Captain Marvel 2019

Captain marvel is the prequel of the avengers movie . It is the marvel cinematic universe first  female-led superhero movie.  The story is about how former Air Force pilot Carol Denver's (Brie Larson)  becomes captin marvel.  It begins with kree warriors including Carol/Vers trying to save their colleague who was captured by a group of alien specie.  But it turned out to be a trap and in the process of escaping,  Carol crashes on earth.

    She meets young Nicholas Fury (Samuel L Jackson)  and together they team up to save the planet and the world at large. Carol begins to recall lost memories and realizes that she was deceived by her commander and deprived of her family and friends. Carol understands and develops her powers and she becomes the universe's most powerful superhero.

   There is plenty action and violence as to be expected from any marvel movie.  The movie is a science-fiction movie.  It has a few curse words like 'Shit'. The movie has several positive messages like integrity, perseverance,  courage,  bravery, love e. t. c.  The highlight of this movie is watching Carol a fearless and confident woman turn into the greatest superhero. This movie shows Carol Denvers as a positive role model who always believes in herself and everyone around her sees her strength and inteligence.  The characters although diverse support each other well.

       It is directed by Anna Biden and Ryan Fleck. It runs for 124minutes and was released on March 8 2019. It is rated Pg 13 for sequence of sci-fi violence and action and brief suggestive languages.

Isn't it romantic 2019

Isn't it romantic is a romantic comedy starring the pitch perfect star Rebel Wilson playing the lead role of Natalie who is an architect in a New York firm.  She works hard to be great at her job but she is unnoticed.  Natalie is of the opinion that love is stupid and there is nothing dumber than romantic comedy.  One day she gets robbed and sustained a head injury that traps her in a romantic comedy.
  Natalie finds her house transformed, her dog well groomed and her closet filled with gorgeous clothes and shoes to match. But she is not close with her best friends ,Whitney (Betty Gilpin)  and Josh (Adam Devine) anymore.

    This movie is an unforgettable one.  It is a romantic comedy with a twist. It talks about feminism in a strong way. Natalie hates the fact that romantic movies  make it seem as if women are not complete till they meet and fall in love with a guy.  It is relatable to viewers of romantic movies because if you watch romantic movies you will understand what Natalie means.
    Isn't it romantic is suitable for teenagers. The violence is constricted to Natalie being robbed and hit by a car. There is show of interest in sex but all the characters do nothing more than kiss. The characters involve in drinking. The words 'shut'and 'bitch' are used and 'fuck' is also used but it is only audible once and  bleeped out comically the remaining times. The stereotyped characters are used to make points about the characterization in cliched romantic comedies which will make the viewer think about how women are really been portrayed. The movie also teaches about self control and courage.
 

It was directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson and released on Febuary 13th 2019. It is rated PG13 for language,some sexual material and brief drug reference.  It runs for 88 minutes. 

Spider Man: Into The Spiderverse

Spiderman: into the spiderverse is an animation that introduces us to a universe  with different spider people. The main character Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) is a 14year old boy enrolled in an elite boarding school in New York where he feels out of place and would prefer to stay in Brooklyn with his friends. He was bitten by  a radioactive spider when he and his uncle Aaron goes to a mysterious underground lab.

     Miles tries to find out what was wrong with him when he started acting weird and he retraces his step back to the lab only to find Peter Parker/ Spider man (voiced by Jake  Johnson) in a fight with a crime boss. Spiderman was trying to stop the crime boss from opening a hole in the space time continuum that could potentially destroy the whole of New York. Spiderman is killed but he told Miles what to do to stop the crime boss before he died. The process of trying to open a hole in the spacetime continuum opened up different parallel universes which brought different spider people to that universe.

         The spider people are now 6 in number including Miles. Out of the other 5 people, there is another Peter Parker but a more older and haggard looking version of him. Miles came across him first and asks him to mentor him. The next is Gwen Stacy ( voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) a teenage girl from a universe where Peter Parker who was her best friend had been killed. There is an anime style girl named Peni Parker ( voiced by Kimko Glenn)  and also a cartoon style pig ( voiced by John Mulaney) and lastly a black and white 1930s spider man (voiced by Nicolas Cage). Each of them were trying to find their way back home. Together they teamed up to defeat the evil kingpin and returned home.

    This animation which is of a high quality  and full of adventure and action appeals to viewers of all ages. There are lots of fighting which causes death, injuries and destruction. But it is still able to pass the message of friendship, teamwork, courage, perseverance, mentoring and how power goes hand in hand with responsibilities.
   It was directed by Peter Ramsey and Bob Persichetti. It is rated PG because of frenetic sequence of animated action violence, thematic elements and mild language. The movie has won awards including 2019 Oscars, Academy Award,Common sense seal and the Golden Globe. It was released on December 14th 2018 and it runs for 116 minutes.

The Favorite

From the director Yorgos Lanthimos comes this Oscar nominated movie The Favorite. Set in 18 century England during the time of the war between England and France. Queen Anne (Olivia Coleman) is the ruler of England but she is being manipulated and influenced by her close friend/lover Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) . Queen Anne suffers from ill health,mood swings and temper tantrums which gives more opportunity for Lady Sarah to have her way as she takes the place of the queen whenever queen Anne is sick or sulking.

 A new servant Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) who is also the cousin of Lady Sarah arrives at the palace. Abigail was first stationed to work in the scullery but due to her charm Lady Sarah takes her under her wing and she started working close to the queen. Abigail who was from a prestigious and aristocratic background saw this as an opportunity to get her place back in the society.
    As the war becomes more intense Lady Sarah became busy and absent which gave Abigail more time alone with the queen. Abigail filled in Lady Sarah's role as the queen's lover and she was liked by the queen. Lady Sarah realises this and she starts a war with Abigail but Abigail is determined not to let anything or anyone stand in the way of achieving her goal .

   This movie shows the struggle of women in the bid to make name for themselves in the society. Lady Sarah although reputable and well respected has to fight to maintain her position in the society while Abigail who is from a formally well to do family has to struggle to make herself a reputable person once again in the society. The queen although she holds a position of authority is a very weak person which made her vulnerable to Lady Sarah and Abigail.
    The Favorite has scenes of nudity,homosexuality (between women), masturbation is implied and offensive words are used. Although it is set in a time of war, no war scenes are shown. The movie is rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language. It was released on November 23rd 2018 and it runs for 119minutes.

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