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The Russian domestic blockbuster Nochnoi Dozor (Night Watch) was an adaptation of the first half of the Sergei Lukyanenko novel of the same name (actually a set of interlinked novellas). This follow-up has to finish the plotlines of the first volume and adapt the two remaining entries in the series (Day Watch, Twilight Watch). It’s an epic stretch, even with a ‘previously…’ montage to recap the story so far. But director Timur Bekmambetov confidently assembles the complicated plot, with its myriad bizarre characters (there’s a sub-plot about a vampire chef and his mixed-up son, not to mention the possibility that the heroine of the first film will evolve into a ‘Great Light Other’), and rushes towards a satisfyingly apocalyptic finish in which Moscow (perhaps the world) faces destruction as metaphysical war breaks out and the fate of all reality depends on a particularly bizarre MacGuffin.

The ‘Chalk Of Destiny’, buried in the fist of Mongol leader Tamerlane The Great, gets its own impressive historical flashbacks before amusingly turning up in a Moscow greasy spoon: its guardian writes his own destiny by chalking up borscht and dumpling prices, but various folks find more ambitious, dangerous uses for the thing.

Like all good fantasy franchises, this mixes action, mysticism and soap as intricate inter-relationships of the variously Light and Dark characters propel everyone to a cataclysm, which erupts during a birthday party in a high-end Moscow hotel that is headquarters for the forces of darkness.

It’s a rich film, as good at staging amazing car stunts in the snowy Moscow streets (and up the side of buildings) as making wry humour of a sex-switch body-swap plot strand. When the CGI cuts in for the devastation, it gets a bit Highlanderish - you’d think all these arch-sorcerers would come up with more imaginative spells beyond simply zapping each other. The major achievement is that it establishes its own tradition - very specifically Russian in cultural reference and post-Soviet noir look, but with the energy and pace of Hollywood.

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It’s a stunt Top Gear could only dream of staging: a car being driven vertically up the side of a skyscraper, screeching and swerving across vast expanses of glass, before smashing through a window and coming to a halt in a corridor. The fact that this sequence – without a doubt the most memorable scene in Day Watch – has bugger-all to do with the actual story, taking place just for the hell of it, says all you need to know about this bonkers, ballistic sci-fier.

Timur Bekmambetov’s sequel to rouble-raking Russian vampire movie Night Watch is a curious stew of all the things that made the first film so compelling: mental plotting, eye-bulging stunts, devil-may-care attitude… even the subtitles bounce when somebody knocks on a door. Sadly, what Part Two in this planned trilogy doesn’t manage to do is whip them together into a satisfying, coherent whole. The epic struggle between the forces of Light and Dark, this time taking in a quest for the “Chalk of Destiny” (look in the cine-dictionary under “MacGuffin”), builds to a contrived, copout conclusion that tarnishes the franchise’s paint-fresh lustre.

Proceedings once again focus on the Night Watch (the “good” guys, tasked with keeping an eye on the monsters of the night), the Day Watch (vice versa), and our hero Anton Gorodetsky (Konstantin Khabnesky), hapless father of the boy who may hold the key to the apocalypse. This time round there’s a love story between Anton and mousy virgin Svetlana (Mariya Poroshina) – complicated when Anton ends up stuck in the body of a woman – prompting a worrying slide towards sentiment over spectacle.

And yet… though Day Watch is flawed, it still succeeds in flaunting more balls and bravado than a good proportion of multiplex Hollyfodder – which might come in useful in Wanted, Bekmambetov’s upcoming Angelina Jolie-starrer. And even if the story isn’t very cohesive, there’s always that skyscraper-climbing car to drool over…

A disappointing follow-up to Timur Bekmambetov's ground-cracking debut that still holds just enough explosiveness to blow a few fuses in your brain. Watch for the set-pieces (killer balls, car chases, power lines used as whips) and ignore the rest.

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Russia Release Date: 01-01-2006

Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov

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Day Watch is the second film in the immensely popular Night Watch series. It is very popular in Russia anyway. Like it's predecessor, it was the number one box office film in Russia the year it came out. In fact, it made more money than the first one.

Anton is now on a mission to get his son away from the dark Others. To do so he attempts to find an ancient relic that may help undo what has transpired. To do it he may have to break the long standing truce between the light and dark Others. Before he knows it, the dark Others are hot on his trail as he has been framed for killing a dark Other.

Plenty of special effects and action pack the film. The vision of Timur Bekmambetov and his special effects wizards are truly amazing. My favorite bit is when a woman is driving like mad down a road in a hot red sports car. She jumps the curb and drives along the side of a curved building. She breaks, turns the car and ends up crashing through a window, and then drives down the hall and busts through some doors. Gloriously over-the-top, and since she is a supernatural being, you buy it.

Day Watch also has a funny scene in which Anton and Olga switch bodies. He goes to his girlfriends apartment to hide out, but she does not know Olga is actually Anton. Of course it leads to a scene where she takes a shower and of course asks Olga (Anton) to bring her a towel.

The movie is big, brash, and fun. It is also a wee bit confusing at times. The others have powers that are not at all defined. They seem to be able to do what ever they want, when they want. They keep coming up with new abilities every other scene. There are mere vampires. There are Others who can change shape. Some can enter another dimension, the gloom. Some can do it better than others. Just accept everything as it comes at you and you are in for a fun time.

In one scene Anton is being chased by some dark Others and he jumps through a billboard movie poster of 9 Rota (9th Company) . It was the biggest Russian film in domestic ticket sales in 2005. In 2004 it was Night Watch , and in 2006 is was Day Watch . Aleksey Chadov, whose role increases somewhat this time around as the nosey vampire neighbor, appears in all three films. Talk about a hot streak.

Although four stories have been written for the series, there is no sign of any more being made. The third and fourth are in limbo. If they are going to make them, they need to get off their asses, hire back the same crew and cast. These films walk a very delicate line of camp and audacity. I doubt anyone but the original film makers could pull it off again.

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It had been a few years since I last watched Day Watch and I had forgotten just how neatly it wraps up the events begun in Night Watch . This may have originally been envisioned as a trilogy (Eric you mention four books being written) but clearly this is the end of the story. To continue the series it would need a kick start. Although Day Watch runs a half hour longer than Night Watch it is a better movie in my opinion.

It begins two years after the events of Night Watch . Anton is now training Svetlana to be a member of the Night Watch team. In the first movie she was the one that caused the Vortex and is now on her way to becoming a very powerful witch. In fact she is destined to be a Great One like Anton’s son Yegor. Like him she can move with ease to the second level of the Gloom and the two of them are seemingly on a collision course as she is a Light Other and he chose to become a Dark One at the end of the first movie. Anton is stuck in the middle with both his trainee/girlfriend and his son being more powerful Others than he is.

Of course Sveta and Anton begin having romantic feelings for each other.

Clearly Timur Bekmambetov had a bigger budget this time around and it shows. The scene Eric mentioned where the Dark Other chick drives the hot red sports car along the outside wall of a tall office building is one cool effect. The historical sequence (like the first movie there is a scene set in ancient times that explains part of the mythology) is also pretty amazing. It shows how the warrior Tamerlane entered a Persian maze to obtain the Chalk of Fate. Rather than figure out how to maneuver through the maze he simply rides his horse straight through the brick walls until he reaches the center.

Like Night Watch this movie manages to infuse some humor into what is for the most part a dark and violent scenario. Eric, did you watch the unrated version? In the one I saw Anton actually gets into the shower with Sveta while still in Olga’s body. Before we see any girl-on-girl action however it cuts to Sveta and the real Anton embracing in a fantasy setting by a waterfall as if to say this is what she is imagining.

There is a huge showdown at Yegor’s birthday party which leads to the very satisfying denouement. Eric, I agree with what you wrote about this movie walking the delicate line between camp and audacity. It does indeed and very well at that!

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Day Watch (2007)

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The second chapter in the epic fantasy trilogy.

Rating: 6/10

Still a stylish thriller like its predecessor, Day Watch is a fabulous looking film that tries to pack in too much until it starts to just feel empty and pretty.

Running Time: 132 minutes

US Certificate: R UK Certificate: 15

In the second installment of what will hopefully be a trilogy (rumor has it the third piece is on indefinite hiatus while Timur Bekmambetov decides if he wants to be involved), everyone we met in 2004s Night Watch is back for another trip around The Gloom, but this time, its just not quite as magical. The film still looks amazing, and the performances are still all strongeven the story is interesting. The problems arise because whereas Night Watch had to introduce the world, the people, AND the mythos, with Day Watch, most of that is already in place, and with more room to move around in, it all starts to feel a little crowded.

Its been two years since the cataclysmic events on the roof, and Anton is still fighting the good fight, only now hes fighting it with apprentice Svetlana (Mariya Poroshina); remember her? Hes also trying to keep an eye on his son Yegor (Dima Martynov), now 14 and still aligned with the Dark. Its all pretty run-of-the-mill Night Watch routine, though, until Dark Ones start winding up dead and all suspicions point to Anton, and soon hes on the run, in search of whoever is attempting to set him up.

Had I not watched Night Watch right before watching Day Watch, I might have enjoyed this sequel more, and maybe its unfair to compare the two because of that. But I am. See, the thing that made the first movie so superior to not just this one, but to most pictures in this genre, was that it kept its story tight. Even introducing us to the whole Watch-y universe, with its legends and loyalties and codes, nothing ever seemed murky the first time around. This move still has the lookits still slick and sexy, theres more time to get to know the characters, and they even get in a little romance. The tone is different, thougha little looser, a little more humorouswhich isnt bad on its own, but which leads to an overall feeling of too much. Theres a lot going on, from the father-son angle to the romance angle to a little girl-on-girl action to old ladies getting mugged and drained of their life forces to a murder frame-up to well, you see what I mean. Its so well executed from a technical standpoint I found myself swept along until, all of a sudden, it occurred to me that I wasnt really even sure what I was watching anymore. But my advice is, if you enjoyed Night Watch, see Day Watch a day or two later when youre fully awakeits worth it, if for no other reason than to build up your hope for Twilight Watch.

It's Got: A whole lot of story, A great look, Some appreciated romance and humor.

It Needs: Not so many plotlines, To do a little less, A final installment.

DVD Extras Audio commentary (Timur Bekmambetov, director); The Making-of Day Watch featurette; U.S. trailer; Russian trailers; Russian TV spots; trailers. DVD Extras Rating: 5/10

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Day Watch (2006)

Featuring the cinematic vision of cutting-edge Director/Writer Timur Bekmambetov, DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) is based on the novel by Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasiliev. When the previous installment, NIGHT WATCH (NOCHNOI DOZOR), was released in its native Russia in July 2004, it became an instant smash hit breaking all film gross records in post-Soviet history. Made for a mere $4 million, the film out-grossed both LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING and SPIDERMAN 2 at the Russian box office, eventually taking in more than $16 million. DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) has done even better, grossing over $30 million. A dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects, amazing action sequences, and nail-biting horror set in contemporary Moscow, DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness -- the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. This ancient war between the forces of Light and Darkness is reaching a tragic outcome. Each side has gained a powerful Great Other, who are headed for a clash, and Anton Gorodetsky is once again caught up in the midst of this conflict. On one side is Anton's son, Egor, who has joined the ranks of the Dark Others, while Anton's love interest Svetlana is the hope of the Light. But that's just the beginning of his troubles: Anton is on the run after having been accused of murder. Things are getting worse, and only the ancient Chalk of Fate can save the day. The problem is the magical Chalk was lost hundreds of years ago... DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) stars Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Victor Verzhbitskiy, Zhanna Friske, Dima Martynov, Valeriy Zolotukhin and Aleksey Chadov. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov from a screenplay by Bekmambetov, Sergei Lukyanenko and Alexander Talal, DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) was produced by Konstantin Ernst, the General Director of Channel One Russia, Russia's biggest and most successful television network, and Anatoly Maximov, Deputy General Director. The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Director of Photography Sergei Trofimov, Art Directors Valery Victorov and Mukhtar Mirzakeyev, Editor Dmitri Kiselev and Costume Designer Varia Avdiushko. The film's music is composed by Yuri Poteyenko. Sergei Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasiliev's novel Day Watch -- and its prequel Night Watch and sequel Dusk Watch -- marked a watershed in Russian literature. The book's story of supernatural battles breaking out on the frenetic, everyday streets of modern Moscow struck a resonant chord with a whole new crowd -- young Russian readers, fantasy fans and Internet users -- who turned them into instant hip, cult classics, selling 500,000 copies. Since the Russian release of the feature films DAY WATCH (DNEVNOI DOZOR) and NIGHT WATCH (NOCHNOI DOZOR), the trilogy has gone on to sell another 2.5 million copies.

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The ancient war between the forces of light and darkness continues in contemporary Moscow in the stylish and exciting second installment of the Russian cult horror/sci-fi trilogy. Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Dima Martynov, Galina Tyunina, Vladimir Menshov. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.

