Animal
Crackers (Netflix – U) –
I really wasn’t sure what this one was about, I just added it to my list and
wanted to watch something easy going, so gave it a bash. It’s about a family
who end up inheriting a circus, the uncle tries to find out what the secret
is to the magic behind the animals and stops at nothing to try to claim the
circus for his own. It’s one of those I think the younger children will love – I
could see my nephew who is 10 thinking this is great. It does have a few bits
that made me giggle, and the story was alright too. If you want something to
relax your brain then this maybe worth a watch but I think three stars maybe
being a bit generous but it had enough to keep me entertained and was what I wanted
– a nice easy film, just don’t expect anything amazing.
Rating: ***
A
Quiet Place (DVD – 15) –
I decided to give this a re-watch, mainly because where the new one is due out
later on in the year and I really couldn’t remember it properly, as I hadn’t
seen it since the cinema. If you don’t know the story, it’s a post-apocalyptic story,
where some creatures are hunting and killing humans, it follows a families
struggle for survival. It doesn’t really give you much back story to where the
creatures come from, or what happened that lead to all the events. It’s kind of
more just the present situation, and how they have adapted to live and what
they must do to survive. I would class this as a horror but it’s not like
really scary – kind of mild horror in my book. It is one of those that you can
get really engrossed into, well I did anyway. If you are into your horror type
stuff and haven’t seen this then it’s worth checking out, or if you haven’t seen it
in a while it maybe worth re-watching before the sequel comes out!
So the cinema started up
again here and I gave it a week to find out what it was like and from what I
heard it was done pretty safe, so I decided to go on an adventure again. Man I never
realised how much I missed the cinema until I was sitting watching movies again
on the big screen – after 5 months, that’s crazy, I’ve never since I was a
teenager gone that long without going to the cinema!
100%
Wolf (PG) – First on
the cards was 100% Wolf, it looked quite cool from the synopsis, and I like things
like this, kind of easy watching and light-hearted. It's basically about a family of werewolves, and at the age of 13 Freddy is finally going to get to transform into a werewolf for the first time...but nope he turns into a Poodle, and he sets out to prove that he's as good as the members of his pack. It was a good start to the
weekend, and it was pretty entertaining and fun to watch. It was a good kids
cartoon but wasn’t overly kiddy, and it did make me giggle in a couple of parts
so it must have something in it for adults, or well adults with a childish
sense of humour anyway. Yep if you have little ones, then this is probably
worth having a watch with them, if you’re an adult and like cartoons it’s worth
a look too.
Rating: ***
Unhinged
(15) – The second film
of the day was Unhinged, I originally looked at the synopsis for this last week
and as soon as I read the first line “award-winning blah blah blah” I
completely switched off to it and stopped reading. I thought yeah no way will that be my type of film,
award films are usually mind numbing dull. But on re-reading it today it was about
Russell Crowe, that he’s an award winning actor, and I really wanted to watch a
second film, so I did. This one is about a woman who has an altercation with a guy whilst driving - it starts off as your typical road rage incident really. But he's lost the plot and is completely - as the title says - unhinged. He sets out to ruin her life all because she hooted her horn at him. All I can say is holy fuck this was an awesome film, it’s a really good
thriller, like edge of your seat stuff – it made me gasp in quite a few parts, yep there are some moments
which are proper omg moments too. Yep if you like a good thriller then I would head
straight to your cinema, this is totally worth it in my book...it might also stop some people from being a twat for a while too.
Rating: ****
Dreambuilders
(U) – this was another
one I thought I might as well go and see, I thought it might be overly kiddie
but it wasn’t too bad. It’s about a girl whose dad’s new girlfriend and daughter
move in, and guess what her new step-sister is a right little brat, after
discovering the Dreambuilders – the creatures and little robots that make
peoples dreams. She enlists their help to try to make her step-sister a nicer
person. So this one does have a story to it and it’s not overly lovely dovey
either, I would say though there isn’t much humour or anything in it for adults
but there are still some fun and funny moments, it is more aimed at kids. It’s
a good watch – maybe three stars is being a little bit generous, but it is
still a good little movie the kiddies will love.
Hotel
Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (DVD - U) – This is a continue on from the Hotel Transylvania
movies, it’s the third in the series and this time Mavis takes her dad –
Dracula on a much needed holiday. The whole gang head out on a monster cruise
ship and as expected nothing is quite what it seems, and there are some dodgy
goings on, on the ship behind the scenes. This does very much continue the film series on, so if you have seen the other ones and you like the monster gang then this
is totally worth checking out.
Rating: ***
Rim
of the World (Netflix - 15)
– I hadn’t heard of this one but it popped up on my recommended list so I
thought I’d give it a watch. It’s about a group of kids who get sent to a
summer camp, and basically an astronaut crashes and gives them a memory stick
which they have to get it to JPL. I would kind of put this film in the category
of films such as the Goonies, its about kids but not necessarily aimed at young kids, but pretty much anyone who was
ever a kid will be able to relate to it – but if you were an alien then maybe not so
much. It’s pretty amusing but is kind of grown up too, there are some bits that
I found really amusing, and it was generally entertaining. If you liked the 90's
style kid movies then I’d maybe check this out.
Rating ***
Beyond
Skyline (Netflix – 15) –
So this is the sequel to that awesome film Skyline that came out years ago and focuses
on a group of people trying to survive as aliens attack earth. I really still
don’t know if I’ve seen this film or not. To tell you the truth when I put this
on I didn’t even watch the trailer or anything, just saw it was sci-fi and flicked
it on. After a little bit I paused it as it seemed familiar and looked up to see if it was a sequel, and
yep it is. Still to this day though I still don’t know if I’ve seen it before
or not, maybe it’s because it’s very similar to the first film. It kind of is just another group of people’s experience of what happened when the aliens attacked, and
their story to survive the ordeal. If you liked the first one or if you are a
sci-fi nerd then this is worth giving a watch, if you're not really into
sci-fi then may be give this a wide birth.
Rating: ****
A
Whisker Away (Netflix – PG)
– I watched the trailer and thought its very Ghibli looking. I used to like those films, and this looked quite cute, and as I’ve started to watch a few anime TV
series’ recently I thought I’d give this one a watch. It is as I thought quite
a sweet story, but in a way kind of disturbing. It’s about a young girl who has
a massive crush on a boy at her school, and she meets this mask seller who
gives her a mask that gives her the ability to turn into a cat. She befriends
the boy in cat form and the story goes on from there – it’s basically a love story.
It was very well made, the characters are quite fun and unique, and the story
is quite good too. If you like a nice anime then this is something to spend a
couple of hours watching.
Rating: ***
Teen
Titans Go! (DVD – PG) –
I was so happy that I finally got to see this, I missed it at the cinema and
was so gutted as I used to love getting home from work and watching the Teen
Titans cartoon, so for nostalgia value I wanted to see what they done with
this. It was pretty cool in my book, it was done well and I liked the silly things
that happened in it, which is classic to the series, the characters and animation
were just right too. It was nice for them to finally hit the big screen…in a
movie about trying to get a movie lol. I kind of saw what was coming a mile off
though, so the story is very predicable. Yeah if you loved Teen Titans, or like superheroes, or cartoons or well
all of that then this one is a must see!
