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Lord Of The Flies, Eye Opening, Thought Provoking, Stays With You Long After The Credits Roll

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One of my top ten favourite books ever has to be Lord Of The Flies, the reason being is I love a good book that makes you think long after you’ve read the final chapter Lord Of The Flies does exactly that, for those who are unfamiliar with this story then never fear I will tell you.

The book follows the story of a group of boys who crash land after a plane crash on a deserted tropical paradise, the boys then come up with the plan whoever holds a conch shell gets to talk, you can see where this is going can’t you, anyway it doesn’t all go to plan and the boys split up in to two different camps, one camp wants to try and get off the island while the others want to hunt and kill, the theme is simple… no matter how old you are we will all at some point go back to the cavemen days, even children.

Now there are two adaptions one in the sixties and the other in the early nineties, the sixties adaption is true too the book whereas the nineties adaption strays from the source material with minor detail, instead of World War Two evacuees they are military school boys, the sixties is by far the most superior to the book, but don’t get me wrong the nineties version is good while it may have its flaws it’s still pretty enjoyable even if it does stray off from the source material it is adapted from. The reason why I’m reviewing this particular movie is because Hollywood is making an all female version of the film.

Yes…. yes you heard me Hollywood are making an all female version of the film, just like they did with Ghostbusters, which to be fair I enjoyed, but this however I’m having a little bit of a hard time progressing this, I mean it’s a good idea but is it really necessary, I mean don’t take this the wrong way and I mean absolutely no offence by this but why does Hollywood need to remake everything all female…. I don’t mean to offend anyone but that’s my opinion you can hate me in the comments but please keep it clean (I am still a person) now that’s been said what do you think about this, especially book lovers like myself, let me know, but until next time guys catch ya later 🙂

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YES YES YES YES PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! I am so hyped right now it’s just come out this week and IT director Andy Muschietti is in the run in for a Pet Semetary remake…… yes you heard me correctly one of my favourite Stephen King novels could be remade.

Can you tell I am excited like honestly Pet Semetary is probably one of my favourite King novels and to hear that the director of IT may be directing it, after waiting for the sequel to be green lit which in all fairness is going to be considering that IT is still smashing box office records, Muschietti has said that he would love to direct it because he feels the the original wasn’t true to the source material.

In all fairness I loved the original, it was creepy and all round terrifying, but to see a modern adaptation happen one could only dream, this is one of the movies I really wanted to be remade, that and Misery and a Cujo remake but hey let’s not get to excited, as Guillermo Del Toro says he wants to direct, personally I want the IT director as he did IT justice and kept it true to the book, Del Toro on the other hand has made some gems in his day however I myself didn’t like Pacific Rim or Crimson Peak, but loved Pans Labyrinth.

While this may be a rumour I sincerely hope it isn’t as I want this film to be remade for sure, phew!! Okay that’s my excitement vented out, anyway what’s everyone’s favourite Stephen King book for me it has to be Carrie or Needful Things…… hey……. Needful Things……. there’s another King adaption that has to be made damn someone get on to Hollywood now! this is a great idea. Anyway guys until next time catch ya later 🙂

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About Me And Why I Started Blogging

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Okay…. I had a page on this but I decided to get rid of it and decided to write a full post about me and who I am pretty much, as cheesy as it sounds it’s something that I want to do so here goes.

I started this blog in January 2015 after a few friends said I should do it, I thought what in gods name do I blog about I don’t know anything, I have a passion for movies as much as the next person has, my dream job as a child was to become a film director, however due to unforeseen circumstances I had to give up that dream, after my first cinema experience I had when I was just 4 I went to see Toy Story 2 with my mum, best time ever I thought and ever since then I have been a lover of movies old and new.

So I started this blog thinking good god what am I doing, and let me tell you it’s the best thing I have ever done, because I am able to do what I love which is to go to the cinema and watch the latest flick with friends and family, and then run home and get a post up, however it didn’t quite go like that, I was making one post every two weeks, everyone said that’s not consistent, but hey college and coursework and deadlines were getting in the way of things so I stopped, and didn’t make a post until 2016 to be specific it was November of last year, now I thought damn! I was a bad blogger back then, I’ve now made a promise to myself which is that I will try and blog every single day if I can.

So welcome to my blog make a cuppa tea grab a chair and read some of my reviews if you like any or have any requests please do not hesitate to ask I mean I don’t bite come on people, but seriously if there is a movie you haven’t seen and want me to watch it and review for ya then I will, or if you have seen a movie and want someone else’s take on it then do not hesitate to ask I mean we are all friends here 🙂 so until next time guys catch ya later.

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Films With Amazing Soundtracks

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Hey you know what I haven’t done in ages a good old top ten list, two years ago was the last top 10 list I had done so I thought it’s about time I’d do another one, this time I thought I’d countdown the films that are really good but the soundtracks are even better, and to kick of this list let’s start with a review I done six days ago.

