Spiderman: Far from Home

In this Peter Parker goes on a trip to Europe with his classmates and some attacks are made from creatures known as the Elementals. Peter has a crush on Zendaya. It's interesting how she is made out to be plain here when she is really a gorgeous actress.Jake Gyllenhaal plays one good villain here. He used to be an employee for Tony Stark so he's kind of disgruntled. I love how the italian diva Mina is featured on a track here.

Spiderman: Homecoming

I'm watching all of the Tom Holland Spiderman movies so I can watch the new one in the theatres. In this one Peter Parker is under the guidance of Tony Stark (Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr.) He's immature though and new to the game. Michael Keaton plays the bad guy and he does the job well. He sells dangerous weapons and there comes a conflict when Peter realizes he is related to the girl he currently has a crush on. I think Michael Keaton's character is more complex than the usual villain. This was a good beginning to the trilogy.

Project Hail Mary

This was the best movie I saw in the theatres this year. Ryan Gosling is one of the most handsome talented male actors in the industry today. This is about a junior high teacher who is trapped alone on a space mission. He meets an alien he calls Rocky who is facing his own problems. The two become pals. Their friendship is cute and so is in the ending. This should get a lot of Academy award nominations and I hope it's not forgotten just because it was early in the year.

Masters of the Universe

This was a fun movie to see in theatres. I thought the movie started out boring with having He-Man's childhood showed in Eternia. After that was over it got fun. I enjoyed He-Man trying to explain his past life to his friends and them all thinking he was delusional. Eventually the discovery of a sword helps him back in Eternia. He rescues the people from the evil Skeletor and I could tell that Jared Leto had fun playing this role. In The Sheep Detectives, the actor Nicholas Galitzine played a plain looking guy. He is far from being plain in his role as He-Man. So he is versatile and I imagine that he will have a long career in Hollywood. I've never watched the cartoon show He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. That is now on my list of shows to watch. I hope this gets a sequel as some things weren't resolved but it bombed at the box office.

Supergirl

This wasn't great but I don't think it's as bad as people say it is. It was a good popcorn movie. Also it's annoying to see people on the internet call Milly Alcock ugly because she is far from that. I read a couple of Supergirl comics from the 1950s in my early 20's. She was a wholesome character. It's interesting how she has changed into a drunk over time. In this movie she helps a girl who wants to seek venegeance on the people who killed her family. The movie is just as much about her as supergirl. It's intriguing to see how much Jason Momoa has changed from Baywatch. He plays tough guys now. This is the type of movie better to be seen on the screen.

Never open that door

I watched a movie recently from Argentine director Carlos Hugo Christensen If I should die before I wake. I decided to watch another of his. Again he based his movie on the writings of noir writer Cornell Woolrich. In this movie there are two stories. In one a man's sister is a gambler and is being harassed. After she kills herself, he takes matters into his own hands. In the second story a blind mother must come to terms with the fact that the son who she hasn't seen in a while is a criminal. She has to debate whether it is best to turn him in or not. Argentine cinema is rarely discussed for some reason. It's a shame and there are so few movies subtitled from them too.

The man who had his hair cut short

This Belgian film made it on someone's 1001 Films you must see before you die list. I thought it was ok but it wouldn't be on my list. It's about a schoolteacher who obsesses over a student so much that he changes professions. He runs into her years later and she asks him to shoot her. Later he spirals down so much he in put in a mental hospital. I think this is a good movie about obsession how it can mess with the reality of life and particularly of the person of your obsession. The girl he had a crush on isn't innocent at all. In fact she is connected to a corpse he saw just a few days before meeting her again. I think there are many European gems that were made in the past that have gotten lost in time. Thank goodness for youtube.