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vrijdag 29 april 2022

Netflix Friday - Volume 104

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 Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.
 
Drama: The Founder (2016)
The story of Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a salesman who turned two brothers’ innovative fast food eatery, McDonalds’, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness.
 
Comedy
: Drinking Buddies (2013)
Luke (Jake Johnson) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn’t.
 
Animation: Pom Poko (1994)
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
 
Romance: The Vow (2012)
A car accident puts Paige (Rachel McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) works to win her heart again.
 
Horror: Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2019)
Six people unwillingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive. Joining forces with two of the original survivors, they soon discover they’ve all played the game before.
 
Science Fiction: Boss Level (2020)
Trapped in a time loop that constantly repeats the day of his murder, a former special forces agent (Frank Grillo) must unlock the mystery behind his untimely demise.
 
Crime: Clear and Present Danger (1994)
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
 
Thriller: The Missing (2003)
In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman (Cate Blanchett) forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
 
Documentary: A Lion in the House (2006)
Five families struggle with the ups and down of cancer treatment over the course of six years
 
Family: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
The gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

zaterdag 14 juni 2014

100 Movie Challenge 2014 - # 71: The Vow

Director: Michael Sucsy
Genre: Drama/ Romance
Runtime: 104 minutes
Year: 2012
Starring: Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman

Description: A car accident puts Paige (Rachel McAdams) in a coma, and when she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband Leo (Channing Tatum) works to win her heart again.

Review: “The Vow” is based on a real life story. In the opening scene we meet Paige and Leo, a happily married couple that doesn’t know their life is about to change forever. Their car is hit from behind and Paige smashes through the window. When she wakes up, she doesn’t remember Leo. The past five years of her life are gone. Her parents, who she hadn’t seen since she met Leo, see it as a chance to reconnect with Paige. And the man who Paige used to be engaged too, who she does remember, also turns up and makes it even more difficult for Leo.
Leo is a character that is too good to be true. Not only because of his perfect body, but also because of the love he feels for his wife and everything he does to win her back. That his recording studio isn’t doing well, doesn’t seem to bother him. All he wants is Paige.
Channing Tatum isn’t a very diverse actor, but does manage to portray Leo as believable and honest as possible. He wins over the audience easily. Rachel McAdams is perfect for roles like this. And both actors, who have great chemistry, don’t make this one of those overly sweet romance stories but a very watchable romantic drama.
“The Vow” can’t avoid the clichés that are known to the genre. And the makers know how to touch the viewers. This movie is perfect for the lovers of the genre and Channing Tatum fans. It’s an enjoyable movie that I almost hate to admit I liked.

Rating: 3 / 5

donderdag 3 januari 2013

Top 5 Thursday: Movie Couples of 2012

I did a top 5 like this last year, so I'm doing it now. My favorite on screen couples of 2012.

5. Scarlett Johannson and Jeremy Renner (“The Avengers”)
Although technicaly they aren't a couple, but they had amazing chemistry and there is something more going on.


4. Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg (“Ted”)
A funny and very sexy couple. Liked them together on screen and they looked believable as well.


3. Emily Blunt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Looper”)
A troubled couple, they both have a lot of issues. Maybe that drawes... But Emily Blunt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt look amazing together.


2. Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum (“The Vow”)
The cutest and most heartwarming couple on this list. They are on fire!


1. Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth (“Snow White and the Huntsman”)
Before I saw the movie I didn't see it, just because I wasn't a Kristen Stewart fan. But after I saw the movie I was super happy about this duo. And who can not fall for Chris Hemsworth? Exactly...


They almost made the top 5: Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth (“The Hunger Games”)Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling (“The Lucky One”) and Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen (“Take This Waltz”).

zondag 20 november 2011

Movie Trailer Sunday (12)

This week was a very good week for new trailers. They are about the Hunger Games, a son finding his absent father, memory loss, Margaret Thatcher and Snow White (another one, different from last weeks movie about Snow White).

The Hunger Games
Description: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which "Tributes" must fight with one another until one survivor remains.
Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she's ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz and Donald Sutherland
Trailer: Trailer "The Hunger Games"
Comment: I was so excited to finally see this trailer. We've been waiting for it so long. I think it looks great. Can't wait for it to come out.

Being Flynn
Description: Nick (Paul Dano) takes a job at a homeless shelter - where one night he discovers his long - absent father Jonathan (Robert De Niro) seeking a bed.
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore,Olivia Thirlby and Lily Taylor
Trailer: Trailer "Being Flynn"

The Vow
Description: A newlywed couple (Rachel McAdams en Channing Tatum) recovers from a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. Waking up with severe memory loss, her husband endeavors to win her heart again.
Director: Michael Sucsy
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange and Scott Speedman
Trailer: Trailer "The Vow"
Comment: Aaaw....

The Iron Lady
Description: Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) is the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent
Trailer: Trailer "The Iron Lady"
Comment: Probably another Oscar nomination vor Meryl Streep.

Mirror Mirror
Description: The wicked enchantress (Julia Roberts) schemes and scrambles for control of a spirited orphan's (Lilly Collins) throne and the attention of a charming prince (Armie Hammer). When Snow White's beauty wins the heart of the prince that she desperately pursues, the Queen banishes her to the forest, where a ravening man-eating beast hungrily awaits. Rescued by a band of diminutive highway robbers, Snow White grows into an indomitable young woman determined to take back her realm from the treacherous Queen
Director: Tarsem Singh
Starring: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane, Armie Hammer and Sean Bean
Trailer: Trailer "Mirror Mirror"