When Young-su realizes his alcoholism is getting seriously out of hand, he moves to a sanatorium to treat his illness. Forgetting his partying lifestyle, he meets a girl and they eventually decide to move to a quiet place together. But the longer Young-su lives in this deserted place, the more he starts to long for his earlier life.
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The Cast
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Worth the Popcorn?
Korean dramas, or maybe I should call them romances, always attract me more than the Hollywood type. Some fall into the same general love story clichés. But quite a few are really exceptional for their genre.
They don't shy away from taking a different dramatic direction. They even purposely take this route I think. Which mostly takes them much deeper than your average Hollywood story. It makes you connect. Where with another Hollywood story, you would leave the cinema thinking about the popcorn that was exceptionally tasty this time around.
Happiness starts as a sweet and interesting story about two totally different people, who happen to be at the same place at the right time. But it develops into a journey about life's choices. A lot of people have the dream of living a quiet live, in the middle of nowhere with their loved one. But is it enough? Will it satisfy you? Or do we prefer the life of a teenager. Partying and barhopping, while puking our guts out the day after. Where do we find our happiness?
Somehow, Susan Tom ended up adopting 11 special needs children. In this documentary we observe her and the children for one year. What follows, is a touching but honest story about the family. Some are sick, very sick. Some are angry about their past and they certainly don’t like each other all the time. But they all have Susan, who’s trying her best to just make everything work.
The Cast
The Trailer
Worth the Popcorn?
'My Flesh and Blood' is a very diverse story. It doesn't drag into the medical battles some of these children have to handle -- although it does touch on them. But rather shows a story of a family that's just a little different. On the other side, this family is just as any other. They go to school, get boyfriends, fight with their brothers. And combining the 'ordinary family' with the 'special needs family' makes this a truly unique picture.
It isn't some sensational product and doesn't shy away from touching some of the deeper problems. These children are people too. And not just people you would feel sorry for, they can be cranky b's too. The filmmakers also don't ignore the other side of Susan Tom. Having some strange arguments with the children, she isn't always the loving and caring mother either. But in the end, this movie is about a beautiful family. They fight, they argue, but in the end they all love each other.
Ben is left heartbroken after he and his girlfriend Suzy break up. Something happens in his body and now he is unable to sleep. To do something useful with all the additional hours he gets, he takes a night job at the local supermarket. This is where he meets some new friends, who all have their own ways of dealing with the long hours. And Ben, being an artist himself, soon finds his own creative ways to pass the long night shifts.
The Cast
The Trailer
Worth the Popcorn?
Writer and director Sean Ellis had the opportunity to make this beautiful movie after his short film Cashback got nominated for an Oscar. You might expect some rushed feature, to cash in on the hype. But Ellis probably already knew what more Ben's world would bring, because the outcome is quite a surreal and special piece.
In summary, you might describe this movie as a simple romance, with the usual jokes to lighten up the spirit. The guy loses the girl and meets another. And while at it, there are some juvenile guys, making some juvenile jokes. But the story is written so originally and unlike anything else, putting it like this would be far from doing it justice.
It's like a beautiful painting with great music and a philosophical story about life and love. To not lose all the teenagers in the first couple of minutes, there is some nudity and funny juvenile jokes -- actually, a lot of non-dirty nudity. But the story keeps its focus on the dreamlike story. It's pretty much just a gem not to miss out on.
Tom Ripley meets the wealthy father of Dicky Greenleaf. He wants his playboy son to come back from Italy and gives Tom $1,000 for doing so. But when Tom gets there, he falls in love with Dicky and his wife Marge. Actually, he gets obsessed and eventually just wants to become Dicky Greenleaf. And Dicky himself isn’t going to stop him.
The Cast
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Worth the Popcorn?
As a movie that can be found in the DVD budget bin, this is one of the more underrated mainstream movies of the last decennium in my opinion. Maybe not during its release, making $80 million, but certainly after it. Particularly the performance of Matt Damon, as a twisted psycho copier, is very convincing. He want to become this playboy so bad, he just does everything to get there. I couldn't help myself but be totally drawn into the story.
The romantic Italian scenery and the music add a lot to the atmosphere -- you can check the music in the video above. Everything takes place in all these great but every day places. While other thrillers might choose a dark and gritty set. It makes for a tensional psychodrama, that isn't the easy forgettable type.
