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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.

 

vrijdag 15 mei 2020

Netflix Friday - Volume 3

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

Action: Bad Boys (1995)
Two hip detectives (Will Smith, Martin Lawrence) protect a witness to a murder (Téa Leoni) while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct.

Drama: De Rouille et D’os (2012)
Put in charge of his young son, Alain (Matthias Schoenaerts) leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain’s bond with Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.

Comedy: Pineapple Express (2008)
A process server (Seth Rogen) and his marijuana dealer (James Franco) wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer’s boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.

Animation: Over the Hedge (2006)
A scheming raccoon (Bruce Willis) fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating… and learns a lesson about family himself.

Romance: Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
The son of a recently widowed man (Tom Hanks) calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a new partner.

Horror: Midsommar (2019)
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled 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: Elysium (2013)
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man (Matt Damon) takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.

Crime: Collateral (2004)
A cab driver (Jamie Foxx) finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer (Tom Cruise) as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles.

Thriller: Zodiac (2007)
In the late 1960s/ early 1970, a San Francisco cartoonist (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Documentary: Oceans (2009)
An ecological documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

Family: Jumanji (1995)
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped in it for decades, and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

woensdag 23 april 2014

Movie Battle: Sleepless in Seattle Vs. You've Got Mail

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan where the romantic couple in the 90’s, they did three movies together and is there someone who wants to see them pair up again (me, me, me!) ? I’ve chosen two of the movies to go head to head in this movie battle: “Sleepless in Seattle” Vs. “You’ve Got Mail”.


CAST

Sleepless in Seattle: Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are a magical duo, they have perfect chemistry. Even if they are not in the same scene. It also has Bill Pullman and Rosie O’Donnell in it, but who cares.

You’ve Got Mail: Also Tom and Meg, but the other characters are also easy to forget about. For some reason I do remember Steve Zahn in it. And Jean Stapleton and Greg Kinnear.

STORY

Sleepless in Seattle: Annie is about to get married, but is missing something in her life. When she hears young Jonah on the radio, talking about his widowed father Sam, she falls in love. This is perfect material for the hopeless romantic who believe in true love.

You’ve Got Mail: This story isn’t timeless, although it’s about the internet. Technology grows so fast and when you watch this movie now, you think it’s really outdated. Kathleen and Joe both own a bookstore, she a little children’s bookstore, he a giant megastore. They can’t stand each other, but what they don’t know is that online they are e-mail friends. “Sleepless in Seattle” had letters and here it’s e-mail. Again great for the ones who think love will always find a way.

EFFECTS

Sleepless in Seattle: This movie isn’t about the effects. The movie is well filmed and told and it’s just one of the most romantic movies ever made.

You’ve Got Mail: Very similar to “Sleepless in Seattle”. It does show New York at its best, especially when it’s autumn. Like Meg Ryan’s character says: “Don’t you just love New York in the fall”?

WINNER

Surprise! Most people would go for the classic, but my heart goes out to “You’ve Got Mail”. For some reason I’ve always liked it more and I can watch it over and over again. And now I feel like rewatching it.