Writer-director Timur Bekmambetov's second go at Sergei Lukyanenko's trilogy of horror fantasies is just as entertaining as his first, NIGHT WATCH (2004), and picks up a few years after the first film left off. First, the mythology: The forces of light and darkness forged a truce in the 14th century, giving each equal footing on earth and free reign to recruit human souls to either side. Two consortiums — the Night Watch, made up of benevolent supernatural beings, and the Day Watch, comprising their darker brethren — will keep an eye on each other's activities and maintain the status quo. But one day, two "Great Others" will be born: Should they meet, all-out war will erupt, with disasterous consequences for the world's puny humans. Anton (Konstantin Khabensky), an agent of the Night Watch, is the father of one of these cosmic tie-breakers — adolescent Yegor (Dima Martynov), who has allied himself with vampire Zavulon (Viktor Verzhbitsky), a major Day Watch player. Anton is also the diffident suitor of the other tie-breaker, trainee Night Watch enforcer Svetlana (Mariya Poroshina). It's a sticky position to be in, though Anton has matured greatly from the first film, in which he discovered his part in the metaphysical mayhem and rose to the challenge of trying to contain it. Zavulon (Victor Verzhbitsky), true to his nature, is doing his damnedest to create chaos, aided by punked-out sorceress Alisa (Russian rock star Zhanna Friske), whose great weakness is her love for fledgling vampire Kostya (Aleksei Chadov). As Zavulon prepares a huge birthday celebration for Yegor, Anton is sidetracked by the quest for the Chalk of Fate, which allows the person who possesses it to change his or her fate by writing with it. The chalk has been hidden since the time of Central Asian warrior-king Tamerlane in a monastery in Samarkand in northern Iran, but the Night Watch has reason to believe it's no longer there. Further complicating matters, Anton has been framed for a truce violation and must hide from the Day Watch by switching bodies with his colleague and former partner Olga (Galina Tyunina). And there's more — much, much more. Intricate though the plot is, Bekmambetov's gleefully hyperbolic, go-for-broke directing style almost overwhelms it. And that's not really a criticism: The film is a Catherine wheel, spinning and throwing off sparks in so many directions that without the director's sheer delight in near chaos, the story could easily bog down in its mix of cumulative incident and complicated interpersonal drama. But with Bekmambetov at the helm, it's a high-energy blast. (In Russian and Chagatai)

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Although I really struggle to enjoy Day Watch fully, the film is packed with spiritual content that begs to be addressed...

Narrative incoherence continues to reign supreme.

Visually, it mixes a gritty reality with eye-popping horror-fantasy, but the story short-circuits the film by adding a level of incomprehensibility, particularly in its second half.

Let's hope the humor is intentional; it's frankly hard to tell.

Watch's supernatural police and Bekmambetov's rich visual palette give the film enough strength at least to throw a couple elbows to set itself apart from other nameless films with plenty of effects, but little vision.

... a mindless muddle - loud, slowly paced, and overdone; in other words, it is exactly like a bad Hollywood blockbuster, except for the subtitles.

Although more flashily assembled, pic's relentless onslaught charms less over a running time almost 25 minutes longer.

Day watch is nonsense. But it's glorious nonsense.

While it's not as good as the first film, Day Watch is a nice alternative to the American horror flicks that have been polluting the cinemas this year.

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Genre : Horror, Action, Fantasy
Release Date : June 1, 2007
Languages : Russian
Captions : English, Spanish
Audio Format : 5.1

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In another world there’s a Hong Sang-soo Cinematic Universe, where a rabid fandom celebrates the one or two movies every year featuring a revolving door not of familiar superheroes but of poets, filmmakers and actors, each of them contending with questions of life and love rather than planetary threats. Those elements, of artists in quotidian scenarios, drinking soju and smoking amid everyday conversation, are present in many of the small humanist gems that make up this South Korean auteur’s filmography, and the same goes for his latest, “In Our Day.”

The film, as warm and wise as it is simple and languid, follows two separate parties (diptychs are another Hong trademark) across a single afternoon. One involves Sangwon (Kim Min-hee, Hong’s frequent collaborator and offscreen partner), an actress pondering retirement, as she spends the day with her friend and her younger cousin; the other involves Uiju (Ki Joo-bong), an old poet dispensing life lessons in his apartment to two university students, one of whom is filming him for a documentary.

The two story lines don’t cross paths, as they often do in Hong’s films; they are united only by the deployment of a culinary hack: mixing hot pepper paste into ramyun. His gochujang-inflected noodles provide a simple pleasure made all the more satisfying in recent days for Uiju, who, on doctor’s orders, is abstaining from drinking and smoking. But he can’t quite resist on either front, reflecting a sentiment from early in the film when Sangwon, offering up treats to a friend’s cat, says, “What’s the point of living, anyway? Eat your fill.”

It’s a glimmer of existential wisdom buried in the mundane, if you look at it the right way. Most of the film is made up of these moments. Isn’t life like that, too? To search for or expect more would be to court disappointment. “Don’t look for meaning. That’s cowardice,” Uiju tells a young pupil searching desperately for grand answers. “Just jump in the water. Don’t try knowing it all before jumping, like a coward.”

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Prime Video movie of the day: Damien Chazelle's Whiplash is so intense, you might forget to breathe

Imagine Full Metal Jacket, but with jazz

Terence watches Andrew play the drums in 2014's Whiplash movie

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On paper, Whiplash (now available to stream on Prime Video ) sounds – if you pardon the music-based pun – terrible. On the screen, though it's an astonishing piece of theatrical melodrama. Imagine Full Metal Jacket but, instead of Vietnam, the battleground here is jazz. Or, how about One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest set in a music school, rather than a hospital.

Wait, where are you going? Come back! Let me explain.

Whiplash is a deceptively simple story: it tells the tale of Andrew (Miles Teller), a young student drummer who's picked for the best band in the music school, and the teacher who wants him to be excellent. But that teacher is Fletcher, played by J.K. Simmons ( Invincible , the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie trilogy) – and Fletcher is more of a dread- and fear-inducing drill sergeant than any kind of tutor. All that matters to Fletcher is the music and, if getting it right means tearing his pupil apart then, well, that's the price of perfection.

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Is Whiplash worth watching on Prime Video?

Fletcher teaches his students in 2014's Whiplash movie

Definitely. Here's GQ , whose reviewer simply tells you to "go and see Whiplash . It's as simple as that. Whiplash is incredible. I really can't believe how good Whiplash is. I can't stop telling people about Whiplash ."

That's largely because of the vitriolic, harsh, but incredibly talented performance that Simmons delivers. Indeed, he's One Flew Over... 's Nurse Ratched with a conductor's baton, with The New Yorker describing his display as thus: "Simmons is as taut as piano wire, twanging with impatience and intolerance... What lends verve to Damien Chazelle’s film is not so much the lure of jazz as the power struggle between master and pupil, plus a rare honesty about the costs of the craze for excellence."

Empire was similarly effusive in its praise, with its scribe opining: "In the tradition of great thrillers it has an ordinary man trying to best a much trickier foe, and like great sports movies it has a rookie intent on winning everything. It just finds those things in a place nobody usually looks". Sure, the plot sounds pretty dull but, adds Empire's reviewer: "watch the film and it will spit you out elated, exhausted and cheering for an encore."

Need even more evidence that Whiplash is unmissable on one of the world's best streaming services? Look no further than its critical and audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes , both of which sit at a more than healthy 94%. If that's not proof enough that it's a stunning piece of cinema – one that deserves a spot on our best Prime Video movies list, too – I don't know what is.

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A Quiet Place: Day One Imagines What Could Make New York ‘Go Quiet’

Exclusive: Stars Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn, as well as director Michael Sarnoski, walk us through A Quiet Place: Day One in the City That Never Sleeps.

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Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn in A Quiet Place: Day One

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Meals eaten off lettuce leaves, walking barefoot on paths made of sand, furious arguments taking place entirely in sign language. A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place: Part II introduced us to a world of oppressive silence through the eyes of the people who had lived long enough to learn those lessons.

It is a very different world to the one at the opening of A Quiet Place: Day One .

