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vrijdag 11 februari 2022

Netflix Friday - Volume 93

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 
Action: Jackass 3 (2010)
Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show wsin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
 
Drama: Reign Over Me (2007)
A man (Adam Sandler) who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate (Don Cheadle). Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
 
Comedy: How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
Finding himself dumped after twenty-five years of marriage, a man (Eugenio Derbez) who made a career of seducing rich older women must move in with his estranged sister (Salma Hayek), where he begins to learn the value of family.
 
Animation: Trolls (2016)
After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch (Justin Timberlake) set off on a journey to rescue her friends.
 
Romance: Barefoot (2014)
The ‘black sheep’ son (Scott Speedman) of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient (Evan Rachel Wood) who’s been raised in isolation her entire life. He then takes the naïve young woman home for his brother’s wedding.
 
Horror: Truth or Dare (2018)
A harmless game of truth or dare among friends turns deadly when someone begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.
 
Science Fiction: Star Trek Beyond (2016)
The crew of the USS Enterprise explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy, who puts them, and everything the Federation stands for, to the test.
 
Crime: American Gangster (2007)
An outcast New York City cop (Russell Crowe) is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
 
Thriller: Knowing (2009)
M.I.T. professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage) links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.
 
Documentary: The Tinder Swindler (2022)
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
 
Family:
Peter Pan (2003)
The Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing wat with the evil Pirate Captain Hook (Jason Isaac) is taking place.

vrijdag 13 november 2020

Netflix Friday - Volume 29

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 
Action: Mission: Impossible – Fall Out (2018)
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
 
Drama: Little Women (2019)
Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
 
Comedy: The Invention of Lying (2009)
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer (Ricky Gervais) seizes the opportunity for personal gain.
 
Animation: Polar Express (2004)
On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
 
Romance: The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
Two sisters (Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson) contend for the affection of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana)
 
Horror: Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
New York police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana) investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.
 
Science Fiction: Land of the Lost (2009)
Paleontologist Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) takes Will (Danny McBride) and Holly (Anna Friel) into a new world of danger, dinosaurs and big bug-eyed lizard people while trying to find their way back home and, too, save the universe and in doing so saving his reputation. With the dinosaur with brains, brawn and personality and the adventure of scientific advancement and exotic beasts in a far away land, it all adds up to time traveling fun and frolics.
 
Crime: American Gangster (2007)
An outcast New York City cop (Russell Crowe) is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington).
 
Thriller: The Iceman (2012)
The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon) the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession.
 
Documentary: Holland: Natuur in de Delta (2015)
Multiple animals are followed during their life in the by humans created delta.
 
Family: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.