Review: The Last Five Years

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPlN6SwjPlw In New York, a struggling actress (Anna Kendrick) and a successful writer (Jeremy Jordan) sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives. The film's song numbers follows the musical's, alternating between Cathy and Jamie with a song or two sung by both. "Still Hurting" - Cathy Depressing but one of the best break-up/grief…

Movie Review: Infinity War Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZfuNTqbHE8 About Infinity War: Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet -- the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and…

Movie Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp

Scott Lang is grappling with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. Approached by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym, Lang must once again don the Ant-Man suit and fight alongside the Wasp. The urgent mission soon leads to secret revelations from the past as the dynamic duo finds…

Throwback Thursday: The Revenant Movie Reflection: Extra Credit

Throwback Thursday, where, essentially I post old writing samples, essays and short stories that I dig up from my pile of hoarded papers and school assignments or from the depths of my computer. So everyone can see how my writing has changed/improved over the years. The Revenant Movie Reflection: Extra Credit The Revenant is a…

Movie Review: Set It Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eRc9PF3TU Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other. Netflix is bringing back the Rom-Com and they are killing it! I love rom-coms, and this one, whilst kind of cheesy and cliche, is a pretty great one. The leads…

Movie Review – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QKg5SZ_35I Four high school kids discover an old video game console and are drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the adult avatars they chose. What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji - you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go…

Movie Review: Candy Jar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lXLGwe_DUU An introverted high school girl from a working-class background falls in love with her wealthy debate team nemesis and realizes they share more in common than they thought. Candy Jar is a teen rom-com/drama movie from Netflix. The two leads had some amazing chemistry, and I'm a sucker for enemies to lovers stories. I…

Movie Review: Adrift

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ukI7khQpE Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope of rescue, Tami must now find the strength and determination…

Movie Review: Deadpool 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20bpjtCbCz0 Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool meets Russell, an angry teenage mutant who lives at an orphanage. When Russell becomes the target of Cable -- a genetically enhanced soldier from the future -- Deadpool realizes that he'll need some help saving the boy from such a superior enemy. He soon joins forces with Bedlam, Shatterstar, Domino and other…

Movie Review: Solo

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEYpryMp2s Young Han Solo finds adventure when he joins a gang of galactic smugglers, including a 196-year-old Wookie named Chewbacca. Indebted to the gangster Dryden Vos, the crew devises a daring plan to travel to the mining planet Kessel to steal a batch of valuable coaxium. In need of a fast ship, Solo meets…