Review-Baby Driver

Baby Driver is the newest film from director Edgar Wright, whose brought us such movies as Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. The movie focuses on Baby (Ansel Elgort), a young getaway driver that constantly listens to music to offset an injury that he got as a kid. He is trying to work off a debt he owes to crime boss Doc (Kevin Spacey) so he can get out of that lifestyle. As Baby's future seems brighter as he meets a waitress named Debora (Lily James), his criminal life is not so easy to escape. With the arrival of the psychotic Bats (Jamie Foxx), greed and instability spreads throughout the crew. Can Baby escape his criminal past or will it take him and others down? I would definitely recommend checking this film out to find that out. Baby Driver is an amazing film that get you going from start to finish. The movie has a hyperkinect mix of action and comedy that has elements of Pulp Fiction and Drive mixed into it.  It also has a Bonnie and Clyde touch with the characters Buddy and Darling(Jon Hamm and Eiza Gonzalez). The performances are very good and has different layers to it. The soundtrack is amazing good and is the heartbeat of this film. You will want to buy the soundtrack after you watch it. Edgar Wright has proven that can pull off different genres before and does it again here.  With all this pieces beautifully balance, Baby Driver is great entry into the bank heist film genre.

Rating: 9.7 out f 10

Review-Wonder Woman(2017)

Wonder Woman is a live action movie adaptation based on the same character in from DC Comics. The movie focuses on Diana(Gal Gadot), princess of the Amazons, and her journey from her homeland to a new world. The Amazons is a race of trained warrior women that lives on an island that is hidden from the outside world (the first fifteen minutes will explain that backstory). Their island becomes exposed as a plane carrying WWII pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes into their waters. Diana rescues him and vows to help him return to England to end the war. She believes the war was started by Ares, the god of war. Also, they are trying to stop Dr Manu(Elena Anaya) and Nazi general Ludendorff (Danny Huston) from developing a bomb that would wipe out millions of people. I loved the movie and I thought Gadot's performance was amazing. She gave Diana so much depth in her actions and facial expressions. She makes you feel every emotion and it draws you in. The rest of the cast(especially Chris Pine) was very good as well. The movie flows very well and you barely notice the running time(which is at two hours and twenty one minutes). The one issue I had was certain characters did not have that much depth or explanation to them but that is a small point compared to the whole picture. There is a theme of "you can do anything you set your mind to" that should resonate with audiences. I would definitely recommend this movie for anyone to watch.

Rating: 9.0 out of 10