Netflix Friday - Volume 92

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 – Fallout (2018)
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
 

Drama: Rocketman (2019)
A musical fatasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John’s (Taron Edgerton) breakthrough.
 

Comedy: Paddleton (2019)
An unlikely friendschip between two misfit neighbors (Mark Duplass, Ray Romano) becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnose with terminal cancer.
 

Animation: Shrek (2001)
A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre (Mike Myers), who must go on a quest and rescue a princess (Cameron Diaz) for the lord in order to get his land back.
 

Romance: Bride Wars (2009)
Two best friends (Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway) become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.
 

Horror: Final Destination 3 (2006)
Six years after students cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead has a premonition she and her friends will be involved in an accident. When the vision proves true, the students and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim Reaper.
 

Science Fiction: Gravity (2013)
Two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.
 

Crime: Goodfellas (1990)
The story of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco) and his mob partners Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
 

Thriller: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
A wealthy art gallery owner (Amy Adams) is haunted by her ex-husband’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.
 

Documentary: Punk in London (1977)
A contemporary documentary covering the Great British punk rock explosion of 1977.
 

Family: Mijn Beste Vriendin Anne Frank (2021)
This story is based on the memoirs of Anne Frank’s friend Hannah Goslar.

00s Movie Review - Final Destination 3

Director: James Wong
Genre: Horror/ Thriller
Runtime: 93 minutes
Year: 2006
Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson, Texas Battle, Jesse Moss, Chelan Simmons, Sam Easton, Gina Holden, Crystal Lowe, Maggie Ma

Description: Six years after students cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition she and het friend will be involved in an accident. When the vison proves true, the student and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim Reaper.

Review: What should have been a fun night at an amusement park turns into a disaster when Wendy has a vision of a terrible rollercoaster accident. Through her panic, she manages to convince her friends not to go on the roller coaster. Then the vision turns out to be true. Wendy and her friends seem to have escaped death, but when the survivors subsequently meet their end one by one in dubious ways, a race against time begins. If Wendy is to survive, she will have to stop the deadly chain reaction in time. She will have to do everything in her power to outsmart Death.
The films in the “Final Destination” series have a set formula: the protagonist receives a vision of a deadly vision that is about to take place and then prevents a group of people from falling into the accident in question. But there is no escape from fate and so the main characters end up one by one in an unusual and gruesome way. The third part in this series also fully complies with this formula. In principle, there is little wrong with that. In the first and second part there was at least an explanation and solution for the why-do-they-die phenomenon and there was a strong link between the two parts. But in “Final Destination 3” all this is only minimally present. In terms of story, then, we expected a bit more, especially since this third installment marks the return of original creators Glen Morgan and James Wong, to writing and directing. The only new element is the photo gimmick. The movie obviously doesn’t rely on a strong story full of surprising twists and well-crafted characters. It does have, which happens to be the fact for most of the films in this series, some really original death scenes.
“Final Destination 3” is a standard sequel following the fixed formula. But it’s still an entertaining movie wit lots of original death traps.

Rating: 3/ 5

Netflix Friday - Volume 78

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

Action: Street Kings (2008)
An undercover cop (Keanu Reeves), disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself,
 

Drama: Coach Carter (2005)
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) after he benches his entire team for breaking academic contract with him.
 

Comedy: The Lady in the Van (2015)
A man (Alex Jennings) forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman (Maggie Smith) living in her van that’s parked in his driveway.
 

Animation: Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Dracula (Adam Sandler), who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, gos into overprotective mode when a boy (Andy Samberg) discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teenaged daughter (Selena Gomez).
 

Romance: The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California’s pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) and his wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), to take action.
 

Horror: Final Destination 3 (2006)
Six years after students cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition she and her friends will be involved in an accident. When the vision proves true, the student and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim Reaper.
 

Science Fiction: District 9 (2009)
Violende ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent (Sharlto Copely) exposed to their biotechnology.
 

Crime: John Q (2002)
John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won’t cover his son’s heart transplant.
 

Thriller: Hypnotic (2021)
A young woman (Kate Siegel) seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotherapist (Jason O’Mara). But after a handful of intense sessions, she discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.
 

Documentary: Found (2021)
The story of three American teenage girls, each adopted from China, who discover they are blood-related cousins. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost history.
 

Family: Back to the Future (1985)
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).