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Best movies to watch
Submitted by Samantha1999, 06-10-2018, 09:02 AM, Thread ID: 102938
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RE: Best movies to watch
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Roma (2018)
This vivid, evocative memory play from Alfonso Cuarn is a story of two Mexican women in the early 1970s: Sofa (Marina de Tavira), a mother of four whose husband (and provider) is on his way out the door, and Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), the familys nanny, maid and support system. best movie ever!
Coco (2017)
A young boys search for his mysterious heritage and his musical voice takes him, quite literally, beyond this world in this charming, touching and joyful treat from Disney and Pixar. Set in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, the screenplay (by co-director Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich) cheerfully interweaves the traditions of the holiday and culture with its own rules of death and afterlife. Our critic wrote, ?it plays a time-tested tune with captivating originality and flair. (Movie musical fans should also queue up ?West Side Story on Netflix.)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
In this, the eighth installment of the ?Star Wars saga, the writer-director Rian Johnson (?Looper) bends the boundaries of the series in fascinating ways tinkering with iconography, exploding expectations and taking the universe in unexpected directions. ?The Last Jedi delivers the blockbuster goods, with chases, dogfights and lightsaber battles galore. But it is also a subtle and thoughtful meditation on the franchise itself, and the necessity of storytellers who are willing to take big risks. Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, and John Boyega all shine, but the powerhouse performer is Mark Hamill, who brings a lifetime of hope and disappointment to his long-awaited revival of Luke Skywalker. Our critic called it ?a satisfying, at times transporting entertainment. (Johnsons first feature film, the scorching neo-noir ?Brick, is also streaming on Netflix.)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The latest from Joel and Ethan Coen is an anthology film set in the Old West, a series of stories of varying length and style, some as short and simple as jokes, others with the richness and depth of a great short story. Our critic wrote, ?It swerves from goofy to ghastly so deftly and so often that you cant always tell which is which," and what seems at first like a filmed notebook of ideas and orphans instead becomes something of a workshop; its a place for the Coens to try things, experimenting with new styles and moods, while also delivering the kind of dark humor and deliciously ornate dialogue that weve come to expect. (Admirers of this post-modern Western may also enjoy Sam Peckinpahs classic ?The Wild Bunch, also on Netflix.)
Zodiac (2007)
Director David Finchers breakthrough film was the serial-killer thriller ?Seven, but he had no intention of repeating himself with this 2007 mystery. Because the real-life Zodiac killer was never apprehended or tried for his crime, Fincher sidestepped the big payoff of most true crime stories, crafting instead a film that focuses on the kind of obsessiveness it takes to follow that trail, year after year, without a satisfactory conclusion. Our critic called it ?at once sprawling and tightly constructed, opaque and meticulously detailed.
Cloudy With a Chance
of Meatballs (2009)
Flint Lockwood (energetically voiced by Bill Hader) creates a satellite that can turn water into food, transforming his forgotten fishing island into a gourmet destination and a tourist hot spot. But when the portions start to mutate into oversized super-foods, Flint has to find the courage to finish what he started. Anna Farris, James Caan, Mr. T and Bruce Campbell are the standouts in the voice cast, and while the little ones will love the images of hot dogs and spaghetti falling from the sky, theres also a lesson to learn about being yourself and doing whats right. Our critic called it ?a single serving of inspired lunacy. (For more family fun, queue up ?Happy Feet.)
This vivid, evocative memory play from Alfonso Cuarn is a story of two Mexican women in the early 1970s: Sofa (Marina de Tavira), a mother of four whose husband (and provider) is on his way out the door, and Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), the familys nanny, maid and support system. best movie ever!
Coco (2017)
A young boys search for his mysterious heritage and his musical voice takes him, quite literally, beyond this world in this charming, touching and joyful treat from Disney and Pixar. Set in Mexico on the Day of the Dead, the screenplay (by co-director Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich) cheerfully interweaves the traditions of the holiday and culture with its own rules of death and afterlife. Our critic wrote, ?it plays a time-tested tune with captivating originality and flair. (Movie musical fans should also queue up ?West Side Story on Netflix.)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
In this, the eighth installment of the ?Star Wars saga, the writer-director Rian Johnson (?Looper) bends the boundaries of the series in fascinating ways tinkering with iconography, exploding expectations and taking the universe in unexpected directions. ?The Last Jedi delivers the blockbuster goods, with chases, dogfights and lightsaber battles galore. But it is also a subtle and thoughtful meditation on the franchise itself, and the necessity of storytellers who are willing to take big risks. Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, and John Boyega all shine, but the powerhouse performer is Mark Hamill, who brings a lifetime of hope and disappointment to his long-awaited revival of Luke Skywalker. Our critic called it ?a satisfying, at times transporting entertainment. (Johnsons first feature film, the scorching neo-noir ?Brick, is also streaming on Netflix.)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The latest from Joel and Ethan Coen is an anthology film set in the Old West, a series of stories of varying length and style, some as short and simple as jokes, others with the richness and depth of a great short story. Our critic wrote, ?It swerves from goofy to ghastly so deftly and so often that you cant always tell which is which," and what seems at first like a filmed notebook of ideas and orphans instead becomes something of a workshop; its a place for the Coens to try things, experimenting with new styles and moods, while also delivering the kind of dark humor and deliciously ornate dialogue that weve come to expect. (Admirers of this post-modern Western may also enjoy Sam Peckinpahs classic ?The Wild Bunch, also on Netflix.)
Zodiac (2007)
Director David Finchers breakthrough film was the serial-killer thriller ?Seven, but he had no intention of repeating himself with this 2007 mystery. Because the real-life Zodiac killer was never apprehended or tried for his crime, Fincher sidestepped the big payoff of most true crime stories, crafting instead a film that focuses on the kind of obsessiveness it takes to follow that trail, year after year, without a satisfactory conclusion. Our critic called it ?at once sprawling and tightly constructed, opaque and meticulously detailed.
Cloudy With a Chance
of Meatballs (2009)
Flint Lockwood (energetically voiced by Bill Hader) creates a satellite that can turn water into food, transforming his forgotten fishing island into a gourmet destination and a tourist hot spot. But when the portions start to mutate into oversized super-foods, Flint has to find the courage to finish what he started. Anna Farris, James Caan, Mr. T and Bruce Campbell are the standouts in the voice cast, and while the little ones will love the images of hot dogs and spaghetti falling from the sky, theres also a lesson to learn about being yourself and doing whats right. Our critic called it ?a single serving of inspired lunacy. (For more family fun, queue up ?Happy Feet.)
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