ocean's 8 movie review

     

      Oceans 8 is a movie directed by Gary Ross and it was released on June 8th 2018. I looked forward to watching the movie because of the amazing cast which includes Sandra Bullock (Debby Ocean), Rihannah ( 9 balls), Cate Blanchette (Lou),  Anne Hathaway e.t.c. The movie contains action,adventure and comedy. It is rated pg13 for drug use and foul language. It runs for 110minutes. One thing I love about this movie is that the cast worked well together , although most of them did not know each other before Debby Ocean brought them together to carry out the biggest heist in history they were able to  achieve their goal. 

 Oceans's 8 is a movie I'll  love to watch over and over again because its so interesting and hilarious. The movie is about an all female group of different types of crooks led by Debby Ocean ( Sandra Bullock) an ex-convict who just got out of jail on parole. Debby brought these women  together so that they can steal a necklace worth over $150 million at the met gala an annual event that holds in New York city.. After much planning and a few setbacks they eventually succeed and they got away with the crime.
     

What a Wonder!!

  The movie  Wonder woman is about a young girl, Diana who is the  Princess of  the Amazons  who are a large group of women .  Diana ( Gal Gadot) is loving, caring and kind.  when the island which was isolated was breached when a soldier by the name of Steve  Trevor (Chris Pine) crashed into the island she was quick to rescue him while the other amazons were against it. Steve Trevor enlightened them of the war going on in the world which they knew nothing about. Diana insisted that it was Ares the god of war that is controlling the  humans and causing the war. She wanted Steve Trevor to take her to the war front so that she could find Ares and kill him. So setting up a team they went in search of Ares and Diana finally found him and killed him but Steve Trevor died in the process.

The movie was released   to theaters June 2nd 2017. It was directed by Patty Jenkins and it runs for  141 minutes. The movie contains adventure, drama, science fiction and action. I hope you enjoy the movie like I did. 

What a touching story.

Hi guys, so I saw a movie recently. A real life event turned to  a movie. The name of the movie is Captive it is based on the book Unlikely Angel by Ashley Smith.  It was directed by Jerry Jameson and it runs for 97 minutes.  Captive is an American crime-drama movie it was released in september 18, 2015 
   

             Captive is a true story about Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) a prisoner who broke out from the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on March 11, 2005.  He runs into Ashley Smith (Kate Mara) a single mother who was trying to stop doing drugs because she was refused custody of her daughter because she was a drug addict .  Brian claims he broke out from prison because he heard that he had a son and the justice system was unfair to him. Brian then ran into Ashley and hides out in her house holding her captive. In their little time together, Ashley saw that Brian was not really a bad guy and together they read a book THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE  by Rick Warren and they both made a decision to change their lives for good.The movie ends when Brian finally lets Ashley go and she brought the police to arrest him.

 Captivity is not only about being bound or locked up in a place we can also be made captives by our  actions . In a way both Brian and Ashley were in captivity. Brian was a captive to vengeance because he felt he was not given a fair sentence and he was charged with a crime he did not commit while Ashley was a captive to drug. If we want to come out of any form of captivity we have to pray to God for wisdom and direction in any area of life we are facing difficulty. In this movie the book by Rick Warren THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE  gave Ashley and Brian guidance and freedom from their captivity. Ashley stopped drugs and gets back custody of her daughter and today she is happily married and has more kids while   Brian accepted his sentence and he gets to see his son once he turns 18.

The Greatest Showman

The greatest showman is a movie directed by Michael Gracey. It was released on Dec 20th 2017 and it runs for 105 minutes. The cast of the movie includes Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendeya and many more people.

The storyline begins with a poor tailor and his young son Peter. Though they were poor, Peter never let that to hinder him because he had big dreams for himself, he wanted to be a showman. Peter fell in love with a rich man's daughter Charity played by Michelle Williams. The girls father was against their relationship and he sent his daughter to a boarding school. Not long after that Peter's father died and he became orphaned and homeless. Peter and Charity still kept in touch until Charity graduated and they got married. 