10. IT (2017)

I loved this film, this is my number one film of 2017 the scares are great as are the cast, but the soundtrack is brilliant, we have songs from The Jam all the way to INXS even The Cure and The Cult make an appearance, trust me this is a soundtrack for all you 80s lovers out there and even a good old nostalgic trip for people who lived and were bought up in the 80s, trust me this is a soundtrack worth listening too.

9. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Haunting

Another horror entry to the list, I was surprised to hear some great songs during this film, during the 1 hour runtime we hear songs like I Started A Joke from the Bee Gees, then we hear a little bit of Elvis with Can’t Help Falling In Love With You, all the way up to The Clash’s London Calling, a surprisingly brilliant soundtrack once again, this is one that is really worth listening too.

8. Pete’s Dragon (2016)

Oh this was a great film it was sad, funny and above all it had a great soundtrack, we hear songs from Leonard Cohen and The Lumineers, trust me this is another great soundtrack, best of all these are all on Spotify, no seriously there’s a whole album with the songs used in this film, my personal favourite song is So Long Marianne by Leonard Cohen, once again another great soundtrack.

7. Casino

“Why the hell is Casino way down near the bottom that had a great soundtrack” I hear you screaming at me, nonetheless it’s a great film all together think Goodfellas if it were set in Vegas, the soundtrack features The Rolling Stones and many more amazing tracks, but the best song on the list has to be House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals, the scene that accompanies it is amazing and quite possibly one of the best scenes in the film, that and how they catch the cheat in one of the casinos, the film is a treat to watch and one of the best soundtracks ever to a film.

6. Reservoir Dogs

Tarantino’s outstanding debut film is truly an iconic piece of cinema and a film that truly has stood the test of time, the film itself is great but the soundtrack is fantastic, from the opening Little Green Bag, all the way up to the infamous ear scene stuck In The Middle With You, now if you haven’t seen this film then….. where the hell have you been do yourself a favour and go watch this movie it’s a great double crossing gangster heist movie.

5. Stand By Me

This oh my god is one of my favourite films of all time, I have seen it so many times, this is one of the only films I can say I can relate to, and the final line in this flick is something to be remembered “friends come in and out of our lives like busboys in restaurants” that quote is so true to this day because it’s right, we say hi to new friends and say bye to the old ones I haven’t spoken to any of my friends I had when I was twelve apart from one who is now quite possibly one of my best friends to this day, any way without getting to deep, the soundtrack is amazing I love 50s music a lot and this film has a lot of that, but the song that stands out during this is of course Stand By Me by Ben E. King.

4. Schindler’s List

Emotionally draining yet an important film to watch as it highlights the tragic and brutal things that happened during the Second World War the music in this is haunting and just plain sad, from the time we meet the girl in the red coat, to the emotional ending, this scene in particular is where the floodgates open from the haunting violin of Ishtak Perlman to the eerie piano as the credits roll.

3. Kingsman: The Secret Service

An epic spy film with one of the most impressive soundtracks ever, I’ve even had a look at the soundtrack for the sequel that looks impressive too, but the best scene in this one has to be the infamous church scene, where Colin Firth’s character battles it out to Lynrd Skynrd’s Free Bird, trust me that’s not a scene to be missed.

2. Pulp Fiction

Another classic from Tarantino this however has one of the most amazing songs featured in it, including You Never Can Tell by the legendary Chuck Berry, Urge Overkill’s Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon and the classic opening titles scene, trust me this is one of the best soundtracks to a film you will ever hear.

1. Goodfellas

The number one slot goes to Scorsese’s epic crime story Goodfella, this is my number one favourite film of all time and one I can watch over and over again this is an absolute classic film, but the soundtrack is the most impressive ever best of all is it goes through the years from the 50s all the way up till the 80s, trust me look for the soundtrack on Spotify and thank me later.

And that’s it, a countdown of the top ten films with amazing soundtracks but until next time guys catch ya later 🙂

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A Little Update

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Okay I’ve noticed that I’m falling in to my old ways of blogging, and that’s not uploading anything at all after a certain amount of days, my last post was 6 days ago, to me that’s a long time, to others it may not seem that much but to me it’s a long time without uploading anything at all, so I’m making myself a little promise, and that’s to upload something everyday, I know I said this during the Christmas period when I said I was going to review a Christmas film each day until Christmas Day, and that didn’t sadly happen and I was gutted.

So now this is a promise I am going to stick by regardless, also I’ve noticed another thing, comments! I haven’t had any comments on my new posts that I’ve made and I have worked out why I had my settings set on to make sure people log in well now I’ve changed it so people provide a name/email to comment, so to make sure this works can I ask you whoever is reading this to see if you can comment, just comment anything it could be a simple hey or yes I can comment, just comment absolutely anything.

