This time of year we feel especially tired and can’t wait for the holidays to come. In the meantime, we try in every possible way to have carefree moments and a good rest, maybe even by watching some movies. This weekend the free-to-air and satellite channels give us titles that are always worth watching again like Sex and the City 2 or The Hunger Games, but also some that we may have missed in the past like That delicious AAA son-in-law wanted with Cad Meraud, Pauline Etienne and Julie Gayet.
Streaming platforms allow us to remember the great Francesco Nuti, who passed away a few days ago, with one of his most loved films, aka Tuta fault del paradiso.
Action lovers will instead be able to enjoy the first sight of Tyler, The Rake 2, in which Chris Hemsworth returns to the role of the daring Australian mercenary previously the hero of Andy Parks’ graphic novel Ciudad (a story by Andy Parks, Joe and Anthony From) Rousseau with illustrations by Fernando León González).
free-to-air movie
Book Club – Anything Is Possible – Friday 16 June (9:20 PM) Rai3
Director: Bill Holderman
Cast: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Craig T. Nelson, Don Johnson, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Dreyfuss, Mircea Monroe, Wallace Shawn
Year: 2018
Plot: Carol, Diane, Jane and Sharon are four women who struggle with eternal emotional problems. His life goes on pretty boring until reading Fifty Shades of Gray irreparably changes it. Inspired by the scandalous novel, they will truly experience new love, old flashbacks, hilarious and even uncomfortable situations.
Sex and the City 2 – Friday 16 June (9.10pm), La5
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Mario Cantone, Willie Garson, Miley Cyrus, Penelope Cruz, Alice Eve, Max Ryan, Liza Minnelli
Year: 2010
Plot: Carrie Bradshaw gets married, but (in agreement with her husband Big) decides not to have children. He has published a book, yet he is not happy: his life no longer has the sparkle it once had. Charlotte did everything to have a baby. Miranda is a good lawyer, but she is a woman and her male boss takes the liberty of silencing her, sending her into a rage. Samantha is in menopause and hence a slave to very expensive creams and hormone pills.
AAA Son-in-law wanted – Saturday, June 17 (9.25 PM), Rai1
Director: François Desagnat
Cast: Cad Marad, Pauline Etienne, Julie Gayet, Francois Debloc, Zabou Breitman
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Stefan and Susan have three daughters, now grown into young women. Everything is going well in their life, but Stéphane always regrets not having a son. To vent her frustration, she easily becomes attached to her daughters’ boyfriends. So, when youngest daughter Alexia decides to leave Thomas (a brilliant rugby player and father idol) for a young doctor she cannot stand, the man will have some difficulty accepting the situation.
Love and Death in Venice – Saturday 17 June (9:20 PM) Rai2
Director: Johannes Greiser
Cast: Alvara Hofels, Christopher Scharf, Philipp Wyszynski, Julia Stemberger, Leonardo Negro, Roman Binder
Year: 2022
Synopsis: Lucas, a master restorer, is found dead in Venice. His wife Anna arrives from Vienna and senses that something is not right, so she begins to investigate on her own.
The Theory of Everything – Sunday 18 June (9:25PM) Retequatro
Director: James Marsh
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Guy Oliver-Watts, David Thewlis, Harry Lloyd, Simon McBurney
Year: 2014
We are in 1963. Stephen Hawking is a cosmologist at the University of Cambridge with an illustrious career ahead of him. Man tries to find a unifying equation to explain the birth of the universe, but terrible news puts the brakes on his studies. In fact, the young man learns that he has a disease that affects his motor neuronal ability. However, that wouldn’t stop him from writing a piece of history.
Killer’s Canvas – Sunday 18 June (9:15PM), Heaven
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Year: 2004
Synopsis: Jessica Shepard has recently been promoted to Police Inspector and she immediately finds herself facing a difficult case of finding a serial killer. The situation becomes worse when she learns that the victims are men she has been having an affair with.
movies on satellite
Opposite Poles – Friday 16 June (9.00pm), Sky Cinema Romance
Director: Max Croci
Cast: Luca Argento, Sarah Felberbaum, Giampaolo Morelli, Tommaso Ragno, Grazia Schiavo, Anna Safroncic, Elena Di Cioccio, Riccardo Russo, Gualtiero Burzi, Stefano Fresi
Year: 2015
Synopsis: Divorce lawyer Claudia Torrini, a woman forever with men and single mother of little Luca, meets Stefano Parisi, a couples therapist recently separated from his wife Mariasol. Two very different people who can’t help but clash immediately, but things take a turn when Luca asks Stefano to visit for therapy.
Father of the Bride – Wedding in Miami – Sat 17 June (9pm), Sky Cinema Romance
Director: Gary Alazraki
Cast: Adria Arjona, Isabella Merced, Andy Garcia, Laura Harring, Enrique Murciano, Diego Boneta
Year: 2022
Plot: Billy and Ingrid are about to confess to their daughter that they want to divorce, but Sophia announces their engagement, so the parents decide to postpone it. However, tensions between the families jeopardize the ceremony.
