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vrijdag 29 januari 2021

Netflix Friday - Volume 39

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 Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)
The world’s top bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) gets a new client (Samuel L. Jackson), a hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.
 
Drama: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
True story of Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt), an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Laa at the time of China’s takeover of Tibet.
 
Comedy: Dumb and Dumber (1994)
After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver (Jim Carrey) and his dumber friend (Jeff Daniels) set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.
 
Animation: Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)
The time-travelling adventures of an advanced canine (Ty Burrell) and his adopted son, as they endeaver to fix a time rift they created.
 
Romance: Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
A recently windowed man’s (Tom Hanks) son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
 
Horror: Midsommar (2019)
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown’s fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
 
Science Fiction: The Great Wall (2016)
In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
 
Crime: Spy Game (2001)
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) recalls his training of Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
 
Thriller: Split (2016)
Three girls are kidnapped by a man (James McAvoy) with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.
 
Documentary
: Born to Be Free (2016)
Revelatory investigative film made by three intrepid, free-diving journalists Gaya, Tanya and Julia, about the global trade in wild sea mammals.
 
Family: Pluk van de Petteflet (2014)
On a quest to find a new home young Pluk in his little red crane wagon ends up in the Petteflet. He moves in to a little deserted tower room and quickly befriends some of the inhabitants and animals from the Torteltuin, the beautiful garden of the place. When he finds out the Torteltuin is about to be destroyed, Pluk and his friends are willing to try everything to stop it.

 

zondag 15 oktober 2017

100 Movie Challenge 2017 - # 112: The Great Wall

Director: Zhang Yimou
Genre: Action/ Fantasy/ Adventure
Runtime: 103 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe

Description: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
Review: “The Great Wall” is a spectacle that is a complete miss. With the great wall, they mean off course the wall in China. And here a legend is told. Fictional off course. Because the Chinese empire has been at war with a reptile species, that attacks China every 60 years, to get world dominance. Why they are there isn’t important. William Garin and Pero Tovar have been looking for black powder and stumble upon the wall. They are captured and off course it’s that time the reptiles come back.
“The Great Wall” is everything but great. The action is filled with over the top slow motion shots, the monsters are an animated mess and the characters have no depth whatsoever. Special effects are really important for a film like this, but they are really bad. It all looks super fake.
The film also misses a good build-up of the story. As viewers we are thrown into the conflict immediately and have no context. And because the characters are forgettable and we don’t care about them, this is such a disposable film. Why the hell did Matt Damon and Willem Dafoe appear in this film? A waste of talent.

Rating: 1,5/ 5

zondag 31 juli 2016

Movie Trailer Sunday (249)

Here are this week's trailers.

Blair Witch
Director: Adam Wingard
Description: After discovering a video showing what he believes to be his sister's experiences in the demonic woods of the Blair Witch, Blane and a group of friends head to the forest in search of his lost sibling.
Starring: Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry
Trailer: Trailer "Blair Witch"
Comment: Really....

Office Christmas Party
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Description: When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand...
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, Rob Corddry, Courtney B. Vance, Vanessa Bayer
Trailer: Trailer "Office Christmas Party"
Comment: A little too soon for an office Christmas party.

Split
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Description: Kevin (James McAvoy), a man with at least 23 different personalities, is compelled to abduct three teenage girls. As they are held captive, a final personality - "The Beast" - begins to materialize.
Starring: James McAvoy
Trailer: Trailer "Split"
Comment: I really want to see this.

The Great Wall
Director: Yimou Zhang
Description: A mystery centered around the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Starring: Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal
Trailer: Trailer "The Great Wall"
Comment: I love Matt Damon in action movies!

Hacksaw Ridge
Director: Mel Gibson
Description: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh
Trailer: Trailer "Hacksaw Ridge"
Comment: An uber patriotic story.