April 2019: The Movie List Series

*Synopsis from IMDb

04-09-19

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Rating: 4.8/5

Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Synopsis: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives.

Cast:  Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw

Director: Rob Marshall

I fell in love with Emily Blunt in Devil Wear’s Prada but in Mary Poppins, she made me want to marry her. I mean her performance is so spot on I wondered why she didn’t win any big awards for it. Animation and Story line is also good and the cinematography as well. Well worth it.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) 

Rating: 3.8/5

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Synopsis: A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread and an army of mice.

Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightly, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren

Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnson

It was okay for me. I mean maybe I shouldn’t have watched it after Mary Poppins because of the hype it gave me but yeah. It was okay

04-14-09

Second Act (2018)

Rating: 3.9/5

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Synopsis: A big box store worker reinvents her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini

Director: Peter Segal

04-16-09

Shazam! (2019)

Rating: 3.8/5

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson’s case, by shouting out one word- SHAZAM- this streetwise fourteen-year-old foster kid can turn into the grown-up superhero Shazam. 

Cast: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel

Director: David F. Sandberg

A superhero movie.

24-04-19

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Rating: 4.5/5

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Synopsis: As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission that finds the Ant-Man fighting alongside The Wasp to uncover secrets from their past. 

Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña

Director: Peyton Reed

Captain Marvel (2019)

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Synopsis: Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.

Cast: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn

Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

25-04-19

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Rating: 5/5

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Synopsis: After devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe.

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo