![]() The movie sounds bleak, but trust me, it’s not, and that’s due in part to the effortless direction and the actors’ performances. Throughout the film, this foursome will meet each other, in aquariums, sex chat rooms, and strip clubs, and couple, decouple, and switch partners to stave off a loneliness that comes with being either emotionally immature or severely damaged. Adapted from Patrick Marber’s play by director Mike Nichols, the movie focuses on four messed-up people: Dan (Jude Law), a London obituary writer Alice (Natalie Portman), an American waitress Anna (Julia Roberts), a photographer and Larry, a British dermatologist. The battle of the sexes has never been more brutal orwatchable as it is in Closer. Scorsese is a masterful filmmaker, and while The Departed isn’t one of his best, it’s still one of the best crime thrillers of the 2000s and the rare Best Picture winner that has improved in people’s eyes over the years. In addition to DiCaprio, Damon, and Nicholson, the movie stars Mark Wahlberg (who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance), Alec Baldwin, Vera Farmiga, Anthony Anderson, Martin Sheen, and Ray Winstone. If that premise wasn’t enough to make you watch this movie, the stacked cast should do the trick. Both sides discovers there’s a rat in their midst, and try to eliminate their secret enemy before it’s too late. At the same time, Costello installs his own spy, Colin Sullivan ( Air‘s Matt Damon), in the Boston Police Department. Adapted from the fine Hong Kong action movie Infernal Affairs, The Departed concerns Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio), an undercover cop who infiltrates crime boss Frank Costello’s (Jack Nicholson) organization. The Departed is Martin Scorsese at his crowd-pleasing best, as he blends Mean Streets-type violence with a commercial slickness that makes the movie hugely enjoyable. The movie is so good, it makes you wish the sequels, reboots, and shows were half as bold and fun as the original. Jovovich makes for a great heroine, and some of the kills are absolutely brutal. But from its intriguing opening to its relentless second and third acts, Resident Evil is immensely watchable zombie action movie fun. Are the sequels terrible and almost unwatchable? Absolutely. Is the movie a faithful adaptation of its video game source material? No. Soon, she finds a slinky red gown, some clues to her past (who is that man in the picture?), and a cadre of soldiers, who all are running for their lives from the zombified inhabitants of a secret underground laboratory. Resident Evil stars former model-turned-actress Milla Jovovich as Alice, who wakes nude up in an abandoned mansion with her memory wiped clean. As it is, it has its admirers, but still has the stain of being a failed movie adaptation of a beloved video game franchise. If Resident Evil wasn’t called Resident Evil, it would be a cult classic. The Oscar-nominated 1963 special effects are still effective today, and the scenic cinematography somehow makes you want to be in the middle of all the chaos. This is one of Hitch’s darkest movies, and the apocalyptic ending is one of his very best. Nature’s birds freak out, and decide to attack humans at random intervals. The premise is simple: a flighty heiress arrives in a small town to play a practical joke on a male admirer and somehow upsets the laws of nature. More importantly, The Birds is just an all-around great movie. Set in the beautiful California coastal town of Bodega Bay, the movie offers the kind of laid-back summertime thrills that used to be Hollywood’s specialty before CGI took over. Yet if I had to pick one right now that is worth your time, I’d select The Birds. The Birds (1963)Ī trio of Alfred Hitchcock classics - Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie - are leaving Netflix on July 1, and you should try to watch all of them. Ignore the awful, calculated sequels and rewatch the original to understand why everyone fell in love with a fictional British spy with bad teeth and a hairy back in 1997.Īustin Powers: International Man of Mystery leaves Netflix on July 1. ![]() The movie is also just plain hilarious, with plenty of giddy, lowbrow humor (Alotta Fagina, anyone?) and dumb gags (“This is my wife … Oprah” always gets a laugh from me) that generate a high laugh-per-minute ratio. The movie satirized the outdated sexual and cultural institutions that Austin worshipped in the 1960s and argued that 1990s-era political correctness and safe sex were, in their own ways, more liberating and fulfilling. ![]() Leonardo DiCaprio’s upcoming documentaries to debut exclusively on NetflixĪs the titular time-displaced hero, Myers is randy, offensive, and slightly annoying, but that’s the point. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for crime drama ‘Flower Moon’ 7 movies leaving Netflix in June 2023 you need to watch now
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