Mermaids (1990)
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Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax (Winona Ryder) is tired of her wacky mom (Cher) moving their family...
The Family Man (2000)
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Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Van Helsing (2004) in Movies
Aug 28, 2019 (Updated Oct 7, 2019)
Also starring Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious (and, yes, again wearing tight fitting trousers a la Underworld) and with Richard Roxburgh doing all but chewing the scenery as Count Dracula, this see's Van Helsing travel to Transylvania in an effort to uncover the mystery of his past and aid Anna in stopping her family's curse in a film that also sees many of Universals 'classic' monsters (Wolfman, Dracula's brides, Frankenstein's Monster, Jekyll and Hyde) involved.
Beach Rats (2017)
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On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare...
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State of Grace
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Nominated for the National Book Award in 1974, this haunting, profoundly disquieting novel manages...
Hawkeye, Volume 6: Hawkeyes
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Hawkeye and Hawkeye take aim at another season — but this time there's a twist! Arrows fly in...
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon
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The breakout star of this summer's blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero...
Hawkeye Omnibus
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It's Marvel's most critically acclaimed comic in recent memory! Clint Barton, breakout star of a...
ClareR (5879 KP) rated Marple: Twelve New Stories in Books
Jul 10, 2023
My favourite stories in the anthology were written by: Val McDermid, Natalie Haynes, Ruth Ware, Ely Griffiths and Kate Moss.
The authors mentioned above gave the most convincing re-imaginings, whilst some of the others made her sound more modern, or Americanisms had slipped in - which is definitely very un-Marple-ish!
All in all, it’s a very enjoyable anthology, and I did like all of the stories.
Thanks to The Pigeonhole and to all the authors that contributed (the US cover actually shows who all of the authors are).
Darren (1599 KP) rated 45 Years (2015) in Movies
Jun 20, 2019
When Geoff starts remembering the story of a woman he met before Kate, it puts Kate’s feelings in a frenzy and she wants to learn where she really stands in his life after all these years.
Thoughts on 45 Years
Characters – Kate is the former teacher (I think) who has been married for 45 years in what she believed was a perfect marriage, until she learns about a woman before they met, she goes through the questions of just where she stands in his life, even after all these years. Geoff is her husband, his memory isn’t what it used to be and it is his memory of his former love that puts the story on the rocks. Everyone else we meet are people from the town, friends who have known them for years.
Performances – Charlotte Rampling got an Oscar nomination for this role, you can see why she is fantastic as we see how she must try to hold in her emotions through the struggle. Tom Courtenay is also fantastic as the elderly man that can’t keep everything together like he once did. The rest of the cast doesn’t get too much screen time which is fine because it is our couple story.
Story – The story follows a couple of soon to be 45 years preparing for their anniversary, only for a moment to throw the years or marriage out the window through the eyes of one of the couple. We only follow the week leading up to the event which is great because we know how happy their marriage was before the events. It shows how one moment could change how everything seems which is reality many people would have in life and it also shows how important love can be for a couple even if at times things could be questioned.
Romance – The romance in this film shows just what the two would have been through with the years of marriage, how they must learn to stay loyal to each other no matter what.
Settings – The film keeps us in the singular town setting, it gives the film an authentic feeling of just where the couple have been for years and never look out of place here.
Scene of the Movie – The party.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – It is never fully explained is Geoff is just getting old or ill with his memory issues.
Final Thoughts – This is one of those dramas you can see why it got the Oscars attention, but it won’t be something for the casual film fans to be going to watch and it does show how a real long-term relationship goes.
https://moviesreview101.com/2018/09/27/abc-film-challenge-romance-45-years-2015/