Posts tonen met het label Bright Star. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label Bright Star. Alle posts tonen

vrijdag 19 november 2021

Netflix Friday - Volume 81

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 
Action: The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but ho far will he go when that is someone he loves?
 
Drama: Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021)
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer (Andrew Garfield) navigates love, friendship and the pressure of life as an artist in New York City.
 
Comedy: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)
A bored married couple (Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt) is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.
 
Animation: The Croods (2013)
After their cave is destroyed, a caveman family must trek through an unfamiliar fantastical world with the help of an inventive boy.
 
Romance: Bright Star (2009)
The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats (Ben Wishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) near to end of his life.
 
Horror:
Dr. Sleep (2019)
A now-adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
 
Science Fiction: Transformers (2007)
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager (Shia LaBeouf)
 
Crime: Red Notice (2021)
An interpol agent (Dwayne Johnson) tracks the world’s most wanted art thief (Ryan Reynolds)
 
Thriller: Unfaithful (2002)
A New York suburban couple’s (Richard Gere, Diane Lane) marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
 
Documentary: Red Sea (2016)
Explore the impressive underwater landscapes and fascinating species of one of the biggest wonders on our planet-The Red Sea. Filmed in stunning 4K, this mesmerizing nautical journey features, many of the 1,200 different sea creatures that have made the naturally and artificially formed coral reefs their home beneath these mystical waters.
 
Family: The Road to El Dorado (2000)
Two swindlers (Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline) get their hands on a map to the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.

donderdag 1 juni 2017

Top 5 Thursday: Movies I Watched For My Challenge (May 2017)

It wasn’t a very good month for new films. So I had to take some mediocre film for my top 5 as well. Here is my top 5 for the month of May.

5. Loft
Better than the Dutch version, but still not amazing. It’s a solid thriller and it has a somewhat surprising ending.


4. Bright Star
Sometimes it drags, but the theme is interesting and it looks really beautiful.


3. Cold in July
The start of the film is amazing. Promising. It eventually turned into a more average crime film, but still a really good movie.


2. The Zookeeper’s Wife
A touching story, it grabs you. Jessics Chastain is amazing in “The Zookeeper’s Wife”. Really beautifully made with Chastain as the big star carrying the film.


1. Alien: Covenant
A very good sci-fi film, better than “Prometheus” and a great build up to the original franchise.


They Almost Made the Top 5: -

woensdag 17 mei 2017

100 Movie Challenge 2017 - # 63: Bright Star

Director: Jane Campion
Genre: Drama/ Romance
Runtime: 90 minutes
Year: 2009
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Thomas Sangster, Paul Schneider, Samuel Barnett, Kerry Fox, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Samuel Roukin, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Sebastian Armesto, Olly Alexander, Jonathan Aris, Joyia Fitch, Adrian Schiller, Alfred Harmsworth, Sam Gaukroger, Edie Martin, Sally Reeve, Gerard Monaco, Will Garthwaite, Guy Mannerings

Description: The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats (Ben Wishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) near the end of his life.

Review: Only if you’re a really romantic, this is a movie for you. It’s a movie about love and this will definitely scare off people. It’s not a romantic comedy with a predictable happy ending, it’s a heart ripping portrait of two people who love each other so much that it hurts more than it brings them happiness. Because that is also what love is.
The relationship between poet John Keats and his great love, his muse, Fanny Brawne. That’s the base of the story. Director Jane Campion didn’t want a standard biopic about Keats, so she decided to tell it from Fanny’s perspective. Result is that Keats will stay a mystery and challenges the viewers to get to know him through his poetry.
Between Keats and Fanny a passionate love develops. Off course the people around them don’t approve. Their love is limited because of that. Campion manages to show the purest form of love, by enhancing the unfulfilled longing they both have.
“Bright Star” is a visual beauty, but it can drag a bit. Even though the film is only 90 minutes long, it feels a lot longer.

Rating: 3,5/ 5