Taha Gulamhusein

Spoilers! This is another great solo entry for Marvel since the events of Infinity War. Shang-Chi is a hero trained in martial arts since he was a child. This role is played by Simu Liu. Awkawfina plays Kate, Shang-Chi’s friend and sidekick for the movie. The chemistry between these two characters was good and was the backbone to a lot of the humor in this movie as well. There are a number of great actors playing great roles. Many with great martial art skills and different techniques which were all showcased very well. This was complemented also with great action scenes from the main character also, but not only. Both Shang-Chi’s parents are portrayed well and their action scenes were also great and unique with interesting scenery to add to everything. The story is good and the visuals were great as well as we get to see Ta Lo and a great deal of interesting mythical creatures. The movie establishes Shang-Chi as the newest avenger, but it barely notes anything Marvel, and it is a great solo character entry. With that said, there’s just enough acknowledgement to the MCU that will excite some and will assure us that he will be back.

Creulla movie is an origin story for Cruella De Vil starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. Emma Stone plays the role of Cruella/Estella and carries the film along with her 2 friends. The movie is fun and has a lot of color and flair and brings light to a character who had no story. Estella/Cruella is an orphan who finds a few friends and learns to live with them as a thief. She has a passion for fashion and lands a job with the Baroness, played by Emma Thompson.During this role, she learns who she really is. She discovers why and how she became an orphan. She learns that the death of the mother was not an accident and the truth about her mother and the baroness. All this is revealed through the story in an interesting way and we the audience see Emma Stone’s character Estella change and embrace a new identity, Cruella De Vil. I enjoyed the scenes when Cruella is besting the Baroness and watching Estella finding herself and who she is. The scenes where she enters the parties and reveals herself are fun and colorful and very well done. Fun to watch and a good movie overall.

This is a movie based on a true African American jazz piano player, Don Shirley and his music tour in the deep American south in the early 1960’s (1962). Don Shirley, played by Mahershala Ali hires a guide, Tony Lip Vallelonga, played by Viggo Mortenson to guide him around cities and drive him from destination to destination for his shows. Tony is an italian American working jobs as muscle in night clubs and he reluctantly takes this job after his first meeting with Don. The two have completely different upbringings and backgrounds. However, during their trip between cities the two of them develop a friendship and Tony learns to appreciate Don’s music, and his struggle as an African American jazz artist who loves classical music. Don also learns from Tony about the simple values of life. OVerall, this is a simple story of two different people who seem like an unusual couple, but during their journey they learn from each other and learn to appreciate each other. The development of this friendship is fun to watch. The movie also deals with Don Shirley's struggle as a classical musician, who is playing jazz because this is what is expected from him, from his record company, and from people in general. However, his true passion is in classical music. I am not a huge piano fan, however it was a lot of fun watching Don play and seeing the kind of skill people have on the piano. These scenes really added more fun to this already light and fun movie.

Can’t post 0 stars, so this review gets an undeserving 1 star. Kid swears in every sentence and it’s not even funny . Mother totally encourages this kid to use foul language and be disrespectful to everyone he sees. Just the way a kid should be raised!!(jokijng) Really feel that the good guys are pretty nasty and just a disgrace. Movie has no story and just uses an amazing amount of swears to try to be funny. Doesn’t work!! Disappointing considering there was potential with the story, maybe... did I expected more from the actors involved, definitely

This 4 season series has a great idea to build from. Essentially, the show is about the last man on Earth. I thought this show would focus a lot on how this happened, and how Phil (Tandy) Miller handled his first few days living on earth alone. HOwever, the first episode has a montage of Phil travelling through the United States searching for other life and picking up a few valuable items along the way. The show essentially starts with Tandy deciding that he would live out his life in Tucson, and drink his way to his own depression and death. Just as Tandy is about to give up, he finally meets someone. And just like that, after one episode, the last man on earth, was no longer the last man of earth. Strange?? With the first episode, you start to feel for Tandy and emphasize with him. Then, when Carol is introduced you see Tandy’s true colors and the empathy I once had, turns to pity. Tandy seems to be nothing more than a man driven by the need for sex. As he meets more people, he constantly is looking for ways to engage with them sexually. And despite being the only man out of then 4 people, he is still just not appealing to anyone. This again, I think, is duly due to the fact that this once okay character reveals his sexual deviance. Even when other men are introduced, Tandy’s immediate reaction is to eliminate the other men, in order for him to have a better chance to engage sexually with the few women left. So season one continues like this and seems to have taken a good idea, and wasted it by having the main character as some sexual deviant. HOwever, after the first season, Tandy starts to become a decent guy and as the story continues, his goal of engaging sexually with everyone becomes less and less. He starts to appreciate Carol and he starts to engage in real relationships with the other remaining people. There are certainly some great relations and great fun moments watching Tandy grow into a decent person. Yes, there are a few odd moments and characters that come and go. Some for just a moment, like one or two episodes. Like the Mexican cartel drug lady’s house in which the group lived for a while. And some character that came and went for a few more episodes, like Mike and Jasper. Overall, after the first season upset, the show gets a lot better. The group becomes interesting and more relatable. I did enjoy seeing relations build during the 4 seasons. I would be happy to see a fifth season and learn what happens to the group and the 4th season ended on a cliffhanger. So if season 5 ever comes, get ready!

