Happy New Year guys! Just like last year, and the two years before it, this year I'll be joining Wandering Through the Shelves' weekly series Thursday Movie Picks, which consists in picking three to five movies —TV series the last Thursday of each month— to fit the week's theme. This week we are picking films that have a place in their title. I hope you like my theme within theme!
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Dr. Henry Jones Senior (Sean Connery) goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail. An art collector (Julian Glover) offers Indy (Harrison Ford) to continue his father's search, he accepts as he wants to find his father and has to stop the Nazis in the process. I wasn't a fan of the original Indiana Jones, but I loved this one. It's easily my favourite of the franchise and Sean Connery is a wonderful Jones Senior.
Nebraska (2013)
Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is an old alcoholic who is convinced he has won a million dollar magazine sweepstakes and he wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska, to collect it. His son David (Will Forte) agrees to drive him. This film is one of the most honest and brutal portraits of life that deals with themes such as ageing and greed.
Sweet Virginia (2017)
A man (Christopher Abbott) walks into a bar and kills three people, shaking the entire community of a small town in Alaska. Turns out he's a hitman and, waiting to cash the payment, he befriends Sam (Jon Bernthal), a former rodeo champ who now owns a motel. This bromance is doomed to fail though as Sam is romantically involved with Bernadette (Rosemarie DeWitt), the widow of one of the victims. This is such a gripping and compelling thriller! I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it already.
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