I have also changed the theme of my site, as I was getting bored with the one I had previously, I might be doing it a lot, changing the themes about, so be on the lookout. Anyway people I will be uploading a lot more from now on starting from tomorrow, if you have any requests then feel free to contact me on twitter at @jackblake151 or email me at jackblake1230@gmail.com but until next time guys catch ya later 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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IT, Probably One Of The Best Adaptions To A Stephen King Novel Ever

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As I’ve said before I love book to film adaptions, however in my Dark Tower review there are some books that need special attention when adapting them in to a film, IT does just that and is by far a definite achievement by adapting the infamous novel in to one of the most scariest films we have seen this year.

For those who are unfamiliar with the story of IT let me tell you, IT is about a clown who every twenty seven years comes to Derry in Maine to kidnap children, a group of kids nicknamed the losers club go out and destroy the clown, only for it to come back 27 years later when they are adults, and that’s IT, the film is so terrifyingly scary that I found myself watching through my fingers at some scenes, however this isn’t your average horror movie no, it has some absolutely amazing comedic moments especially from the young cast, the banter between them is amazing, the insults are just hilarious, my favourite insult has to be when a member of the losers club peeks in to Eddie’s medicine cabinet and says “hey Eddie are these birth control pills” to which Eddie replies “yeah those are for your sister” trust me there’s plenty more where that come from during the two hour run time.

The scares are impressive as is Pennywise, who is played incredibly well by Bill Skarsgard, he actually gives Tim Curry a run for his money, Pennywise in this film is probably the best thing about this movie as is the talented young cast, the film stars Jaeden Lieberher as Bill Denbrough the leader of the losers club, Finn Wolfhard as Richie Tozier the comedic one of the group, Chosen Jacobs as Mike Hanlon, Jack Dylan Grazer as hypochondriac Eddie Kasbrak and Wyatt Oleff as Stan Uris, trust me this cast is amazing to watch, you can tell they enjoyed making the film.

All in all IT is one of the most faithful adaptions of a Stephen King book I have seen in a long time, almost makes me forget we had a Dark Tower release but hey that’s just me, oh for those who suffer from coulrophobia for the love of god stay away from this film, anyway IT is an amazing, scary if not terrifying and faithful movie adaption, now I ask you a question with the amount of Stephen King novels we are seeing getting adapted what book would you like to see get the big screen adaption, for me I would love to see a Misery or even a Cujo remake, what do want to see adapted let me know I’m quite interested to hear, but until next time guys catch ya later.

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Tin Star… And Breathe!!!

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A TV show has to have one thing for me, an amazing gripping opener, Tin Star does exactly that it’s opening act is enough for you to question what the hell!! episode one is by far an amazing series opener and does exactly what it says on the tin (if you pardon the pun)

Tin Star stars Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks, oh trust me her character you will start to hate in the first episode alone, she plays a nasty oil tycoon type person who plans to open up and oil plant, bringing in migrant workers and crime in the process, along with a shady head of security played really eerily by Christoper Heyerdahl, Tim Roth plays a small town police chief who has just moved in to a small town in Canada, trust me the scenery is amazing Canada is an amazing if not a really beautiful country, and is number one on the countries I want to go and visit list.

Tin Star opens with a cliffhanger and ends on that same cliffhanger we saw at the start of the show, it’s basically Tim Roth in a car with his family which is his eldest teenage daughter and five year old son and wife, while filling up gas the son needs the bathroom, all of a sudden a masked person shoots at Tim Roth’s character, we see a massive splash of blood cover the daughter, and your left wondering “who shot who” I love TV shows like this because it keeps you guessing and puts you in a game of guesses for ten episodes and then bam! It drops the almighty twist and it’s never who you expect it to be, see a show called Broadchurch and thank me later that show was phenomenal.

Tin Star from me gets a solid 10/10 the pacing is solid as is the acting by Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks as well I really cannot wait to binge watch these any time soon, and to be quite honest this is now one of my favourite to shows up there with Stranger Things and American Horror Story, but anyway guys until next time catch ya later.

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A Monster Calls, Who In The Love Of God Is Cutting Onions Here

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Oh jeez never has a film affected me so much, I’m gonna come clean about something I am a huge mummy’s boy I love my mum to the end of the earth and would do anything for her, I saw the trailer for this film and thought right.. yeah I’m not going to see this at all because I know what I will be like, an emotional cry baby, so my mum and dad and a few friends got together and watched A Monster Calls… as the lights came up at the end I was a wreck my face was soaked with tears it was like I had half of Niagara Falls pouring out of my eyes.

