The film opens with Howard getting a colonoscopy, and we quickly realise that that’s a minor discomfort within the scheme of his life. Uncut Gems follows Howard (played by Adam Sandler), a jeweller in New York's frantically paced Diamond District, as he attempts to auction off a rare Ethiopian opal for a massive return. Luckily there's a new recruit, Nile (whom they locate via, uh, bad dreams) in Afghanistan who is quickly enlisted to help them push back against those who now want to study and torture them, with a view to weaponising and monetising their immortal powers.īased on the graphic novel by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood ( Love & Basketball, Beyond the Lights), The Old Guard is refreshingly gritty and grounded for a superhero flick. The gang have used this unexplained gift of immortality to protect us muggles for centuries, but when they break their own rule of never working for the same employer twice, they're rumbled – the job is a ruse and the former CIA operative who re-hired them has this time filmed their regeneration. Charlize Theron stars as Andy, leader of a clandestine group of tight-knit hired guns with the shared super-power of immediate regeneration and the inability to die. Want to see if your TV can handle fast-paced fight sequences without succumbing to shimmer or jitter? This 2020 film is the one. Annoyingly, World War II is approaching fast, Pretty's health is declining and, upon seeing what Brown has uncovered, various other noted archaeologists try to intervene and take credit for Brown's work.įor anyone keen on Anglo-Saxon or World War II history, The Dig is an engaging watch, served with a generous dash of English restraint and stunning sweeping landscape scenes. Local, self-taught excavator Basil Brown (Fiennes), who left school at 12 and was taught the trade by his father, is given the task of tackling the large burial mounds on Pretty's grounds.Īnd much to everyone's surprise – especially Brown's employers, who want him back at his regular job at the Ipswich Museum – the dig reveals genuine, priceless Anglo-Saxon treasures. It's actually based on a true story – the 1939 excavation of Edith Pretty's rural estate in Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, UK. Your Place or Mine definitely feels like a romcom made by fans of the genre.If you like the idea of Ralph Fiennes taking up as lead archaeologist in an episode of Britain's Biggest Dig, this movie is for you. Plus, there’s Steve Zahn, Jesse Williams, and Shiri Appleby in fun supporting roles. This is a callback to the iconic Rock Hudson-Doris Day starrer, Pillow Talk. Because Debbie and Peter spend so much time apart, their interactions often happen over the phone or via split-screen. The premise is similar to the modern classic, The Holiday, by legendary romantic comedy director Nancy Meyers, with the house-switching- but if Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet hooked up together instead. Meanwhile, Peter realizes he has romantic feelings for her, and they both begin to wonder if it was a mistake to friendzone the other back in the day. When she gets to the Big Apple, her dream job and dream guy materialize. After she gets a great opportunity to take a career-improvement course in his city, they agree to swap homes, while he also provides childcare. He’s a businessman with a swanky NYC apartment, and she’s a divorced mom with an unfulfilling job in L.A. They star as Debbie and Peter, college BFFs who now live very different lives. This movie rectifies that while serving tons of ‘00s nostalgia! Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher spent a lot of the aughts starring in rom-coms, but somehow never ended up in one together. Despite being nearly two decades old, the period piece never feels tired, and is a frequent rewatch. It’s also peak “corset era” Knightley and she even earned her first Academy Award nomination for the role. There have been many on-screen iterations of Pride and Prejudice, but nothing surpasses Joe Wright’s 2005 stunner. (So does Darcy, although he'd probably not admit it!) Elizabeth’s sisters and cousins often make spectacles of themselves in public, and Darcy’s best friend becomes quite bumbling and awkward around his crush. The humor largely comes from the comedy of errors while our characters try to find marriage partners, as well as cringey social interactions. It is the most dramatic of the romcoms on this list, and also the swooniest. She loathes him, yet he falls in love with her. In this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Keira Knightley is the headstrong Elizabeth Bennet, while Matthew Macfadyen plays the seemingly insufferable and snobby Mr. (Image credit: Moviestore Collection Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)
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