UNBROKEN
BIOGRAPHICAL/DRAMA
PLOT: The true story of Louis Zamperini.
Louis Zamperini was an extraordinary
man. An Italian immigrant who had
trouble with the law as a teen then started running and winning. He was in the Olympics. He then went to war, stranded on a life raft
for 47 days then became prison of war in a Japanese camp and when the war was
over he came home. This is not a popcorn
movie but amazing story of the will to survive, religious and forgiveness.
English actor Jack O Connell is wonderful as Zamperini. Actress Angelina Jolie (Salt, Mr. and Mrs.
Smith) did an incredible directing job and cinematography Roger Deakins as he
creates dark, bleak and banal atmosphere.
The bad part they only shown one area of his life read his book for the
rest to understand how reliant this man was.
KILL THE
MESSENGER
CRIME/DRAMA
PLOT:
The true story about reporter Gary Webb who exposed the CIA and drugs in
LA.
When you write the truth the CIA begins
to show interest in you and that is what happened to journalist Gary Webb who
tells the story that CIA needed to fund the Nicaragua War they put
crack/cocaine on the streets of LA. At first he was praised then smeared and
disowned by his own newspaper that he put on the map. You don’t know this story because at the time
another scandal took its place Clinton/Monica Lewinsky. Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye, Avengers) is very
good as Mr. Webb telling the truth and getting blamed for it. This is why we need to have independent
movies to show films like this.
PLOT: A twist on many fairy tales as a baker and his wife want a child.
They merge the fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood into a story of a baker and his wife who can’t have children. They have to take belongings from each character and the witch will grant them their wish. It is clever and fun-at least the first hour and then it gets dark!! A few things you don’t see coming. It is based on the musical with the same name. I do hope the stage play was better. It is not bad just different. They sell it like it is for kids-not really.
INTO THE WOODS
FANTASY/MUSICAL
PLOT: A twist on many fairy tales as a baker and his wife want a child.
They merge the fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood into a story of a baker and his wife who can’t have children. They have to take belongings from each character and the witch will grant them their wish. It is clever and fun-at least the first hour and then it gets dark!! A few things you don’t see coming. It is based on the musical with the same name. I do hope the stage play was better. It is not bad just different. They sell it like it is for kids-not really.