Worth the Watch - Summer
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air (2023)
“Air” reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time. This is much more entertaining than any movie about a long-ago business deal has any right to be.
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Streaming on Amazon Prime.
** Heads-Up! Please see guide for this movie from IMDB to know what you are watching before viewing. You may want to fast-forward a scene for your own well-being.
Missing (2023)
When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June's search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try and find her before it's too late. Missing can strain credulity in its efforts to keep the audience guessing, but a fast pace and relatable fears keep this twisty techno-thriller from completely losing its way.
Rotten Tomatoes: 87%
Currently in Cinemas
No bears (2022)
The Director, Jafar Panahi, is amazing! It’s really interesting finding out about his life. He has been imprisoned in Iran for his movies. He did a wonderful movie called “Taxi” and this one “No Bears” is equally excellent. Well worth reading up about his life before watching his work because it really helps you to understand his motives. He also features in his movies, which makes it even more interesting.
In this movie, “No Bears”, it portrays two parallel love stories. In both, the lovers are troubled by hidden, inevitable obstacles, the force of superstition and the mechanics of power. No Bears bears witness to Jafar Panahi's incisive filmmaking while urging viewers to examine the complex layers of a deceptively simple story: a man oppressed and suppressed by his country.
Rotten Tomatoes: 99%
Streaming on YouTube, GooglePlay, Apple TV.
tetris (2023)
(Taron Egerton, Mara Huf) "Tetris" tells the unbelievable story of how one of the world's most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe. Henk Rogers discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pazhitnov to bring the game to the masses. Based on a true story, "Tetris" is a Cold War-era thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes and a nail-biting race to the finish.
Rotten Tomatoes: 82%
Streaming on Apple TV.
Living (2022)
This moving British drama is standing on the shoulders of cinematic royalty, as an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa's critically acclaimed Ikiru. Thankfully Living more than holds its own. It is the story of Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy), a man who has become trapped in the monotonous clockwork of everyday life, lacking inspiration in a postwar world. When he discovers he is terminally ill, he confronts his past and seeks to salvage what he has left of his future. He befriends his ex-colleague Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood), and her youthful vibrancy and zest for life rubs off on him. He realizes that before he dies, he wants to do something meaningful, something he can be remembered for. It is truly sumptuous cinema, and manages to be so beautiful despite the mundaneness it depicts. But then that's the point and the takeaway message: that we should all try to find the beauty in the monotony of our lives.
Rotten Tomatoes - 99%
Streaming on: YouTube, GoolePlay, Apple TV, Prime Video.
** Heads-Up! Please see guide for this movie from IMDB to know what you are watching before viewing. You may want to fast-forward a scene for your own well-being.