This sequel includes the same characters and cast as the first movie and a few new characters as well. There are a lot of big names in the movie including Eddie Murphy, James Earl Jones, Wesley Snipes, Arsenio Hall, Tracy Morgan, and more. There were also appearances from a few 90’s singers like Salt-n-Pepa. However, I didn’t enjoy any of the characters too much except for Jermaine Fowler, who played the role of Akeem’s (Eddie Murphy) son. The characters did not have enough depth and the jokes were not to my liking. I did, however, enjoy the colors, music, and upbeat feeling that the movie had. This is even more so during the scenes in Zumanda. I feel that there was potential for this movie to be better and I don’t think this sequel lives up to the original. s

This is a horror or thriller movie about a couple vacationing in Thailand who wake up one morning with no memory of the night before. They discover a tape that shows the husband, played by Luke Hemsworth killing and burying his wife, played by Maggie Q. The idea behind the story is interesting, but I found the way it was told was far too unreal to enjoy. The idea that everyone is conspiring against this couple is just too unbelievable. And as a result, I felt disappointed that all the characters have dark secrets, and no-one has any good intentions towards this innocent couple. Just seems too strange to be true. Maybe if the backstory of the town and their ritual was better explored it would make fornmore, but this is not the case. This feeling of disappointment with the characters begins right at the beginning of the movie when the couple realizes that they have woken up with no memory, and this does not seem to bother them at all. If both people blackout that bad, wouldn’t one of them suspect something strange immediately? I just assumed that the couple were very bad alcoholics? This movie was overall very hard to finish watching and I will admit that I did not have as much interest in the ending of the movie, as I just lost interest even before the halfway mark of this movie.

This is another Creed movie, but it also brings a lot of the Rocky movies in it as well. This one continues from what happens in Rocky 4, where Rocky goes to fight Ivan Drago in Russia after Drago fights and kills Apollo Creed, father of Creed. Now Drago's son is a fighter and he tests Creed's son for his newly won belt. The first challenge sees Creed lose quickly and drastically and he takes the fight with little training and support. After the loss, he gains support and strength from his family and coach, Rocky, and they train for a rematch where Creed is much more prepared for the fight. The movie was good, but it does not stand up to the Rocky movies even though they have so much in common. In this case, I find the originally Rocky stories to still be better, however this was still fun to watch.

*SPOILERS This is a comedy and drama about a teenager, Trevor and his journey. Trevor has a disability and is in a wheelchair and he needs someone to care for him to do the basic day to day activities. His caregiver Ben, played by Paul Rudd befriends the teenager and he is able to convince Trevor , and his mother, to go for a week long trip to see a few sites, including and ending with a large pit. The story is about the bond the two of them develop and the story of how Trevor goes outside his comfort zone and discovers and explores new things that are normal for many people. Throughout the story, Ben also learns to deal with a loss and move on from it in this journey. This movie has a light mix of funny, happy, and sad all in one and is an easy and quick fun viewing.

This movie stars Will Ferrell in a different role than I expect from him. However this works well in this unique movie. It is about a very predictable, boring, IRS worker who begins to hear a voice in his head, who happens to be narrating his life. On the other side, there is an author who is writing a story about this same man. The author and the main character of this movie meet and this is what the story is generally about. It is a very unique idea and Will Ferrell plays the role well. Dennis Hoffman also has a good role as a doctor who helps arrange the meeting of these two characters in this story. Overall, I was very pleased by the interesting and unique story. The main character is very likeable and makes the movie.