Anticipated 2020 Movies

Anticipated 2020 Movies

    1). Top Gun: Maverick

    2). Tenet (Christopher Nolan)

    3). Black Widow 

    4). Jungle Cruise

    5). Wonder Woman 84

    6). Sonic the Hedgehog

    7). Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    8). Bill and Ted 3: Face the Music

    9). Halloween Kills 

   10). Dune

Christmas Memories

   

Christmas Memories

       With the Christmas fast approaching, here are a few things I remember doing when I 

     was little kid on Christmas. 

      1). Waking up early Christmas morning to see what I got

   

      2). Having my recently departed mom bake cookies for me and my brother

      3). Singing carols with my class at nursing homes and hospitals

      4). Going for a drive at night around the neighborhood to look at decorations

      5). Drinking hot cocoa with my grandma at her apartment. 

      6). Go to stores with my mom to look at pretty decorations and the snowglobes.

Jumanji: the Next Level

Jumanji: the Next Level

Dir: Jake Kasdan

Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Awkwafina, 

Danny Devito, Danny Glover, Nick Jonas

       In late 2017, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was released and became a smash hit

    grossing nearly a billion dollars. So of course, Columbia Pictures decided to greenlight

    a sequel right away. 

       In this sequel, we find nerdy Spencer, a college student home for the holidays. When

    he decides to visit his grandpa (Devito) who tells him that he doesn't like getting old.

    So heartbroken Spencer fixes the broken Jumanji game and enters into the simulated
    world hoping to become his avatar DrBravestone (Johnson) again.

        Meanwhile his friends Bethany, Fridge & Martha start to worry about him when he
    doesn't show up for coffee. The kids head back into the game as different avatars 
    except for Martha. 

        Veteran actors Danny Glover and Danny Devito show up as their avatars and the
    fun begins. They go on an even more dangerous mission involving restoring a 
    village that was plundered by an evil viking like man.

         The film was slightly better than the previous and delivers on the action sequences.
   Kevin Hart does a good Danny Glover impression. The pacing is so smooth that you
   will not be bored. TNL features a perfect blend of action and comedy. It's not as good
   as the first movie but enjoyable.

 Grade: B-

Fighting with my Family

Fighting with my Family

Dir: Stephen Merchant

Cast: Florence Pugh, Lena Heady, Nick Frost, Vince Vaughn, Dwayne Johnson

       Fighting with my Family isn't just a movie about wrestling. It's message conveys the 
   importance of sticking to one's dreams and never giving up. 
        Newcomer Florence Pugh stars as real life WWE wrestler Paige, a young woman 
   who follows her dreams to become a professional wrestler. Veteran actors Heady 
   (Game of Thrones) and Frost (Hot Fuzz) star as her parents who encourage her 
   to keep going despite facing many adversities. 
         After growing up in a family of wrestlers, Paige wants to be just like her idol,
   The Rock (D. Johnson). She starts out wrestling in her family's wrestling ring in 
   England and tries out for the WWE.
         She flies out to the United States to WWE's version of boot camp and begins 
   to realize that wrestling is harder than it looks. Despite almost giving up, she 
   gets words of encouragement from her trainer (Vaughn) and just wants to make 
   her and her family proud. 
          FwmF may not winning any awards but it's good movie for someone looking
   to be inspired.

 Grade: B+

Feelings

Feelings

      In self advocacy class, we talked about many different feelings and what we can do 

    about those feelings. Here are a few feelings and what causes them.

    1). Angry- Gardeners running the leafblower, arguing with my Dad, vertically videos 

    posted to Youtube, people who abuse animals, rap songs, Know it Alls on Reddit, hearing

    another mass shooter on the news, hitting my knee or foot on a table. 

   2). Sad- Having a loved one/pet die, listening to a sad song on the radio, seeing other

   people living much better life, seeing kids with fancy gadgets that their parents bought

   them (latest Iphone, hoverboards, expensive headphones).

  

   3). Scared- Heights, swimming, getting behind the wheel of a car, going fast in a car, 
   somebodys boxer dog runs towards me, not finding anyone who love me back as much
   as my SO. 

   4). Nervous: cooking over a stove, speaking up in public, striking up a conversation
   with a stranger, using the phone to make my own appointments.

Frozen II

Frozen II

dir: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck

Voice cast: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Sterling K.

Brown & Ciaran Hinds

        When the first Frozen came out, it became a worldwide phenomenon from which many

    parents haven't overcome. The song "Let it Go" became a hit and unfortunate earworm

    which became ingrained in peoples ears. Unfortunately, this sequel doesn't live up to 

    its predecessor. 

          Taking place a few years after the last one, we get a little backstory on Elsa and Anna's

    parents and the area surrounding their kingdom of Arendelle. One night Elsa hears a call

    coming from the woods and sets out on an adventure with her friends to locate it.

          Frozen II's plot felt recycled and tiresome and fails to live up to the hype that the 

    first one set. Most of the songs featured are just forgettable and add nothing to the

    overall story. It's not a bad movie per se, just one not worth plunking down your 

    hard earned cash to go out and see. 

              Grade: C+