Plus one

Plus one is a romantic comedy about two friends who are meant to be together but they keep on looking for love elsewhere.  Ben (Jack Quaid)  and Alice (Maya Erskine) have been friends since college and they both wanted to find love desperately. Alice ends up brokenhearted because her ex cheated on her meanwhile,  Ben is too scared to allow any of his relationships last  long claiming that he does not want to make the same mistake his divorced parents made.  Everyone around them seemed to be getting married even Ben's dad and Alice's sister and they did not want to go alone so they agree to be each others date to the weddings that they had to attend to avoid questions and prospective hookups.

   In the process of them going to weddings together, they realize that they have feelings for each other and their chemistry is noticeable by people around them. Will they give their love a chance or will they ignore it and move on??
    The cast did a great job although most of the scenes happen at the ten weddings Ben and Alice attend but the weddings are separated. I recommend this movie to you if you love romance or comedy and fans of romcom will love this because it puts a twist in the cliche form of romantic comedy.  It was directed and produced by bot Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer.  It was released on June 14th 2019 and it runs for 99 minutes. It is not rated at this moment.

The princess switch

The princess switch is a Christmas themed movie that came out last year. I know I'm late but I think my opinion  still needs to be heard.  It is similar to The Prince and the pauper and a Roman holiday which are two movies where royalties exchange places with commoners in order to experience life as a regular person.  It is a  fun movie  for families to watch and it is very entertaining.  This movie shows that we are not defined by the titles we have but by our characters.
   The princess switch is about two people who are very identical although,  they didn't know each other until they met.  One is Stacy, a baker from Chicago and the other is Margaret the duchess of Montenaro ( both roles are played by Vanessa Hudgens from high school musical).  The movie begins by showing stacy who just went through a breakup trying to get over it.  In order to do so,  she goes for a baking competition in Belgravia which Kevin (Nick Sagar)  her best friend and his daughter Olivia  secretly signed her up for.
  They all went to Belgravia for the contest because Kevin was also her assistant  and not long after they got there,  Stacy accidentally runs into Margaret her exact replica.  The duchess who was orphan saw this as an opportunity to take a break from planning her wedding to the prince of Belgravia Prince Edward  ( Sam Palladio) whom she did not love but she is marrying him because she wants the best for her people.  The duchess suggests to Stacy that they switch lives just for two days and switch back the night before the baking competition. Stacy sees this as a way to pamper herself and forget about her ex besides,  the duchess told her that the prince will not be around for those two days and all she has to do was have dinner with the king and queen so she agrees. Stacy learns to act as Margaret and Stacy teaches Margaret how to act like her under few hours.

    They both swap places and things would have gone well but Prince Edward decided to forfeit his trip in order to spend time with his bride to be ( now Stacy) .At the end of the two day swap Stacy was in love with the prince  just as Margaret was in love with Kevin. Will they ignore their feeling or will they give their love a chance?
   What is so special about The Princess Switch.
1) It talks about hope.  Stacy and Margaret lost hope that they could ever find love again but they received a gift they did not expect that Christmas. The gift of love.

2) We are more than our titles. Stacy did not just want to title of a princess or a duchess but she really wanted to have a positive impact on the lives of people around her.

3) This movie portrays Christmas as not just a season to share gifts but a period to show love to those around us especially the less fortunate.

    The princess switch has a lot of predictable moments but it is still interesting and princess lovers of all ages will not mind that and also viewers can settle for enjoying it for it's romance and holiday spirit. Characters kiss in a few scenes and there is rivalry during the baking competition but other than that this movie is harmless.  No use of violence or bad words through out. It was directed by Mike Rohl and released on November 16, 2018. It runs for 101 minutes and is not rated 

The Hustle

The Hustle is a gender-flipped version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels a 1988 comedy where two men con people which was a remake of Bedtime Story which was released in 1964. This movie is sure to make you laugh and it is relaxing.

It begins with Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson) who is a con-artist in America leaves for France  because she feels that she would make more money there. In the train on her way to Beaumont-Sur-Mer (a beautiful town in France) she meets Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) who is also a con-artist but she is more classy in her schemes and it seems to pay off because she lives in a huge villa. Josephine tries to lure penny away because she sees Beaumont-Sur-mer as her territory and dies not want Penny to ruin it for her but Penny stays back and asks Josephine to train her on how to execute high-class con that pays more. Josephine agrees but with another plan in mind.  She trains and uses Penny for her schemes but refuses to pay her. So they make a bet which states that  whomever can extort $500,000 from a young native internet tycoon Thomas Westerburg (Alex Sharp) will remain I  Beaumont-Sur-Mer.  Who will succeed and who will leave??

