Movies we watched in August

Oh wow, I can't even believe this. It's already September! Time is flying by so quickly! And September means one thing: We're looking back on the movies we watched in August. And oooooh, what a month! We watched some great movies. Let's start! 

Carola

I'm excited about the movies I watched this month! I bought some great new ones and watched a lot of movies in the cinema.  Let's take a look at everything I watched. 

Reservoir Dogs

Year: 1992

Genre: Crime/ Drama

IMDB score: 8,3

My score: 9

Remark: I had seen reservoir Dogs a couple of times already. But it was shown in the cinema again to celebrate Tarantino's new movie is coming up. So I just had to go. And I loved seeing it again. An awesome movie about a jewelry heist gone wrong. 

Shoplifters

Year: 2018

Genre: Crime/ Drama

IMDB score: 8

My score: 8

Remark: This movie was birthday gift. It was already in the shelves and I kept forgetting to watch it. Until I saw something about this movie again and I decided to watch it as soon as possible. It's about a family that's not making enough money to live from. So they do some shoplifting as well. (The kids as well). One day, they find a child outside in the cold and decide to take her in. 

Pulp Fiction

Year: 1994

Genre: Crime, Drama

IMDB score: 8,9

My score: 8

Remark: I saw this one in the cinema again. (Yes, I watched a lot of Tarantino films this month!!). And totally loved it. This is really a great movie, with an awesome cast. 

Jackie Brown

Year: 1997

Genre: Crime, Drama

IMDB score: 7,5

My score: 9

Remark: Also a Tarantino movie, all about Jackie Brown, a stewardess. She smuggle in money, but got caught. Then she has to make choice: Whose side is she on? 

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Year: 2019

Genre: Comedy, Drama

IMDB score: 8

My score: 8

Remark: The latest Taratino movie! I saw it in the cinema as soon as I could and loved it. A movie about Rick Dalton (an actor) and Cliff Booth (his stuntman) in 1969, Los Angeles. 

Balloon

Year: 2018

Genre: Drama

IMDB score: 7,6

My score: 8

Remark: I watched this movie in the cinema. I just read the story and it sounded really interesting and I must say: What an impressive movie! I really liked it a lot. It's about a family that, during the cold war, tries to escape to West Germany via an air balloon. 

Lego the Movie

Year: 2014

Genre: Animation/ Action

IMDB score: 7,8

My score: 7

Remark: I rarely watch animation, but I did on this evening. I was curious about Lego the movie, o I decided to watch it! And it was fun. I'll just say: Everything is awesome!! Everything is cool when you're part of a team! (I already drove Liv crazy with this song hahahaha). 

Le Tout Nouveau Testament (The Brand New Testament)

Year: 2015

Genre: Comedy/ Fantasy

IMDB score: 7,1

My score: 7,5

Remark: I ordered this movie on DVD, just because I was curious. In this movie, God is alive. He lives in Brussels and he has a daughter. He's disrupting life on earth via his computer. But one day, his daughter stars rebelling. 

Hobbs and Shaw

Year: 2019

Genre: Action/ Adventure

IMDB score: 6,8

My score: 7

Remark: As you guys know, I watch all Jason Statham movies. So I really had to see this one. I watched it in 4DX. And I can just say, it was fun!  

Rosetta

Year: 1999

Genre: Drama

IMDB score: 7,5

My score: 6

Remark: A DVD that was on my shelves for ages already and suddenly I "saw" it. And watched it. It's about Rosetta, she lives with her alcoholic mother. She's desperate and wants to fit in. But it's hard to keep a job. However, she really needs a job. 

Critters 3 & 4

Year: 1991 & 1992 

Genre: Horror

IMDB score: 4,4 & 4,1

My score: 6 & 5

Remark: I recently watched all of the Critter movies. All about these dangerous tiny aliens. I like Critters, but I didn't enjoy the 4th one a much. 

De Grønne Slagtere (The Green Butchers)

Year: 2003

Genre: Comedy, Drama

IMDB score: 7,3

My score: 8

Remark:  One of three movies I watched this month of the director Anders Thomas Jensen. I'm so glad I got that DVD box, I really love his movie (All 3 star Mad Mikkelsen!). This movie is about 2 men starting their own butcher shop. When their electrician accidentally dies, they sell him as chicken. 

Adams æbler (Adam's Apples)

Year: 2005

Genre: Comedy, Drama

IMDB score: 7,8

My score: 8

Remark:  Another one of three movies I watched this month of the director Anders Thomas Jensen. This one is about a neo nazi who is sentenced to do community service at a church. 

Blinkende lygter (Flickering Lights)

Year: 2000

Genre: Comedy, Drama

IMDB score: 7,7

My score: 8

Remark:  And another one of three movies I watched this month of the director Anders Thomas Jensen. So glad I watched all three this month! I could on watching this kind of movies. Flickering Lights is about 4 Danish criminals. They steel a bag from a safe, keep it for themselves and run to Spain. There, they start renovating an old restaurant. 

The Matrix

Year: 1999

Genre: Sci-fi, action

IMDB score: 8,7

My score: 8

Remark:  I watched this movie again in the cinema (in 4DX!). Totally loved seeing it again. It was such a long time ago that I watched the Matrix. 

Liv

August really flew by...and I watched a lot of series preparing for Comic Con Amsterdam. Of course, I also watched movies....let me tell you about them!

Summer of '84

Year: 2018

Genre: Horror/Thriller

IMDB score: 6,7

My score: 7,5

Remark: I had seen this one coming by a few times, when I was browsing Netflix and decided to give it a try. I really liked it and it gave me that "80s feel" of "The Burbs", "The Goonies" and "Stranger Things".  

Shazam!

Year: 2019

Genre: Action/Adventure

IMDB score: 7,2

My score: 7,5

 

Remark:  At CCXP Cologne we attended the panel of Zachary Levi, who plays Shazam. So it was great to see the movie again. 

Papillon

Year: 2017

Genre: Adventure/Biography

IMDB score: 7,1

My score: 7

 

Remark:  This 2017 remake of the classic starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman is entertaining, but in my opinion it cannot measure up to the original

The Nice Guys

Year: 2016

Genre: Action/Comedy

IMDB score: 7,4

My score: 8,5

 

Remark:  I absolutely loved this movie! Ryan Gosling and Russel Crowe are amazing together. I can't believe there hasn't been made a sequel yet. 

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Year: 2019

Genre: Comedy/Drama

IMDB score: 8

My score: 9

 

Remark:  Just two words: instant classic! 

Point Break

Year: 1991

Genre: Action/Crime

IMDB score: 7,3

My score: 8

 

Remark:  Once and again...you have to re-watch some classics and I still love this one, starring the late Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves

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