Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Movies I Have Seen - January 2024 (10 movies)

 

Lamborghini: The Man Behind The Legend. 2022, Starring 



Crave, January 2, 2024. Soundtrack: "

1. Conosci Mia Cugina – Ernesto Bonino

 2. Ancora – Nilla Pizzi - Ferruccio is celebrating with his family his return home from war. 

 3. Ain’t We Got Fun – Romano Reggiani, Matteo Leoni, Hannah Van Der Westhuysen
[0:09′] Ferruccio, his girlfriend, and Matteo are singing together at a New Year’s Eve party. 

 4. Auld Lang Syne – Romano Reggiani, Matteo Leoni, Hannah Van Der Westhuysen
[0:11′] Ferruccio and his girlfriend kiss at midnight. 

 5. Carioca – Ladd Mcintosh Swing Orchestra
[0:25′] Ferruccio is drawing the design of a new car while listening to jazz music on the radio. 

 6. Do You Amare Me – Daniele Benati, Alan Iotti, Giulio Vetrone & Fabio Di Bari
[0:27′] Ferruccio and Matteo buy an old car and start fixing it. 

 7. Ma L’amore No – Eva Nova
[0:29′] Matteo and Ferruccio have coffee outside when a beautiful girl passes by. 

 8. Macariolita – Ernesto Bonino
[0:41′] Matteo and Ferruccio celebrate the making of the first Lamborghini tractor. 

 9. Arrivederci – Dominic Halpin - Years later and more mature, Ferruccio goes inside a pastry and buys some sweets for his coworkers.

10. Ti Voglio Tanto Bene – Rossano - Ferruccio gives his son a boat as a present. 

 11. Una Zebra A Pois – Lelio Luttazzi - Bob arrives at the Lamborghini car service looking for a job. 

 12. Nessuno – Mina - Ferruccio commands to his team to make the next car models with horizontal carburetors. 

 13. I Still Love Christmas – Matthew Moore
[1:09′] Ferruccio and his wife are wrapping up Christmas presents. 

 14. Quando Quando Quando – Tony Renis - A singer is performing at the gala while Ferruccio is at the table drawing a model for his next car. 

 15. I Sorrisi Di Sera – Tony Renis - Annita sees Ferruccio hitting on another woman at the event. 

 16. Ding Ding – Daniel Farrant, James Knight & Ray Gelato - Ferruccio is giving an interview in which he’s talking about the invention of the Lamborghini GT. 

 17. Una Furtiva Lagrima – Vittorio Grigolo
[1:22′] Ferruccio tells his son that half the money made by his company will go to him. 

 18. O Bone Jesu – APM Chorale

Anachronisms: 1. In the 1948 race, there is a Mercedes Benz SL. The first race in which the SL competed in was held in 1952.

2. Lamborghini takes part in the 1948 Terra dei motori race and after this race his wife announces that she is pregnant with his child. However, Lamborghini's wife died giving birth to his child in 1947.


Sisu. 2022 (Finnish/ UK/ US), Starring 

Crave, January 4, 2023. Soundtrack: Music by Juri Seppa and Tuomas Wainola. 

Anachronism: The tank used by the SS platoon is a Soviet-made T-54/55 which was introduced well after World War 2, not even a T-34 which actually was available in 1945. The German tank is actually a Russian T55 which was not developed until 1948.


The Weapon. 2023, Starring 



Crave, January 4, 2024. Soundtrack: Music by Damon Criswell, Brian Jackson Harris and Michael Wickstrom. 

