FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
FANTASY
PLOT: In 1926 a young man captures magical
creatures from all over the world.
Newt Scamander (Eddie
Redmayne, The Theory of Everything, Jupiter Rising) is a collector of mythical
animals and stops in New York and things go astray beginning an adventure. This film is FANTASTIC! It is funny, sad, and romantic and the beasts
are amazing. It is written by JK
Rowlings who wrote the Harry Potter books.
If you like Harry Potter you will enjoy this character Newt. It is wonderful for ALL ages.
TROLLS
ANIMATED/FANTASY/MUSICAL
PLOT: A Troll princess must save her friends.
Poppy (Anna
Kendrick, Pitch Perfect) is a princess and the happiest of Trolls but the scary
Bergens must eat trolls to be happy so the evil Chef ( Christine Baranski)
captures some so Poppy and the unhappiest of Trolls Branch (Justin Timberlake)
go on a journey. It is a very cheerful movie kids and adults will enjoy it.
ARRIVAL 2016
SCI-FI/DRAMA
PLOT: Twelve
spaceships land on earth and a special squad must find out what it wants.
Louise Banks (Amy
Adams), linguistics (languages) and an elite force must try to understand the
aliens and figure out what they want. It
is not an invasion movie and there is not much action. It is not Independence Day: Resurgence so
don’t expect that! Amy Adams is a very
good actress and she is very good in this film.
The film is based on short story but not by an American sci-fi writer
but Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life.” The movie is cerebral and very serious
but if you want to see a different sci-fi film this is it!