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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.

zondag 8 december 2013

Movie Trailer Sunday (116)

Here are this weeks trailers:

Reasonable Doubt
Description: District Attorney has his life turned upside down when he's involved in a hit and run and another man is arrested for his crime and charged with murder.
Director: Peter P. Croudins
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper
Trailer: Trailer "Reasonable Doubt"
Comment: Sam Jackson never disappoints...

Beauty & the Beast
Description: 1720. After the wreck of his ships, a financially-ruined merchant exiles himself in the countryside with his six children. Among them is Beauty (Léa Seydoux), his youngest daughter, a joyful girl full of grace. One day, during an arduous journey, the merchant stumbles across the magical domain of the Beast (Vincen Cassel), who sentences him to death for stealing a rose. Feeling responsible for the terrible fate which has befallen her family, Beauty decides to sacrifice herself and take her father's place. At the Beast�s castle, it is not death that awaits Beauty, but a strange life in which fantastical moments mingle with gaiety and melancholy. Every night, at dinner, Beauty and the Beast sit down together. They learn about each other, taming one another like two strangers who are total opposites. When she has to repulse his amorous advances, Beauty tries to pierce the mysteries of the Beast and his domain. And when night falls, the Beast�s past is revealed to her bit by bit in her dreams. It is a tragic story, which tells her that this solitary and fearsome being was once a majestic prince. Armed with her courage, ignoring every danger, and opening her heart, Beauty manages to release the Beast from his curse. And in doing so, she discovers true love.
Director: Christophe Gans
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux
Trailer: Trailer "Beauty & the Beast"
Comment: I'm a huge fan of the story (and the Disney version, haha) so I'm very excited to see this.

In Secret
Description: Therese Raquin (Elizabeth Olsen), a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille (Tom Felton), by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange). Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband's alluring friend, Laurent (Oscar Isaacs), she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences.
Director: Charlie Stratton
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Oscar Isaacs, Jessica Lange, Matt Lucas
Trailer: Trailer "In Secret"
Comment: Intruiging...

Pompeii
Description: A slave turned gladiator (Kit Harington) finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Jessica Lucas, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris
Trailer: Trailer "Pompeii"
Comment: I probably won't see it, but it's visually stunning.

Barefoot
Description: 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 takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding
Director: Andrew Fleming
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Scott Speedman, J.K. Simmons, Kate Burton, Treat Williams
Trailer: Trailer "Barefoot"
Comment: A simple, naive story which looks like a lot of fun.