This is possibly the best movie of the year. Intense and gratifying in every way. Whiplash rocks (or jazzes?). The film stars Miles Teller as a young jazz drummer who attends one of the best music schools in the country under the tutelage of the school’s fearsome maestro of jazz (J. K. Simmons). Those who find Jazz utterly boring and ancient will be taught a lesson. It ain’t. Whiplash is cinema at its best and J.K. Simmons is the new Marlon Brando – kind of – a shoe in for best supporting actor at the Oscars.
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TrendEngel Awards 2014 – Best Movie
This is not your usual movie that only exists to have a shot at an Oscar. This is 20000 days on earth and tells you so much more about your life and why we here than anything that was out in 2014. Nick Cave at his best. Need I say more? Movie of the year:
Entourage – The Movie Will Drop This Summer
Entourage was one of the best TV series of all times. Vince, Drama, E, Ari, Turtle – who could forget the ultra cool Hollywood wannabes with their…yes exactly…ENTOURAGE. TrendEngel was praying for the movie to happen and these prayers were answered – finally. Here is the trailer for the epic movie:
The Gunman – Sean Penn and Javier Bardem in Action
Sean Peen, Javier Bardem. Enough said. Here is the Trailer for The Gunman:
Electricity – Agyness Deyn Can Act
She was the it girl for years but eventually that was not enough for Agyness Deyn. When she started acting, people would think: what the hell. But she proved everybody wrong. The new movie Electricity is a little masterpiece and it’s all down to Ms. Deyn. A journey seen through the eyes of a young woman with epilepsy that brings extraordinary hallucinations as she searches for her long lost brother. Here is the Trailer:
Oh yes and who forgot who Ms Deyn looked like:
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways – Music was my first love…
I know the series just came to an end and it’s not a trend and ist’s over…but I have to let you know – in case you missed Sonic Highways your life is not complete. If you ever wondered why music matters and what it means to us to the world and to people – this is it. Who ever thought Dave Grohl is just the drummer of Nirvana or just the singer of the Foo Fighters. Man were you wrong. He is the custodian of music and one of the greatest guys ever.
8 cities in the US, their contribution to music and one Foo Fighters Song per episode written on the spot. Amazing. Watch it and love it. Her is a clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0TrqXHoL10
Serial – Best Podcast Ever
Who would have thought that the best show of the year is not on TV but is a bloody podcast. It is called Serial and it is just brilliant. Actually more than brilliant. Serial is a podcast exploring a nonfiction story over multiple episodes. First released in October 2014, it is a spinoff of the radio program This American Life. Season 1 is an investigation into a 1999 Baltimore murder. Hae Min Lee was an 18-year-old student at Woodlawn High School. Lee was last seen at approximately 3:00 p.m. on January 13, 1999. Her corpse was discovered on February 9 in Leakin Park and identified two days later, with the case immediately being treated as a homicide. Lee’s ex-boyfriend Adnan Musud Syed was arrested on February 28 at 6 a.m. and charged with first-degree murder, which led to “some closure and some peace” for Lee’s family. A memorial service for Lee was held on March 11 at Woodlawn High School. Syed was found guilty of Lee’s murder on February 25, 2000 after a six-week trial, and was given a life sentence despite pleading his innocence.
Go and download it. It is still ongoing and we do not know where the truth lies.
Pulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets
Pulp is one of the greatest bands ever and front man Jarvis Cocker without a doubt one of the coolest chaps that ever walked and will walk the earth. So no surprise thatPulp: a Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets is not just a regular documentary but a master piece. Watch the trailer:
For those who never heard of Pulp…here is a reminder. Not Common People but Babies:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38by00DGid0
The Imitation Game – Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch is possibly the greatest actor we have right now and The Imitation Game is a great great movie about the sad story of how the English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II and how the savior of western civilization was treated after the war had ended.
But definitely funnier is this:
The Missing – BBC Series Impresses
The Missing is a new BBC series that rocks. Don’t think this is Maddie revisited. This is James Nesbitt at his best. The plot: The Hughes family loses her son in 2006. He disappears in France in a little village and no one knows what has happened.Present day. Eight years on from Oliver’s disappearance and the fallout has resulted in the end of Tony and Emily’s marriage. Tony refuses to believe that Oliver is dead and doggedly continues his search to find his son. After years of searching, Tony is given new hope when a shred of evidence emerges. Suspense from the first second.
The Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5Z8pui9Us