The Hustle does not meet the expectations o  the viewers  most especially those who have seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels probably because this is a more silly and less serious one .This movie is a comic  fantasy of women using charm and scheme to dupe insisting men. The Hustle portrays the idea that women succeed as fraudsters because men do not want to believe that women can be smarter than them therefore, this movie also silently implies men's sexual vanity that makes them vulnerable to being manipulated by women. Previously, con artists in movies have been played by me  except in a few occasions.

The old plot is twisted a bit when Penny and Josephine struggle for Thomas. The full nicest moments are between Penny and Josephine. It was directed by Chris Addison and was released worldwide on May 10th, 2019. It runs for 93 minutes and is rated PG 14 for crude sexual content and language.

I Am Mother

Nowadays, people are being replaced at their jobs by computers or machines and this has caused a lot worry among individuals.  Well what if that's just the beginning?  How much more disturbing will  the idea of robots taking over family roles be?  I've always heard of aliens taking over earth but robots too may be likely to cause the extinction of humans.
        I am Mother leaves the viewers anxious or even angry at the physchological harm that the main character Daughter a teenage girl ( played by Clara Ruggard) passed through while being brought up by a robot called Mother voiced by Rose Byrne. The fact that the harmful robot appears to be loving by talking and behaving like a human maternal figure makes one perturbed.

         The movie starts in a repopulation facility after what is referred to as an extinction event has taken place.  A notice shows that there are no humans present but only 36.000 human embryos. The robot developes a female embryo for 24 hours in a womb like structure. The baby is brought up by the robot in the well equipped state of the art facility. She is referred to as Daughter and the robot is referred to as Mother. When she grew up to become a teenager the robot informed her that she is the only human alive and that the world outside the facility is harmful to her.  Daughter so desperately wanted to experience live outside the facility but the robot won't allow her.
   One day, daughter hears a woman moaning out of pain at their door and she sneaks her in without Mother knowing.  The lady was injured and told Daughter that a group of robots are harming humans and also that she was with a group of other survivors but she lost them. The entry of the woman (Hillary Swank)  opens Daughter to a new perspective of thinking and she starts to question the truthfulness of Mother. She is faced with the responsibility of saving the embryos which she considered as her brothers and sisters in order to repopulate the earth with humans. 

      What's so special about I Am Mother. 
  The importance of family was Portrayed in this movie by Daughter.  She considered the embryos and the robot as her family and she did all she could to save the embryos.  Unlike the injured woman who shows the built in the nature of humans to value themselves over others. The woman valued her life so much and did not care enough to go back and help daughter save the embryos even though daughter saves her life.
    You will love this movie If you like sci-fi and movies with robots but I advise you not to watch this movie if you are emotional because you might be sad or angry.  It was directed by Grant Sputore and released on June 7th 2019. It runs for 113 minutes and is rated PG 13.

Always be my maybe

Are you always scared to try new things and leave your comfort zone like Marcus?  Marcus did not want to take risks and come out of his comfort zone but with the help of his father and Sasha he realized the importance of moving forward in life. This movie is not like your regular romantic comedy it conveys a powerful message.
     Always be my maybe is about two asian-americansMarcus and Sasha they lived next door to each other in San-Fransisco and were best friends. They lost contact with each other when they were 18 because of an awkward sexual encounter. They meet 16 years later when Sasha who is now a celebrity chef comes back to San-Francisco to open a new restaurant. She discovered that Marcus works and lives with his father and he still plays with the same band and in the same venue he played in when they were young.

 They realized that they still had feelings for each other but their values and lifestyle are total opposite. Sasha lives a big rich and famous life while Marcus is content living with his dad in their small neighborhood. They often find themselves arguing about different things but the feelings they have for each other is noticeable by people around them. Can they put their differences aside and realize that they are made for each other?

  What is so special about this movie  you may ask.
1) Motivation : After I saw this movie I was motivated because I am like Marcus who likes to stay in his comfort zone and not p she himself to do great things with his life unlike Sasha.  I am happy that at the end of this movie Marcus saw the need to make a change in his life for good.
2) The power of integrity was portrayed in this movie. Marcus told Sasha that having money and fame had changed her for the worse and she needs to become  her old self again.  Marcus adviced her that she should be true to herself no matter what.
 
     Always be my maybe stars cast from Fresh Off The Boat which are Alive Wong (Sasha) and Randall Park (Marcus).  It was also directed by the director of Fresh Off The Boat Nahnatchka Khan.  It contains minimal stereotyping.  Offensive languages are used.  The characters drinking and a main character is seen smoking Weed in numerous scenes.  There are brief sex scenes. It was released on May 31st and it runs for 101 minutes.  It is rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug use/references  and language.