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vrijdag 29 oktober 2021

Netflix Friday - Volume 78

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 
Action: Street Kings (2008)
An undercover cop (Keanu Reeves), disillusioned by the death of his wife, is implicated in the murder of an officer and must struggle to clear himself,
 
Drama: Coach Carter (2005)
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) after he benches his entire team for breaking academic contract with him.
 
Comedy: The Lady in the Van (2015)
A man (Alex Jennings) forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman (Maggie Smith) living in her van that’s parked in his driveway.
 
Animation: Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Dracula (Adam Sandler), who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, gos into overprotective mode when a boy (Andy Samberg) discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teenaged daughter (Selena Gomez).
 
Romance: The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California’s pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) and his wife Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones), to take action.
 
Horror: Final Destination 3 (2006)
Six years after students cheated death, another teen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition she and her friends will be involved in an accident. When the vision proves true, the student and survivors deal with the repercussions of cheating the Grim Reaper.
 
Science Fiction: District 9 (2009)
Violende ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent (Sharlto Copely) exposed to their biotechnology.
 
Crime: John Q (2002)
John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won’t cover his son’s heart transplant.
 
Thriller: Hypnotic (2021)
A young woman (Kate Siegel) seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotherapist (Jason O’Mara). But after a handful of intense sessions, she discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.
 
Documentary: Found (2021)
The story of three American teenage girls, each adopted from China, who discover they are blood-related cousins. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost history.
 
Family: Back to the Future (1985)
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).

vrijdag 26 maart 2021

Netflix Friday - Volume 47

Some Netflix film tips for the weekend! And there is something for everyone, since I picked a movie for all the different genres.
 
Action: Mortal Kombat (1995)
Three unknowing martial artists (Bridget Wilson, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby) are summoned to a mysterious island to compete in a tournament whose outcome will decide the fate of the world.
 
Drama: On the Basis of Sex (2018)
The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones), her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
 
Comedy: The Lady in the Van (2015)
A man (Alex Jennings) forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman (Maggie Smith) living in het van that’s parked in his driveway.  
 
Animation: Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Gru (Steve Carell) meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru (Steve Carell), who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.
 
Romance: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Devastated Peter (Jason Segel) takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend Sarah (Kristen Bell). Little does he know, Sarah’s traveling to the same resort as her ex and she is bringing along her new boyfriend (Russell Brand).
 
Horror: Annabelle (2014)
A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
 
Science Fiction: Total Recall (1990)
When a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real. Or is he?
 
Crime: Burden (2018)
When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Forest Whitaker) strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group’s Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.
 
Thriller: The Life of David Gale (2003)
A man (Kevin Spacey) against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
 
Documentary
: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)
Reenactments drive this documentary investigating the mastermind behind a scam to sneak the kids of rich and famous families into top US universities.
 
Family: A Dog’s Journey (2019)
A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

zondag 1 maart 2015

Movie Trailer Sunday (179)

Here are this weeks trailers.

A Little Chaos
Description: Sabine (Kate Winslet) is a strong-willed landscape designer who challenges sexual and class barriers when she is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles, causing her to become professionally and romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape architect André Le Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts).
Director: Alan Rickman
Starring: Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Danny Webb, Stanley Tucci, Matthias Schoenaerts
Comment: Not a Kate Winslet fan, but a Rickman fan I am!

Love & Mercy
Description: The life of reclusive Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson (Paul Dano/ John Cusack), from his successes with highly-influential orchestral pop albums to his nervous breakdown and subsequent encounter with controversial therapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Stanley Tucci).
Director: Bill Pohlad
Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks
Comment: I really want to see this one!

The Lady in the Van
Description: A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her car that's parked in his driveway.
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Maggie Smith, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Jim Broadbent
Comment: I think I will love this movie!

Walter
Description: Walter, a mild mannered movie ticket-taker believes himself to be the son of God with the responsibility to judge the eternal fate of everyone. When a ghost stuck in purgatory interrupts Walter's daily routine his world is turned upside down forcing him to reassess the meaning of his life. As a young man still living with his doting mother (Virginia Madsen), Walters job makes it particularly easy for him to decide the individual fates of large numbers of people as they obliviously enter the theatre. Enter Greg (Weeds’ Justin Kirk), a ghost stuck in limbo. Greg senses that Walter could hold the key to his own fate, and wants him to make the decision that will send him to his final resting place, be it heaven or hell. But reminded of the terrible power he wields, Walter finds his bargain with God increasingly hard to keep.
Director: Anna Mastro
Starring: Justin Kirk, William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, Virginia Madsen, Milo Ventimiglia, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Facinelli, Andrew J. West, Levin Rambin
Trailer: Trailer "Walter"
Comment: I like these kind of movies.

Wild Canaries
Description: Barri and Noah, a newly engaged Brooklyn couple, are disheartened by the death of their elderly downstairs neighbor, Sylvia. Though Noah sees nothing unusual about the old woman's death, Barri suspects foul play and sets out to investigate, enlisting her roommate Jean to join her on a reconnaissance mission to trail a possible suspect. Tensions mount, however, when the investigation uncovers unsettling secrets throughout the building—including in their own apartment -- and suddenly everyone seems like a reasonable suspect. A freshly comedic take on classic film noir, "Wild Canaries" brings a unique sensibility to a high-stakes murder mystery.
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Starring: Jason Ritter, Annie Parisse, Kevin Corrigan, Alia Shawkat, Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine
Comment: Looks fun snooping around.... Old screwball comedy!