Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Top 20 The best movies 2013 Part 2

20. Killer Joe
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church




The power of a thunderous movie ending should never be underestimated. Even if everything that precedes a film’s closing scenes underwhelms, the last shot can send audiences out on a high that’ll make them forgive all of the inadequacies. Acclaimed director William Friedkin’s (The French Connection, The Exorcist) extremely pulpy and grimy, though unfairly NC-17-rated, Killer Joe has one of the craziest, entertainingly off-the-rails endings in recent years, but what makes it such a complete success is that the film as a whole is a victory.



In Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter Tracy Letts’ adaptation of his own 1993 play, Matthew McConaughey serves a smoldering, combustible turn as a seedy Dallas cop, nicknamed Killer Joe, whose side hustle involves killing folks for cash. His target of the moment is the good-for-nothing mother of a young, in-debt deadbeat (Emile Hirsch) from a dysfunctional trailer park family. Unable to pay Joe, Hirsch begrudgingly gives his cute space cadet of a little sister (Juno Temple) up as a “retainer.”


19. Ruby Sparks

Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Actors: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Chris Messina, Antonio Banderas, Steve Coogan, Elliot Gould



Take our advice: Rent a copy of Ruby Sparks, schedule a home video night with your preferred lady friend, and be prepared to receive cool points a-plenty from your fairer-sexed partner. Perhaps even some post-movie loving as a reward for displaying such quality taste in cinema. But we digress.


Whats truly special about the second feature film from sharp husband-and-wife directing team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) is the wonderful script from star Zoe Kazan. Blending magical-realism with touching romance, Kazans screenplay brilliantly develops a romance from the seemingly impossible.


The actress real-life boyfriend, the perennially underrated Paul Dano, gives a strong leading man performance as a struggling novelist who inexplicably wills a fictional dream girl (Kazan) into existence and falls in love with her. Ruby Sparks works on several levels concurrently: Its a genuinely sweet comedy, a heart-tugging love story, and a Twilight Zone-esque look at human connection in a heightened reality. Most critics would call Silver Linings Playbook the years best romantic comedy—around these parts, the title goes to Ruby Sparks.


18. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Director: Benh Zeitlin
Actors: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Esterly, Gina Montana, Lowell Landes



It’s rare that a movie given such a high amount of critical hyperbole and instant prestige lives up to the hype. After winning both the top grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January and the Camera d’Or (designated for best first-time director) at the Cannes Film Festival in May, debut feature helmer Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild rode one of the loudest, most enthusiastic waves of pre-release build-up seen in quite some time before its late June release.


Thankfully, all of the positive word was absolutely justified. Anchored by an astounding performance from 6-year-old rookie Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts is an emotional powerhouse. The film follows a tough little girl, Hushpuppy, who, living in a fictional New Orleans marshland community called “The Bathtub,” must contend with both a dying father (the equally dynamite Dwight Henry), mythical monsters known as “aurochs,” and rising waters that are washing her homeland away.


Shot in the heart of New Orleans with newbie actors and a tight-knit production crew, Zeitlin’s picture is as authentic as it is captivating. When Hushpuppy’s defiant narration isn’t either making you laugh or stand at attention, the film’s rich characters and brave narrative turns will leave you clutching for fresh Kleenex. It’s a towering achievement from a director and young rugrat/actress whose names we’ll be hearing a lot of come awards season.


17. The Spectacular Now

Director: James Ponsoldt
Actors: Miles Teller, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh



Shailene Woodley gives a performance of such fragility and power in The Spectacular Now that the rest of the movie almost feels dull by comparison. Director James Ponsoldt (Smashed) adapted Tim Tharp’s coming-of-age novel with heartfelt sincerity, and the result has wooed enthusiastic Sundance crowds. Miles Teller stars as Sutter, a high school senior with a great enthusiasm for human connection and partying, but little enthusiasm for classwork or future planning. Think Ferris Bueller with a concealed depression and an alcohol abuse problem. Woodley dominates every frame she’s in with sweet hesitations and a nervous smile. She provides a mesmerizing portrayal of young love. If only The Spectacular Now had been about its strongest character, it could have really been something.—Jeremy Mathews



16. Crystal Fairy

Director: Sebastián Silva
Actors: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffman, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, Augustin Silva



If Michael Cera was typecast as the poster boy for Type B romantic heroes—awkward but sweet, soft but humble, geeky but loveable—his turn in Sebastián Silva’s Crystal Fairy marks his arrival as an unlikeable Type A anti-hero. In one of the actor’s two Chile-based collaborations with Silva at Sundance (the other is Magic Magic), Jaime (Cera) is an ugly American, obsessed with mind-altering drugs and oblivious to his own self-centeredness. Stoned at a local party, he invites fellow American Crystal Fairy (Gaby Hoffman)—a hippie, hairy, sometimes off-putting and often-naked free spirit—on his quest for a rare mescaline-producing cactus on a camping trip with friends. The sparse plot nonetheless provides opportunities for a little self-reflection and some original, dark humor, making the druggy affair a worthwhile trip to the theater.—Josh Jackson



