Movies Streaming This Week: ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘The Impossible’ and More

This week we have the latest from Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained,” the best avenging slave western you’ll see this year. If you want to get even more depressing check out Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts playing parents who get swept away in a tsunami and their heart-wrenching journey to reconnect in “The Impossible.” And if you’re looking for a streaming marathon, check out the sweet Jim Jarmusch picks on Hulu.

NEW RELEASES

‘Django Unchained’
Quentin Tarantino’s blood soaked Western stars Jamie Foxx as a slave-turned-free-man who is on a mission to find his wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) no matter the cost. With his bounty hunter mentor Dr. Schultz (Christoph Waltz) by his side, the two find their way into the world of Calvin Candie, the twisted owner of a sprawling plantation where Broomhilda is a slave.
Why Watch It: Tarantino is in his genre-loving glory with Waltz giving a entertaining performance, which earned him an Oscar.
Available On: iTunes, VUDU, Amazon Instant [On Demand 4/16]

‘The Impossible’
Set in 2004, Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts star as parents who find themselves part of a colossal tsunami while vacationing in Thailand. What unfolds is a struggle for survival as they and their children are split up and try to search for one another.
Why Watch It: An heart-wrenching account based on a the mother’s account.
Available On: iTunes, VUDU, Amazon Instant [On Demand 4/23]

‘Venus and Serena’
Here we’re given an all access pass into the lives of the two most polarizing tennis players in the world, and they happen to be sisters. Directors Maiken Baird and Michelle Major highlight the lives of Venus and Serena Williams in 2011, while both were suffering career-ending injuries.
Why Watch It: See a side of the sister that will surprise you.
Available On: Cable On Demand [In Theaters May 10]

‘LUV’
In an impressive performance by Common, the rapper plays an ex-con who agrees to spend the day with his nephew and in the process exposes him to the realities of everyday life.
Why Watch It: A hit at Sundance, Common works well opposite newcomer Michael Rainey Jr.
Available On: Cable On Demand, iTunes, VUDU

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

‘Three Kings’
David O. Russell’s heist/war movie follows four soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze) at the end of the Gulf War who plot to steal gold from Kuwait but in the process become liberators.
Available On: iTunes, VUDU, Amazon Instant, Redbox Instant, Google Play

‘Midnight Cowboy’
John Schlesinger’s landmark X-Rated best picture winner stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight as down on their luck friends who try to survive the harsh New York City streets in the winter with dreams of moving to Florida.
Available On: iTunes, Netflix, VUDU, Amazon Instant, Redbox Instant

Jim Jarmusch on Hulu
Five Jarmusch titles that have received the Criterion treatment are now available for free on Hulu. Get trapped in the director’s world with come of his classics—Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law and Permanent Vacation.

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Reality vs. Movie: ‘The Impossible’

Director Juan Antonio Bayona’s “The Impossible” aims to tell one family’s story of struggle and survival after the disastrous Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004. The film’s surefire awards season sweetheart Naomi Watts has called the adaptation a “blow-by-blow” representation of her real-life counterpart’s journey.

Faithful though the film may be in portraying the heart and humanity of the experience, screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez has admitted to at least “bringing the story down a few notches because there were some moments in the real story that were so incredible that it’s, like, ‘Nobody will believe this.’” We’re here to ferret out those absolute truths and the stretches presented in “The Impossible.”

1. The Family
The real-life Belon family — Maria, Enrique and their three sons Lucas, Tomas and Simon — are Spanish, but on-screen they are portrayed by British actors Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin and Oaklee Pendergast. As a result, there are three name changes involved: Enrique to Henry, Tomas to Thomas and Belon to Bennett.

Maria Belon herself, who was charged by her family with ensuring protection of her family’s story during production, was not bothered by the fact the script was re-written in English — repeatedly justified by financing and audience concerns — nor that U.K. actors were cast. In fact, she recounted instructing Bayona, “[T]his is not about [an] English family, Swedish family, German family, Thailand family … [T]his is about human beings living a painful situation.”

Also worth mention is the fact that while Watts and Holland spent time meeting and repeatedly consulting their real-life counterparts for intricate detail preparation, McGregor did not personally encounter Enrique until the cameras were already rolling. Still, following the Toronto International Film Festival’s successful screening, where the Belon family made a surprise appearance before the crowd, the real-life father praised McGregor’s performance, saying “He’s got me, he’s got me. How did he ever know? He never met me.”

2. The Big Wave
On Dec. 26, 2004, the Belon family lounged by the pool at their Phuket, Thailand, holiday vacation resort as Maria casually read “The Shadow of the Wind” by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Enrique played with Simon and Tomas in the pool, and Lucas played with a ball on the deck. As told by Maria, the group then “heard the sound of this monster coming” but couldn’t identify the source. “When I saw the big wall, the big black wall coming, I thought ‘Okay, that is coming for us.’” That wall, of course, was the enormous dark tidal wave that ripped the area apart and claimed nearly a quarter million lives across fourteen separate nations.

Production on “The Impossible” aimed to recreate this moment with precise attention to detail on-screen. “It was important because we were there where it really happened, and to the point that we were standing in the same positions around the same swimming pool where the families were standing that day,” said Ewan McGregor. “It was really real, and the director made all of our sets feel very real.” Although Maria Belon has said she didn’t recognize the looming threat of the noise as quickly as it appears in the movie moment, most of other details are considered spot-on for the critical scene.

3. The Hospital
For much of the film, as in reality, the badly injured Maria and her eldest son Lucas were separated from the other three members of their family as she recovered in a hospital. As with the resort scene, filmmakers used the original locations for production and even incorporated tsunami survivors as extras. “They were so proud that we were filming there,” said Belon of the hospital and its staff. “I think they are proud we are telling the story of what happened there, of the reality of what we saw in the hospital. The art department was doing such an amazing job that everybody thought ‘This is a deja vu, this has been here years ago.’”

4. The End
Obviously, the moment that defied all odds for the Belon family was when they found each other at long last, by chance. Cinematically, Bayona claims it played out just the same. “Totally coincidental,” he said of their reunion. “It really was at the entrance in the lobby. They embraced and remember it as the happiest moment of their lives.”

Maria’s harrowing firsthand account of the events can be listened to (in Spanish) here.

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FILM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006)

Tanggal Rilis : 5 May 2006 (USA)
Jenis Film : Action | Adventure | Thriller
Diperankan Oleh : Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan and Ving Rhames

Ringkasan Cerita FILM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006) :

Super-spy Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty to trains new IMF agents. But he is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he’s ever faced – Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team: his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen. They are to rescue one of his very own trainees, Lindsey who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected, well-connected, and downright malicious. This forces Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife, Julia, and uncover IMF double agents in the process.

[IMDb rating : 6.8/10]
[Awards : 6 wins & 12 nominations]
[Production Co : Paramount Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions, MI 3 Film]
[IMDb link : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317919]

[Quality : BRRip]
[File Size : 600 MB]
[Format : Matroska >> mkv]
[Resolution : 1280x544]
[Source : 720p – BR]

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Lengkapi juga Quadrology film Mission Impossible anda :
1. Mission: Impossible (1996)
2. Mission: Impossible II (2000)
3. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
4. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

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