The Jungle Book - 2016

Disney is set to release a new version of The Jungle Book on April 15th 2016.

The cast will consist of many well known actors such as Bill Murray Ben Kingsley Idris Elba Scarlett Johansson Lupita Nyong'o Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken

I personally am very excited for this film to be released. One of my all time favorite childhood memories is watching the Jungle Book with my family. I am very interested to see what they change and how big of a success it will be.  This is a timeless film as is, so seeing the modernized version should be quite an experience. 

 

 

The Director, Jon Favreau Has worked on many huge hollywood films such as Iron Man, The Avengers, and The Wolf On Wall Street. In my opinion the film is in good hands.

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Zombieland isn't very plot heavy or dramatic in any way. This movie is awesome because of the actions the characters have against zombies. One of the interesting parts of this film that I liked is how they named the characters, each of the four main characters are named based on where they want to go.  Except for Bill Murray who just plays as himself because he's awesome like that. Columbus, the wimpy teenager who is paranoid about everything and has rules to help him survive (such as cardio and wearing your seatbelt), feels bad for the zombies and doesn't like to hurt them. Tallahassee on the other hand is a big guy who will kill any zombie that is in his way of getting a twinkie.

This movie is full of moments where you're just like "what the f*** just happened?" adding to the comedy of it. Each of the four characters were casted perfectly to fit the personality and to add to the humor. Definitely a great movie that everyone should see (along with every other zombie movie I've posted about).

Moonrise Kingdom

In my small suburban town in New Jersey, there is a theatre that plays only low budget films; the movies that wouldn’t exactly be a blockbuster hit. This past summer I saw a lot of great independent films there: To Rome with Love, Friends with Kids, etc. But one movie I saw I am still thinking about today. And that movie is Moonrise Kingdom. I did go into this movie a little biased since I love Wes Anderson and the cast also drew me in; Bill Murray, Ed Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand. The movie blew me away, it exceeded my expectations. It takes place in 1965 and stayed authentic to it’s time throughout the whole movie. The costuming was detailed, and the soundtrack was flawless. The island that the characters lived on was beautifully designed and it didn’t confuse me at all, and made sense location wise. 

Moonrise Kingdom is about two preteens who fall in love with each other via snail mail and attempt to runaway together. Their romance is only one aspect of this plot, with the chaos of the dysfunctional adults handling the situation making up much of the story. (Bill Murray of course played his usual depressing, alcoholic character who is the father of Suzy.)  Sam, the male protagonist is an orphaned boy scout living on an island with his troop for the summer. Although his romance with Suzy was adorable, I wasn’t too fond of Sam. It’s usually very hard for me to enjoy a movie when I can’t sympathize or relate to the main character however, the other characters made up for his lack of connection. 

Basically, I highly recommend this movie to anyone who hasn’t seen it. It’s not only aesthetically pleasing but the hilarious quirky characters make this movie very enjoyable.