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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: The Games Maker Year: 2014 Genre: Adventure, Family Directed By: Juan Pablo Buscarini Starring: David Mazouz, Edward Asner, Joseph Fiennes About:  Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true Games Maker Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3z5Rw2lAn4 My Review: Having been on my to watch pile for a while I decided to finally give this a watch. This film was nothing like what I had expected however and didn't entertain me as much as I hoped it would. The Games Maker is about a boy called Ivan who enters a competition about games making and ends up as the winner. Soon after however his parents die in an accident and he tries to find out what happened to his parents ...

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: Mission Impossible Year: 1996 Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Directed By: Brian De Palma Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Beart About:  An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbg99ykA2bk My Review: Having wanted to go and see the new Mission Impossible movie however having not seen the others in years I decided to watch the previous movies starting from the very beginning. The film is about an American spy called Ethan who after his team gets killed ends up being tracked down by the main organisation of spies for being a mole. However, Ethan ends up trying to save the rest of the spies from having their identities acknowledged and find the real mole within the company. I personally really like this film and find that the theme tune to me is the definition of a spy tune and will always be the one that goes st...

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: Tau Year: 2018 Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller Directed By: Federico D'Alessandro Starring: Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman About:  A woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nrBkQ2YBo My Review: Having heard a lot of things about Tau and having been drawn to it on Netflix I finally gave in and decided to give it a watch and see if it was as good or bad as people were telling me it was. Not knowing Gary Oldman was in this movie till afterwards was a great surprise for me as well as he is one of my favourite actors of all time. Tau is about a man who abducts a girl called Julia to try and get information out of her by doing tests for him. However, as Julia starts talking to Tau the AI in the household she starts to teach him about the world as well as right and wrong, but will she be able to get out of th...

Film: Milk Year: 2008 Genre: Biography, Drama Directed By: Gus Van Sant Starring: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch About:  The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQNOViU_CnE My Review: Having been recommended to see this film, I had a look on Netflix to see if it was there and was glad to see it was. Knowing nothing about this film before seeing it, which made this all new and exciting for me to go into. The film is about how in the 1970's there was a man called Harvey Milk and how he went into politics after feeling he had done nothing with the first forty years of his life. Showing how gay people had no rights and the fight to show America that gay people deserved rights and changed the minds of many around America! This film I found really powerful when watching and couldn't take my eyes off of ...