“There’s a lot more sound. We’re in New York, so as you can imagine, it is one of the loudest, most bustling cities in the world,” says Lupita Nyong’o , who plays Sam in the horror prequel. “That is what spoke to me about the premise. How does New York go quiet?”

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The premise is a very sci-fi one, but we live in science-fictional times, and living in New York in 2020, she had first-hand experience to draw from.

“I definitely had that reference of hearing the birds in a city where you didn’t even realize there were birds,” she says. But returning to Nyong’o’s question, the answer is, “New York goes quiet through a lot of people getting eaten.” Once again, these New Yorkers are not the trained silent survivalists of the first two films.

“The characters not knowing the rules opens us up to exploring a lot more of that trial and error, and what it looked like for people to discover those rules,” says Michael Sarnoski, director of A Quiet Place: Day One . “It offered a lot of fun, dramatic situations to explore, and it doesn’t work out for all the characters. It’s a messy exploration, for sure.”

It sounds like a bigger, splashier film than previous entries in the series, and with a far higher body count, but Sarnoski still wanted to keep the story tightly focused on his lead characters.

“We aimed to increase the scope and make something very large. That ended up not being the challenge,” he says. “Our main goal was often to focus on our characters and what their experience was, going through this huge crazy event. So in many ways, it’s similar to making a tiny movie, filtering this story and this world through your characters’ eyes.”

That ability to mix violent events with softer character moments was one of the elements Nyong’o enjoyed about the film.

“There’s a tenderness to his [Sarnoski’s] work despite the brutal material; I felt that when I watched [Sarnoski’s previous film] Pig , the tenderness at the core of the thing ,” Nyong’o says. “It is a really refreshing tone to add to what we already know of the Quiet Place universe.”

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Meeting Sam and Eric

Our guides to this universe, this time, are Sam (Lupita Nyong’o), a woman who is visiting New York for the day when the invasion happens, and Eric (Joseph Quinn), a perfect stranger whom she reluctantly has to join forces with to survive.

“[Eric] finds himself in New York City and meets Sam on the fateful day one of the invasion, and they spend the film navigating this new, slightly quieter reality,” Quinn tells us. “I can’t give much more away because he’s a man of mystery.”

Despite the global scale of the threat, Sam and Eric help ground the story on a more personal level.

“It’s this story of an invasion in New York City, so there are those big moments of chaos and slaughter you expect,” Sarnoski says. “But on a character level, while the first two movies were about a family relationship, people who knew each other and had an established relationship, this was a story about people experiencing this apocalypse who are strangers trying to figure this thing out together.”

For that story to work, the relationship between the actors was crucial. Fortunately, they hit it off right away.

“She’s a wonderful person and actor, formidable, compassionate, and has been incredibly helpful and generous with her time and her wisdom,” Quinn says of Nyong’o. “That’s the lovely thing about this game. You sometimes collide with someone on a job who’s a bit further down the road than you, and they can share what’s around the corner. Other than that, she’s just great fun.”

Nyong’o was equally effusive in her praise of Quinn, although she found him not quite what she was expecting: “I absolutely adored working with Joseph Quinn. I had watched him in Stranger Things and, like the rest of the world, was taken with his presence and tenacious, wild, tender performance. So when I met him, and he was so not that character, that was a little jarring for me even as an actor. I can’t believe that I still expect people to be like the characters they play, but I kinda fall into that trap!”

She soon came to enjoy working with the real Quinn, however.

Nyong’o tells us, “He’s very generous and very courageous as an actor. He makes bold choices but is not married to them. He’s adaptable and just really fun to work with because he throws you all sorts of balls, so each take is something new.” Of course, both actors might be decidedly less fond of their other co-star.

Making a Monster

They might not get much screen time, and even when you do see them, they’re often little more than a terrifying blur, but the giant, bat-like monsters are the real stars of the previous A Quiet Place movies. One of Sarnoski’s biggest challenges was making the monsters feel real. While many filmmakers like to place a big emphasis on their practical effects, Sarnoski refuses to undersell the value of CGI in bringing these creatures to life.

“The monsters themselves are physically unique and a bit impossible to do practically. But we had amazing people at ILM who had a lot of experience bringing those monsters to screen and did an incredible job making these monsters extremely real and extremely terrifying,” he says.

This is great for the audience, even if it adds an extra dimension of challenge for the actors, but as Nyong’o points out, reacting to things that aren’t there has always been part of the job. “There are always a lot of invisible things happening on a movie set, whether it’s CGI-heavy or not,” she says. Still, Sarnoski put a lot of work into making the monsters feel real on set.

“A lot of making it feel real comes from giving actors the specificity to understand what’s happening and what their characters are going through,” he says. “You also end up doing a lot of sound effects.”

Sarnoski himself spent a lot of time with a microphone, making creature noises.

“It would seem silly if anyone were listening to them, but it was helpful for the actors to give them something to react to,” Sarnoski says. “There was a lot of me or a person in a blue suit wandering around making scary noises. But I can make some pretty scary creature noises, so that was okay.”

Of course, for one member of the cast, this was not their first time facing off against CGI alien bat monsters.

“I can’t seem to shake off these monsters!” Quinn says. “It’s definitely a skill set I practiced on Stranger Things , and I could use those dance moves in a different disco.” In this louder and (briefly) more populated world, we get to see a lot more of the monsters than we have before, but Sarnoski was keen to preserve their mystery.

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“We learn and discover new things about the monsters as we go, but it is always a balance with these sorts of things. Half of what makes these monsters scary is the mystery. If you dissect them and break down everything that makes them tick, you lose that Jaws effect,” he acknowledges.

The Sound of Silence

The look of the monsters is only a part of the equation. At a time when filmgoers frequently complain about the sound mix, the A Quiet Place movies are films you watch with your ears.

“Lee Salevan our sound designer, not only created tons of sounds for these creatures, their physicality and bodies and movement, but also world sounds,” Sarnoski says. “This movie takes place in New York City, an extremely loud place. Creating a bed of sounds for that before things go awry and after it empties out; that was a big thing. We talked about how these environments should change and what kind of sounds we wanted to explore in that. You want to give a lot of attention to the sounds our characters are making because every sound carries a lot of meaning.”

It was a challenge for the actors too.

“It reminded me of playing the Floor is Lava when you were little,” Nyong’o says. “You have a very specific limitation. The rule of the game is that you have to stay quiet, and I enjoyed how that informed every decision. You can’t do anything naturalistically. Even running my hands over my head is risky business.”

Quinn agrees, “You’re only aware of how much noise you make and that life makes when it goes away. It’s such a brilliant cinematic conceit to watch in the cinema, where silence is a sanctuary, and when anything compromises that, it puts the characters in peril.”

But for Sarnoski, creating that silent soundscape was a lot more complex than simply turning the volume down.

“ Silence is tricky because you think, okay, let’s just not play any sounds, but that doesn’t feel like silence,” he says. “It feels more like silence to have few but very specific sounds, like wind and someone’s quiet breathing. Case by case, we were deciding what sounds the tension of a given scene hangs on, and how do we precisely augment that and bring up the things we want people to focus on?”