A Monster Calls follows the story of a young boy named Connor his mum has cancer and his one fear is losing her, he is tormented at school by bullies, one night a monster in the form of a tree comes along and tells him three stories, by the way the animation that goes with these stories is phenomenal just wanna point that out, any way as the film goes on we learn that Connor’s mum is dying and the only thing that can cure her is medicine from an ancient old yew tree, we start thinking yay there’s hope, but alas there isn’t and the final bit of treatment is unsuccessful, after an emotional talk about if your feeling angry and want to break something then break them, Connor goes back to the monster and tells him that he’s afraid of letting go, he’s afraid and doesn’t want his mum to die (feeling emotional yet) he feels tired and falls asleep with the monster telling him that when he wakes up it’ll be time.

When Connor wakes up his grandmother comes and drops him off at the hospital, cue one of the most emotional moments ever seen in a children’s film… oh yeah did I mention this is a children’s film, anyway the monster appears in the hospital with Connor and tells him that this is the end of the fourth tale (the fourth tale was Connor’s fear of losing his mum) Connor asks what he should do to which the monster replies “speak the truth” Connor then looks at his mum smiles at her and says “I don’t want you to go” well let’s just say at this point Niagara Falls was pouring out of my eyes, I was a wreck, anyway after an emotional farewell Connor’s mum sadly passes away in Connor’s arms (if your not crying your eyes out then your a cyborg I’m sorry)

Oh boy this film was sad, emotional and above all depressing! I have never cried at a film like that…. oh yeah The Notebook forgot about that anyway A Monster Calls is by far a very very very emotional film and for a kids film it does touch on some pretty dark themes such as death, cancer and losing someone we love, but then saying that that’s every child’s fear, look at Disney when they kill of the parents that’s every kids worst nightmare losing a parent, any way let’s make this review happy happy happy, I loved this film a lot my final rating is 10/10 is dark, depressing and really really emotional, so do yourselves a favour and go watch this film it’s amazing but until next time guys catch ya later.

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Before I Wake, Terrifyingly Scary

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As I’ve said before and I will say it again… I love horror movies whether they be awful bottom of the barrel type b-movies like Sharknado (don’t judge) or a good old fashioned ghost story like the Woman In Black I love them, Before I Wake doesn’t fall in to any of those no, it falls once again in to bargain bin territory, lets dive in to that said bin this is Before I Wake.

Okay first of all the scares a minimal and cliched the acting by the parents is so so but the story is really bittersweet and quite sad once you get to the final act. The film starts Thomas Jane, who plays the dad and Kate Bosworth playing the mum, then we have straight outta Room Jacob Tremblay who probably who an amazing child actor for his age, he plays Cody the adopted son of the parents whose dreams can come magically to life, while this sounds like a Guillermo Del Toro movie your pretty much mistaken, Cody’s nightmares can also come to life, in the form of the least threatening sounding villain ever The Canker Man!!!! ooooooooo!!!!! sounds terrifying doesn’t it not! anyway it turns out when Cody was little his mum died of cancer and Cody’s fear was losing her, so uh oh! The Canker Man appears, however it in fact the cancer man as that’s what his mum died of, so the Canker man is really known as the cancer man, he was scared of losing his mum to cancer, so I guess in a way the villain is in fact cancer.

Anyway the film was pretty good I’m not gonna lie the scares were pretty cliched, the acting was so so but the plot/ending packs an emotional punch, all in all Before I Wake is an okay movie it’s not the greatest nor is it the scariest, as I said in the Book Of Henry review you will find this probably in the bargain bin at your local supermarket for about five pounds, final rating 5/10 but until next time guys catch ya later.

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Drive, A Throwback Like No Other

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Indie films are amazing, I remember the first indie film I watched was a Wes Anderson movie, Drive is nothing like a Wes Anderson movie but it’s still an amazing film, from the soundtrack to the amazing cinematography drive is probably one of the best films to come out of 2011.

Drive stars Ryan Gosling as a getaway driver and stunt driver who ends up falling for this girl, now I’m gonna stop and say this is not a chick flick no… this is an action packed car chasing with chick flick elements thrown in, now I’m gonna be honest this film is slow and there’s not a lot of dialogue but don’t let that throw you off because the car chases are like nothing you have ever seen, especially the opening scene, think Baby Driver only with an 80s synth track going along with it, theres another thing, soundtrack is amazing it’s like a good old 80s thriller and loved what the director has done with this film.

Now let’s talk about the acting, Ryan Gosling is fantastic in this and so is Bryan Cranston as well speaking of which I cannot wait for Blade Runner 2049 to come out which also stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford reprising his role as Deckard, but that’s a review for another day, now where was I, oh yeah drive is a fantastic movie and will definitely watch again, it’s action packed with an amazing storyline, action and stunts as well, trust me the getaway scenes are just something else.

Final rating 10/10 it’s an amazing film to come out of the 2010s, have you seen drive? let me know what you thought of it, did you like it or did you hate it? But until next time guys catch ya later.

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