No good weekend is complete without an awesome movie. And whether you’re going to the cinema or staying at home for some Netflix and chill, here are 5 movies in different genres (along with their descriptions from Google) to push your Sunday to the next level.
1. Sound of Metal
During a series of adrenaline-fueled one-night gigs, itinerant punk-metal drummer Ruben (Riz Ahmed) begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career — and with it, his life — is over.
His bandmate and girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke) checks him into a secluded sober house for the deaf; in hopes it will prevent relapse and help him learn to adapt to his new situation.
But after being welcomed into a community that accepts him just as he is, Ruben has to choose between his equilibrium and the drive to reclaim the life he once knew. Using startling, innovative sound design techniques, director Darius Marder takes audiences inside Ruben’s experience to vividly recreate his journey into a rarely examined world.
Watch it here.
2. Still Falling
The story of, two strong characters and how they collide and are permanently changed in the events that ensue, after a re-union that brings back memories of a toxic post. Woven into their lives are the friends and loved ones who can try to make the best out of a sticky situation. Whether they succeed or fail is up to fate.
This story of opposites love and hate, faith and doubt, grace and guts, triumphs and regrets will get everyone taking a deeper look at their motives and choices. Watch it here.
3. I Care A Lot
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Seriously, watch this one. It already has one Golden Globe nomination. Watch it here.
4. BlackRose
Rose has a firm understanding of the virtuous woman as imparted by her mother, not so practised by her sister. Her desire for a better life without selling her dignity seems to be in the person of Desmond.
Rose falls in love with Desmond at first sight regardless of their differences. He introduces her to everything he knows rather untimely and before she can stop herself, she is wrapped in his world; a dark place she would rather not be.
This is one beautifully shot movie by the king of Eastern filmmaking Okechukwu Oku. Watch it here.
5. The White Tiger
If you love movies with a good antihero and great social and cultural commentary, this is an AMAZING film to finish off your weekend with. An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller. Watch it here.
What movies have you seen this weekend? Comment them below.
