SPIDERMAN HOMECOMING (2017); Meet the High School Peter Parker

Funny how Peter Parker keeps getting younger by the years. In the much older Spiderman movies, he was pretty grown up having his own place and job even (not to mention Aunt May is getting younger and hotter too). Well this year he's going to prom in "Spiderman; Homecoming"

Spoiler alert! Peter Parker is a high school kid just trying to prove to Tony Stark that he is eligible to be part of the amazing avenger's. We know the story of how he gets his powers so they didn't bother to bore us with that detail. His attempts to catch bad guys and do good is what makes the movie

Sure there are a number of scenes that may make you question why Stark and the Avenger's don't swoop in to help catch them, but hey that would make the movie shorter and I guess this is Spiderman's shine so... no help! They throw in a little high school love too between Peter and Liz Allan (whom I didn't think acted well and of course the villain is her father, yeah!)

Spidy About to do his spectacle jum

The movie has a great cast including Tom Holland playing the hilarious and hyper spider man pretty well. Even Zendaya makes appearances in the movie so it’s worth the watch.

But personally, I have not enjoyed any other spiderman movies than the three starring Tobey Maguire.

Homecoming grossed over $880 million worldwide, making it the second most successful Spider-Man film and the fourth highest-grossing film of 2017. It received positive reviews, with critics praising the light tone and focus on Parker's high school life, and the performances of Holland and Keaton. A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 5, 2019, can’t wait. Below is a link to the trailer;

Catch us next time again when we review another masterpiece, as always keep it #entertainmentzone247. Merry Christmas to you all and a very marvelous 2018 to you all, Happy Holidays! 

Here’s my Rating Matrix for the 2017 blockbuster;

Premise	Ratings (Out of 10)
Overall Storyline	8
Action/Drama Sequencing	6
Time Factor (Duration)	9
Screenplay & Cinematography	9
Humour	5
Visual Effects & Editing	9
Casting	9.5
Music and soundtracks	9
Makeup and Wardrobe	8.5
Overall Rating	7.2

Review by: Sera Senyaga Kavenuke

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The Intern (2015): Movie Review

If you’ve been in the position of being an intern or a temp in any place well then, you gotta watch this one. I know it’s a 2015 movie (some movie junkies claim to only watch movies or TV shows released in Cinemas only), but c’mon, don’t you still love the Godfather. I must say I found this movie to be not only fun filled but full of startup drama that is indeed exhilarating at the same time.

Well enough of me yip yapping, the cast chemistry was just awesome, with the legendary one and only Robert De Niro playing the Intern and Ann Hathaway playing the e-commerce fashion startup founder and CEO. The story line is simply based on De Niro copying on being accepted as a senior intern and has to work side by side as an assistant to the always working( or rather workaholic)  CEO Jules Ostin (Ann Hathaway) who has to put up with balancing her corporate life with her social and family life. It’s a marvelous tale of modern day welfare, check out the trailer below:

And to finalize things as always, I’ll end with my ratings matrix for the movie:

Premise	Ratings (Out of 10)
Overall Storyline	8.5
Action/Drama Sequencing	9
Time Factor (Duration)	8.5
Screenplay & Cinematography	8
Humour	7.5
Visual Effects & Editing	8
Casting	9.5
Makeup and Wardrobe	8.5
Overall Ratings	8.4

So there you have it, looking for some inspirational movie to relax your busy day/schedule, check out Nancy Meyers’ The Intern. Catch us again when we review the next block buster piece #entertainment247

Ghostbusters 2016, New and Improved OR what!!

So am sure the title “Ghostbusters” is not new to any movie or comic book fan. Well if you grew up in the 80’s and 90’s then you definitely remember the hit movie franchise of 1984, and 1989 by star Bill Murray. Well the ghost busting crew is back and is a new and rather more sophisticated way. Ghostbusters (2016) is a phenomenal reboot of the franchise, this time the crew are some serious nut cracking women (or Ladies if you prefer that). And who better else to crank up this this awesome ladies ghostbusting crew if not Melissa McCarthy and her partners in crime Kristen Wig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones.

The plot was the usual, ghosts attack a city and the crew do their thing, and of course an unexpected casting of Chris Hemsworth as the crew’s secretary just spiced up the comedy. Well enough talk, here’s my usual ratings matrix of the movie and check out the trailer on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6hlkIlGFCI  

Ghostbusters Ratings Matrix:        

Premise	Ratings (out of 10)
Overall Story Line	7.5
Action Sequencing	7
Time Factor	9.5
Screenplay & Cinematography	8.5
Humour	8.5
Visual Effects	8.5
Overall Rating	8.25

So there you have it, check out the movie. OOH did I forget to mention that Bill Murray actually makes an appearance as well. Enjoy, catch me next time when we look at the new Jason Bourne Movie. #entertainmentzone24-7

Captain America: Civil War Introduces African Superhero to the MCU Universe

Am pretty sure we were all very thirsty for the next edition of Captain America after Winter Soldier, and I must say it couldn’t have come at a much better time. Released world-wide, just barely a 4 weeks ago, Civil war has already broken Box office and marvel records, reaching a billion dollars world-wide in barely 3 weeks.

