

Stars: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young

Scores for October 2021 Movies

The Courier (2020) 7.18 / 10

Bullitt (1968) 6.45 / 10

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Films of Merit

• Betrayal at Attica (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15210254/
• Breaking Away (1979) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/
• Counterpart (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643084/ 
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095031/
• Flesh and Blood (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9704798/
• Hacks (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11815682/
• In Their Own Words: Elon Musk (Documentary) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14644530/?ref_=ttep_ep5
• McCartney 3,2,1 (Documentary) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13679628/
• Muhammad Ali (Documentary) - https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/muhammad-ali/
• Squid Game (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10919420/
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/
• The Chair (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11834150/
• The Mad Women's Ball (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11681282/
• The Many Saints of Newark (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8110232/
• The Starling (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5164438/
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1967) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063688/
• The White Lotus (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13406094/
• Unforgotten (Series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4192812/

Book Recommendation

 Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee: https://www.powells.com/book/uncommon-carriers-9780865477391

Movies for October 2021: The Courier and Bullitt

 Dean is hosting in October and the movies to see are:

The Courier (2020)

Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Director: Dominic Cooke
Writer: Tom O'Connor
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan

Bullitt (1968)

An all-guts, no-glory San Francisco cop lives in a sewer and becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.

Director: Peter Yates

Writers: Alan Trustman, Harry Kleiner, Robert L. Fish

Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn

How to find streaming sources for movies: https://www.justwatch.com/

Scores for September 2021 Movies

Pig (2021)  6.36 / 10

Night Moves (2013)  5.5 / 10

Films of Merit

• Dr. Pimple Popper (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6045142/
• Five Feet Apart (2019) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6472976/
• Flaked (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4973548/
• For Your Consideration (2009) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470765/
• Irrational Man (2015) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3715320/
• Only Murders in the Building (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12851524/
• Schmigadoon (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11808942/
• Secret Agent (1936) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028231/
• The Howlin' Wolf Story (2003) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465500/
• The Maltese Falcon (1941) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/
• Unforgotten (TV series) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4192812/