Bridget Jones's Baby

Jean, This is the third entry in the Bridget Jones movie franchise. This one is a big improvement over the second in the series. It  has a number of very ,very funny scenes . The film may be a little too long but Renee Zellweger is back on her game. She also looks great. Also it stars  are Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey  but no Hugh Grant. Emma Thompson shows up as a surprisingly funny obstetrician , with a sharp tongue and is quite judgmental.   She is  listed as a co-writer for the film.  On  a number of scenes,  you have to watch the "background" to get the full impact of the humor which at times is too funny. Several scenes take place in a church full of people, which these English films do so well. Dad

The previews were:

Arrival
Lion
Rules Don't Apply
The Girl On The Train

Sully

Jean, This is the Clint Eastwood no-nonsense almost documentary telling of the "Miracle on the Hudson". That passenger jet water landing of January 2009. But it is more than that as through flash-backs and even dream sequences we relive not only the plane landing into the Hudson but the pilot's second guessing even himself. It stars Tom Hanks as Sully, Aaron Eckhart as his co-pilot Jeff  Skiles and Laura Linney as his wife. All the actors especially Hanks do an excellent job. The scenes of the actual landing into the freezing January waters are just stunning. The NTSB investigators come into the picture as something like the villains.  The film seems to waste nothing at 96 minutes.  Dad

P.S. The previews were:

American Pastoral
Rules Don't Apply
Loving
Manchester By The Sea

The Light Between Oceans

Jean, This is a beautifully photographed, very romantic, melodrama. It has two attractive stars, a wild and stormy lighthouse setting and the period of the 1920's with the right costumes and little village setting. The lighthouse is actually on the coast of New Zealand has f photographed like maybe David Lean might do it. It is a very entertaining film, but you might have questions about the use of happenstance, the moral questions that it raises about the baby who is washed ashore near the lighthouse. Still one of the most romantic films I have seen in quite a while, along with some quite weepy moments.  Dad


P.S. The previews were:

Sully
Billy Lynn's Long Half Time Walk
The Hollars