Green Book

Green Book the 2019 Oscar winner of best original screenplay is a movie inspired by a true life story about racism in the 1960's. Tony Lip(Viggo Mortensen)  is an Italian American bouncer from the Bronks in New York.  The club where he works is closed for renovations so he is in search of a temporary job. Dr Don Shirley (Ali Mahershala)  a black pianist is in search of a driver for his concert tour in the Midwest and deep southern region of America. Tony applied for the job as Dr Shirley's driver and he was hired. Tony had to leave his big family for 8 weeks which was hard for him but he consoled himself by writing to his wife regularly.

  During their journey, Tony and Dr Shirley had to consult a book titled "The Green Book" which served as a guide for black people during that time of racism to locate hotels and accomodation where they were welcomed. Tony and Dr Shirley got to know each other on their long trip and formed a strong bond of friendship.
 They dealt with racism, Jim crow laws and hate crimes through out their trip which made their friendship stronger. The two men remained friends after the trip and stayed friends till they died in 2013.

   Green Book directed by Peter Farrely took us back in time to when racism was strong not only to blacks but also to latinos. The messages in this movie include the danger of prejudice, racism and stereotypes. It also shows empathy.  In the movie,  there are scenes of fist fight, smoking and drinking.  Two people were caught in sexual activity and we're jailed. There is also the use of vulgar language.
The movie classified as a drama in the genre of literature has won the Oscars, Academy award,  Golden Glove a d common sense seal.  It is rated PG13 for thematic content, language, racial epithets , smoking and violence. It was released in November 21,2018 and it runs for 130minutes.

Serenity movie review

Serenity  a movie directed by the Oscar nominee Steven Knight is a thriller about Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey)  who finds himself on a remote island named Plymouth Island. On the island, he is the captain of a fishing boat with his first mate Duke (Shimon Hounsou).

Apart from fishing, Baker also rents fishing trips to tourists. He spends his day planning on catching a large tuna fish called justice. Suddenly Karen (Anne Hathaway)  his ex wife appears pleading with him to kill her abusive  husband Frank (Jason Clarke)  when he comes for a fishing trip.  Karen tells Baker that when Frank comes to book him,  he should accept to take him and when they are on the sea he should get Frank drunk and throw him overboard for the sharks to eat.

Baker is left to decide on whether he will kill Frank or not.  His world is thrust into a new reality and he realizes that everything is not what it seems.

Serenity goes more into science fiction when its twist was unraveled at the end.  The ending would have been better if it was a thriller all through or science fiction all through. The scenery is beautiful with good landscape and oceans. In this movie, domestic abuse is present, there are sexual scenes, drinking,  smoking and vulgar languages. The movie runs for 106minutes and it was released to theaters January 25th 2019.

Breaking In

In this movie,  Shaun Russel (Gabrielle Union) after the death of her father goes back to her childhood home with her children Jasmine (Ajiona Alexis)  and Glover (Seth Carr) to get the house in order to be put on the market for sale. Unknowingly to them,  intruders who wanted to steal her father's money were already in the house when they arrived and they locked her outside holding her children hostage. One of the intruders go after her but Shaun overpowers him and tries to use him for leverage but it didn't work.  After much trials and after facing a lot of dangers she eventually saves her family from danger.

   In this movie expect strong violence against women and children.  There is use of knives and guns.  Also there is threat of arson and rape of a teenage girl.  There are several uses of foul language like bitch, Fuck, shit and a couple of sex references.
 

The movie was released in theaters on May 11, 2018 and on D. V. D August 7,2018. It was directed by James McTeigue and the genre of literature is mystery and suspense.  It runs for 88minutes and it is rated pg13 because of the foul language, violence, sexual references and 

Night school

Night school is a comedy about Teddy (Kevin Hart)  who is a barbeque sales man.  His life changed when he lost his job as a result of a fire incident which he caused.  Since he lost his job he was scared he will loose his fiancee Lisa (Megalyn Echikunwoke)  too.  So instead of telling her the truth that he could not get a job unless he gets his General Equivalency diploma (G. E. D).  He lies to her that he got a new job while he is actually enrolled in a night school.  Teddy faces lots of struggle with taking the test and Lisa eventually finds out the truth and calls of the engagement.
 

 The message in this movie is a relatable one.  it talks of Teddy who was called dumb in the past because he had learning difficulties (dyslexia,  dyscalculia and auditory processing disorder). Night school is able to convey the issue of learning disorders in a comic but yet educative way. It also talks about not giving up.  Teddy did not give up on getting his G. E. D although he faced a lot of struggles. Another message in this movie is honesty.  The importance of honesty was shown between Teddy and Lisa. Everything was better when he was honest.
      The story of this movie is not complete without talking of the night school teacher Carrie (Tiffany Haddish)  who is a tough but inspiritional and dedicated teacher who is concerned with the success of her students and she ensures that no one is left behind.  She uses her not so professional methods to make sure Teddy overcome his difficulties and he eventually gets his G. E. D

    The movie is written by Kevin Hart and directed by Malcolm. D.  Lee.  It was released in theatres September 28 2018 and released on D. V. D January 1,2019. The movie is rated p.g 13 due to crude and sexual content, drug references and violence.  It runs for 111 minutes. 

To All The Boys I've Loved Before

To all the boys I've loved before is a teen romantic-comedy that is based on the popular same named YA novel by Jenny Han. The movie talks about a  teenage Korean American girl LaraJean Covey (Lana Condor) who is a die hard fan of romance. She loves reading romantic novels and fantasizes about having a relationship.

Everytime she has a crush,she writes a letter to them but never mails it.  Overtime she writes 5 letters to the 5 crushes she has had her whole life and she stores them in a box hidden in her closet.  Her world crashes when her little sister Kitty (Anna Cathcart)  secretly mails the letter in her bid to save her sisters boring life.  To make things worse,  one of the guys is Josh (Israel  Broussard) her big sister's recently separated boyfriend and her last crush.  Another of the guys Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) , her middle school crush suggests that they fake a relationship to help him get his girlfriend back and to help her get over Josh.  The fake relationship grows into something serious the longer they stay together and LaraJean realizes that a real boyfriend is better than a fantasy one.

If you love teen movies or romantic movies you will love this one.  The movie is about Larajean realizing her self worth and seeing the benefits of a real relationship.  It also conveys messages of family bond, honesty and self esteem.  The movie is safe for kids ages 12 and above. It was directed by Susan Johnson and written by Sofia Alvarez.  It was released on August 17,2018 and it runs for 120 minutes.