Anya Taylor-Joy – STREAMING MOVIE NIGHT

2025 Apple TV+

Rated: PG-13

Length: 2 hr 7min

Action ~ Adventure ~ Horror ~ Romance ~ Sci-Fi

Starring: Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver.

They’re Not Keeping You Out, They’re Keeping Them In.

Two elite snipers, Levi (Miles Teller) and Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy), are deployed by rival powers to isolated guard towers on opposite rims of a secretive, heavily-fortified gorge. Their assignment is cryptic: defend the gorge for a full year, forbidden from communicating with each other or the outside world. Both come with heavy personal burdens, Levi battles PTSD, while Drasa is haunted by her father’s death, yet they quickly realize their mission offers few answers and even fewer reassurances about what they are actually protecting.

Despite strict protocols, the prolonged solitude and relentless vigilance foster a connection between the two adversaries. Through clever, silent exchanges and eventually bold gestures—such as a zipline crossing for an in-person dinner—their relationship grows from wary rivalry to deep affection, sustained across the chasm that separates them. This budding romance is interwoven with moments of tension and shared danger, as they fend off unidentified threats emerging from the depths and slowly begin to peel back the layers of secrecy around their mission.

Events escalate dramatically when a failed return trip leaves Levi stranded in the gorge, prompting Drasa to launch a desperate rescue. Forced to descend into the unknown, they face hostile and bewildering challenges, all while realizing that the nature of their assignment and the true interests behind it are far more sinister than either had imagined. Their struggle to survive and uncover the truth tests, not only their combat skills, but the trust and bond they have forged in the shadow of the gorge.

I went into this one without knowing anything about it, didn’t even see the trailer. Which is exactly how I think you should watch it, the less you know the better the experience I believe. Well I did know that Anna Taylor-Joy was in it, probably the deciding factor in watching it. I am a fan, there is something about Anna that is very captivating. I first saw Anna in Split and Glass, but it was her performance in The Northman and The Menu that really got my attention. And I have to say that she does not disappoint in this one, in fact I’d have to say she absolutely killed in this role.

Miles Teller I am not that familiar with, I did some research and have seen him in The Divergent movies with Jennifer Lawrence but I don’t really remember him, just his face looked familiar. I did see him in Only The Brave, I love that movie…..great true story and a well done movie with Josh Brolin. I liked him in this one and thought he did a great job. The chemistry between Miles and Anna was infectious, it felt real. I thought it was a good story, a great Romance, and a captivating Sci-Fi adventure full of Horror and action. It was good to see Sigourney Weaver again doing what she does best as well.

I liked it, I will watch it again and I highly recommend it.

Turn off the lights, crank the audio, turn off the phone,

Grab a beverage, Make some popcorn and Stream this movie

On Apple TV+

The Northman

Only The Brave

2022 Focus Features

Rated: R

Length: 2 hrs 17min

Action ~ Adventure ~ Drama ~ Epic

Directed by: Robert Eggers

Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.

“I will avenge you father!, I will save you mother!, I will kill you Fjölnir!”

Alexander Skarsgård stars as Prince Amleth who, after watching his Uncle Fjölnir(Claes Bang) kill his Father King Aurvandil(Ethan Hawke), vows revenge. Nicole Kidman stars as his mother Queen Gudrún who his Uncle now claims as his Queen. Amleth escapes and joins a a band of Vikings killing and plundering. Fueling his hatred and his desire for revenge. Several years later he finds out that his Uncle Fjölnir, now referred to as “Fjölnir The Brotherless”, has lost his father’s throne and lives as a sheep farmer in Iceland.

Posing as a slave he boards a boat taking slaves to Iceland to hunt down his Uncle and exact revenge. He meets an enslaved Slavic woman named Olga who claims to be a sorceress. Together they escape and head out to find his Uncle and free his mother from his tyrant uncle. This movie is based on an old Norse legend, Amleth, inspired by the character of Prince Hamlet, the hero of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

The Northman is dark, brooding, bloody, savage and full of Viking lore and myth. It is hard to follow the story given all the Viking references that I do not know enough about. Some of the scenes were very strange and hard to understand, ceremonies and customs that I didn’t understand. Nicole Kidman has a very limited role, you only see her briefly in the beginning and towards the end.

It was a long watch at almost two and a half hours. It was very hard to follow the story as they went along. I didn’t really care for it, didn’t think it was that good. I definitely won’t watch it again.

Can’t recommend this one.

Two thumbs down.