Friday 7 December 2018

110th Blog Post - Mary Poppins Returns

The world's favourite nanny is returning to the screens, 54 years after Walt Disney's classical film.

Jane and Michael have grown up, and when the family needs help, who should fly onto the scene but Mary Poppins as she looks after Michael's children, bringing fun, joy and magic back to Cherry Tree Lane.

Running time: 130 minutes

Cast:
Emily Blunt
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Colin Firth
Meryl Streep

Dick Van Dyke (the only actor from the original, unless Julie Andrews has used her original Mary Poppins magic to sneak in somewhere)

Grab your tickets while you can, before they blow away.

I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court

It's A Wonderful Life Returns

No Christmas film collection is complete without It's A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed.

The classical 1946 tells the story of a man who discovers the meaning of Christmas.

Running time: 126 minutes

The film will be seen from the 21st till Christmas Eve.

I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

No Christmas is complete without a reference to The Nutcracker.  This year, Disney is releasing a new version of the story.

As Clara approaches her first Christmas without her mother, she is guided by a golden thread and finds her way into a magical parallel world with four realms within it, but she must find the key to restore the good times within them.

Running time: 98 minutes

Cast:
Mackenzie Foy
Keira Knightley
Matthew Macfadyen
Morgan Freeman
Helen Mirren

Here's for tickets and viewing times, better hurry.

I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.

Review of Fantastic Beats 2

I have seen Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and I come out asking "When's the third Fantastic Beasts due?"

In the same magical world as Harry Potter, the film gives a little backstory to the Wizarding World's history, such as Dumbledore's connection with the dark wizard, and perhaps hint why Dumbledore didn't face him earlier.  Jude Law did a wonderful job is acting Dumbledore, giving a funny, then a concerned side of the character.  People has expressed concern of Johnny Depp playing Grindelwald, but he brought a good performance of him throughout the film.

Prior to seeing the film, the Lestrange family were only mentioned and shown supporting the dark wizard Voldemort in the Harry Potter series, so to learn more about the family history was interesting, and it makes me wonder if it's a separate branch of the family.  To hint of where Nagini came from, that must have been a relief to J.K.Rowling, even though she spoke very little in the film.

I'm looking forward for the next Fantastic Beasts in 2020.

I hope that you will come, see and enjoy at Eden Court.