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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: 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: Klaus Year 2019 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martinez Lopez Starring: Rashida Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Cusack About:  A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taE3PwurhYM My Review: From the moment that this was released onto Netflix I was excited about this movie especially as it seemed to be different from the usual Christmas movies in which have come out before. From my excitement I was scared that maybe I had hyped it up a little too much for myself and I wasn't going to enjoy it as much as I thought but I am so glad I was wrong. I loved this movie and it was different from other films I had seen and made me captivated throughout and make me feel like this is a film in which everyo...

Film: Elliot The Littlest Reindeer Year: 2018 Genre: Animation, Family Directed By: Jennifer Westcott Starring: Morena Baccarin, Josh Hutcherson, Martin Short About:  When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viUFB3Oitnk My Review: Wanting to start watching Christmas movies with it being the middle of December I thought I would start with a movie in which was on Netflix which has been on my list recently called Elliot The Littlest Reindeer. With a cast of voice actors in which I already liked I hoped that this would be something I would enjoy and I am glad I was not mistaken as the movie ended up being rather cute and something I enjoyed more than I expected. I thought by showing how Santa's reindeer was able to retire and have other reindeer take their place was rather a good concept ...

Film: Sahara Year: 2017 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Pierre Core Starring: Omar Sy, Louane Emera, Franck Gastambide About:  A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3IRkT9JsqM My Review: Having a movie day I came across Sahara when on Netflix and having no expectations about this film and also not knowing what it was about I thought that it would be the perfect film to blog about. I did think that this was a cute adventure movie but would be better suited to a younger audience than myself. I found that this film was really sweet that the snake wanted to go across the desert in order to find a snake in which he found he felt a connection with even though they were different kinds and also from different worlds. I also thought by having the girls brother being a drug addict and struggling with wanting more drugs and wanting to leave his...

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: Little Italy Year: 2018 Genre: Comedy, Romance Directed By: Donald Petrie Starring: Hayden Christensen, Emma Roberts, Danny Aiello About:  A young couple must navigate a blossoming romance, amidst a war between their families' competing pizza restaurants. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8lDreq9le4 My Review: Wanting to watch a rom-com and having this on my Watch List on Netflix I couldn't resist but give this film a chance and see what I thought. Having liked Emma Roberts in everything I had seen her in previously as well I was excited to see if this was another film of hers in which I would enjoy. This film surprised me however I ended up enjoying this more than I expected. I liked that this film had a Romeo and Juliet vibe with the families not liking each other however the children both being in love with each other and feeling that their families were the reason in which they couldn't be together. I also thought it was clever having the gr...

Film: Mune: Guardian of the Moon Year: 2014 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Alexandre Heboyan, Benoit Philippon Starring: Omar Sy, Izia Higelin, Michael Gregorio About:  When an evil magma demon and his minions steals the sun of a magical world, the new guardians of both the sun and the moon must embark on a quest to retrieve it and save their world from disaster as the moon faces destruction as well Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-YuxDOO8pU My Review: Having had my eye on this film since last month I finally gave in and decided to watch it. Leaving looking into this film and not seeing the trailer as I didn't want to ruin this for myself either I went in with an open mind and unsure what to expect. This film definitely exceeded my expectations and left me constantly wanting to know what was going to happen next. I thought that Mune: Guardian of the Moon was great in that it had someone who didn't want the job of guardian get it and h...

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: 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: Pup Star Year: 2016 Genre: Comedy, Family Directed By: Robert Vince Starring: Carla Jimenez, Mackenzie Moss, Susie Wall About:  A Yorkshire Terrier, competing in a televised singing competition, is separated from her owner by an opportunist dog pound worker. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8u7iu_AJs0 My Review: Having never heard of this movie before and knowing nothing about it before I watched it I thought that I would choose something in which looked rather cute to me and with being a lover of dogs this seemed to meet the criteria. This film was a good watch and one that I am glad that I decided to put on thanks to Netflix. I really liked how this film at the beginning showed how humans were able to talk to dogs and how that evolution took place in order to understand how dogs were able to talk to humans and be able to understood. This really helped to set up the film and with it having to do with a dog singing competition helped to show how h...

