Movie and Books Girl

Film: Kubo and the Two Strings Year: 2016 Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure Directed By: Travis Knight Starring: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey About:  A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4-6qJzeb3A My Review: While watching movies with my mum it got to my turn to decide the movie and having had this movie catching my eye for the last month gave it a watch which I was pleased I did as it did make me enjoy it a lot more than I expected. Kubo and the Two Strings is about a boy who after disobeying his mother in staying out past the dark has his evil aunts and grandfather trying to capture him and take his other eye. However, the mother transports him to another land where with the help of a monkey and a beetle he is trying to defeat his grandfather and find out more about his father. I found that thi...

Film: The Skeleton Key Year: 2005 Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery Directed By: Iain Softley Starring: Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Joy Bryant About:  A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=654uzrc6Lsk My Review: Having not seen The Skeleton Key in years I decided to give it another watch especially as it has been a film stuck in my head that I want to see for a couple of weeks. The film is about a woman who goes to a house in New Orleans and is helping to look after an old man, however when she goes to the attic she starts to notice that maybe something darker is happening within the house. Starting to believe hoodoo she starts to believe that maybe she is in danger but will she be able to escape the house? I like this film and it reminds me of when I first started to really enjoy horror movies. I think this is a good film that ...

Film: What's Your Number Year: 2011 Genre: Romance, Comedy, Rom-Com Directed By: Mark Mylod Starring: Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor About:  A woman looks back at the past nineteen men she's had relationships with in her life and wonders if one of them might be her one true love. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgkxGrsX-A4 My Review: Having not seen this in years and it constantly coming to my mind I couldn't resist but watch one of my favourite romantic comedies of all time! The film is about a woman who after seeing in a magazine that if you sleep with over twenty people then you are doomed to never get married decides to take a look at her ex-boyfriends and see if they are the one for her after just hitting the number twenty. While doing so she asks for help from her next door neighbour who helps her to track them down while also catching feelings for each other. This film is one of my favourite rom-com's due to it being about how woman...

Butterfly summer by Anne-Marie Conway is such a great little mystery novel which follows Becky who moves to Oakbridge with her mum and becomes friends with a girl who is always at the Butterfly Garden called Rosa May. However as Becky finds out about a photo from her mothers past which she has no idea about she starts questioning her mum and everything she knows about the past. This is such a good fast-paced novel in which I couldn't put down once I picked it up. It is kind of predictable a times but there is a great twist near the end of the book which was amazing. I do think it ended rather abruptly however and there was more of the novel that could have been expended on and leaves you wanting more by the end of the book. I would highly recommend this book to younger readers who are looking for a mystery book as well as people wanting a mystery book who wants a very simple story line that is really easy to follow.