It is sure to be a wild adventure, but there are still many more stories that can be told in this world.

“The scale and the scope are bigger, and there’s a really surprising tonal shift to this movie, and I think that is a credit to [original A Quiet Place star and creator] John Krasinski’s intention of expanding what the genre and this universe he helped to create can do,” Nyong’o says. Sarnoski agrees, adding, “There are as many stories to tell in this world as there are human stories to tell.”

A Quiet Place: Day One opens in theaters on June 28.

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'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil' Review: Prithviraj's film is fun and hilarious in parts

Director vipin das' 'guruvayoor ambalanadayil', starring prithviraj sukumaran and basil joseph, is an engaging comedy drama in parts. the second half of the film feels stretched, says our review..

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'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil' released in theatres on May 16
Directed by Vipin Das, the film features Prithviraj Sukumaran and Basil Joseph in lead roles
The film is a passable entertainer, which is engaging in parts

Release Date: 16 May, 2024

Director Vipin Das' 2022 film, 'Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey', was a breath of fresh air. The Basil Joseph and Darshana Rajendran-starrer presented a thoughtful black comedy. Now, the director has teamed up with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Basil Joseph for 'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil', another comedy-drama set around a wedding. Will it live up to 'Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'? Let's find out!

Vinu Ramachandran (Basil Joseph), working in the Middle East, is engaged to Anjali (Anaswara Rajan). It has been five years since his breakup with Parvathy (Nikhila Vimal), yet he still hasn't moved on. His brother-in-law Anand (played by Prithviraj Sukumaran), who is also a friend and confidant, helps him overcome his feelings. However, Anand is also not leading a perfectly happy life as he is temporarily separated from his wife.

And this time, Vinu takes it upon himself to bring some happiness into Anand's life. But, things go haywire when Vinu and Anand meet in person as there's another person who connects them both. This causes a rift in their relationship and whether Vinu goes ahead with his wedding to Anjali or not forms the story.

Just as the trailer promised, Vipin Das' ''Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil' has a distinct humour which the audience will get used to in the first half an hour. As we get warmed up to Vinu and Anand, we are left wanting more of their conversation, which will leave you laughing. Vinu and Anand's conversations are so organic and hilarious that they make up for a spectacular first half. The director builds up the story in a brilliant fashion with all the twists and turns coming through at perfect intervals.

The film's second half is what brings down 'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil' after its perfectly crafted first half. The conflict following the intermission becomes wafer-thin. And the filmmaker introduces multiple characters leading up to a chaotic end, which is the wedding of Vinu and Anjali. While the sequence is executed tastefully, it fails to make a significant impact, partly due to the repetitive comedy and some unfunny sequences that fall short of the first half's standard.

It is Basil Joseph who plays the underconfident hero, shouldering this movie. His minute expressions effortlessly propel the story forward. Additionally, it's refreshing to see Prithviraj Sukumaran in a comedic role, which works to some extent. While Nikhila Vimal's character is integral to the story, she is moved like a pawn rather than possessing solid agency. Anaswara Rajan doesn't have much to do in the film, as the focus remains on Vinu and Anand, but her performance is adequate.

The two songs, composed by Ankit Menon, act as a speed breaker in an already crisp movie.

'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil' is a passable entertainer that has several moments that will have you laughing along with some shortcomings. 2.5 out of 5 stars for 'Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil'. Published By: K Janani Published On: May 16, 2024 ALSO READ | 'Guruvayoorambala Nadayil' teaser: Prithviraj, Basil Joseph promise quirky rom-com

'Bodkin' Ending Explained: Does Will Forte Live To Podcast Another Day?

This isn't 'Only Murders in the Building'.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for the finale of Netflix's Bodkin.

The Big Picture

A trio consisting of a podcaster, a journalist, and a research assistant investigates mysterious disappearances in Bodkin, Ireland, uncovering dark secrets and twists.
Shocking revelations reveal the truth behind the disappearance, involving love triangles and hidden crimes.
Gilbert, Dove, and Emmy navigate danger and come together, hinting at future adventures in a possible Season 2.

The new Netflix series, Bodkin , looks familiar on the surface, with the story of a group of podcasters off to solve a mystery, and while the first scripted series from the Obamas' Higher Ground Productions, created by Jez Scharf , can't help but draw comparisons to Hulu's Only Murders in the Building , it differs in every way, from its plot to its characters. Whereas the first three seasons of Only Murders in the Building take place in New York City, Bodkin is set in the small seaside village of Bodkin, Ireland, a picturesque location of beautiful, old buildings, narrow streets, and impossibly bright green rolling hills, but there is no peace or safety to be found here. Three people disappeared from a Samhain festival in Bodkin decades ago and some of the townsfolk know more than they're letting on. Brought in to solve the mystery are three distinctly unique characters : Gilbert ( Will Forte ), the American podcaster fascinated with storytelling, Emmy ( Robyn Cara ), his go-getter research assistant, and Dove ( Siobhán Cullen ), the sullen investigative journalist who'd rather work the case by herself. They are in for several twists and turns to the mystery's end — that is if their attitude and buried trauma doesn't get them killed first.

Bodkin (2024)

A group of podcasters set out to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three strangers in an idyllic Irish town. But when they start to pull the strings, they find a story much bigger and stranger than they could have imagined.

After Several Shocking Revelations, the Mystery of Bodkin Is Solved

There are pros and cons to being a podcaster, as Gilbert quickly finds out . Some people are excited, treating you like a minor celebrity, and eager to tell their story. If you have something to hide, however, like many people in the town of Bodkin, Ireland do, then a prying podcaster asking questions is the last person you want to come across. Gilbert, Dove, and Emmy have lots of questions, unfortunately. Two decades ago three young people went missing during a Samhain festival , and they're going to get to the bottom of it.

We discover that one of the missing people is Teddy ( Ger Kelly ), who has been alive and well in Bodkin the whole time , having returned home just a couple of days after he vanished, but his father, police Sergeant Power ( Denis Conway ), covered it up and never spoke about where his son was. Does that mean he had something to do with it? The other two people missing are named Fiona and Malachy, and when Seamus' old car is pulled from a pond with the mummified remains of two corpses in the trunk, it appears that we know what happened to them. The only problem is that while one of the bodies is Malachy, the other is not Fiona . One of Bodkin's best characters is Seamus Gallagher ( David Wilmot ), an angry man who is both friend and foe to our heroes. He has respect for them, especially Gilbert, but there is also a darkness in him that can snap at any moment. Perhaps he is involved somehow, especially since Malachy is his brother and Fiona his brother's girlfriend.

Sergeant Power and Seamus are indeed involved, but not in the way we might think. Seamus is an eel smuggler called the Badger, who has dealings with the evil McArdle family. When he learns that the McArdles are after him and the people he loves, he sends Malachy and Fiona into hiding , but in the process, everything goes wrong. We have ourselves a love triangle, with Teddy having feelings for Fiona. In a rage, he hits Malachy over the head with a rock, killing him. His father witnessed all of this and wanted to hide his son's crime, so he put Malachy's body in the trunk. On the way to the pond, he hit a woman, Greta, not part of any of this, which meant another crime to clean up and another body for the trunk. Teddy then went after Fiona, who attacked him with a rock and fled Bodkin. She ended up taking refuge with nuns and giving birth to a baby boy, but died while doing so. When Seamus is given all of this information, he doesn't handle it well. He was having an affair with Fiona and the baby is his, a young man we've already met, the driver for our podcast heroes, Sean ( Chris Walley ).