Film: The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear Year: 2017 Genre: Animation Directed By: Amalie Naesby Fick, Jorgen Lerdam Starring: Alfred Bjerre Larsen, Liva Elvira Magnussen, Peter Frodin About:  Life in Solby is nice and peaceful until one day Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle by the harbour. The bottle is from the missing mayor of Solby with a message that he is on a mysterious island and has made a great discovery. Now they must embark on a perilous journey to help save the mayor and bring him home. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJArQgZeEz0 My Review: Having a look through my Netflix "To Watch List" I came across this film and wanting a nice and relaxing movie in which wouldn't take a lot of attention to watch I thought that this would be perfect and I was glad I did see this. I found that this movie was really sweet and great for children who are looking for a nice adventure movie. I thought by having it crossing water knowing t...

Film: The Perfect Date Year: 2019 Genre: Comedy, Romance Directed By: Chris Nelson Starring: Noah Centineo, Laura Marano, Odiseas Georgiadis About:  To save up for college, Brooks Rattigan creates an app where anyone can pay him to play the perfect stand-in boyfriend for any occasion. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hld-7oBn3Rk My Review: Having seen this movie just come out onto Netflix I thought that it would be a good relaxing watch so couldn't resist putting it on. This film did make me smile and I thought was a good watch. I found that I loved how this movie showed how people can feel like they need to be a certain way if they have dreamed about it long enough, however that is not always the case and people should be true to themselves even if their goals in life change. Having this movie focus on someone who wants to go to Yale and yet still not really knowing who they are as a person was something I thought was really relateable to teenagers and ...

Film: The Silence Year: 2019 Genre: Horror Directed By: John R. Leonetti Starring: Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto About:  A family struggles to survive in a world terrorized by a deadly, primeval species who hunt only with their acute hearing Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-ufZuqTd5c My Review: Seeing that there was a new Netflix original movie out called The Silence I couldn't resist but to watch it. Also never having read the novel and having not watched the trailer prior to viewing I went into this film blind and I am glad I did as this film was completely new to me and a horror I really ended up enjoying as a result. I like that this film started with showing how the creatures came into the world and left the audience wondering what life was like under the cave that was hidden away from the world as well as what other creatures could be living down there or if they were the only ones. I also liked how the creatures seemed like bats wi...

Film: Isn't It Romantic Year: 2019 Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Directed By: Todd Strauss-Schulson Starring: Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine About:  A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVYzxm_RqMg My Review: Seeing this movie come up on recently added on Netflix I couldn't resist but to give this a watch especially as I am feeling very much in a Rom-Com movie mood lately. Seeing that this movie also had Rebel Wilson was in it made me want to check this out even more as she makes me laugh and I have enjoyed the movies I have seen her in previously. I found that this was a movie in which I was able to relate to as the main character doesn't believe in love the way that rom-coms are shown and tries to get herself out of it. I loved that the message in the movie in which the watcher discovers in the end is that you should love yourself more than you...

Film: Ghost Stories Year: 2017 Genre: Drama, Horror Directed By: Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman Starring: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse About:  Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after finding a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En5-S3djB44 My Review: Having wanted to see this movie for a while I decided to watch this with my mum and found myself very happily surprised by it. I thought by having three different ghost stories was a good way of keeping the watchers attention as it made them wonder what the others would be and if the professor would be able to solve the cases in which were handed to him. By also having the ending where the professor is really in a coma and the stories in which he created was his mind making stories about the people in which were looking after him and how he ended up getting into the coma was a good way of explaining the ...

Film: Set It Up Year: 2018 Genre: Comedy, Romance, Rom-Com Directed By: Claire Scanlon Starring: Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu About:  Two corporate executive assistants hatch a plan to match-make their two bosses. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eRc9PF3TU My Review: Feeling like something that would be very easy watching and more of a romance movie I was happy when Set It Up appeared on my Netflix and thought that this would be perfect. This really happily surprised me and I am so happy this is the movie I chose. I thought by having the two assistants both overworked and realising something had to be done in order to try and give them some time to have some social life was something that really helped to show how the two people needed a break and so teamed up together for their bosses. By keeping this only between them and setting up situations to bring the bosses together such as; getting stuck in an elevator together and kiss cam at a baseball...

Film: Swimming With Men Year: 2018 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Directed By: Oliver Parker Starring: Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves, Thomas Turgoose About:  A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f495YKIfuaw My Review: Noticing this on Netflix and it looking like something I would not usually choose for myself I thought I would go a little outwith my usual style and see Swimming With Men . As much as I did give this a try I thought that this didn't really come through to me the way that it was meant to. This movie I thought was good at showing how people can run away from their problems and how it doesn't actually ever really help them. By doing this I think a lot of people was able to feel the same as the main character within the movie, by having at the end that all of the characters stop running from their problems and ...