Top 5 Thursday: Movies I Watched for My Challenge (February 2015)

Another month has passed and I watched a bunch of movies. Some new ones, some I really regret watching (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) and some classics I really needed to finally see. Here are my five favourites of this month.

5. A Most Violent Year

A story very well told and great performances by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.

 

 

4. Into the Woods

I’m a sucker for a good musical. And I also love fairy tales. Here those two are combined and it looks amazing.

 

 

3. Grosse Pointe Blank

John Cusack is my weakness and I’m a bit ashamed that I never saw this movie before. But when I did, I absolutely loved it. John Cusack at his best!

 

 

2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

A classic and also a remake. One of the better remakes by the way. It might be a bit dated, but that twist ending really freaked me out. That shriek still haunts me…

 

 

1. Big Hero 6

I’m still waiting for a major flop from Disney. It’s simply not possible. “Big Hero 6” is an amazing animation and is filled with characters to love. Especially Baymax. Fist bumps were never this funny.

 

 

They Almost Made the Top 5: Cool Hand Luke, In a World, Lawless, Foxcatcher

100 Movie Challenge 2015 - # 26: Grosse Pointe Blank

Director: George Armitage

Genre: Comedy/ Crime/ Romance

Runtime: 113 minutes

Year: 1997

Starring: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, Jeremy Piven, Michael Cudlitz

Description: Martin Blank (John Cusack) is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.

 

Review: How do you survive a high school reunion, when everyone wants to know how you turned out, if you’re a cold blooded assassin who’s struggling with himself. “Grosse Pointe Blank” is carried by John Cusack, who is perfect for these sort of films. It’s a mix of slapstick and tragic comedy.

The base of the story is Martin Blank’s hesitance for going back to his home town Grosse Pointe. Martin has to face the life he once ran away from. He has to face his mother, his former girlfriend Debi and the feds who are tailing him. The romantic storyline between Cusack’s character and Minnie Driver’s is anything but cliché and sweet. Driver manages to easily keep up with Cusack.

“Grosse Pointe Blank” is a unleashed comedy with good writing and great comedic performances. That’s why I love John Cusack!

Rating: 4/ 5