Netflix Friday - Volume 66

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

Action: Bad Boys II (2003)
Two loose-cannon narcotics cops (Will Smith, Martin Lawrence) investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.
 

Drama: Creed II (2018)
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren)
 

Comedy: The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers they boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
 

Animation: Minions (2015)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and bob are recruited by Scarlett Overkill (Sandra Bullock), a supervillain who alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
 

Romance: The Guernsey Literal Society (2018)
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer (Lily James) forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
 

Horror: Blood Red Sky (2021)
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.
 

Science Fiction: The Hunger Games (2012)
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
 

Crime: Basille Day (2016)
A young pickpocket (Richard Madden) and a unruly CIA agent (Idris Elba) team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France.
 

Thriller: Hush (1998)
A couple (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jonathan Schaech) with jobs and apartment in New York City, decide to move to his mom’s farm, get married and have the baby there. They can also make the changes to get better price for the farm. However, there’s something seriously wrong with the mom.
 

Documentary: Pray Away (2021)
Former leaders of the “pray the gay away” movement contend with the aftermath unleashed by their actions, while a survivor seeks healing and acceptance from more tna a decade of trauma.
 

Family: Goosebumps (2015)
A teenager (Dylan Minnette) teams up with the daughter (Odeya Rush) of young adult horror author R.L. Stine (Jack Black) after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

100 Movie Challenge 2016 - # 35: Minions

Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin

Genre: Animation/ Comedy/ Family

Runtime: 91 minutes

Year: 2015

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders, Geoffrey Rush, Steve Carell, Pierre Coffin

Description: Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock), a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb (Jon Hamm), hatches a plot to take over the world.

Review: After the successful animation “Despicable Me” it was expected that there was going to be a spin-off/ origin story about the cute little yellow helpers: the minions. And they are capable of carrying their own movie.

In ”Minions” we see that the yellow men have been around for millions of years and they don’t grow older or reproduce. The minions always want to serve the biggest and most evil villain. After a war, they decide to build their own life in a cave. But after many years, they think it’s time to find a new master.

Three of the minions are send out for this mission. The relatively serious Kevin, the stubborn Stuart and the childish Bob. To focus on only three of them it’s easier to follow for kids and because of the three different characters there is a certain group dynamic. The fact that the minions speak an unknown language could be the films handicap, but interesting enough it isn’t. Their tone and body language often say enough for us to understand them. The comedy of the film is of the slapstick kind, for young viewers it’s a hilarious film.

I read several bad reviews for “Minions”, but I think it’s a perfect film for the targeted audience and I enjoyed the animation.

Rating: 3,5/ 5

Movie Trailer Sunday (163)

Here are this weeks trailers.

MacFarland, USA

Description: A cross country coach (Kevin Costner) in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

Director: Niki Caro

Starring: Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Morgan Saylor, Martha Higareda, Michael Aguero, Sergio Avelar, Hector Duran, Rafael Martinez, Johnny Ortiz, Carlos Pratts, Ramiro Rodriguez, Danny Mora, Valente Rodriguez, Vanessa Martinez and Chris Ellis

Trailer: Trailer "MacFarland, USA"

Comment: Niki Caro also directed "Whale Rider".

Minions

Description: Gru is recruited by an organization to stop Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Director: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Michael Keaton, Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, John Hamm

Trailer: Trailer "Minions"

Comment: I just love the Minions!!

Chappie

Description: Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie (Sharlto Copley): he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings - some good, some bad - and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from anyone else: he is a robot. The first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. His life, his story, will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever.

Director: Neil Blomkamp

Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman

Trailer: Trailer "Chappie"

Comment: Blomkamp has delivered some awesome movies already, looking forward to this one.

Selma

Description: Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo), Lyndon Baines Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) and the civil rights marches that changed America.

Director: Ava DuVernay

Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey

Trailer: Trailer "Selma"

Comment: It's about time his story was translated to the big screen.

Elsa & Fred

Description: "Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa (Shirley Maclaine) has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroiani but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred (Christopher Plummer) has always been a good man who did everything he was supposed to do. After losing his wife, he feels disturbed and confused and his daughter decides that it would be best if he moves into a smaller apartment where he ends meeting Elsa. From that moment on, everything changes. Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, determined to teach him that the time he has left to live -- be it more or less -- is precious and that he should enjoy it as he pleases. Fred surrenders to Elsa's frenzy, to her youth, to her boldness, to her beautiful madness. And this is how Fred learns how to live. When he learns about Elsa's terminal illness, he decides to make her dream come true and takes Elsa to Rome to reenact with her the famous scene at the Fontana di Trevi.

Director:

Starring: Shirley Maclaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Noth, Scott Bakula, James Brolin

Trailer: Trailer "Elsa & Fred"

Comment: Two golden odlies.