Moving to a more juicy part, well as the title suggests the movie was all about a civil war or rather misunderstanding of ideologies between two very good friends, Captain America himself and Iron Man, this thus divides the avengers into two opposing sides, one siding with Iron Man and the other siding with Captain America. This of course leads to an introduction of some very interesting characters, also superheroes of course, the Hilarious Spider man (A new Peter Parker) and the Wakanda Prince, Black Panther (T’challa) who’s movie will premier in 2017. I must say these two new faces to the avengers’ team was quite something, a very thrilling movie adventure and totally worth seeing, The Russo Brothers really did a very good job of bringing the screenplay to life.

Well let me not spoil the movie too much, here are my ratings for Captain America: Civil War 2016 movie. Enjoy the movie, as always next time, #entertainmentzone24-7.

My Ratings Matrix:

Premise	Ratings (out of 10)
Overall Story Line	9
Action Sequencing	9
Time Factor	9.5
Screenplay & Cinematography	8.5
Humour	8.5
Visual Effects	9
Music and Soundtrack	8.5
Overall	8.86

Hunger Games Mocking Jay: Part II; Pheeeew Finally an Ending

Katniss, Katniss, Katniss, she finally got to storm and face “The district Headquarters” head on. Well as usual, expect some spoilers, but not much, so you still have to watch it, if you planned to. So where do I start, well different form the preceding Hunger Games Movies which were rather more action packed (like more than half of the movie), this one captured a more emotional side of the characters, Katniss’s trust that Peeta would always be on their side. I particularly found the journey to the capital to be very adventure ridden and the capital’s armory was just wooow, some serious fire power action. The best twist for me was that of a meeting between President Snow and Katniss.

The best part of course after the triumph of the districts in overthrowing President Snow was the fairy tale ending of Katniss and Peeta finally been reunited and well the rest you’ll have to find out. Ratings wise, I must say, it started slow but progressed into a more captivating tempo so I give it an overall 8.0/10. Action was quite intriguing, with a 7.0/10, humour well not much but a 6.0/10 will do. Visual effects where flawless at 8.5/10 and the screenplay and cinematography I must admit where quite good too, I will give it a 8.5/10. Enjoy the movie guys, catch me again when we review another blockbuster. #entertainmentzone24/7

Adele: 25 and still amazing

Well she came from chasing pavements, rolling in the deep and now she saying “Hello” to the other side. Adele’s latest record breaking album just can’t seem to take a break from being the internets and UK’s most talked about albums. We do recall she did get like Six Grammys (Was it only six) from her last album, 21 and went on to get an Oscar for her Sky Fall ‘Bond Movie’ soundtrack.  Now here she is at 25 and I must say, well we in for more Grammys from her, with this one. Adele calls it a consolation album, but c’mon, if you’ve heard the album, well it’s much more and the usual Adele ‘touchy emotion’ still stands. And of course, she did just beat N Sync’s record of most albums sold in a week, so you know what that means. 

The discography of songs from Adele’s “25” Album below should give you a clue of what to expect, when you listen to the album.

01.  Hello

02.  Send my love (to your new love) 

03.  I miss you

04.  When  were young

05.  Remedy

06.  Water under the bridge

07.  River lea

08.  Love in the dark

09.  Million years ago

10.   All I ask

11.   Sweetest devotion

To put some humour on to it, even a family guy episode puts in a joke about the album. Brian Griffin reads one of Stewie’s twitter posts “I think we should listen to Adele’s ex-boyfriend’s songs before choosing sides”.  That’s got to tell you about just how intense 25 is, so check it out.

Spectre; Just how Spectacular is the new 007 Movie

Seen the latest Bond Movie yet? Well if you haven’t, then you’re in for some spoilers, but that shouldn’t hold you back from eventually watching it. The new 007 Movie “Spectre” well on average, was a little bit disappointing (and I watched it in IMAX by the way) Why? Well main reason being I expected more or rather a bit too much from 007. Looking back at Skyfall, of which Spectre is actually a continuation well am sure a bond fanatic would agree with me that Skyfall was more action packed and the story line, just full of surprises. Now I understand why even the former Bond star, Brosnan was skeptical with the new 007 movie.

First things first, the one we always anticipate in an action movie, the ‘villain’ who in this case was played by the one and only Christoph Waltz (I must say they really didn’t use his role to the fullest); the villain was not as intriguing as the one from Skyfall, and he rather got beat too easily if I may put it that way. Bautista’s role however was a killer one and he actually lightened up the movie for me very much especially that car chase, felt like I was watching Fast 8 for a moment.

In overall the movie was alright, but not too impressive so I will give it a 6.5 rating average. As for the cinematography and visual effects, well that lived up to the 007 movies standards, so it’s a 8.5, humour well it was alright, a 7 will do.

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