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vrijdag 18 februari 2022

Netflix Friday - Volume 94

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 Bourne identity (2002)
A man (Matt Damon_ is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and attempting to regain his memory.
 
Drama: 1917 (2019)
April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers (Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay) are assigned to race time and deliver a message that will stop 1600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
 
Comedy: Daddy’s Home (2015)
Brad Whitaker (Will Ferrell) is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when their biological father, Dusty Mayron (Mark Wahlberg) returns.
 
Animation: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
A hapless young Viking (Jay Baruchel) who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friends of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
 
Romance: Top Gun (1986)
As students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in class, one daring young pilot (Tom Cruise) learns a few things from a civilian instructor (Kelly McGillis) that are not taught in the classroom.
 
Horror: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
 
Science Fiction: Terminator Salvation (2009)
In 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine (Sam Worthington), comes to John Connor (Christian Bale) on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?
 
Crime: John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
 
Thriller: Munich: The Edge of War (2018)
A British diplomat travels to Munich in the run-up to World War II, where a former classmate of his from Oxford is also en route, but is working for the Germany government.
 
Documentary: Django & Django (2021)
A homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
 
Family: A Cinderella Story (2004)
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother (Jennifer Coolidge), the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery (Hilary Duff) is excited about the prospect of meeting het Internet beau at the school’s Halloween dance.

vrijdag 12 februari 2021

Netflix Friday - Volume 41

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 2 (2017)
After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
 
Drama: The Dig (2021)
An archaeologist (Ralph Fiennes) embarks on the historically important excavation of Sutton Hoo in 1938.
 
Comedy: Vacation (2015)
Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) takes his own family on a road trip to “Walley World” in order to spice things up with his wife (Christina Applegate) and reconnect with his sons.
 
Animation: The Lorax (2012)
A 12-year-old boy (Zac Efron) searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams (Taylor Swift). To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax (Danny DeVito), the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
 
Romance: Eat Pray Love (2010)
A married woman (Julia Roberts) realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round0the-world journey to ‘find herself’.
 
Horror: Bone Tomahawk (2015)
In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff (Kurt Russell) and his posse set out to rescue their town’s doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
 
Science Fiction: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
A prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, and Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.
 
Crime: Den of Thieves (2018)
An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
 
Thriller: The Glass House (2001)
An orphaned teeneager (Leelee Sobieski) s taken in by a Malibu couple (Diane Lane, Stellan SkarsgĂ„rd) but discovers they aren’t the caring friends they seemed to be.
 
Documentary
: Creating the Queen’s Gambit (2021)
It’s not about a game, it’s about the cost of genius. Take a deeper look into how Scott Frank, Anya Taylor-Joy, and the team behind “The Queen’s Gambit” brought this acclaimed series to life.
 
Family: Penguin Bloom (2021)
A family takes in an injured Magpie that makes a profound difference in their lives.

dinsdag 14 juli 2020

Ranking the Franchise - John Wick

I didn’t think I would like “John Wick” when I saw the trailer of the first film. Let alone would I expect to need a full trilogy. I ended up loving “John Wick” and the sequels as well. I rewatched them all over the weekend, so the perfect time to rank the three films in “John Wick” franchise.

3. John Wick (2014)
A good old-fashioned revenge film in which former assassin John Wick goes to war when a bunch of Russian gangsters steal his card and kill his dog. Just after her buried his wife. Stylishly choreographed action scenes are alternated with the necessary cynical humor. But what remains above all is the dreamy New York in which the film takes place: a universe like that of a graphic novel, with a hotel at the center where the entire clientele consists of professional criminals.

2. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
The sequel to the critic’s remarkably well-received “John Wick: Chapter 2” and it means even more life and death battles for assassin John Wick. So even more stabbing, fist fighting and gun fighting. You’d think that it would get old, but director and former stuntman Chad Stahelski keeps up the pace, the battle original and provides occasional dry comedy for relief. And Keanu Reeves (who is in his fifties, whut?) continues to convince as the constantly hunted but indestructible Wick. In this case, bigger is better.

1. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
A few days after the events in the first “John Wick” film, the title character wants to take it easy, but is then forced to travel to Rome to commit an assassination attempt on a mob leader. After which all hell breaks loose. Just like in the first film, the violence is exuberant and baroque, tightly choregraphed, with classical architecture in the background, beautifully lit catacombs and other photographic gems. Hardly ever is a sequel better then the original, let alone the second film in a trilogy being the best.

vrijdag 5 januari 2018

10s Movie Review - John Wick: Chapter 2

Director: Chad Stahelski
Genre: Action/ Crime/ Thriller
Runtime: 122 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Peter Stormare, Ruby Rose, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Peter Serafinowicz, Bridget Moynahan, Common

Description: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.

Review: It doesn’t happen often and it’s always a big task: sequel that is better than the original. “John Wick” excelled in its simplicity: gangsters angering a hitman, hitman takes revenge and kills them all. And when a sequel is made, they always screw it up by making it more complex. But “John Wick: Chapter 2” is even better! Who would have thought that?
John Wick is an interesting character. The Continental Hotel from part one, was begging for some more insight. And that’s what we get. The Continental Hotel is the dream location for every hitman.
When John Wick thinks he is done with his life as a hitman, an old ‘acquaintance’ of his knocks on his door: Santino D’Antonio. An old pact makes for John Wick to once again set his retirement aside.
The set up is simple, but because D’Antonio is also a member of the Continental Hotel, they have to deal with the rules of the accommodation.
This movie is all about the action and, like in the first one, this element is phenomenal. The gunfire scenes are almost epic, they keep you invested at all times.
All in all, “John Wick: Chapter 2” is better than the first film. What I didn’t expect when I started watching it. Just as I didn’t expect “John Wick” to be any good.

Rating: 4,5 / 5

zondag 25 december 2016

Movie Trailer Sunday (272)

Here are this week's trailers.

Blade Runner 2049
Director: Denise Villeneuve
Description: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto, Robin Wright
Trailer: Trailer "Blade Runner"
Comment: Promising!

John Wick: Chapter 2
Director: Chad Stahelski
Description: The continuing adventures of former hitman, John Wick (Keanu Reeves)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose, Ian McShane, Bridget Moynahan, Peter Stormare, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Peter Serafinowicz, Common, Lance Reddick
Trailer: Trailer "John Wick: Chapter 2"
Comment: I hope this is not just another action sequel, because the frist "John Wick" was so surprisingly good.

The Emoji Movie
Director: Tony Leondis
Description:
Starring: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Ilana Glazer, Steven Wright
Trailer: Trailer "The Emoji Movie"
Comment: That's what I feel, meh.

A Cure For Wellness
Director: GOre Verbinski
Description: An ambitious young executive 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 miraculous treatments are not what they seem.
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth
Trailer: Trailer "A Cure For Wellness"
Comment: This movie looks super creepy and disturbing, but I'm putting it on my must-see list for 2017 movies.

Alien:Covenant
Director: Ridley Scott
Description: The crew of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think is an uncharted paradise, but it is actually a dark, dangerous world, whose sole inhabitant is the synthetic David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, James Franco, Noomi Rapace, Guy Pearce, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride
Trailer: Trailer "Alien: Covenant"
Comment: What a Christmas present, getting this trailer today!

zondag 16 oktober 2016

Movie Trailer Sunday (263)

Here are this week's trailers.

Dunkirk
Director: CHristopher Nolan
Description: Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Starring: Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, Harry Styles, James D'Arcy
Trailer: Trailer "Dunkirk"
Comment: Still not much of a trailer, but another look.

Patriots Day
Director: Peter Berg
Description: An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis's actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman
Trailer: Trailer "Patriots Day"
Comment: I'm not a huge fan of patriotic films.

John Wick: Chapter 2
Director: Chad Stahelski
Description: The continuing adventures of former hitman, John Wick.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ruby Rose, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, Peter Stormare
Trailer: Trailer "John Wick: Chapter 2"
Comment: The first film was a surprisingly good action movie, so pretty excited for this.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Director: Gareth Edwards
Description: The Rebellion makes a risky move to steal the plans to the Death Star, setting up the epic saga to follow.
Starring: Felicity Jones, Mads Mikkelsen, Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Ben Mendelsohn, James Earl Jones
Trailer: Trailer "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
Comment: Another trailer, whoop whoop!!!

Bleed For This
Director: Ben Younger
Description: The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sports most incredible comebacks.
Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ted Levine, CiarĂĄn Hinds
Trailer: Trailer "Bleed For This"
Comment: Another trailer for the fighting drama