Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion - (SDRSP)

Welcome to Year Seven of the podcast and a change in production style. MFR also has a new fully responsive website. So if you have visited the website in a while, now would be the time to do so. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

We will be taking a a very necessary sabbatical of four years. SDRSP will return in September of 2021. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Stanisław Szukalski was a Polish sculptor and painter. He was a family friend of Leonardo DiCaprio after having been introduced to Leo's father George during his career as a comic book artist and distributor. Stream online: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

An epic Revisionist Western film based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel of the same name, which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823; that novel is, in turn, based on the 1915 poem The Song of Hugh Glass. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v8NRvk Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Introduced to life in the fast lane through stockbroking, Jordan Belfort takes a hit after a Wall Street crash. He then teams up with his neighbour Donnie Azoff, cheating his way to the top as his relationships slide. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v7WpT2 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Nick Carraway, a World War I veteran who moves to New York with the hope of making it big, finds himself attracted to Jay Gatsby and his flamboyant lifestyle. Gatsby on the other hand is interested in him because of his link to Daisy Buchanan, a vibrant, elegant debutant. Stream online: https://amzn.to/35ibaZf Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his life. With a career steeped in scandal and a controversial private life, the legendary director of the FBI retained his post as keeper of the country's secrets until his death in 1972. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3g7s5DX Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

This American neo-noir, psychological thriller, tells the story of Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, who are sent to an asylum on a remote island to investigate the disappearance of a patient committed for murdering her two children. It is based on the 2003 novel by American writer Dennis Lehane. Lehane sought to write a novel where the main characters are in a difficult position and lacking 20th-century resources such as radio communications, to aid them in their journey. He described the novel as a hybrid of the works of the Brontë sisters and the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and hoped that it would be an homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3c18eUr Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

To escape their ordinary and boring lives, Frank (DiCapro) and April (Winslet), a seemingly perfect couple, decide to move to Paris, France. However, their marriage begins to crumble when April's pregnancy compels them to abandon their plan. Based on the novel by Richard Yates. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v7Hit0 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

A CIA agent uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader. However, when he devises a plan with the help of his boss Hoffman to trap Al-Saleem, things take an ugly turn. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3frnEDE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" tells the story of Danny Archer, a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3yVJ3wu Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

We continue our two month long showcase of Leonardo DiCaprio with the cop thriller in which he plays an undercover cop trying to bring down the Irish mob from the inside. It is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and is also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3nEQ27y Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, stays in a drab travellers’ hotel in Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Étienne (Guillaume Canet). He is immediately attracted to Françoise and based on this, invites them to accompany him in his quest to find a secret beach. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2TMKWZv Read the book: https://amzn.to/2XbeIt2 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), his mentally impaired brother, as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during an annual Airstreamers' Club gathering at a nearby recreational area. Stream online: https://amzn.to/32xZjWO Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

It’s 2044 and a 25-year-old Joe works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as a "looper". Since future tracking systems have made it near-impossible to dispose of bodies, the syndicate uses time travel, invented thirty years later to counteract this. Managed by a future man named Abe, loopers kill and dispose of face-concealed victims, and are paid with silver bars strapped to the target. To prevent connections to the syndicate, a looper's final victim will be his or her retired future self (they are identified by gold bars strapped to them instead of silver), ending the contract and "closing the loop". Stream online: https://amzn.to/3ccnxYs Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Husband and wife Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill Templeton (John Beck) lead a pleasant life, residing in New York and sending their daughter, Ivy (Susan Swift), to a good school. Things change, though, when the odd Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) arrives and tells the couple that, after having spent time in India, he believes Ivy is the reincarnated spirit of his daughter, who died years earlier. The Templetons scoff, but ensuing supernatural events soon turn their lives upside down. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bb6xjY Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Quiet teenager Marc Hall arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California. Soon after arriving, he is befriended by fame-obsessed Rebecca Ahn. While at a party at Rebecca's house, Rebeca encourages Marc to sneak away with her and the pair check unlocked vehicles on the street, taking valuables such as cash and credit cards. The two begin hanging out after school, and Marc begins to see Rebecca as a sister figure. When he briefly mentions that one of his wealthy acquaintances is out of town, she persuades him to join her in breaking into his house. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2L5CDD3 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Philadelphia Police Detective John Hobbes visits serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas), whom he helped capture, on death row, moments before his execution. During their conversation he grabs Hobbes' hand and delivers a spiteful monologue in an unknown language, assumed to be gibberish but later identified as Aramaic. As he is executed in the gas chamber, Reese mocks the spectators and sings "Time is on My Side" by the Rolling Stones… Stream online: https://amzn.to/2yz6pO3 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Set in 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard, is loyal but reckless and eldest brother, Forrest (Tom Hardy), leads the family with a silent determination. The theme music of this podcast is ‘Give Me Sundays’ by Nursery, a toxic pop band formed in France and was sourced via the Free Music Archive. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3cci0kE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3caTMaC Read the book: https://amzn.to/2oub3rw Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true