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vrijdag 22 april 2022

Netflix Friday - Volume 103

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 Hurt Locker (2008)
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant (Jeremy Renner) recently assigned to an army bomb is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
 
Drama: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The true story of Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt), an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet.
 
Comedy
: 28 Days (2000)
A big-city newspaper columnist (Sandra Bullock) is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister’s wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.
 
Animation: NausicaƤ of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Warrior and pacifist Princes NausicaƤ desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
 
Romance: The Best of Me (2014)
A pair of former high school sweethearts (James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan) reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
 
Horror: The Ritual (2017)
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a forest in Sweden, but encounter a menacing presence there stalking them.
 
Science Fiction: Anon (2018)
In a world without anonymity of crime, a detective (Clive Owen) meets a woman (Amanda Seyfried) who threatens their security.
 
Crime: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Two imprisoned men (Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman) bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.
 
Thriller: Calibre (2018)
A shocking deed turned their weekend trip into a nightmare. Now their only hope is to swallow their paranoia and act normal.
 
Documentary: Modern Slavery (2009)
There’s 27 million slaves in the world today. We find them in the sex industry, as child soldiers, as unpaid housekeepers and in production and as shop workers. We have all a responsibility for this.
 
Family: Ponyo (2008)
A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become human after falling in love with him.

zondag 8 juni 2014

Movie Trailer Sunday (142)

Here are this weeks trailers.

Willow Creek
Description: Jim and Kelly (Bryce Johnson and Alexie Gilmore) venture off to find the wooded location of the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage from the late ’60s. Jim is making his own documentary about the hirsute beast and Kelly is there to support and help, in spite of her lack of belief in the cryptozoological celebrity. And if Jim manages to capture a Bigfoot sighting along the way, his trip is considered a win.
Director: ​Bobcat Goldthwait
Starring: Bryce Johnson, Alexie Gilmore
Comment: Feels like "The Blair Witch Project", hopefully it's even better.

Very Good Girls
Description: Best friends Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Gerry (Elizabeth Olsen), home for one last New York summer, make a pact to lose their virginity before leaving for college. But when they both fall for the same handsome artist (HBoyd olbrook) and Lily starts seeing him in secret, a lifelong friendship is tested.
Director: Naomi Foner
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Dakota Fanning, Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Sarsgaard, Clark Gregg and Ellen Barkin
Comment: What I'm excited about: Richard Dreyfuss!
 
The Best of Me
Description: Dawson and Amanda (James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan) are two former high school sweethearts who find themselves reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Their bittersweet reunion reignites the love they've never forgotten, but soon they discover the forces that drove them apart twenty years ago live on, posing even more serious threats today. Spanning decades, this epic love story captures the enduring power of our first true love, and the wrenching choices we face when confronted with elusive second chances.
Director: Michael Hoffman
Starring: Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Liana Liberato, Luke Bracey, Sebastian Arcelus and Gerald McRaney
Comment: What can I say, Nicholas Sparks stories are a weakness of mine.

Are You Here
Description: Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis) inherits his estranged father's fortune. His best friend, womanizing local weatherman Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson), then joins forces with him to battle the legal challenge brought by Ben's formidable sister (Amy Poehler).
Director: Matthew Weiner
Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler and Owen Wilson
Comment: You know how much I love Owen Wilson.

Sharknado 2: The Second One
Description: A freak weather system turns its deadly fury on New York City, unleashing a Sharknado on the population and its most cherished, iconic sites - and only Fin and April can save the Big Apple.
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Starring: Ian Ziering, Tara Reed, Mark McGrath, Vivica A. Fox, Judd Hirsch, Kari Wuhrer
Comment: How can I not show you this. It's ridiculous, but somehow I just want te see it laugh about it.