What We Do In The Shadows

.. echos in eternity..  It doesn't, but that title always reminds me of the line from Gladiator.

Liz was working for Lynn's catering today so it's was just Laura and I travelling down to Cardiff. Films here are a rarity these days.. And by the time we arrived my options were limited to say the least..

This film is what I would class as a filler. The sort of film I'd watch when I'd seen everything else and had a couple of hours to spare. What is commonly known as a mockumentary it's involves a camera crew filming 'fly on the wall' style, a group of vampires who share a house in New Zealand (or flatting as they call it).

We follow them around as they go about they're daily (night) life and all the mishaps they get up to (including an encounter with a group of werewolves "not swear wolves").

The film was consistently funny with several laugh out loud moments. I loved it. I'd heard good things about it and wasn't disappointed..

Overall a hilarious **** movie.

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The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay part 1

Having seen the previous two Hunger games movies (and enjoyed them) I felt it necessary to continue with the franchise... as you do.. 

We start the film where 'Catching Fire' left off. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) finds her self in District 13 along with some of the other contestants from the last 'games'. All out revolution has broken out and the Capital are trying to maintain order by force.. 

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Interstellar

This time last year I was suffering from my 'Gravity' addiction.  All other movies were crushed by its sheer awesomeness... 

Consequently this one had a lot riding on it. Ever since the aforementioned 'Gravity' finished it's cinematic run I've been waiting for a film to pick up the batton.. It had all the ingredients required.. Christopher Nolan, Sci fi .. That's all the ingredients required.. Memento is one of my all time favourite films and together with 'Inception' this was in the bag... or so I thought... 

It's difficult to describe the plot without straying into spoiler territory so I'll make it brief.  Set in the 'not to distant' future we find Cooper (Matthew McConaughey),a single parent looking after two teenagers, Murph (Mackenzie Foy) and Tom (Timothee Chalamet). Earth is slowly turning into a dust bowl and the only food unaffected by blight is corn. The Space program has been shelved (due to costs) and Cooper (an ex pilot) earns a living by repairing agricultural machinery.. Basically the outlook's grim.. Then one day, (due to spoiler heavy, plot devices) Cooper stumbles upon a secret NASA Base just up the road.. Run by his ex mentor (Michael Caine) and daughter (Anne Hathaway) they enlist him to pilot a spaceship with crew on a mission to find a new earth.. Turns out they've discovered a worm hole just outside Saturn and they want to see where it ends...

This film has divided both critics and the publics opinions.. And as it turns out I'm divided too.. On the one hand you have the sheer spectacle and visual effects. A lot of people have commented on its emotional resonance regarding the relationship with Cooper and Murph.. I too felt a sense of loss at the 2 hours and 45 minutes I'll never see again.. That's probably a bit harsh but that was one of my main criticisms of the film.. It was way too long. 

In its defense I think the problem with the film was down to me.. I went in expecting Gravity 2... Another punchy, sci-fi romp with ausome visuals and an emotional heart at its centre.. What I got was all the right ingredients but the mixing bowl was just too big and consequently they had to fill it up (probably with flower and water)

If I get the chance I'll definitely see it again.. And hopefully in a better frame of mind.

Overall 3 1/2 stars..

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Ouija

Here's a classic example of me, rushing to see a movie just because Liz has shown an interest.

That and the fact it was Orange Wednesday and Laura and Carlton were going.. It was a no brainer..

I'll get the synopsis out of the way before I start on my opinion.. Stop me if you've heard this one. At the start we find two kids playing with a ouija board. Nothing scary happens and we cut to the present day. Here we find one of the kids (now adult) has played with the board on her own and ends up killing herself.. (that's not a plot spoiler).. Anyway after the funeral a group of kids (teenage fodder) get together and try to contact the previous victim via the ouija board.. 

The girls loved it..I think I've seen too many horror films and have become desensitised.. I wasted an hour and a half watching the bloody thing I don't think I'll waste anymore time reviewing it.. It's nothing that hasn't been seen before...

** movie (it was rubbish but it wasn't painful rubbish..)