Netflix Friday - Volume 2

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.

Action: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins’ guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.

Drama: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
Keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski (Jessica Chastain, Johan Heldenbergh), must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.

Comedy: The Nice Guys (2016)
In 1970 Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes (Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling) investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.

Animation: Early Man (2018)
Set in the dawn of time, then prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, we meet Dug (Eddie Redmayne) and his sidekick Hognob, as they unite his tribe against a might enemy Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Romance: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
After a stint in a mental instituation, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) moves back with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own.

Horror: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
The centuries old vampire Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker’s (Keanu Reeves) fiancée Mina Murray (Winona Ryder) and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Science Fiction: Mad Max (1979)
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman (Mel Gibson) sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Crime: Sicario (2015)
An idealist FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by a government task force to aid the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the US and Mexico

Thriller: A Cure for Wellness (2016)
An ambitious young executive (Dane DeHaan) is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious ‘wellness center’ at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa’s treatments are not what they seem.

Documentary: Behind the Curve (2018)
Meet Flat Earthers, a small but rowing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat.

Family: The Land Before Time (1988)
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.

10s Movie Review - Early Man

Director: Nick Park
Genre: Animation/ Adventure
Runtime: 89 minutes
Year: 2018
Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Timothy Spall, Miriam Margolys, Richard Ayoade, Mark Williams, Rob Brydon, Maisie Williams

Description: Set in the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, we meet Dug (Eddie Redmayne), along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2020 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 19: AN ANIMATED MOVIE

Review: I’m a massive fan of stop-motion animation. And the British company Aardman has brought us several amazing films, with their so-called Claymation creations. And “Early Man” is again a work of craftmanship that was made with a lot of love.
This time no smart dog and his owner, rebellious chicken or grinning sheep, but a completely new story set during the battle between the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. When you’re a bit into history, you already know that historically this film is not accurate and it’s rather absurd. But historical accuracy was not what director Nick Park was aiming for.
The men and women in bear furs, centering the young Dug, are a bunch of losers. Them having to catch a rabbit for dinner is a hellish undertaking. Dug suggests to start capturing bigger animals. They live in a valley that their ancestors lived in after a meteor hit the land, but time stood still there. All of a sudden Dug and his group face the people of the Bronze Age. They are led by the vain Lord Nooth, who wants to get rid of Dug’s beautiful living area. The ‘modern’ idiots love soccer and let this sport be the one accidentally invented by the cavemen.
The film is filled with jokes and slapstick and has a lot of word jokes and puns. I love this. “Early Man” has the unmistakable Aarman charm and is a typical British film. The film has a good combination of humor, action, adventure and heart.
If you like previous work from Aardman, you will also enjoy “Early Man”.

Rating: 3,5 / 5

Movies to Look Forward to - February 2018

What movies should you look out for in February? I'm just making sure you're not going to see "Fifty Shades Freed", please, it's for your own good. Here are movies I think will actually be good.

February 1st – The Post
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Alison Brie, Jesse Plemmons
Description: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

February 7th – Early Man
Director: Nick Park
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Timothy Spall, Richard Ayoade
Description: Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

February 8th – Winchester
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Starring: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke
Description: Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.

February 14th – Black Panther
Director: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita N’yongo, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Sterling K. Brown
Description: T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

February 14th – The Glass Castle
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring: Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook
Description: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

February 15th – The Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones
Description: At a top secret research facility in the 1950s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.

February 22nd – Game Night
Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemmons
Description: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

Movie Trailer Sunday (284)

Here are this week's trailers.

Early Man
Director: Nick Park
Description: Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how one plucky caveman unites his tribe against a mighty enemy and saves the day!
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Eddie Redmayne, Maisie Williams
Trailer: Trailer "Early Man"
Comment: I LOVE claymation, it looks so amazing. Can't wait for "Early Man".

Despicable Me 3
Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda, Eric Guillon
Description: Balthazar Bratt, a child star from the 1980s, hatches a scheme for world domination.
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Jenny Slate, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan,Trey Parker
Trailer: Trailer "Despicable Me 3"
Comment: Is this going to be one of those never ending franchises?

Coco
Director: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina
Description: Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who sets off a chain of events relating to a century-old mystery, leading to an extraordinary family reunion.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Gael Garcia Bernal,
Trailer: Trailer "Coco"
Comment: Yay, Pixar!!!

Voice From the Stone
Director: Eric D. Howell
Description: Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena (Emilia Clarke), a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother.
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Marton Csokas
Trailer: Trailer "Voice From the Stone"
Comment: It's great to see Emilia Clarke in something else than "Game of Thrones".

The Transfiguration
Director: Michael O'Shea
Description: When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Starring: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine
Trailer: Trailer "The Transfiguration"
Comment: It reminds me of "Let the Right One In" and I loved it. So hopefully this is another one fo those rare horror gems.