Enola Holmes (spoiler free) review

With a cast like Enola Holmes has, you expect great things and it did not disappoint. 

Enola Holmes was added to Netflix this week, so thought I would give it a watch. 

Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) is Sherlock (Henry Cahill) and Mycroft's (Sam Claflin) lesser known sister who on her 16th birthday finds her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) missing. Enola decides to enlist the help of Sherlock and Mycroft to find her mother, which ends in Enola running away to London and meeting Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge), a young lad also running away. 

Of course with a name like Holmes, mystery ensues and Enola proves to be quite the detective. 

Interestingly, when I working last summer this film was being filmed where I was working so I was interested to see if I would be able to recognise any of the locations. 

When Enola is at the train station to meet Sherlock and Mycroft, this is Arley train station which I know well. Also, when Enola runs away to London, this is filmed at Kidderminster train station, part of Severn Valley Railway, where I was working! 

I enjoyed this film, it was quite clever. I also liked the twist at the end, which I didn't guess. This is unusual for me, as I watch a lot of programmes with twists and turns so I am used to guessing correctly. 

Definitely recommend, as it is a nice and easy watch, especially at the moment. 

Making a Murderer Review

One of my favourite genres of TV shows are crime dramas, fictional and reality, so when I saw a trailer for Netflix's new series 'Making a Murderer' I was very intrigued and couldn't wait for the whole series to be released (one of the best things about Netflix!).

The story focuses on a man, Steven Avery, who in 1985 was wrongfully convicted of a rape that he did not commit and spent 18 years in prison before being released based on DNA evidence. While Avery is suing the county for wrongfully convicting him and holding a personal vendetta against him, he is once again arrested for the murder of a woman, Teresa Halbach. This time he is not alone and his nephew is arrested for assisting with the murder.
The series follows their story and trial.

I have included whether they were found guilty or not, so if you don't want to know, stop reading now!

Throughout the series, I really struggled to decide how I felt that the case would go and whether I thought that Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey were guilty. That is, until I got to the episodes of the trial where I felt that the trial was truly biased and although, there wasn't much evidence they were both still found guilty.
When I finished the series, all I felt was sadness. It was sad that these two people may not have committed the crime and yet they were sentenced to spend their lives in prison. Aswell, I felt sad for the Halbach family, who lost a daughter, sister and had to be dragged through this controversy when all they probably wanted was to see her murderer pay for what they did without all the mystery surrounding the trial and investigation.

I really enjoyed this documentary as it was a really good insight into what happens in court and the impact crime can have, not only on the people involved, but also the community surrounding them.

The Indiana Jones Quadrilogy

I've always wanted to watch the Indiana Jones films because they're iconic and classic films and they are classics for a reason! I've seen the most recent film from 2008 before but hadn't seen the others. When I saw that they were all being shown on BBC1 on Saturday evenings I decided to watch them all.

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
This is a good start to a franchise and I can see why people love these films so much! This film is set in 1936 and Indiana Jones (Indy) is an Archaelogist Professor who searches for ancient artifacts all over the world in his spare time. In this film he goes up against a group of Nazis who are looking for the Ark of the Covenant. This film is so fabulous with the music and action. You can see why this film is still so popular and loved today!

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
This film was definitely my favourite as it was so dark and not what I would expect. This film is a prequel and is set in 1935. The storyline is Indy crossing some Chinese gangsters and in the midst taking a woman with him on his adventures. There's also a young Chinese boy that comes along with them. After escaping and landing in India Indy is asked by a small village to find a mystical stone and the village's children from a cult. This is definitely the best of the collection, the story line is so interesting and there's a lot of elements that you wouldn't expect from a Indiana Jones film. Although, I did find the female lead annoying in this film compared to the others.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
This film wasn't as violent as the previous films but the story line made up for the lack of action. This film explains the reason why Indy has become an archaeologist which is a fun opening scene! The third film is a sequel to the first and is based in 1938 where Indy's father has been getting closer to finding the Holy Grail, which he has been searching for all his life. He gets too close and gets kidnapped by Nazi's in order to make him help them find the Holy Grail. Indy starts to look for his father and winds up finding him and together they try to find the Holy Grail without letting the Nazi's get their hands on it. This film has a fabulous scene towards the end where Indy has to pass some tests in order to reach the Holy Grail. I loved the dynamic of father and son in this film although Sean Connery's voice can get a little irritating.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
I've seen this film a few times before watching it again after seeing all the other films in the franchise. Rather than being set in the 1930's, this film is set in the 1950's and in the first opening scenes there are various references to the time such as The Roswell Incident and a Nuclear bomb. I liked how this story line focused on something that has a lot of mystery surrounding it as it explains The Roswell Incident and the other aliens that came along and created a underground world. They posessed alot of power that the Russians want access to. Indy is contacted by a young guy whose mother knew him once. Without giving too much away there's a good little twist there. This film is slated and has not done as well as the others in the franchise but I love it and think it fits quite nicely along with the other films.

Chelsey :) x

June's films

Spy

I loved this film and really enjoyed it, I wrote about this film in a previous blogpost so go look it up!

Wet Hot American Summer

This film has a Netflix TV series coming out this year so I decided to watch the film when I saw it had been added to Netflix in prep for the TV show. It has a pretty good cast of Paul Rudd (who i'm excited to see as Ant-man) and Amy Poehler (who I worship) amongst others so I knew it was going to be funny. The film is based around the workers at an American Summer camp where it is the last day of camp and they are all making the most of their time together before the exciting Talent Show to end their time at camp.The film had its funny elements and it was a bit like a spoof, as everything happened in one day and it was ALOT! I would watch the film again and i'm looking forward to the series but it could have been funnier.

