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Matilda (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: Matilda Year: 1996 Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy Directed By: Danny DeVito Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson About:  Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGHWje7liM My Review: Asking a few people in a group chat what movie they think I should from a choice of three, Matilda came out on top. Happy to watch a nice relaxing movie after finishing work it was good to watch a film in which I grew up watching and that I knew I would enjoy. I like that Matilda is a bookworm and how she loved to escape into books as this is something in which I do a lot so I felt I was able to identify with the character and make me like the character of Matilda a lot more. Not only this but as she finds this so much better than the television that her family love to watch I thought made her different fro...

Mission Impossible (film review)

Film: Mission Impossible Year: 1996 Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Directed By: Brian De Palma Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart About:  An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbg99ykA2bk My Review: Having wanted to go and see the new Mission Impossible movie however having not seen the others in years I decided to watch the previous movies starting from the very beginning. The film is about an American spy called Ethan who after his team gets killed ends up being tracked down by the main organisation of spies for being a mole. However, Ethan ends up trying to save the rest of the spies from having their identities acknowledged and find the real mole within the company. I personally really like this film and find that the theme tune to me is the definition of a spy tune and will always be the one that goes st...