Tom Cruise stars as Jack Reacher, ex Major in the Military Police. He calls himself ex, but he is still involved covertly while living a vagabond life. When he calls in to Maj. Susan Turner (Colbie Smulders) to pay her a Deep Throat type visit, they are both accused of military law violations. They go on the run to avoid not only the law, but a covert assassin hunting them down.
There's always a weakness to exploit - here's it's a teenaged girl, who may or may not be Jack's daughter. Jack and Susan grab her and take her along to New Orleans for good measure. Along the way they become a little family, with Mom and Dad arguing who should go to work and who should stay home with the kids.
Tom Cruise doesn't change much, and after he changed clothes, he's wearing the exact same Top Gun outfit 30 years later. He even has the same facial cuts as in Mission Impossible and Collateral.
A good popcorn shoot-em-up. His version of Taken. * * * of 5
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
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Black Sheep (1996)
This is today's Facebook meme - How has 2016 gone so far?
Another movie I seemed to have missed in the 90s - won't do it again
Upcoming movies - November and December
Rules Don't Apply - directed by Warren Beatty - a Hollywood and Vine story
Fantasic Beasts - more from J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter Version 8
More Star Wars - Rogue One - December 16 - get your tickets now!
The Girl on the Train
I have been looking forward to this movie for some time, since I found out that the plot of the book by Paula Hawkins reminded my Gypsy friend of my book Hideaway (available on Amazon). So I organized a big outing to see the movie this weekend.
Emily Blunt plays Rachel, who is drinking and depressed after divorcing Tom. She has become unemployed so she fakes going to work and rides the train to and from some central location. As she rides by her and Tom's old home, she recognizes not only Tom and his new wife Anna but also two neighbors, Megan and her husband/boyfriend.
As she fantasizes about Megan's life, she begins to find out more about her. But the plan backfires when Megan turns up missing and Rachel is found to be a little too close and familiar with Megan.
It's a complicated plot and so I'll say that the movie follows the book pretty well. Directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, Winter's Bone) there's a tendency to go for the dramatic shot whenever possible.
Not sure if that helps or hurts here.
The cinematography is set to evoke a fall/winter bleakness to match the characters. Originally set in London, it's moved her to New York for no other reason than to appeal to American audiences.
A good mystery, somewhat dark. Easy to compare to Gone Girl which had a similar missing girl plot (but the mystery was solved that much sooner in that movie).
* * * * of 5
Emily Blunt plays Rachel, who is drinking and depressed after divorcing Tom. She has become unemployed so she fakes going to work and rides the train to and from some central location. As she rides by her and Tom's old home, she recognizes not only Tom and his new wife Anna but also two neighbors, Megan and her husband/boyfriend.
As she fantasizes about Megan's life, she begins to find out more about her. But the plan backfires when Megan turns up missing and Rachel is found to be a little too close and familiar with Megan.
It's a complicated plot and so I'll say that the movie follows the book pretty well. Directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, Winter's Bone) there's a tendency to go for the dramatic shot whenever possible.
Not sure if that helps or hurts here.
The cinematography is set to evoke a fall/winter bleakness to match the characters. Originally set in London, it's moved her to New York for no other reason than to appeal to American audiences.
A good mystery, somewhat dark. Easy to compare to Gone Girl which had a similar missing girl plot (but the mystery was solved that much sooner in that movie).
* * * * of 5
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