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Wish Upon (Film review)

Film: Wish Upon Year: 2017 Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller Directed By: John R. Leonetti Starring: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee About:  A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKaDoUh_so My Review: Having not watched a horror in a while I went to Netflix and came across Wish Upon which sounded interesting due to a wish box, deciding to give this a watch this is what I thought about the movie. The film is about a girl who is given a box by her dad as an early birthday present and when she starts making wishes people she knows starts to die as a consequence, however when she finds out will she be able to stop or will it take her life next? I thought that this film had a really good idea for a film which was rather original and that the foreshadowing from the mother's suicide at the very beginning of the film was brilliantly done. I did think that the idea of th...

The Kissing Booth (film review)

Film: The Kissing Booth Year: 2018 Genre: Romance, Comedy, Rom-Com Starring: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi About:  A high school student is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth My Review:  Seeing a new Netflix rom-com I couldn't resist giving this a watch and I couldn't be more happy that I did. This film is about a girl called Elle who has had a crush on her best friends brother since she was six. However when they turn into teenagers and they end up kissing at a kissing booth everything changes. I thought this would only be an average watch when I put this movie on however found myself loving it and couldn't stop smiling throughout it. I thought the teenage situations were rather relate-able and that this film had really good acting from the actors which helped to make this such a good watch. I genuinely can not fault this at all and from finding out that it is based upon a book of the same title have to give it a watch. This film w...