Do Gilbert, Emmy, and Dove Make It to the End of 'Bodkin'?

Sean's adopted mother, Mrs. O'Shea ( Pom Boyd ), is revealed to be the one who has been trying to scare Gilbert, Dove, and Emmy off in an attempt to protect her son, but they end up having bigger worries. Before the revelation to Seamus about his son, Gilbert and Dove are caught by Interpol , who are out to stop the eel smuggling, and Dove makes a deal to get information on Seamus. When she meets with him, things go south fast, as the McArdles show up to kill Seamus. They manage to hide, but then Dove is off to find Gilbert, who will be their next target.

Seamus has bigger fish (or eels to fry), as Sean is out to sell eels for big money to a group who turns out to be undercover Interpol agents. Dove wants Sean arrested to protect him, but Seamus gets to his son and reveals that he's his father. Seamus points a gun at Edna O'Shea, wanting to shoot her for the pain she's caused, but when Sean goes to stop him, the gun accidentally fires and blows Sean's thumb off . These people cannot catch a break! When Interpol shows up to arrest Seamus, his master plan for escape is to take Gilbert hostage at gunpoint. What could go wrong?!

Seamus takes his sometimes friend to a cave where he ties Gilbert up and shoves his phone in his mouth to shut him up. His rage now having driven him to madness, he's going to blow up the cave, Gilbert, and the Samhain festival being held that day above . Thankfully, Dove and Emmy manage to save Gilbert in the nick of time and stop Seamus from escaping, but Dove is unable to convince Seamus to not set off the explosives. He does so, and by luck, Emmy has gotten most of the people to run off as the bombs send the eel supply in a van to go flying up in the air. For a moment, they fear that Gilbert is dead, until he walks into frame with barely a scratch on him .

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What's next for the characters of 'bodkin'.

This would all make for a great podcast, but knowing that the story they've gathered is too painful for those involved, Gilbert chucks his tape recorder into the lake . Everything that's happened here is a sad reminder of his own past, where he talked about his wife's cancer in a podcast, his stupidity at leaking her private life leading to their divorce.

Gilbert, Dove, and Emmy have spent most of Bodkin clashing with each other, with Dove even calling Gilbert a pornographer because of his podcast, but by the end, they come together . Emmy has confessed to wanting to be an investigative journalist like Dove , and we see her starting a job doing just that. Dove shows relief at Gilbert being alive, which she gets teased for, but it's a sweet moment between the two, one that's not romantic, but that does hint at the beginning of a partnership. Dove is a broken woman, the pain of a past assignment that led to a man's suicide having broken her spirit. Now, some semblance of feeling alive is returning to her.

In an interview with Netflix , Will Forte, Robyn Cara, and Siobhán Cullen talked about where they think their characters are now. Forte spoke of Gilbert questioning his methods for making a podcast and the need to be honest with himself. Cara thought that Dove has pushed Emmy to be a better journalist, and for Dove, who grows the most in Bodkin , Cullen said:

“It was so painful for her to spend so much time with two people who are so endlessly positive and happy. And then by the end I think she cracked. I suppose the light got in a bit, and I think it shifted her for the better.”

With Gilbert, Emmy, and Dove having found themselves, along with a way to succeed with each other, it opens the trio up for more adventures for a possible Season 2 of Bodkin, which has yet to be announced . If we get it, here's hoping that there are no eels this time.

Bodkin is available to stream on Netflix.

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Best Romance Movies You Can Watch for Free on YouTube

Free romance movies on YouTube offer classic screwball plots and feel-good rom-coms for cozy nights in.
From The Accidental Husband to Ball of Fire, there's a range of romances available with a simple click on YouTube.
Keep up with YouTube's latest free offerings for rom-com fans like What Women Want and The Back-Up Plan for a heartfelt movie night.

Nothing screams a cozy night in quite like a good Romance movie. With so many streaming platforms at our disposal, each with their own select user fee, it's hard not to spend an arm and a leg to tame that love story fix. Viewers who know where to look, however, can find some of their favorites go tos free of charge if they know where to look. Fortunately, the number of no-charge streaming options has soared in recent years. Those willing to sit through an ad or five will find their options ripe for watching.

Oldie but goodie YouTube just so happens to be one of these options.YouTube has a plethora of movies to choose from that are free (with ads). While obvious favorites like The Twilight Saga and forgotten cult classics like Cry, Baby abound, there are far more options for those looking for a classic screwball or drama. From Ball of Fire to A Walk to Remember , to What Women Want , here are some of the best romance movies you can watch for free on YouTube.

Updated March 9th, 2024 by Amanda Minchin : Rom-com fanatics and the like will be glad to know this article was just updated to include YouTube's most up-to-date listings!

The Accidental Husband (2008)

The accidental husband.

Release Date February 29, 2008

Director Griffin Dunne

Cast Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lindsay Sloane, Sam Shepard, Justina Machado

Rating PG-13

Genres Romance, Comedy

The Accidental Husband is a romantic comedy from 2008 that starred Uma Turman as Emma and The Walking Dead 's own Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Patrick. In this film, radio host and relationship advice guru Emma's world is turned upside down when her upcoming marriage to Richard (Colin Firth) is delayed because she is still technically married to a man named Patrick. Patrick is a firefighter and the cunning mastermind behind Emma's troubles. He fabricates an elaborate plan for revenge that eventually leads to an unintentional and unexpected love story.

A Classic 2000s Delight

The title alone practically guarantees a formulaic, feel-good time. Uma Thurman provides a knock-out performance worthy of screwball originals, and her co-stars aren't too shabby either. Colin Firth is notorious for his leading male roles in romcoms like Bridget Jones' Diary , so his casting is perfect. Jeffrey Dean Morgan shows a familiarly scheming, but far more wholesome side to his acting repertoire. The film is chock-full of the typical screwball plot devices, from overly complicated problem-solving to impractically dramatic stakes, and has all the makings of a comfortable rom-com binge.

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The Back-Up Plan (2010)

The back-up plan.

Release Date April 23, 2010

Director Alan Poul

Cast Noureen DeWulf, Michaela Watkins, Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson

Runtime 106

Continuing on the romantic comedy train, 2010's The Back-Up Plan , starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Loughlin, is a solid choice for a free movie on YouTube. This rollercoaster of a plot starts with a desperate Zoe (Lopez), whose internal clock is ticking into overtime. Tired of waiting for the perfect relationship, she decides to get artificially inseminated in order to start a family. She then meets Stan (O'Loughlin) and the two completely hit it off. Zoe might have found her one and only, but is that one and only ready for fatherhood?

