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vrijdag 29 mei 2020

Netflix Friday - Volume 5

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

Action: Inception (2010)
A thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.

Drama: The Iceman (2012)
The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughter had any clue about his real profession.

Comedy: The Disaster Artist (2017)
When Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Animation: 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.

Romance: Juliet, Naked (2018)
Annie (Rose Byrne) is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) who is obsessed with now faded singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). She finds herself in an unlikely transatlantic romance with Tucker.

Horror: The Mist (2007)
A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Science Fiction: I Am Legend (2007)
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City (Will Smith) struggles valiantly to find a cure.

Crime: The Highwaymen (2019)
The untold true story of the legendary detectives (Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson) who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.

Thriller: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
“El Camino: A Breakin Bad Movie” follows fugitive Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) as he runs from his captors, the law and his past.

Documentary: 13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United Stated and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.

Family: Paddington (2014)
A young Peruvian bear (Ben Wishaw) travels to London in search of a home. Finding imself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

maandag 8 januari 2018

Five to Watch - Movies with Great James Franco Performances

Since James Franco won a Golden Globe yesterday, for his performance in “The Disaster Artist”, it was time to put him in the spotlight here. I went through a list of his movies and choose, what I think, are his best performances.

127 Hours
It’s still beyond me how he didn’t win an Academy Award for this performance. Franco portray real life rock climber Aron Ralston, who got stuck with his arm between a rock and had to cut off his own arm to survive. It’s an adrenaline rush and a perfect one man show by Franco.

Pineapple Express
Bromance, pod and James Franco: the perfect combination for a Golden Globe nominated performance. James Franco’s hilarious performance as stoner Saul Silver is proof of his versatility as an actor.

The Disaster Artist
Tommy Wiseau is quite the character and when James Franco had to portray him, it could easily go wrong. It could have been a cartoonish impersonation of Wiseau, but Franco became Wiseau. I wasn’t looking at and actor pretending to be Wiseau, I saw Tommy Wiseau. And that’s the proof of a great performance.

Spring Breakers
Probably his weirdest role so far. As Alien he is both badass and ridiculous. James Franco is what made this movie as good as it was.

Milk
No more typecasting for James Franco. As Harvey Milk’s lover and campaign manager Scott Smith, Franco took home an Independent Spirit Award. It was the beginning of a new era in Franco’s career.

vrijdag 29 december 2017

100 Movie Challenge 2017 - # 137: The Disaster Artist

Director: James Franco
Genre: Drama/ Comedy
Runtime: 104 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: James Franco, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Seth Rogen, Megan Millally, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, Josh Hutcherson, Zac Efron

Description: When Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

Review: “The Room”, from mysterious film maker and actor Tommy Wiseau, is knows is probably the worst movie ever made. It appears that it cost him about six million dollars, but the movie only made 1800 dollars in the first weekend.
“The Room” was known for its bad dialogues, even worse acting and strange story. But it has grown to be an absolute cult classic. But who was Wiseau? How did he get the money to finance this film? And where was he really from, claiming he was from New Orleans but he has a strange Easter European accent.
We don’t know the answer to those questions, but James Franco isn’t trying to answer them. He did speak to Wiseau on a daily basis, because Franco doesn’t only direct. He also portrays Wiseau. And with that he gives away one of the best performances of his career. Wiseau is quite the character and it’s really easy to fall into a cartoonish character that you are impersonating. When you look at Franco as Wiseau, you don’t see the actor Franco. You see Wiseau.
Greg, played by James Franco’s real life brother Dave Franco, is ambitious and wants to be an actor. During an acting class, he meets Wiseau. He looks up to him, because Wiseau gives his all without caring about what others think. Wiseau isn’t talented, but the two decide to move to Los Angeles and pursue an acting career. When they get no after no, they decided to make their own movie. Wiseau writes the script for “The Room”.
Most part of the film is spend on the filming of “The Room”. It’s clear that Wiseau is an unpredictable man. And people around him don’t really know what to think of him. Greg is the only one that still believes in him.
Franco didn’t turn Wiseau into a caricature, but actually gave his character a lot of heart. As for the whole movie, it has so much heart.
James Franco is so talented and he made an absolute fantastic film with “The Disaster Artist”. His directing is so good, but he excels as the actor here. For me the best movie of 2017.

Rating: 5/ 5

zondag 17 september 2017

Movie Trailer Sunday (306)

Here are this week's trailers.

The Disaster artist
Director: James Franco
Description: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003).
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Kate Upton, Zoey Deutch, Lizzy Caplan, Kristen Bell, Adam Scott, Bryan Cranston, Sharon Stone, Josh Hutcherson
Trailer: Trailer "The Disaster Artist"
Comment: One of this year's movies I'm most looking forward too.

Downsizing
Director: Alexander Payne
Description: A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself.
Starring: Matt Damon, Cristoph Waltz, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Hong Chau
Trailer: Trailer "Downsizing"
Comment: This is such a great concept.

The Man Who Invented Christmas
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Description: The journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer) and other classic characters from "A Christmas Carol." The film shows how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) conjured up a timeless tale.
Starring: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce,
Trailer:
Comment: The story of how "A Christmas Carol" was born.

Mudbound
Director: Dee Rees
Description: Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.
Starring: Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige
Trailer: Trailer "Mudbound"
Comment: looks intense!

The Current War
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Description: The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Macfadyen
Trailer: Trailer "The Current War"
Comment: Great cast!

zondag 23 juli 2017

Movie Trailer Sunday (300)

Here are this week's trailers. And BTW, it's my 300th entry of this item!!!!

A Wrinkle in Time
Director: Ava DuVernay
Description: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Starring: Chris Pine, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Peña, Zach Galafianakis, Mindy Kaling
Trailer: Trailer "A Wrinkle in Time"
Comment: Mysterious trailer, still don't really know what it's really about.

Professor Marston & the Wonder Woman
Director: Angela Robinson
Description: Details the unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941. Marston was in a polyamorous relationship with his wife Elizabeth, a psychologist and inventor in her own right, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became an academic. This relationship was key to the creation of Wonder Woman, as Elizabeth and Olive's feminist ideals were ingrained in the character from her creation. Marston died of skin cancer in 1947, but Elizabeth and Olive remained a couple and raised their and Marston's children together. The film is said to focus on how Marston dealt with the controversy surrounding Wonder Woman's creation.
Starring: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Connie Britton, Bella Heathcote
Trailer: Trailer "Professor Marston & the Wonder Woman"
Comment: This is an interesting story.

The Disaster Artist
Director: James Franco
Description: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003).
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Zoey Deutch, Zac Efron, Bryan Cranston, Kristen Bell, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Adam Scott
Trailer: Trailer "The Disaster Artist"
Comment: I cannot wait to see this.

The Snowman
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Description: Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Val Kilmer, Chloë Sevigny, J.K. Simmons, Charlotte Gainsbourg, James D'Arcy, Toby Jones
Trailer: Trailer "The Snowman"
Comment: I love stories like this.

Wonderstruck
Director: Todd Haynes
Description: The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
Starring: Julianne Moore
Trailer: Trailer "Wonderstruck"
Comment: This one I need to see!!!