The best is just around the corner: a four-day holiday weekend. When is the best time to sit down, relax, open a package of 15 mini eggs, and turn on a movie that will leave everyone gasping for an hour or three? Composed of the four main ingredients of this most popular holiday – chocolate, eggs, bunnies and holiness – here is a list of classic movies to keep you entertained all weekend long.
chocolate theme
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Roald Dahl and remakes: two topics that have been talked about a lot lately. Original film adaptation Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – which predates the 2005 version starring Johnny Depp and the upcoming prequel wonka with Timothée Chalamet – gives a lot of material for arguing about both. From little Charlie (Peter Ostrum) and the eccentric Wonka (Gene Wilder) to the annoying Verucca Salt (Julie Dawn Cole) and the Oompa-Loompas, this movie proves that sometimes you can’t beat the original. Watch on HBO Max
Chocolate (2000)
Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp in the 2000 adaptation of Joanna Harris’ novel. Chocolate. This velvety, chocolaty film has romantic French cobblestone streets, whirlwind romance, touching friendships, and hints of magical Mayan intrigue that will have you reaching for all your balls. Watch with Prime Video
Matilda (1996)
While fans eagerly await Tim Minchin’s film musical version Matilda As for streaming services in the UK, there’s always a popular original with a gluttonous chocolate cake eating scene, perfect for this sweetest of public holidays. Come for Bruce Bogtrotter, stay for the downfall of fanatics and tyrants. Watch on Netflix
About eggs
Chicken Coop (2000)
Those chickens are definitely up to something. Aardman classic, chicken coop remains a firm favorite for adults and kids alike, with brilliant acting (Julia Savaglia as the voice of Ginger, Mel Gibson as Rocky and Jane Horrocks as Babs), brilliant animation and dangerous scenes set in cake machines. If you can’t subscribe to pro-union messages, you can at least acknowledge that these chickens’ story – which goes beyond their egg-laying skills – is a feminist masterpiece. Watch on Netflix
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Studio Ghibli animated films are known for their calming qualities, idyllic settings, and magical storylines. They are also increasingly appreciated for their portrayal of food: the quiet process of cooking; steam rising from a hot bowl of udon soup. IN Haul’s walking castle, a young girl turns into an old woman and lives with a wizard in a house that moves freely through the mountains and between worlds. There are some particularly good shots of eggs slowly cracking in hot pans cooked over anthropomorphic fires, a Lucifer that the whole family will love. Watch on Netflix
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
Worlds away from the newest Harry Potter Movies in terms of pacing, set design and CGI – and even further from the upcoming HBO reboot – Philosopher’s Stone It’s a goofy, soothing reprise with a star-studded adult cast (Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith) and a touching child actress from Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson (“She’s Got Her Priorities”). In one memorable moment, a giant egg is forcefully hatched into a baby dragon to babysit Hagrid (Coltrane), one of the adventures Harry, Ron and Hermione find themselves on. Watch Prime Video
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Water Board Down (1978)
Get ready to feel the emotion in this howling classic whose visions of imminent apocalypse in 2023 might be a little on your nose. Even though it’s an animation about the bunny community, the destruction and danger don’t make this movie all that childish. friendly as you might think – although some might say that browsing is a rite of passage for everyone and you will learn about family, friendship, life and death. Watch on HBO Max
Who Fooled Roger Rabbit (1988)
Cartoons and people coexist in this old Hollywood fantasy set. Bob Hoskins plays Eddie Valiant, a private investigator hired to exonerate cartoon Roger Rabbit (voiced by Charles Fleischer) who is accused of murder. It’s a wacky adventure movie that gets even better after a few cocktails at lunchtime when you can prove to your kids that movies weren’t always meant to be. Be surprised. Watch Disney+
Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001)
Renee Zellweger plays drunk, smoking, fucking 32-year-old Bridget Jones, who has an affair with her boss, Hugh Grant’s perfect, charming but slimy Daniel Cleaver. Just when she thinks everything is going well, he gives her a ride to the party, where her perverted Uncle Geoffrey conveniently forgets to tell her that the “Pies and Rev” theme has been canceled and our Bridge appears as a mischievous bunny. “Tell me, Miss Jones, where is this going?” Daniel asks, holding up a rabbit tail with a serious expression on his face. Hell, come on – it never gets old. Watch Prime Video
Donnie Darko (2002)
Don’t get too carried away with the idea that bunnies are always cute and fluffy. Psychological thriller by Richard Kelly in 2002. Donnie Darko is a disturbing study of schizophrenia in which suburban teenager Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) has visions of a man in a giant bunny suit telling him about committing violent crimes. When things start to seem a little too sweet after everyone has gone to bed, spin it around and take in its darkness. Watch Prime Video
About divine power
Sister Law (1992)
Whoopi Goldberg stars in this musical spectacle in which a club singer is forced to live in a convent to hide from the crowds. Though she initially struggled with the life of a nun, she finds herself teaching buttoned-up nuns to sing in a gospel choir. Light plot, but lots of laughter and enjoyment of soul music, sister law the perfect, almost sacred movie to enjoy after a Sunday lunch. Watch Disney+
Monty Python Life of Brian (1979)
“He’s not the Messiah – he’s a very naughty boy!” Get into the spirit of AD 33 with this ludicrous film about Brian (Graham Chapman), who was born in a stable next to Jesus, and finally about almost everyone Jerusalem worships. Although Brian’s lifeThe final scene, in which a group of people on crucifixes sing “Always look on the bright side of life” while tapping their toes, caused quite a stir at the time of its release, proved its tenacity for 25 years and remains so enduringly one of the Pythons’ best works. Watch on Netflix
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Nowhere do you find more explicit Christian symbolism than C. S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia – and it’s here Lion, Witch and Wardrobethat the White Witch sacrificed Aslan on the Stone Slab before being miraculously resurrected from the dead. Vintage CGI awaits in this epic 2005 series, as well as the joy of reuniting with beloved characters who told stories about how we went to bed as kids. Watch Disney+
Source: I News
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