15. The Crash Reel

Director: Lucy Walker



Even for those of us who have no interest in snowboarding or winter sports, The Crash Reel provides a remarkable story about family. What could have easily been a by-the-numbers recovery story about a niche sport is constantly compelling in the hands of one of our most talented young documentarians—Oscar-nominee Lucy Walker. It’s striking how different each of Walker’s movies are in both subject matter and feel, yet she’s remarkably consistent. She finds the right story and the right tone every single time.—Michael Dunaway



14. Afternoon Delight

Director: Jill Soloway
Actors: Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor, Jane Lynch



We often see films about male midlife crises, so it’s refreshing to experience one from a woman’s point of view. From the beginning of the movie, McKenna (Kathryn Hahn) feels like a fish out of water among her friends, and she’s losing touch with her husband (Josh Radnor). Director Jill Soloway does a really good job of building that frustration so when McKenna has a spark of chemistry with a young dancer at a strip club (Juno Temple), it’s more believable that she’d let her into her life. Her character is obviously well-intention, but her self-destruction isn’t sugar-coated. And we get to see a new side of Josh Radnor than we’ve seen before—darker, more troubled and internal.—Michael Dunaway



13. The Gatekeepers

Director: Dror Moreh



Dror Moreh’s documentary has already played at Telluride and Toronto, and is even already nominated for an Oscar, but it plays Sundance this year in the Spotlight section, reserved for a select few films that have played other festivals. It earns its spot, and then some. Amazingly, Moreh conducted interviews with every single head of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. The access boggles the mind, and some of the stories are riveting. If there’s a flaw in the film, it’s one of bias—the film dwells on Israeli atrocities while mitigating its criticisms of Palestinian terrorism. Still, it’s a fascinating look behind the curtain. And it’s a technical tour de force—Moreh does things with still photos that I’ve never seen done in a film before.—Michael Dunaway



12. Toy’s House

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Actors: Nick Robinson, Nick Offerman, Moises Arias, Gabriel Basso, Alison Brie, Megan Mullally, Erin Moriarty



Comedies generally fare well at Sundance. After hours of watching dark, disturbing dramas and depressing documentaries, sometimes you just need a laugh. Toy’s House provides plenty. Like Superbad (but with less raunch and even more heart), it tells the story of three boys on the brink of becoming men—struggling to fit in at school and at home. Joe Toy (Nick Robinson) has had enough of his overbearing, miserable widower father (Nick Offerman) and decides to build a house in the woods for he and his friend Patrick (Gabriel Basso). Moises Arias steals scene after scene as the awkward third roommate who just kind of shows up.—Josh Jackson



11. Fill the Void

Director: Rama Burshtein
Actors: Hila Feldman, Razia Israeli, Yiftach Klein, Renana Raz, Ido Samuel



The press materials describe the film as a Jane Austin novel set in Tel Aviv’s ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community, and that’s about as close to the mark as we can get. It’s more than just a peek behind the veil of a seldom-depicted society, though. The tender film is anchored by a sensitive bravura lead performance by Hila Feldman. Somehow her struggles with family and marriage, while maintaining a parcularly Orthodox spin, still seem completely universal, as well.—Michael Dunaway



10. Don Jon’s Addiction

Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Rob Brown



Joseph Gordon-Levitt has come a very long way since Third Rock From the Sun (and a rich career as a child actor that preceded even that). He’s shown an amazing range in films like Hesher, Mysterious Skin and his recent run of blockbusters. And he stretches himself further in his first directorial effort, Jon Don’s Addiction, playing a New Jersey Don Juan whose routine involves his car, his gym, his club, his church, his women and his porn. It’s an interesting—and hilarious—look at both how men objectify women and how women objectify men. His seemingly irredeemable character finds redemption in surprising ways.—Josh Jackson

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

How to Watch 2012 Hot Christmas Movies on Android Tablets

Christmas movie on Android tablet
Christmas draws near and near, and tablets have become the best Christmas gift for families. With the best performance and low price, Android tablets are no doubt the great choice, such as, Amazon Kindle Fire HD. And if you or will own a Android tablet, and you like movies, then the most enjoyable thing for this Christmas is watch the hottest Christmas movies of 2012 on the Android tablet with your family or friends. There are so many wonderful Christmas movies prepared for you, and let’s just take some time to get the methods of watching the Christmas Movie on Android Tablets.

Method 1.Download Hot Christmas Movies from Some Website

You can download free hot Christmas movies for Android Tablet from the following websites imp4hubor or itabmovies. Both of the two websites offers the free download movies in MP4 formats. And you can also subscribe the website and requires the movie you want. The flaw is that some good holiday movies are offered and the numbers of movies is not in large number.

And there are also other reliable websites Netflix, Clicker, ZumoCast, YouTube, HuluPlus,ABC and CBS network websites offering free online movies, you can also download the movies but you should pay for it. One thing you should take care is ensure the website is safe and you also need to connect the Internet.

Tip:The majority of people choose this method to watch the Christmas movies with family, however, there is a problem for this one. The movie formats. You know, there are no tablets which can support all the formats, when you cannot play the movies you download on your Android tablet, you are probably need an Android tablet converter to help you.

