Free Fire (+ 15mins of 3D Ghost In The Shell)

Another cracking Monday night movie.
This had the added bonus of some 'mystery' 3D footage. When I chatted to the girl on the counter she thought it was 'Guardians Of The Galaxy 2'..
She was way off.. It turned out to be 'Ghost In The Shell'..
The 3D Future vision of 'where ever it was' looked impressive and Bladerunner 2048 might have some competition..

The main movie was an advanced preview of Ben Wheatley's latest.. To be honest I haven't seen any of Mr Wheatley's movies. He reminds me of Quentin Tarantino. His movies are adult orientated, have excellent dialogue and are usually unpredictable (that's the main reason I haven't that any of his other!)
To quote IMDb.. "Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shootout and a game of survival."... and that pretty well sums it up really.
This film was funny.. It was laugh-out-loud funny in some places.. Sharlto Copley had the best lines as "Watch and Vern" the arms supplier. Armie Hammer was surprisingly funny too.. All in all it was an enjoyable hour and a half.. Perhaps I ought to check out the rest of Mr Wheatley's catalogue..
**** Star movie

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Life

Another queue at the only functioning ticket machine so I used my 'digital ticket'..

Ok, lets hand over to IMDb.. "A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth."

And what a crew they are.. Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson are the attractive 'stars' destined for death later on in the movie (or may even survive..?). While there's some nameless fodder who, you just know are going to get it early on..

This film has thrown down the gauntlet for Alien: Covenant... Space always looks cool on the big screen.. Watching this made me yearn for Gravity.. or 2001 for that matter.. 

Overall the film was pretty good. Not a 'buyer' but I'd certainly watch it again if it turned up on Sky..

***1/2 Star movie

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Power Rangers

I've got to be honest but I don't remember the Power Rangers.. (I was too old.. not unlike today really..)

This one is about 5 kids who find an alien space craft and end up bestowed with super powers.. Basically..

I was with this film for about 2 thirds.. It centred on the kids and the 'difficult' situations they were in.. Once they 'morphed' it all went a bit too bright, colourful and kid-friendly for my liking. Plus there were some odd references which felt out of place in a movie like this (a male cow 'milking' reference was a little too close to the bone in my opinion.. no pun intended.)

If they'd taken out the smut and some of the violence it would have passed as a PG and appealed to its target audience.. As it was it all went a bit too Transformers in the end..
**1/2
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Get Out

Another Monday night movie and another corker..!
I almost saw this film a few weeks ago.. It turns out it was the OdeonScreamUnseen movie which we almost saw, but went with Logan instead..

Ok, here's a brief synopsis (cheers, IMDb)
"A young black man visits his white girlfriend's family estate where he learns that many of its residents, who are black, have gone missing, and he soon learns the horrible truth when a fellow black man on the estate warns him to "get out". He soon learns this is easier said than done."

This film was creepy.. my type of horror.. It was unsettling from the start.. Something you just couldn't put you're finger on.. An as the film progressed it just got worse..

I loved it. Plus it had comedy when it needed it..

**** easily...
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Beauty And The Beast

As IMDb would say.."An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.."

I'd just like to point out that this was not my choice.. Liz wanted to see it so naturally I went along (it's a rare thing getting her to the cinema so I have to be grateful..)

To be fair this film wasn't bad.. It's 'Old School' Disney complete with talking furniture/animals and obligatory curse (and who doesn't love a good ole curse lifting..? Eh?)

This is the second musical I've seen this year and to be fair I think two's enough.. All the actors play their parts well and the movie romps along at a fair pace (thank god!)

Entertaining? Yeah sure..
Watch it again? Are you kidding me..
*** Star movie.. enough said..
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Kong: Skull Island

Ok... help me out here IMDb..
"A team of scientists explore an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong, and must fight to escape a primal Eden."

Yeah, that's what I was going to say. It's another 'Liz working Saturday' (I ought to label that) and I'm at a lose end waiting for her to finish...
Who am I kidding... I was looking forward to this one. The trailer looked good and as it turned out the film wasn't bad either... Set in the early 1970's, just as the Vietnam War is coming to an end, John Goodman's character, Bill Randa (head scientist if you like) comments earlier on in the movie that "the USA will never be as unstable as it is now" (or words to that effect..) This made me laugh out loud.. There was quite a few joke like that, mainly from Hank Marlow (John C Reilly), a soldier trapped on the island since World War 2.

Generally I liked it.. I had a couple of gripes..
1.. The Kong Vs Monsters fight was good... it just wasn't as good as Peter Jacksons 2005 Kong Vs T-Rex battle..
and 2.. There was a reference to giant ants (they were heard..) but never appeared. What gives..? I was looking forward to them..

That's why I rated it ***1/2 and not ****. Otherwise a cracking installment to the Godzilla/Kong universe..

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Logan

What better way to finish off a 'bonding' evening out with the staff from A&P than a trip to the local cinema? Well it seemed that only Jonathan and Andy agreed with me.. Although I'm not sure they agreed with my opinion of the movie (tomorrow will tell..)
This is the third movie in the Wolverine trilogy and is set several years into the future (2027 if I remember rightly..) Logan (Hugh Jackman) is now a battered and haggard old man, driving a limo to earn cash to look after an even more haggard Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart).
Then along comes a young girl in need of their help... closely followed by a truck load of expendable bad guys in need of impaling..
I enjoyed this one. And here's why..
Firstly it's a 15 certificate.. And the team in question have definitely taken advantage of this judging by the number of stab,slash and dicing occurring and the f-bombs were going off left, right and centre..
Secondly it wasn't your typical super hero movie. It was gritty and grubby. Logan looked like he'd had a hundred years off bullets and beatings.. Professor X looked like my poor old Grandad when he was alive (perhaps that's why I warmed to the movie?)
And thirdly there was emotion in it.. (And humour.. Not much, granted but enough for me.)
Hugh and Patrick made an interesting odd couple. And you genuinely felt that they cared for each other..
*** Plot Spoiler follows -
Everyone dies.. (pretty well) But when they do you genuinely felt upset.. Which is good ***

Overall I liked it ****
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