Gran Turismo. 2023, Starring 


  • Archie Madekwe as Jann Mardenborough, a young retail worker and a fan of the Gran Turismo video games aspiring to become a professional racer.
  • David Harbour as Jack Salter, a former professional racer turned mechanic who becomes Jann's trainer for the GT Academy.
  • Orlando Bloom as Danny Moore, a marketing executive at Nissan.
  • Takehiro Hira as Kazunori Yamauchi, the creator of Gran Turismo. The real Yamauchi cameos as a sushi chef.
  • Darren Barnet as Matty Davis, a top GT Academy driver and Jann's rival, later co-driver for Jann at Le Mans.
  • Geri Halliwell-Horner as Lesley Mardenborough, Jann's mother.
  • Djimon Hounsou as Steve Mardenborough, a former footballer turned miner and Jann's father.
  • Josha Stradowski as Nicholas Capa, a hot-headed and underhanded driver who rivals Jann.
  • Daniel Puig as Coby Mardenborough, Jann's brother.
  • Maeve Courtier-Lilley as Audrey, Jann's love interest.
  • Pepe Barroso as Antonio Cruz, a Spanish GT Academy student driver, one of Jann's friends and later co-driver for Jann at Le Mans. Loosely based on Lucas Ordóñez.
  • Emelia Hartford as Leah Vega, an American female GT Academy student driver and race candidate.
  • Sang Heon Lee as Joo-Hwan Lee, a Korean GT Academy student driver and race candidate.
  • Max Mundt as Klaus Hoffman, a German GT Academy student driver and race candidate.
  • Mariano González as Henry Evas, an Argentinian GT Academy student driver.
  • Harki Bhambra as Avi Bhatt, a British-Indian GT Academy driver.
  • Lindsay Pattison as Chloe McCormick, a British female GT Academy student driver and race candidate.
  • Théo Christine as Marcel Durand, a French GT Academy student driver and race candidate.
  • Niall McShea as Frederik Schulin, a professional racing driver and second rival of Jann.
  • Jamie Kenna as Jack Man Jones, Jann's pit crew member.
  • Thomas Kretschmann as Patrice Capa, Nicholas' father
  • Richard Cambridge as Felix, a mechanic
  • Nikhil Parmar as Persol, one of Jann's friends from the video game arcade where Jann would race.


Crave, January 8, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

1. During Jann's call with Audrey, Audrey said that she liked many of Jann's Instagram stories. This was not a feature added until 2016, four years after the events in the film take place.

2. At the first scene, Jann receives a steering wheel, via parcel, which is a 'Universal Hub' mounted to a 'ClubSport Wheel Rim 320'. He installs it on a 'GT DD Pro' wheelbase; all of those are produced by Fanatec. They all were released several years after the setting of the film.

3. At that time, Jann would had used the '911 Turbo S' (that he used in real life) or the '911 GT3 RS' wheelset.


Prisoners. 2013, Starring 



Crave On Demand, January 10, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Anachronism: 

When detective Loki reads William Dover's Obituary in Palocalnews.net, on the computer, the date and time shows 2/27/2013 2:52pm. The movie takes place before Christmas. 


The King's Daughter. 2022 (

, Starring 



Crave, January 15, 2023, with Dr. Connie Luther. Soundtrack: "



Anachronisms: 

None of the clothing is remotely authentic or true to the pictured time frame. One dress even has a zipper.

The Love Monument was built between 1777 to 1778, and commissioned by Marie Antoinette roughly 60 years after the death of Louis XIV.


Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. 2023, Starring 


Jorma Taccone voices Adriano Tumino / Vulture, an Italian vulture-themed supervillain from a Renaissance-inspired universe,[16][20] as well as Peter Parker / Spider-Man from the 1967 animated series, which he reprises from the post-credits of Into the Spider-Verse.[28][29] Jharrel Jerome voices Miles G. Morales / Prowler of Earth-42.[30]

Additional iterations of Spider-Man appearing in the film as members of the Spider-Society, with speaking roles, include: Andy Samberg as Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider;[31] Amandla Stenberg as Margo Kess / Spider-Byte, a Spider-Woman from a virtual reality;[24] Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker / SP//dr;[32] Taran Killam as Patrick O'Hara / Web-Slinger;[24][33] Nic Novicki as Peter Parker / Lego Spider-Man,[34] Josh Keaton as Peter Parker / Spectacular Spider-Man from the television series The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009),[35] Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Insomniac Spider-Man from the Marvel's Spider-Man video game series by Insomniac Games;[35] Mike Rianda as Ezekiel Sims / Spider-Therapist;[33][36] Sofia Barclay as Malala Windsor / Spider-UK, an original incarnation who wears a hijab;[37] Danielle Perez as Charlotte Webber / Sun-Spider, who uses a wheelchair;[38] and Metro Boomin, who composed music for the film, as Metro Spider-Man.[39]

