I am a great lover of the original 'Death Note' , so I had to watch this.
I liked the characters and the beginning a lot but I also thought it dragged halfway through too.
Not bad even though I personally didnt see a need to remake such a dope movie in the first place!
Made by Netflix , airing on instant streaming August 25th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Washington.
The story : Light is a bright high school student who spends his time doing other peoples school work for cash.
Sitting outside school , writing papers , a strong wind blows in and a book falls from the sky to Lights feet.
He picks it up and hurries for shelter out of the surprise rain storm.
While doing so , Light witnesses a male student being bullied , then a female.
Light steps in but wakes up in the rain with all his work on the ground.
Being found out , Light recieves after school detentions.
As he sits in the detention room unattended, he decides to check out the book.
Thats when he is visited by Ryuk , the one who dropped the book with Light.
He slightly explains what it is and what it can be used for , telling Light to try it out.
Soon Light finds a way to use his new book to many peoples advantage but there is a dangerous curve.
Stars Nat Wolff , Margaret Qualley , Shea Whigham , (voice) Wiliam Dafoe , Jason Liles , Lakeith Stanfield , Paul Nakauchi , Jack Ettlinger , Matthew Kevin Anderson , Chris Britton , Paul McGillion
Directed by Adam Wingard
Not Rated
REMAKE/FANTASY/THRILLER
"So many rules...!"
Released January 21, 2015 in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Miles, an aspiring writer, and lover of wine has big plans for the upcoming week.
His best buddy Jack is getting married to Victoria really soon so Miles is excited about spending a week away with him.
Off into the countryside for some golfing and wine tasting, Miles believes its the best way to spend some quality time with Jack.
But unknown to Miles, Jack has different plans for his last week being single, regardless of Miles or anything he thinks they should do.
Miles doesn't approve, has lots of issues with Jack over his decisions but deals with it all as best he can.
Stars Paul Giamatti , Thomas Haden Church , Jessica Hecht , Marylouise Burke , Virginia Madsen , Sandra Oh , Stephanie Faracy , Alysia Reiner , Patrick Gallagher , Joe Marinelli , Missy Doty
Directed by Alexander Payne
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA
Released August 10th in the US.
Filmed entirely in the UK.
The story: Mrs. Ellen Wheeler is a rich lady who has had some bad luck.
In the past, Ellen was widowed when she was married to Carl who was in a tragic accident.
Now Ellen is remarried to work-a-holic John, spends all her days and nights in the house doing jigsaw puzzles and has her best gal pal Sarah around for comfort - who happens to be having an affair with a married man...
Recently, Ellen has been dealing with bad dreams and sleepless nights.
She looks to John and Sarah for sympathy.
But one night, while not being able to sleep, Ellen sees a dead body in the abandoned house next door.
She flips and begins trying to convince John, Sarah and the police of what she seen.
But without anyone finding any evidence, no one wants to believe Ellen actually seen anything.
Stars Elizabeth Taylor , Laurence Harvey , Billie Whitelaw , Robert Lang , Laon Maybanke , Kevin Colson , Linda Hayden , Bill Dean , Tony Britton , Michael Danvers Walker , David Jackson
Directed by Brian G Hutton
Rated PG
MYSTERY/THRILLER
