August 2019: The Movie List Series

*Synopsis from IMDb

Otherhood (2019)

Rating: 4.8/5

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: A grounded, soulful, celebratory comedy about three mothers and their adult sons. The film explores the stage after motherhood, Otherhood, when you have to redefine your relationship with your children, friends, spouse, and most importantly, yourself. (IMDb)

Actors: Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman

Director: Cindy Chupack

Gone Girl (2014) 

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Drama, Mustery, Thriller

Synopsis: With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense  media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent.

Actors: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris

Director: David Fincher

Sidetracked/ Las Ovejas No Pierden el tren (2014)

Rating: 4.2/5

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: Three couples in their forties attempt to navigate through interpersonal relationships, facing day-to-day challenges in the search for love and a better future in life.

Actors: Raul Arevalo, Inma Cuesta, Alberto San Juan

Director: Alvaro Fernandez Armero

The Laws on Thermodynamics/ Las Leyes De La Termodinamica (2016)

Rating: 3/5

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: A neurotic scientist tries to balance his love story with a famous top model with his obsession about the Law of Thermodynamic rule their relation

Actors: Vito Sanz, Berta Vasquez, Chino Darin

Director: Mateo Gil

Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day (2014)

Rating:  4/5

Genre: Comedy, Family

Synopsis: Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister- who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

Actors: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Bella Thorne, Dylan Minnettte

Director: Miguel Arteta

Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)

Rating: 3.9/5

Genre: Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A bartender romances a domestic helper despite the fact that she is moving to Canada.

Actors: Kathryn Bernardo, Alden Richards, Maymay Entrata

Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina

Before Sunset (2004)

Rating: 4.2/5

Genre: Drama, Romance

Synopsis: Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse’s book tour.

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff

Director: Richard Linklater

The How’s of Us (2018)

Rating: 3.5/5

Genre: Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A young couple dream of growing old together as they deal with the struggles of being in a long-term relationship.

Actors: Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Darren Espanto

Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina

The Book of Henry (2017)

Rating: 4/5

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis: With instructions from her genius son’s carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather

Actors: Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell, Jacob Tremblay

Director: Colin Trevorrow

Despicable Me 3 (2017)

Rating: 3.8/5

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.

Actors: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Crosgrove

Director: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin

Despite Everything (2019)

Rating: 4.4/5

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: 4 quite different sisters, all with their own little secrets, attend their mom’s funeral in Madrid. The will reveals that their dad is not their biological dad and they are sent on a quest together for their bio dads.

Actors: Blanca Suarez, Macarena Garcia, Amaia Salamanca

Director: Gabriela Tagliavini

Sextuplet (2019)

Rating: 2/5

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: Father-to-be Alan is shocked to learn he was born a sextuplet. With his newfound brother Russell riding shotgun, the duo sets out on a hilarious journey to reunite with their remaining long-lost siblings.

Actors: Marion Wayans, Bresha Webb, Michael Ian Black

Director: Michael Tiddes

The Incredibles (2004)

Rating: 4/5

Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure

Synopsis: A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.

Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter

Director: Brad Bird

In Family I Trust Gente Que Viene Y Bah (2019)

Rating: 5/5

Genre:  Comedy 

Synopsis: After finding out her boyfriend is cheating with a famous TV reporter, a woman goes back to her family home to find herself.

Actors: Clara Lago, Alex Garcia, Alexandra Jimenez

Director: Patricia Font

Falling Inn love (2019)

Rating: 3.8/5

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Synopsis:  When city girl Gabriela spontaneously enters a contest and wins a rustic New Zealand inn, she teams up with bighearted contractor Jake Taylor to fix and flip it.

Actors: Christina Milian, Adam Demos, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

Director: Roger Kumble