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Drama, War

WAITING FOR ANYA (2020): New Trailer From Anjelica Huston, Noah Schnapp, Jean Reno, Sadie Frost…

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Waiting For Anya (2020), Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Vertical Releases
Waiting For Anya (2020), Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Vertical Releases

Based on a true story, starring Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno, Sadie Frost and Noah Schnapp, Waiting For Anaya is a new Ben Cookson-directed wartime drama. The story follows Jo (Schnapp), a young shepherd. One who gets help from the widow Horcada (Huston) to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain, during World War 2.

Additional key cast includes Frederick Schmidt, Thomas Kretschmann, Nicholas Rowe and Gilles Marini.

The moving and well-edited trailer grabbed my attention, and now I’m compelled to find out if Anya and her father are reunited.

Tómas Lemarquis, Joséphine de La Baume, Elsa Zylberstein, Urs Rechn, William Abadie, Jean-François Balmer and Raj Awasti also star.

Waiting For Anya Release Dates: February 7th, 2020 (US); February 14th, 2020 (UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Drama

THE PROMISE (2016): New Trailer From Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon…

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The Promise (2016), Charlotte Le Bon, Oscar Isaac
The Promise (2016), Charlotte Le Bon, Oscar Isaac

Starring Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac and Charlotte Le Bon, the backdrop of The Promise is the last days of the Ottoman Empire/the Armenian genocide.

The heart of the Terry George co-written/directed movie is a love triangle – one between the beautiful, sophisticated Ana, a renowned American journalist and a brilliant medical student.

I’m curious about The Promise mostly because of the talented Mr Bale. But also because of the controversy surrounding the subject matter, the Armenian Genocide.

At time of writing, The Promise hasn’t  even been properly released yet except at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11th; yet it has a very poor IMDB score of 1.8 out of 10, the lowest I’ve ever seen on the site. I refuse to believe that Christian Bale would choose to be in a movie as terrible as the score suggests.

Unfortunately, I can’t quite say the same for Oscar Isaac – on account of Mojave (2015). I digress. My guess is that those opposing the movie for political reasons have decided to do what they can to deter others from seeing it. If that’s the case, time will tell how well that’s going to work. 

The Promise Release Dates: 2016 (US)…

Happy Film Loving,

G

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

HECTOR & THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (2014): When Physical Distance Equals Clarity

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Hector & The Search For Happiness (2014), Simon Pegg
Hector & The Search For Happiness (2014), Simon Pegg

Directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Simon Pegg, Hector & The Search For Happiness is about a man who realises that change must happen in his life.

Following this realisation, he checks out of his current situation and sets off in search of adventure and an answer to one big question.

During his search for happiness and what it means, he meets several interesting characters, gets into a few scrapes and learns plenty, especially about himself.

Chelsom’s movie has a few similarities to Eat Pray Love (2010) and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013). Hector & The Search For Happiness isn’t a terrible movie, but I do prefer the other two.

Whether you need convincing that travel is a good idea or not, this movie does a good job of reminding you of travel’s great ability to help you see things with renewed clarity; whether it’s because of the people you meet whilst away, or the physical distance from your daily routine.

Watch it and get some clarity, thanks to distance.

Happy Film Loving, 

G