Michael Apted – MovieLog

Enough (2002)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:16 +0000

Local waitress Slim Miller discovers that the dream man she married isn’t who she thought he was. Slim and her young daughter try to escape (aided by her previous boyfriend), but the now villainous husband pursues her relentlessly. Fearing also for the safety of her daughter, Slim decides that there’s only one way out of the marriage: kill him.

Enough Is Enough

Michael Apted

United States

5.8

IMDb

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World Is Not Enough, The (1999)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:11 +0000

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6, and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard (Robert Carlyle), who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous Agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from research scientist Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), especially when Bond’s boss, M (Dame Judi Dench) goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe.

As the countdown begins for the new millennium there is still one number you can always count on.

Michael Apted

6.4

IMDb

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Nell (1994)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:59:07 +0000

Nell is a girl who’s been brought up in an isolated world. The only people she knew were her mother and twin sister, Mae. They lived together in a cottage in the forest. Nobody has ever met Nell. After her mother’s death, she’s discovered by Jerome, the local doctor. He’s fascinated by her, since she speaks a mangled language, developed by her and Mae growing up, twin speak if you will. But Paula, a psychology student, wants her observed in a laboratory. The judge decides they get three months to observe her in the forest, after which he’ll decide about her future.

Language beyond understanding Life beyond words… Discover…

Michael Apted

USA

6.5

IMDb

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Thunderheart (1992)

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 12:55:19 +0000

An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage. Slowly he rejects the intimidating tactics of his fellow FBI agents, who are not so interested in solving the crime as covering up an incriminating situation with the locals, and as he becomes more tuned to his heritage, the locals begin trusting him. Based on actual Reservation occurrences of the ’70s.

Two men from different worlds. Two cops after the same killer. Together they must uncover the secrets. Together they must discover the truth.

Michael Apted

USA

6.8

IMDb

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Incident At Oglala (1992)

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:40:03 +0000

On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.

Incident At Oglala

Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story

A murder. A mystery. A mockery of justice.

Michael Apted

USA

7.3

IMDb

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