A Surprisingly Poignant Rom-Com

Kudos are in order for an early 2010s film about artificial insemination and its surrounding cultural questions. Jennifer Lopez is an icon in more ways than one, including her romcom lead prowess . While Alex O'Loughlin may perhaps be better known for his stint as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-0 , he manages to bring his comedic genre-mashing chops to the role. While the premise is fresh, the momentum of this film can be a bit still at times, its ending is far worth the wait.

What Women Want (2000)

What Women Want is a classic pairing of rivals to relations. In it, Mel Gibson plays chauvinist advertising exec Nick Marshall who, after a freak accident with a blow dryer, is suddenly able to eavesdrop on women's thoughts. Having recently lost a promotion and with his company looking to conquer the more feminine market, he uses this newfound skill to his advantage to listen in on his new boss, Darcy Maguire (Helen Hunt). Of course, this causes him to fall hard for her in the process. Between repairing his relationships with his female co-workers (and his young daughter) and coming up with the perfect ad campaign to impress his bosses, he takes full advantage of this newfound gift for as long as it lasts.

A Formula that Works

Acclaimed filmmaker Nancy Meyers is at her best in this film, as are Hunt and Gibson. Both actors were at the top of their game at the time, and their onscreen chemistry is absolutely electric. The message of empathy for one's fellow man (or woman, in this case), is hard to deny. Marshall's behavior is shown to stem from his upbringing in a casino, an insight that might otherwise have been lost in less adept hands. There's a formulaic nature to this film, yes, but it only serves to punctuate the story and its message all the more.

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Penelope (2006).

Release Date March 1, 2006

Director Mark Palansky

Cast Ronni Ancona, Nick Prideaux, Michael Feast, Richard E. Grant, Christina Ricci, Catherine O'Hara

Runtime 101

Genres Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Penelope tells the story of a family cursed by the decisions of their ancestors to not accept a pair of young lovers. In the present day, Penelope (Christina Ricci), an aristocratic heiress, is born with a pig snout as a result. The only way to break the curse is to find her true love, someone who will wholeheartedly accept her, snout and all. Her well-meaning, but utterly misguided parents hide her from the world for years... that is until, sometime after her 18th birthday, when they decide to take her love life into their own hands. Their attempts to set her up with a fellow blueblood, however, go horribly awry, leading Penelope to strike off on her own in search of acceptance.

Elevated by a Brilliant Ensemble Cast

Released during the height of fable fantasy fervor, this modern take on classic fairy tale tropes is nothing short of delightful. There is a message of acceptance hidden deep beneath the overtures of classism. Plus, this cast reads like an understated who's who, from Catherine O'Hara as Penelope's mother, to James McAvoy as a kind, but subterfuging suitor, to Peter Dinklage and Reese Witherspoon as newfound friends Penelope finds along the way. And, with a PG rating, the film is wholesome enough to binge with some younger loved ones in tow.

Ball of Fire (1941)

Ball of Fire is a classic screwball comedy featuring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. The story centers around a group of bachelors (and one widower) who live and work together in a prim and proper pad. Desperate to understand and learn some more modern colloquialisms to add to the work, the youngest of them, Professor Potts, a grammarian in American slang, turns to Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea for advice. A nightclub performer by trade, she only agrees to stay after finding herself on the run from police as a result of her mob boyfriend's shenanigans. The pair, of course, take a liking to each other, but are forced to put their feelings aside momentarily for the sake of the book and their lives after Sugarpuss' angry boyfriend comes a'calling.

A Screwball Comedy that Stands the Test of Time

This title perfectly encapsulates Stanwyck's character, a firecracker with a silver tongue for 'modern' American colloquialisms. Obvious references to the fable of Snow White aside, this juxtaposition of stuffiness and flamboyance makes for some incredible screwball shenanigans. The chemistry between the two leads is rife, though they are at times outmatched by those of their academic companions. A common matter in romantic comedies, the couple's attempts to save each other are of course what ultimately keep them apart for so long. Viewers will have to refrain from yelling at the screen for some more open and honest communication, which really would have solved just about all the woes of these two lovebirds to begin with.

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The wedding singer (1988), the wedding singer.

Release Date February 13, 1998

Director Frank Coraci

Cast Ellen Albertini Dow, Allen Covert, Drew Barrymore, Matthew Glave, Christine Taylor, Adam Sandler

The Wedding Singer features Adam Sandler as Robbie and Drew Barrymore as Julia, two features of the wedding circuit who are just perfect for each other. The only problem? Both of them are already engaged... to other people. That is until Robbie is dumped at the altar by his fiancé, who fell in love with his rock star persona and just can't stomach his new career as a wedding singer. This puts an obvious damper on both his personal and professional life as his gigs turn more and more sour. What follows is the ultimate will-they-won't-they as the newfound work pair finds their feelings for each other growing in spite of or because of their current and ex-spouses to be.

Irresistible Chemistry Between Sandler and Barrymore

This one is a classic on must-watch weekend re-runs for a reason. An early pairing between Sandler and Barrymore, it's no wonder after watching this film why they would go on to star alongside each other in so many more films. This film is easily one of Sandler's all-time best comedies, with just the right mix of oddball to offset the otherwise romantic tropes. Set in the '80s with the costumes and soundtrack to match, this film has an understated realness of work relationships amid the ridiculousness of wedding day jams. Plus, it's a chance to check out the comedic stylings of the always hilarious Ellen Albertini Dow as Rosie.

Every Day (2018)

Based on the novel by David Levithan, Every Day follows the love story between 16-year-old Rhiannon (Angourie Rice), who falls in love with the mysterious 'A' (who is played by far too many actors to list here). 'A', you see, is a traveling spirit, an entity that wakes up in a different living teenage body, regardless of gender, every day. Rhiannon first meets 'A' when they wake up in the body of Justin, her otherwise neglectful boyfriend. A day spent alongside her, of course, causes 'A' to fall madly in love with her, which leads them to seek her out long after he leaves her boyfriend behind. Upon learning his secret, Rhiannon is challenged to fall and stay in love with someone whose gender-fluid, outward-facing form is forever in flux.

A Romance with Philosophical Undertones

This film does a stellar job of creating purpose for the characters in a cohesive narrative, it also manages to sneak in a handful of ethical conundrums, mostly centering around the agency of 'A' as they take over the lives of others. The bodies 'A' possess do not usually remember their previous day(s) spent taken over by 'A'. This begs the question of whether it is fair for 'A' to exist in others, especially when they take over bodies for an extended period of time, living their lives for them. The answer is, in a word no, a sad fact that both Rhiannon and 'A' both come to accept after time. Thankfully, 'A' manages to use their powers for good, for the most part, and still manages to leave an indelible impact on the lives they briefly possess.

The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)

The time traveler's wife.