The Hunger Games – Sunday 18 June (9.15pm), Sky Cinema Uno
Director: Gary Ross
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Willow Shields, Isabel Fuhrman, Alexander Ludwig, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz, Wes Bentley
year 2012
Synopsis: Panem is a post-apocalyptic country divided into twelve districts and once located in North America. Every year the government, to punish an attempted rebellion by the population, organizes the Hunger Games, a reality show that goes through a series of physical tests and ends with the victory of a winner. Among the contestants of the latest edition are Katniss, who volunteered to save the life of her younger sister, and young Peeta, who has always been in love with the girl.
streaming movies
Tyler Rake 2 – Netflix
Director: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tornike Gogrichiani, Adam Bessa, Daniel Bernhardt, Tintin Dlakishvili, Olga Kurylenko
Year: 2023
Synopsis: Undercover Australian mercenary Rake is assigned another deadly mission: to rescue the family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from their prison.
First Day of My Life – Prime Video
Director: Paolo Genovese
Cast: Tony Servillo, Valerio Mastandrea, Margherita Bye, Sara Ceriacoco, Gabriele Cristini, Vittoria Puccini, Lino Guancial
Year: 2023
Plot: A mysterious man introduces himself to four people who have reached the very bottom and wants to end it all by offering them a deal: a week to make them love life again. Its mission is to provide an opportunity to explore what the world might be like without them and to help them find new meaning in their lives.
Heaven’s All Blame – Infinite+
Director: Francesco Nuti
Cast: Francesco Nuti, Ornella Muti, Roberto Alpi, Laura Betti
Year: 1985
Synopsis: Romeo Casamonica is released from prison after serving five years for armed robbery. The first thing he does is track down the address of the couple who adopted their son six years ago. He accompanies her to a mountain refuge, hosted under an assumed name, but things do not go as he expected.
confused and happy – timvision
Director: Massimiliano Bruno
Cast: Claudio Bisio, Marco Giallini, Anna Foglieta, Paola Minaccioni, Rocco Papaleo
Year: 2014
Synopsis: Marcelo is a psychoanalyst who discovers that he has a very serious illness that leads him to blindness in a short period of time. The man then falls into a deep depression, from which he can emerge only by rediscovering human contact. It is their patients who provide them with this possibility, while they accompany them to perform an important operation.
A Night Out with Beth Cooper – Disney+
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack T. Carpenter, Lauren London, Lauren Storm, Sean Roberts
Year: 2008
Synopsis: Dennis Cooverman is the best student at Buffalo Grove High School and during his graduation speech, urged on by his best friend Rich, he decides to declare his love to cheerleader Beth Cooper, with whom he has been dating for six years. secretly loved. The girl responds by making him sexually aroused and this upsets her boyfriend Kevin, an aspiring military man. The situation will explode with a tight fight and wild chase during the graduation evening.
Personal Shopper – Raiplay
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten, Anders Danielson Lee, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwein, Audrey Bonet, Pascal Rambert, Benjamin Biolay
Year: 2016
Plot: Maureen lives in Paris and works as a personal shopper for the famous and demanding Kyra. Virgo is also a medium who can feel the supernatural presence of invisible entities. his passion? Contact Lewis, the recently deceased twin brother.
So Big Love – Pluto TV
Director: Christian de Mathis
Cast: Giuseppe Maggio, Francesca Loy, Franco Castellano, Eleonora Brown, Fioretta Mari, Riccardo Polizzi Carbonelli, Daniela Giordano, Il Volo
Year: 2018
Synopsis: After his mother’s death, Vladimir leaves St. Petersburg for Verona to seek out his father, who he never knew, having abandoned the woman when his son was a few years old. Once he reaches his destination, the young man meets Veronica, the wealthy daughter of an industrialist who works as a tour guide, and falls in love with her. However, their love is full of obstacles and pitfalls, one of which is Veronica’s grandmother who tries to hinder the two in any way she can. In Verona Vladimir meets people from Il Volo and his manager: he will be the one to convince Ignazio, Piero and Gianluca that Vladimir is a true operatic genius and has one of the most beautiful voices ever.
Sophia – Nexo+
Director: Mariam Benum’Barek
Cast: Maha Alemi, Sarah Perls, Lubna Azbal, Fauzi Bensaidi, Nadia Niazi, Hamza Khafeef, Rouiya, Khadija Adli, Nadia Benzkour, Mansoor Badri
Year: 2018
Synopsis: Sofia is twenty years old and lives in Casablanca with her parents. During a family lunch, she has severe stomach cramps. Her cousin Lina, a medical student specializing in oncology, immediately learns that the girl is going to have a baby. No one knew about her pregnancy and, using the need to go to the pharmacy as an excuse, Lena takes the initiative to take Sofia to the hospital, where she gives birth. But there are only 24 hours to solve a big problem: Sofia has to get married in order not to break the law, and so the search for the baby’s father begins.
Les Chansons D’Amour – MUBI
Director: Christophe Honore
Cast: Louis Garrel, Chiara Mastroianni, Ladyvine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme
Year: 2007
Synopsis: A musical couple in an idyllic relationship walk the dreamy streets of Paris, the city of love, meeting equally creative people. until the two open up their lives and invite a girl into their bed.
09/11: Inside the President’s War Room – Apple TV+
Direction. Adam Wishart
Cast: Jeff Daniels, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
Year: 2021
Plot: Documentary that takes us back to the tragic events of September 11, 2001 through the eyes and stories of former President George W. Bush and his staff.
The Secret of Vera Drake – Paramount+
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Jim Boradabant
Year: 2004
We are in London, 1950. Vera works as a cleaner, she is a good mother and a devoted wife. But she hides a prickly secret: she has secret abortions with the help of a friend.