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Film: Circle Year: 2015 Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery Directed By: Aaron Hann, Mario Miscione Starring: Allegra Masters, Aimee McKay, Ashley Key About:  Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAlpm2oRzy8 My Review: Having not watched this movie in a while and wanting to watch it all day, I caved and put this on through Netflix. Personally, I like horror movies that have a psychological twist such as this film about right and wrong. I have seen this film before and I wouldn't say that it is amazing but it is a good watch.  I liked how Circle  had a lot of different characters and that the viewer got to see the movie from everyone's perspective not just one or two characters while also leaving the questions "why are they there?" and "what is the purpose of the circle?" which left me hoping for more answers as the film w...

Film: I Am Wrath Year: 2016 Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Directed By: Chuck Russell Starring: John Travolta, Christopher Meloni, Amanda Schull About:  A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwiQCDpYzjE My Review: When my mum came home with this movie I had no idea what to expect as I had never heard of it before but liking a lot of movies with John Travolta I had high hopes that I would enjoy it. This film did surprise me a lot and something in which I enjoyed a lot more than I had expected. Starting I Am Wrath with Stanley's wife dying and how he went out for revenge made me think that this was somewhat based off of a John Wick movie, however as a fan of the trilogy this didn't bother me at all. Showing how the police and people higher up didn't care about who killed his wife and even let the killer go as he was part of a gang in which the police wer...

Film: The 5th Wave Year: 2016 Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama Directed By: J Blakeson Starring: Chloe Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez About:  Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmxLybfGNC4 My Review: Having not seen The 5th Wave in a while and continuously being drawn to it in my movie collection I decided to give this a watch. Gutted that they decided not to continue on the franchise as it left a lot of questions however I do find this film enjoyable. Showing the background to the film and the different waves in which The Others seemed to take when eliminating the human race was something which helped the audience understand what was happening with the waves of Darkness; Destruction; Infection; Invasion and Child Education. With each wave killing humanity on the Earth so that the aliens are able to...

Film: I Am Mother Year: 2019 Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-fi Directed By: Grant Sputore Starring: Rose Byrne, Maddie Lenton, Luke Hawker About:  In the wake of humanity's extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BKctcZxrM My Review: Having had I Am Mother on my Netflix to watch list for a while, I thought it would be the perfect time to watch it. Wanting a sci-fi movie which had AI in it I thought that this would be a great choice. I soon realised that I Am Mother was a movie in which I was engrossed by even though it did have some problems within it. Showing how Mother chose an embryo to make into a child in the facility, was something which made me question why there wasn't any humans around. Watching the daughter grow up and always pass their tests, while the droid help to make sure tha...

Film: Five Feet Apart Year: 2019 Genre: Drama, Romance Directed By: Justin Baldoni Starring:  Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias About:  A pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love, though their disease means they must avoid close physical contact. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24YrEAGF32M My Review: Asking my Twitter followers which movie I should watch between four movies; Five Feet Apart, Time Freak, The Stepford Wives and I Lost My Body the winning film was Five Feet Apart. I've been excited about this since it came onto Netflix and was extremely happy that my followers decided that this was the movie in which they were wanting me to review. I thought that Five Feet Apart was an amazing love story which made me cry at the ending and really had such a strong impact on the watcher. Seeing how both of the main characters suffered from cystic fibrosis and that they wouldn't be able to touch throughout...

Film: The Pagan King Year: 2018 Genre: Action, Drama, History Directed By: Aigars Grauba Starring: Edvin Endre, James Bloor, Dainis Grube About:  On his deathbed, the reigning king bestows power to an unexpected heir who must find strength within himself to unite his people against the violent crusades which threaten their freedom. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6BPY1vJQg My Review: Having got my mum this movie for her Christmas we decided that we would watch this and not having any expectations going into this I was very surprised by how captivating this movie was and how much I ended up enjoying this. I thought that the cinematography in this movie was brilliant and really brought me into the film and continuously think that the cameraman done an amazing job at creating an atmosphere in which was dangerous but also showed so much love within the clan and the beauty in the land in which they were living. I did think also that by showing how the Chri...

Film: The Current War Year: 2017 Genre: Biography, Drama, History Directed By: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Katherine Waterston About:  The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kue18AxK1tU My Review: Having wanted to see The Current War since it was in the cinema after seeing how it had an incredible cast of actors in which I already like I knew I had to see it once it came onto DVD. Not only this but not knowing much about the electricity feud this was a subject in which I found myself really interested in which made me enjoy this film a lot more than I had expected. I thought that it was good how it showed the rivalry between both Edison and Westinghouse and how Edison was willing to tarnish his name in order to get ahead and even go against his own beli...

Film: Midnight Sun Year: 2018 Genre: Drama, Romance Directed By: Scott Speer Starring: Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwartzenegger, Paul Riggle About:  A 17-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEskVQgtwaI My Review:  Having recently seen that this is on my recommended for me on Netflix and knew I had to watch it just from the over photo. Loving a good romance movie I couldn't resist starting the year with this. Midnight Sun really surprised me with how much  I ended up enjoying it and it even made me cry which is rare for a romance movie to do but really showed just how much it brought me into their world. I thought that Midnight Sun was very original in the story with it being a girl who can't go into the sunlight or there is a chance she will die and how she can only go out at night making her life a lot more sheltered than anyone else and how she can't experience l...