 After many years Peter  who was struggling to cater for his family of a wife and two daughters was laid off from work because of the bad situation of the economy. So he decided to start his own business and he opened a museum but no one was buying ticket to visit it. Then his daughter suggested that maybe if there was something extraordinary to see many people would have come to see it. This reminded  Peter of his childhood fantasy of becoming a showman so he gathered people from around the world who were seen as abnormal like a bearded woman, a very hairy man, a dwarf e.t.c to form the performers in his circus. He got a manager Phillip Carlyle played by Zac Efron to help manage the shows. The first show was a hit, many people trooped in to watch it but some people saw the performers as freaks and evil so they wanted them to live their community.

Despite the opposition from a large number of people, P.T Barnum did not give up. He continued to organize his shows and he even went on tour. With the money from the shows he was able to care for his family and he bought a new house for them. After the tour the performers were beaten up and the theater was burnt down. Even then Peter did not give up he got a land set up a tent and continued performing.

This movie is a wonderful movie with a great storyline and moral lesson.  One lesson I learnt from this movie is persistence. P.T Barnum was persistent. He survived being orphaned at a young age, being poor, being jobless and the one that amazed me most  his critics. After his theater was burnt down he did not give up he continued performing his shows. I have made up my mind to be persistent like Peter Barnum.  This movie is suitable for all ages both young and old.

What Music Means to Me.

       Songs have power but these days musicians just write songs anyhow. Songs are meant to pass a message  across to the listeners but the songs nowadays are meaningless.  Only few musicians that write lyrics that have meaning and good message. We all know that Gospel artiste convey strong powerful messages in their songs but apart from the gospel songs the circular artiste just sings about irrelevant and meaningless things.
      
    I'm sure most of you know Tatiana Manaois or have heard her song "Like You". I love her and although I've been hearing the song since but when I heard it recently I discovered that it applied to me because I am going through something right now. It was as if she was reading my mind when she was writing Helplessly because I could relate to what she was saying and she made so much sense .
 It is  not easy to see songs that carry powerful messages  nowadays so I am so glad that I came across Tatiana Manaois. Have you ever come across a song that the lyrics fit the situation you are in and be like " oh my God. I understand what this person is saying" ? That was how I felt when I first heard "helplessly". Comment below if you understand me or if you can relate with any song. . Tatiana just made me look back and reflect on how I feel about music because music before had meaning and  I miss old musicians, I wish that more musicians would write music that pass good messages across to the public.

Other musicians who I feel their songs carry messages are Jessie J, Taylor Swift,Selena Gomez, Bruno Mars,e.t.c  I would like to know other Musicians  (except gospel artistes) who you feel their songs pass across a good messages so  please comment down below of anyone you know that I did not mention.I do not mean to annoy anyone with this post its just my own personal opinion about music and it was inspired by Tatiana Manaois.

Baywatch 2017 movie review

         Baywatch a movie by SETH GORDON was released on May 29th 2017 and it runs for 116 minutes. Although there is  lot of bad review about it, I loved  it because although it is an action movie it has  bit of comedy in it. The movie featured Dwayne Johnson (Mitch Buchnnon), Zach Efron( Matt Brody), Priyanka Chopra ( Victoria Leeds) and many others.
           The movie starts with Mitch( Dwayne Johnson) who plays the role of  well loved life guard and his fellow colleagues conducting a try out in search for three new lifeguards for training at  Emerald Bay. Among those chosen was Matt Brody( Zach Efron) who was  a washed out Olympic swimmer. Matt and Mitch who was the head lifeguard were always arguing at first because Matt was insisting they do only the job of  a lifeguard and nothing more. The others see their jobs not as only saving people from drowning but also protecting the bay because they see it as their home. Eventually Matt sees his job as more than that of a life guard.
       Along the line the life guards uncovered  a crime that was ongoing in the bay by a  drug dealer named Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra). Together the lifeguards fight to solve the ongoing crime  and to keep the bay crime free.
          I know Priyanka Chopra from Quantico and some of her bollywood movies ( comment below if you think i should review bollywood movies) and this is her first movie I have seen that she plays the role of  villain and she played it well.
           My overall opinion of this movie is that I love it because it made me laugh. If you loved THIS IS THE END you will also love this movie. It is not suitable for young children because of thecrude sexual content and dirty jokes.