Kill Your Darlings

I'm not really sure how I feel about this movie. I really liked it but at the same time I found it to be abit boring and dragged out unnecessarily. The film is based on true events that happened to a group of poets and how a death and the aftermath affected both their lives and their writing. I don't think I would watch it again but I did enjoy it. I loved the acting and the actors, so it was worth watching just for that!

Those are the films of June

Chelsey :) x

Spy Review (No Spoilers)

This film was something I wanted to see from the minute I saw the trailer. The cast was perfect and included Melissa McCarthy and Miranda Hart, two of my favourite people and the film was written by Paul Feig, who wrote Bridesmaids and The Heat, which are some of my favourite films that never fail to make me laugh.

The film is based on a woman who works in the basement of the CIA with an agent who is out in the field. Something happens that leads her to be needed out in the field as the enemy (Rose Byrne) knows all of the top CIA agents. Obviously there's lots of things that go wrong and they play up with McCarthy's image and turns her into a crazy cat lady amongst other identities.
Here's the trailer for those who aren't familiar with the film:

This film was everything I dreamed of and more! It was fabulous, and so funny. Jason Statham stole the show as he basically mocked himself and all his roles in action films. The film had a couple of brilliant cameos, and all the characters were so entertaining and funny. I would definitely recommend this film and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it many times!

Chelsey :) x

May's Movies

These are the films I have watched in May :)

They came together (2014)

I LOVED this film! I happened to come across this film on Netflix and I love Amy Poehler so thought I would give it a watch! This film starts off with a couple (the one on the film poster) telling some friends about how they ended up together. Their story is basically a spoof of all romantic comedies. It's really obvious with the way they mimic the genre but I thought it was hilarious. I love romantic comedies but they do seem to follow the same storyline without a lot changing between films so it was refreshing to watch this film. 

Hot tub time machine (2010)

I've wanted to watch this film for ages because it looked quite funny and it seemed like a good cast. The film is about a group of friends who come together after one of them ends up in hospital. They decide to go on holiday to this place they used to go to as teenagers. Once there, they get into the hot tub and something happens that ends up with them being in the 80's where they must make sure that the youngest (John Cusack's characters nephew) gets born. This film was weird because I did enjoy it but I just didn't find it funny. I will probably watch the sequel when it comes out later this year, but purely to see if the sequel will be funny. 

Star Wars Episode 1,2 & 3

I've always wanted to watch the Star Wars films. I am a big fan of sci-fi films and I can remember watching the first 2 films when I was younger but I don't really remember a lot. I decided that now I have finished Uni and have no more work to do I would finally watch them! I can't believe I have waited this long, they are amazing! The prequel films focus mainly on the Jedi's fight against the dark side to keep balance. This is through different battles throughout the three films. We are introduced to the characters in the original trilogy and their back story such as, Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I decided to watch the films this way around so I could understand the back story of the characters when I watch the original trilogy which will probably be very soon!

Serial Mom

Serial Mom was something I saw on Netflix and I thought it looked like something I would enjoy. It was perfect, this film was funny but dramatic in the right balance! The film is about the perfect normal mother in the suburbs who is also a serial killer. Anyone that annoys her or upsets her family, they will be dead soon, such as the woman who doesn't recycle. I really enjoyed this film and was pleasantly surprised at how funny it was! I loved it, if you like films that are abit gorey but funny you'll love this!

Chelsey :) x

The Netflix Tag

Thank you to Leighlee for tagging me to do the Netflix tag :) Netflix is something I literally cannot live without. I love it and think everyone should have it so when I saw the Netflix tag I knew I had to do it! So, lets go!


All time favourite
My all time favourite TV show probably has to be Dexter. I loved Dexter. It focuses on a guy who is a serial killer but works at the police station. He only kills bad people who are themselves murderers or criminals. Although you know he is a serial killer in disguise you can't help but love him and understand why he does what he does. The acting by all is brilliant and there's lots of twists and turns in the show. I would definitely recommend this show to anyone that likes murdery programmes, with drama and comedy throughout!
My all time favourite film is either Hercules, the Disney classic or They Came Together. I have reviewed They Came Together in my May movies post which will be coming soon but it is hilarious! Hercules is my favourite because it's such a feel good movie and no matter how many times I have seen the film I can still watch it probably daily!

Current addiction
I am not currently watching anything on Netflix as I have just finished 3rd Rock From The Sun. That is a comedy series that focuses on a family of aliens that have been sent to Earth to learn about humans. It features a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt and John Lithgow (who is also in Dexter). It is so funny to see them learn the human ways and them pointing out the little flaws we have. I loved it and am now trying to find something new to watch so any recommendations would be appreciated!

Wish list
My wish list would be for Netflix to have all the Disney films and all Marvel and DC films, including the animated ones which I am loving at the moment! With TV shows, I would love to see One Tree Hill on there and Entourage, which I am currently watching but have to buy the DVDs to watch!

Pet peeve
I don't really have a pet peeve with Netflix other than sometimes TV shows and films are repeated in categories and will be recommended to me even though they're already in my list.

Marathon essentials
These have to be snacks, somewhere comfy to sit and comfy clothes. That is all I need to binge watch Netflix!

Whats on your watch list?
There are too many things on my watch list, which is slightly concerning but I am slowly making my way through the list!

You should watch
-Daredevil
-Orange is the new black

I now tag
Gemma, Dani and Zoe

Chelsey :) x