Film: Fighting With My Family Year: 2019 Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama Directed By: Stephen Merchant Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn About:  A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-X5WnMzOvA My Review: Having had my eye on this film for a while I was la when Netflix brought it on the service and I could finally see this especially with it having Dwayne Johnson and Vince Vaughn in it. Being also asked to review this film I thought it would be a good opportunity to do both of these at the same time. This is a film I never noticed was a biography movie before seeing it and I thought was good for showing more about the wrestler Paige. I enjoyed how this film showed how a girl from England first got into wrestling and how it was her dream to be in the WWE and got given the opportunity. By ...

Film: A Kid Like Jake Year: 2018 Genre: Drama, Family Directed By: Silas Howard Starring: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer About:  Loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with their child being transgender. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-5Rme7sQ8 My Review: With it being Pride month and having this movie on my To Watch list on Netflix I thought that this would be the perfect time to give this movie a watch. I wasn't sure what to expect with this movie and although it surprised me and I liked it more than I expected there is more in which I wish that they did with this film. I personally liked how A Kid Like Jake focused on the parents and how they both came to terms with how their son liked to dress as a girl and how it could be possibly more than that and that he could possibly be transgender. I liked this as it showed how the father was more accepting even though he didn't feel great about it and how the mother was in denial...

Film: Unicorn Store Year: 2019 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Directed By: Brie Larson Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack About:  A woman named Kit receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_51UsTDBAE My Review: Having had this on my To Watch List on Netflix since it first came out I thought I would give Unicorn Store a watch. I wasn't really sure what to expect with this movie as having heard nothing about it from anyone and not having watched a trailer for it. As I did go in with an open mind I did feel like this movie did disappoint me and as it is classed as a comedy I personally just didn't understand as this is far more of a drama film. I did like how Unicorn Store focused on someone who thought that they were a failure in their lives and that they couldn't be loved by anyone including her parents due to being as she called herself "a failure" in which c...

Film: The Girl With All The Gifts Year: 2016 Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-fi Directed By: Colm McCarthy Starring: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper About:  A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGkB_oWTe0 My Review: Having been interested in this movie for a while and it really catching my eye lately especially with it being on Netflix I couldn't resist but to give this a watch. This is something in which I had better expectations for than it gave me and seemed a rather forgettable movie even though it wasn't a bad watch. I liked that The Girl With All The Gifts started with showing how the children were taught and kept in separate rooms however made the audience wonder why they were kept that way when they seemed like normal children. Later discovering that they were zombies and that there was a zombie break all over the ...

Film: Alpha Year: 2018 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family Directed By: Albert Hughes Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk About:  In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIxnTi4GmCo My Review: Having never seen this movie before and never having heard anything about it I was so happy to go into this movie completely blind. This is a movie which actually made me cry and I was so happy that it did as it showed just how good this movie was. This film starts with showing how the main character is hunting then gets thrown off of a cliff making the audience unsure if he lives or not. Showing afterwards a week before that to give the film more context I thought was a really nice touch and left me wanting to know more about ...

Film: Snowpierer Year: 2013 Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-fi Directed By: Bong Joon-Ho Starring: Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Tilda Swinton About:  In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UmqNuMdY4 My Review: Being a movie I discovered years ago and completely fell in love with to the point it is one of my favourite movies of all time, I was excited to see that they had finally put this on Netflix so that others could discover it and love it as much as myself. As a result I thought I would re-watch Snowpiercer and give it a review which is fun for me as it is a film in which I really enjoy and feel is very underrated. I love how this film begins by showing you how the passengers who are on the train that goes around the world are the only survivors of the human race. By doing t...

Film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Year: 2011 Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-fi Directed By: Rupert Wyatt Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto About:  A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Z_D9Grh18 My Review: Having owned the trilogy on DVD for a while however never having seen any of them I thought it would be a good idea to start with the first movie. Not knowing if I would like this or not I thought I was worried about this however I really shouldn't have been as it was a lot better than I had expected it to be. This film is a brilliant way of starting a trilogy with finding out how Caesar was born and how he was more intelligent because his mother had the drug in her when he was born so it was transferred over to him. Seeing how Caesar was also with the doctor in which was told initially to kill him and how he became par...

Film: Mirror Mirror Year: 2012 Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama Directed By: Tarsem Singh Starring: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer About:  An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDeA7AqA84 My Review: Having not seen Mirror Mirror in a while I thought it would be a good way to start the week and a film, by also wanting something that was easy watching I thought that this would be the perfect movie for me and I was right. I like that this movie is not the same as every other Snow White film which has been released however stays true to the overall story. By having Snow White still hated by her step-mother as she is the fairest of them all and the rightful queen to the throne and still tries to kill her. Having through the movie the way that the queen is able to use magic and how the magic mirror is able to reflect w...

Film: Fifty Shades Darker Year: 2017 Genre: Drama, Romance Directed By: James Foley Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson About:  While Christian wrestles with his inner demons, Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUnylyz5mqQ My Review: Having liked the books when I first read them years ago and having seen the first Fifty Shades movie when it first came out I thought I would check out Fifty Shades Darker especially with it having been Valentines Day yesterday. I think that this film is good in showing how much Christian is willing to change for Anastasia to be the man in which she wants him to be even though she knows she will never be the woman in which he needs. I also think that by showing the person in which groomed Christian is a good thing to see as the audience is able to see how that changed him as a person but also how she is still part of Christian's lifes...