Posts filed under 'Comcast On-Demand'
ANOTHER EARTH- 2010. Premise by Netflix. “Shortly after a strange, Earth-like planet is discovered, gifted astrophysics student Rhoda Williams (Brit Marling) accidentally slams her car into the vehicle of John Burroughs (William Mapother), killing his family. After some time, Rhoda and John begin an unlikely romance. But Rhoda starts to wonder what would happen if she could actually visit the new planet in director Mike Cahill’s romantic sci-fi drama.” At Sundance 2011. Sounds interesting and good reviews as well. TRDB.
1/15/12- A few interesting parts but basically fairly ridiculous. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: sci-fi
January 23rd, 2011
THE DETAILS-2010. Premise by Netflix. “After discovering that his lawn has been completely destroyed by raccoons, frustrated Jeff (Tobey Maguire) foolishly cheats on his wife, Nealy (Elizabeth Banks), which leads to a series of agonizing predicaments involving his best friend’s husband (Ray Liotta) and next-door neighbor (Laura Linney). Written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes, this dark comedy also stars Kerry Washington, Sam Trammell and Dennis Haysbert.” Showing at Sundance 2011– no reviews yet.
Tags: Comedy, drama
January 21st, 2011
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS- 2010. Premise by Netflix. “Trader Jake (Shia LaBeouf) tries to mend the broken relationship between his fiancée, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), and her father, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), while avenging the fate of his mentor, Lou (Frank Langella), by getting close to Wall Street’s new megalomaniac, Bretton James (Josh Brolin). Centered on the 2008 financial crisis, director Oliver Stone’s follow-up is a modern-day ode to unfettered capitalism and, of course, greed.” Fair reviews at best.
1/11- I watched for 18min.- way too long. Garbage! TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
January 18th, 2011
127 HOURS- 2010. Premise by Netflix. “Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) re-teams with writer Simon Beaufoy and producer Christian Colson to tell the harrowing story of real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston (James Franco), who literally cut himself loose from danger — and lived to tell about it. When sliding rock pinned his right forearm under a boulder during a climb in the Utah mountains, Ralston resorted to his basest survival instincts to stay alive.” Very good reviews. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. TRDB.
4/11- What was so great about this movie? Redundant, I found it boring and I never reached the amputation scene. TRDB. Netflix.
Tags: drama
October 10th, 2010
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