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Film: Home Year: 2015 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Tim Johnson Starring: Jim Parsons Rihanna, Steve Martin About:  An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyqZf8LiWvM My Review: Having not seen Home in years and buying it after looking for it for ages I was extremely happy to give this movie another watch. Knowing this was a film I enjoyed the first time I seen it I had high expectations of this film and what I was expecting and I am so glad to have this film surprise me by having me enjoy it even more than previously. I love how this film starts with showing how the Boov keep running away from their enemies which I think sets the atmosphere for the movie really well. With only one of them seeming different and that being Oh I like how it shows how he is just wanting to be friends with people and makes mistakes li...

Film: The Space Between Us Year: 2017 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance Directed By: Peter Chelsom Starring: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carla Gugino About:  The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x73-573aWfs My Review: Having one of my favourite actors Gary Oldman in this made me need to see it and so I couldn't resist. Also having heard a lot about this movie but surprisinly never having seen it before I couldn't resist watching it any longer. The Space Between Us is about a boy called Gardner who is born in Mars and speaks to a girl from Earth so decides to go and meet her. While doing this he starts to look for his father who he has never met and has never spoke to before with the help of the girl Kendra, which leads to finding out more about Earth and...

Film: Monster Island Year: 2017 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Leopoldo Aguilar Starring:  Johnny Rose, Katie Leigh, Fiona Hardingham About:  When young Lucas finds out he's not really a human; the news changes his whole world. Especially since his first monster transformation happened in front of the most popular kids at school! Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF22iX0yocg My Review: Having wanted more of a children's movie to watch in order to relax from work and reading all weekend I decided to give a watch to Monster Island having had it on my To Watch list on Netflix for a while and I found it the perfect film to relax to. The film is about a boy called Lucas who at a party discovers that he is really a monster and that his dad has been lying to him his whole life. Knowing this and finding out about a map to the Monster Island Lucas decides to go and discover the truth about himself and his family. However, when monsters are be...

Film: Ghost In The Shell Year: 2017 Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-fi Starring:   Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano About:  In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals My Review:  Having been wanting to watch Ghost In The Shell since it first came out in the cinema I was glad to be able to get my hands on the DVD and finally give this a watch and decided to share my views on it. This film follows Major who is a machine with a human mind who is used to be a weapon. However, when she comes across a glitch in a robot she starts to see things that aren't there and wondering why this is happening. As this happens she starts to discover her past and how she was not the first machine to have a human mind! I found this film really interesting to watch, having not read the comic books before by Shirow...