Midnight Special

Jean, This is a movie with a lot of misdirection. You come upon a little boy being hustled off at night by two men. The plot moves seem to support one scenario and then "wait a minute." The little boy actor could not be better in his role. The adults are uniformly excellent including Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard . Most enjoyable is Adam Driver as the PhD Child Psychologist who "understands" the little guy. Some one said that Spielberg would love this movie. I think that is the case including the big finale that is not a disappointment.  Dad

The previews were:

Deep Water Horizon

Free State of Jones

The Jungle Book (3D)

Jean, Wow, this is a big, gorgeous, enthralling movie. The plot is much more than you would expect. And it draws you into a world of trees and rivers and animals. It starts where Avatar left off. Jon Favreau, the director has his hand on all the knobs in this one. It may be too dark and intense for some of the little ones in some scenes, for example, the tiger has a battle with the black panther. The voices are so well done such as Bill Murray as the bear. What is worth of the price of admission alone is Christopher Walken as the the talking and singing voice of King Louis , the leader of all the monkeys in what looks like the temples at Angkor Wat. It is a stroke of genius using that voice. I do not think anyone will be disappointed. Our audience applauded at the end of the movie.  Dad

P. S. In the closing credits, "The Jungle Book"  book pages are turned and they are "pop-up pages" wherein as the names are shown, the pop-ups come to life and continue action of certain of their scenes. It is very cleverly done.

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The previews were:

Ice Age:Collusion Course
The Secret Life of Pets
The Angry Bird Movie
The Wild Life
Pete's Dragon
Alice:Through The Looking Glass