The Magic Faraway Tree

This was a so so children's movie. It was based on Enid Blyton's novels. The first of the series was written in 1939. I think that the problem with this movie is that there is too much of a need to make the fantasy world hip for modern viewers. If it was more old fashioned maybe it would have been better. Andrew Garfield and his wife move out into the country to grow tomatoes. He brings his kids who are disgruntled about leaving technology behind and moving to the middle of nowhere. They discover a fantasy world in the forest. The villain was underdeveloped. I think more time should have been spent on that. I put an interlibrary loan on a book from Enid Blyton. I'm curious about the series this was based on. Still it's not the worst movie I've seen in the theatre this year.

The End of Oak Street

In this movie dinosaurs meet 1982 suburbia. Anne Hathaway plays a mother who is frustrated with her marriage to Ewan McGregor. She is secretly writing a novel in the basement. I thought that Anne Hathaway did a really good job. The ending seems like a typical happy ending but there's more going on. It's pretty dark just read up on it. This movie didn't match the expectations I had for it. I thought it was just ok.

Young Washington

This was an ok historical film about George Washington fighting during the French and Indian war. I thought this would flop but actually it's done well at the box office. Maybe there is a market for historical movies after all. I think the fact that it opened around July 4th helped.

Spiderman: No way Home

I thought this was the worst Tom Holland Spiderman movie but it was still worth a watch. In the movie people find out Peter Parker;s identity as Spiderman. He gets help from Doctor Strange but the spell they make goes wrong. The best part of the movie was when the other two spidermen Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield come to help things out. The movie ends on a sad note but at the same time you know they are ready for a sequel.

Peter Ibbetson

This was included in the 1001 you must see before you die list. It was ok but it wouldn't have made my cut. It was based on George Du Maurier's novel. It's about a man who falls in love with a married woman and kills her husband. She was his childhood love. When he's in prison things take a supernatural course. Ann Harding and Gary Cooper do a good job. 3/5

Practical Magic

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman play witches who accidentally kill Nicole's boyfriend. A policeman (Aidan Quinn) comes into town to investigate which complicates things. This wasn't that good but I'm still going to see the sequel. Dianne Weist and Stockard Channing do a good job playing their aunts who help sort out the mess.

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.