Release Date August 14, 2009

Director Robert Schwentke

Cast Bart Bedford, Katherine Trowell, Alex Ferris, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Michelle Nolden

Runtime 107

Genres Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Documentary, Fantasy

There's nothing like a bit of time travel to up the stakes for romance. The Time Traveler's Wife stars Eric Bana as the traveler in question, Henry DeTamble, and Rachel McAdams as Clare Abshire, his wife. Based on Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel, the film follows DeTamble's entrances and exits into Clare's life, which is the result of an uncontrollable para-genetic disorder. As a result, he travels back and forth between different important moments of his life without notice. Unable to change much about them, he struggles to develop a relationship with the love of his life, for whom his sudden appearances and reappearances throughout the course of her life eventually take their toll.

Another Sci-Fi-Tinged Romance

There is a graceful fluidity to this romance in what might otherwise have been marred with overwrought science-fiction explanations. While it is at first unsettling to watch DeTamble meet up with his wife in her pre-pubescent years and beyond, their involvement over time serves to both bond them together and tear them apart. There is an uneasy feeling of knowing what will pass, reliving old memories in real-time, and not being able to spend moments in said real-time with the ones you love. The mystery of not knowing when and where the main character will appear and reappear makes for some brilliant dramatic moments, which are only punctuated further by the unknown of just when they might happen.

20 Timeless Romance Movies That Never Get Old

Overboard (1987).

Overboard is an '80s comedy classic. Starring real-life partners Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, this film follows a bratty socialite (Hawn) who loses her memory after falling overboard her yacht. The repair person she recently fired, Russell, comes to her aid but decides to use her loss to his advantage. Claiming to be her husband, he brings her home from the hospital to take care of his brood of rambunctious boys in their stuffed to the seams house. What will happen when she falls wise to his ploy? Will she stay 'married' and give up her former lifestyle? Or abandon this strange man and his family altogether. This film, which was remade in 2018 , is available on YouTube alongside the remake.

A Strange Premise that Has Aged Surprisingly Well

While the concept in this film is undoubtedly alarming, there is a deftness to the handling of this gaslighting plot. This is due, in part, to the skill of screenwriter Leslie Dixon, who would go on to create even more cult favorites like Mrs. Doubtfire just a few years later. The chemistry between Russell and Hawn, as well as their ability to play so well off of each other comedically, is why this film stands out as so crazily re-watchable years later, Stockholm syndrome and all. By some magic of filmmaking, both Russell's character and that of his rambunctious brood, seem to somehow, inexplicably, grow on the viewer with each watch.

A Walk to Remember (2002)

The iconic teen drama A Walk to Remember is based on an early Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name. The film stars Shane West as Landon and Mandy Moore as Jamie. What starts out as a classic '50s Romeo and Juliet story meets 10 Things I Hate About You takes a hard turn into reality as forces beyond their control serve to push them apart. Will Jamie's illness push them apart? Love, understanding, and passion are constants as they navigate their youth with what time they have left.

A Timeless Tearjerker

There's nothing like young love and a coming-of-age romance, particularly when that film is as highly rewatchable as this one is. Melodramatic to its core, A Walk to Remember features iconic performances by both Shane West and Mandy Moore in one of her earliest roles. Moore's musical performance is expected, but stellar. Perhaps more poignant for fans of tearjerkers are their matrimonial scenes. Be prepared to break out the tissues for this one.

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Josh O’Connor’s best movie this year is not Challengers

From playing tennis to grave-robbing.

preview for La Chimera – official trailer (Curzon)

However, The Crown star is leading another movie this year which is perhaps not as sexy and sweaty as Luca Guadagino's, but it's unmistakably one of the best movies of 2024 — La Chimera is a spellbinding masterpiece that deserves all your attention.

Creating its own Fellini-esque daydream, Alice Rohrwacher's movie wanders through a land that feels stranded somewhere between the living and the dead, the past and the present, one person's obsession and an entire country's miseries.

It's the kind of movie you would gladly get lost in.

O'Connor plays Arthur, an Englishman working alongside a band of grave robbers (known as tombaroli ) in 1980s Italy. Beyond his archeological knowledge, his gift is somewhat supernatural, as he is able to sense the presence of underground burial chambers that have remained hidden for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years.

With these discoveries of highly coveted Etruscan art, Arthur is paying back a substantial debt while obsessing over his disappeared girlfriend Beniamina.

At the start of the movie, he is coming back from serving time in jail for grave-robbing (an illegal activity he immediately resumes upon arrival), as he regularly visits his patron and Beniamina's grandmother Flora (played by icon Isabella Rossellini), whose life is as decayed as the ancient building she insists on living in.

In all his grumpiness and enigmatic energy, Arthur is a man grieving a loss he is not yet ready to accept. A man walking among ghosts he calls memories.

One of the most alluring aspects of La Chimera is how it feels alive and untamed.

From the warm portrayal of the charismatic grave robbers (who can dig a hole in the ground as efficiently as they dress up for a euphoric street parade in town) to the bickering women in Flora's family (who are eager to ransack the matriarch's home like they are grave robbers themselves), this modern fable breathes the same spontaneity and deliciously chaotic energy one would expect to find in a small Mediterranean village.

Among the endearing picaresque criminals, O'Connor's moody archeologist and the occasional shadows of a long-lost past, the beating heart in the story ends up being Carol Duarte's Italia, a pious single mother who turns an abandoned train station into a shelter for women. As she says, the place belongs to nobody, so it belongs to everybody.

With characters reclaiming the collective wealth in a changing Italy that's falling into the clutches of global capitalism, the movie pieces together a fascinating mosaic of working-class chimeras — hopes of prosperity that are unlikely to come true, as life is led by the rules of survival.

Following the critically-acclaimed Happy as Lazzaro , Alice Rohrwacher continues to thread captivating stories that feel like folk tales, echoing the masters of Italian neorealism (from Roberto Rossellini to Pier Paolo Pasolini) while creating something utterly unique that reverberates in our present-day reality.

Josh O'Connor delivers an impressive performance as the broody foreigner lost in time and trapped in grief. After embodying the shameless rake Patrick Zweig in Challengers , the actor finds a world of emotions in small gestures and longing looks. He is our guide in this dingy Wonderland of eccentric characters impossible to categorise.

There is a duality to all the movie's themes and people, which in Arthur's case is brilliantly displayed by showing him upside down like the Tarot's hanged man (a card referenced in one of the posters ). Much like these mystic cards, La Chimera holds many meanings, and it's up to viewers to explore them all or simply surrender to its beautiful spell.

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Day Watch (Russian: Дневной Дозор, romanized: Dnevnoy Dozor), is a 2006 Russian fantasy film written and directed by Timur Bekmambetov.It opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast.It is based on the second and the third part of ...
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Film grossed more than $30 million in Russia, nearly doubling the $16 million take of the first film. "Day Watch," written by Sergei Lukyanenko, Aleksandr Talal and Bekmambetov from a novel by ...
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Day Watch is a moronic senseless and pretentious film, with mediocre and pedestrian acting, and good special effects. The movie is boring since the beginning, a long agony to watch through til the end. It is badly edited, with a poor direction of actors, a stupid script, and clichéd images.
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The film still looks amazing, and the performances are still all strong even the story is interesting. The problems arise because whereas Night Watch had to introduce the world, the people, AND the mythos, with Day Watch, most of that is already in place, and with more room to move around in, it all starts to feel a little crowded.
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