Melissa Sturm voices Mary Jane "MJ" Parker, Peter B. Parker's wife and Mayday's mother;[40] Lorraine Vélez voices Maria Morales, Rio Morales's sister . Rachel Dratch voices C. Weber, a counselor at Miles' school;[41] and Ziggy Marley voices Lenny, a Jamaican shop owner.[32][42] Pixar animator and filmmaker Peter Sohn provides the voice for Miles' best friend and roommate Ganke Lee after his dialogue was cut from Into the Spider-Verse.[43][44] Elizabeth Perkins voices the Aunt May of Gwen's Earth-65;[45] Atsuko Okatsuka voices Yuri Watanabe, a police colleague of Captain Stacy;[35] Ayo Edebiri, Antonia Lentini, and Nicole Delaney voice Gwen's bandmates GloryBetty and MJ;[42][46][47] and Jack Quaid voices the Earth-65 Peter Parker who died after transforming into the Lizard.[48] J. K. Simmons reprises his role as J. Jonah Jameson, voicing various versions of the character on AU Earth-1610, Earth-42, and Earth-65 with archive audio from Spider-Man being used for the Lego version on Earth-13122.[35] Andy Leviton voices Armadillo from Earth-1610, Typeface and Grizzly from unknown realities who were captured by the Spider-Society and two background characters in Earth-65

Live-action roles are also featured in the film, with Donald Glover appearing as an alternate version of Aaron Davis / Prowler, reprising his role from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).[35] Peggy Lu reprises her role as convenience store owner Mrs. Chen from the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), identified as Earth-688.[49] Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield appear in their roles as Peter Parker / Spider-Man from previous Spider-Man films through archival footage,[35] as well as Cliff Robertson as his version of Ben Parker, and Denis Leary as George Stacy.[35] Archival audio of Alfred Molina's Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) is used for an hologram version of the character with a comic book-accurate design


Crave, January 17, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Quote: 

  • Miles Morales: "I love chai tea."
  • Spider-Man India: "What did you just say? Chai tea? Chai means 'tea', bro! You are saying 'tea tea'! Would I ask you for a 'coffee coffee' with room for 'cream cream'?"


Decision To Leave. 2022 (Korean), Starring 



Crave, January 24, 2024. Soundtrack: "



Joy Ride. 2023, Starring 


  • Ashley Park as Audrey Sullivan, a lawyer who is the ostensibly Chinese child of adoptive white parents[4]
    • Lennon Yee as young Audrey Sullivan
    • Isla Rose Hall as teenage Audrey Sullivan
  • Sherry Cola as Lolo Chen, an aspiring artist who is Audrey's best friend[4]
    • Belle Zhang as young Lolo Chen
    • Chloe Pun as teenage Lolo Chen
  • Stephanie Hsu as Kat Huang, a famous Chinese actress who was Audrey's former college roommate[4]
  • Sabrina Wu as Vanessa / Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin who is obsessed with K-pop[4]
  • Ronny Chieng as Chao, a Chinese businessman[5]
  • Meredith Hagner as Jess, the drug smuggler on the Chinese train[6]
  • David Denman as Joe Sullivan, Audrey's adoptive father[7]
  • Annie Mumolo as Mary Sullivan, Audrey's adoptive mother[7]
  • Timothy Simons as Frank, Audrey's law firm boss
  • Daniel Dae Kim as Dae Han, the husband of Audrey's birth mother
  • Desmond Chiam as Clarence, Kat's celibate fiancé[5]
  • Baron Davis as a fictional version of himself, a former NBA basketball player who is now playing in China
  • Lori Tan Chinn as Nai Nai, Lolo's grandmother[7]
  • Alexander Hodge as Todd, a basketball player on Baron's team and Kat's ex-boyfriend[5]
  • Chris Pang as Kenny, a basketball player on Baron's team[5]
  • Rohain Arora as Arvind, a basketball player on Baron's team
  • Victor Lau as Jiaying, a basketball player on Baron's team
  • Debbie Fan as Jenny Chen, Lolo's mother
  • Kenneth Liu as Wey Chen, Lolo's father
  • Michelle Choi-Lee as Min Park, Audrey's birth mother


Crave, January 26, 2024. Soundtrack: "



The Equalizer 3. 2023, Starring 



Crave On Demand, January 29, 2024. Soundtrack: "