Looking for a good movie to watch this week? I think I can help.Paramount+ has a library of an estimated 2,500 movies in it, from Paramount Pictures, CBS, Showtime, and other studios.Some are hits, some are not, but there's a breadth to choose from, including blockbusters, biopics, and classics to dramas, comedies, action movies, and everything in between.
For the week of March 16 to 22, I've gone a little old-school with the jet fighter movie to end all jet fighter movies, a biopic of a true rock legend, and a math-tastic drama from a bunch of Boston boys.Wheels up, folks.3 Top Gun An excellent beach volleyball movie Maybe you like fighter jets.
Maybe you just want to brush up on the original movie before you watch the sequel, (also streaming on Paramount+).Or maybe you're simply feeling the need… the need, for speed.is the fighter jet movie that started it all, and it’s hard to believe that this high-flying action flick that’s given us so, so much, came out 40 years ago.
You owe it to yourself, and Tom Cruise, to give this Oscar-winning gem (for the song ), an anniversary viewing.Not that you need a refresher, but is the story of hot-shot fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and his wingman Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), who are sent to train at the titular elite Navy pilot school and compete against other top-gun pilots, including the cocky Tom "Iceman" Kazansky (Val Kilmer), to prove who's the best of the best.But Maverick's a maverick, and his own worst enemy, dogged by the clouded death of his pilot father.
He'll have to get his head straight if he's to win Top Gun and the heart of the school's sexy instructor (Kelly McGillis).Highway to the danger zone, baby.Pay no mind to the 59% Rotten Tomatoes critics' rating, is a pop culture classic with a popcorn meter rating of 83%—critics be damned.
Top Gun PG Drama Action Release Date May 16, 1986 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH RENT BUY Cast Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt Runtime 110 minutes Director Tony Scott Writers Jack Epps Jr., Jim Cash Budget $15 million Studio(s) Paramount Pictures Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures Powered by Expand Collapse 2 Rocketman Taron Egerton shines in this Elton John biopic I know that I need to be in a specific mood to watch music movies, but isn’t your standard music biopic—it’s about Elton John.Big, emotional, funny, sad, and unapologetically Elton, it works whether you’re a lifelong fan or not.Part musical fantasy, part biopic, Dexter Fletcher’s casts Taron Egerton () as the inimitable performer and chronicles his evolution from a small-town prodigy known as Reginald Dwight, to the international superstar responsible for life anthems such as T and, of course, .
Filled with fantastic musical interludes based on some of Elton's most popular songs, performed by Egerton, the film also features Jamie Bell as Elton's longtime lyricist and writing partner Bernie Taupin, and Richard Madden as John's first manager, John Reid.What makes stand out is that it embraces Elton’s bedazzled persona instead of normalizing it into a linear, boring chronological timeline.And it worked.
Egerton’s performance is on point, garnering him praise and a Golden Globe win.The film holds an 89% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.Rocketman R Biography Drama Fantasy Music Release Date May 31, 2019 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH RENT BUY Cast Bryce Dallas Howard, Tate Donovan, Jamie Bell, Gemma Jones, Charlie Rowe, Stephen Graham, Jess Radomska, Taron Egerton, Richard Madden Runtime 121 Minutes Director Dexter Fletcher Writers Lee Hall Main Genre Drama Budget $40 Million Studio(s) New Republic Pictures, Marv Films, Rocket Pictures Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures Powered by Expand Collapse 1 Good Will Hunting The movie that launched Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's careers Sincerely, make some room on your watch list this week for while it's streaming on Paramount+.
I watched it for the first time in years recently, and it is a perfect film.Not only is it the movie that put a young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the map, winning the writing pair their first Oscars (and Robin Williams his first and only Oscar), but it's a smart underdog story full of redemption and real emotion and endlessly quotable moments.If you have a heart, you need tissues.
Damon plays Will Hunting, a troubled young man in South Boston, with a dark past of abuse growing up in the foster system.But while Will may be content mopping floors at MIT, and getting into brawls with his bestie, Chuckie (Affleck), Will's got a secret: he's a math prodigy, which is his ticket to a better life he doesn't know he wants.When Will's caught solving an impossible math problem on a hallway chalkboard by MIT's brilliant professor Gerald Lambeau (Stellan Skarsgard), Will strikes a deal to stay out of jail—develop his skills and meet with brilliant therapist Sean Maguire (Williams) weekly.
Cut from the same Southie cloth, and with his own demons, Sean may be the only one who can get through to Will—their relationship is the emotional heart of the film.Minni Driver is also brilliant as Will's Harvard girlfriend, Skylar.Good Will Hunting is a must-see Damon/Affleck film that holds a deserved 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Good Will Hunting R Drama Release Date December 5, 1997 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH RENT BUY Cast Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver, Casey Affleck, Cole Hauser, Vik Sahay, John Mighton, Rachel Majorowski, Colleen McCauley, Matt Mercier, Ralph St.George, Rob Lynds, Dan Washington, Alison Folland, Derrick Bridgeman, Shannon Egleson, Rob Lyons, Steven Kozlowski, Jennifer Deathe, Scott William Winters, Philip Williams, Patrick O'Donnell, Kevin Rushton, Jimmy Flynn Runtime 126 minutes Director Gus Van Sant Writers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Main Genre Drama Budget $10 million Studio(s) MiraMax Distributor(s) MiraMax Powered by Expand Collapse Sometimes you don't want to mess around with movie night by just revisiting films that have stood the test of time.And while Paramount+ and other streamers continue to raise their prices, value is more important than ever.
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