Method 2: Install Movie Apps to Stream the Movie

If you just don’t like to browse the websites then you can install some movie apps to watch the movie on your Android tablet. You can choose Netfix, IMDb Movies & TV, VLC Direct Pro and other choices.

Tip:In this way, you can enjoy the Christmas movies better, but you need to connect to the web unless you have downloaded the movies.

So, it is you turn to choose your favorite Christmas Movie for your Android tablet.


2012 hot Christmas Movie suggestion: Life of Pi,Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Home Alone,The Holiday,Jingle All the Way,How the Grinch Stole Christmas,Miracle on 34th Street,The Polar Express,The Simpsons Christmas,White Christmas 


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Friday, May 9, 2014

10 Best French Movies 2014


French cinema often has the ability to touch every issue, even the most difficult or most intellectual, with lightness of touch and at the same time with thin depth. This year was marked with interesting titles: the podium of my personal top ten is inhabited by goodies that moviegoers will have surely loved.
Here are the top 10 most beautiful and best French movies 2013 - 2014 (according to me).

10 Best French Movies 2013 - 2014 



1) La Vie dAdèle - Chapters 1 & 2 by Abdellatif Kechiche
In amazement I also found people who do not have loved this gem from Director viscerally franco-Tunisian. Is there anyone who has called the film "pornographic", who "welcomed". I found it just a beautiful film, shot with a surprising and naturalism with a deep artistic look. Three hours lived with intensity. Especially I was kidnapped the transport with which the two interpreters Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, were completely shameless. If you are looking for in the life of Adele a manifesto of demands for the rights of homosexuals will be disappointed, of course: Kechiche import mailbox "simply" a magnificent bildungsroman to love. Lesbian love.

2) Molière cycling by Philippe Le Guay
If I think back to the scene of the bath tub, I laugh again. The comedy from Director de Le donne del 6° floor is an irresistible finesse and fraught with unexpected ironic laughter. Fabrice Luchini, who is also co-author of the subject, is unique, wonderful performer. Is formidable his Duet with Lambert Wilson, on the edge of friendship, of envy, of the common passion for acting and for the Misanthrope of Molierè. Who loves the theatre and that the French will be repaid thin humor from the vision. And then there is also our Maya Sansa, sketched some nice spring playing on the Italian.

3) Venus in furs by Roman Polanski
I admit it: its not a film for everyone. May cause the applause at the end of the vision or get bored terribly. Who has loved Carnage, the previous work of the franco-Polish Director, will love this new challenge. Only two actors, a single camera, a theatrical stage setting and claustrophobic. A duel erotic, a subtle war of the sexes, on the edge of the novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, the inspiration for the term "masochism". The two talented actors Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric.

4) the past by Asghar Farhadi
The first French film to the Iranian Director of a separation, 2012 Oscar for best foreign language film. With a similar narrative style, revealing slowly, slowly adding new revelations, builds an emotional yellow thinly stretched. Less powerful than her previous work but nonetheless valuable.

5) unexpected love of Anne Giafferi roundabout
Playing on clichés and prejudices by which the Church is often the object, but also talking about inner search and meaning of life, the Director there over a small and delicate film in some ways out of mode. "Catholic is not very sexy," says indeed Hortense (Valérie Bonneton) with his brother Antoine (Eric Caravaca), discovered in a totally unexpected attracted to the Faith. An enjoyable work, between comedy and spirituality.

6) in the House of François Ozon
The French Director as usual offers us an original story and tantalizing, which only has the defect of being a little too bizarre in the second half. A strange relationship between a Professor (Fabrice Luchini, still him, always great) and a student (Ernst Umhauer) that has the passion to spy in the homes of others. In a game of mutual manipulation and identifications, the play develops slowly like a noir.

7) Two Mothers by Anne Fontaine
Franco-Australian Film, deals with a topic certainly thorny and inconvenient that only a feminine hand could deal without timing out in inappropriate. Two great friends, to the limit of lesbianism, fall in love of their children, two beautiful young men as adoni, contraccambiate. The four passion moves between fascination and questions of plausibility. Robin Wright captures one of his best interpretations and makes everything believable.

8) A Lady in Paris by Ilmar Raag
Fragile and delicate story meetings, gives us the magnificent interpretation of Jeanne Moreau, who at 85 years retains its charm over the top and a stubborn presence and "tignosa" in front of the camera. He played an old lady Estonian emigrated to France many years ago, which is struggling to accept old age and makes life impossible to its carer (Laine Mägi), Estonian but also different social extraction.

9) As patient stone by Atiq Rahimi
The Afghan-born French filmmaker relies on superb Golshifteh Farahani to stage some kind of monologue that a wife addresses the wounded husband, reduced plant State. In a slow, the climax will reveal his anguish, oppression that was forced, his secrets, then release. Not all Film, suitable for patients hearts.

10) the son of Lorraine Lévy
For an exchange of cradles a boy credutosi Israeli always finds a Palestinian Palestinian and Israeli discovers: a real shock for the two young men as to their families, but also notice the vanity of some atavistic rivalry. An artwork that reflects on settling grudges blind written by history.
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