Out of The Woods Reviews

  Rowen and Citra were two ordinary teens living their lives. They came into contact with scythe Faraday (in a world where there is no natural death, they have scythes to “glean” people, which means they can’t die on their own).  He couldn't make up his mind between the two prodigies. He took them both on and trained them, he would decide which one to make a scythe, at an end of year gathering called “conclave” which happens every solstice. Scythe Faraday chose Rowen and Citra, because he knew that they would do their job the right way, and not use the power for their own self-gain or prowess. Faraday knew that Rowen and Citra wouldn’t take any joy in gleaning.  This would affect the way they gleaned as well as the way they would become scythes themselves.  There was a lot of tension between Rowen and Citra at first, but eventually, it ironed itself out.  Scythe Faraday made it very clear that there was to be no romantic feeling between them.  It was hard f...

Harvey Fierstein Newsies was a musical made in 1992 based on the newspaper strike in 1899 in New York.  Most of the paper boys were poor, to begin with, and didn't make much money, but when the paper company raised the price for the paper bundles, that pushed them to the edge so they went on strike. Newsies the musical is about a young man named Jack, his friend Crutchy and his girlfriend Katherine Plumber.  Jack and his friend Crutchy sold papers, but when paper owners raised the price of the bundle's Jack and his friends who couldn't afford to pay the price increase decided to start a union and strike.  After the decision to strike, Jack meets a reporter and asks her to report on their cause and she does, later becoming Jack’s girlfriend.  There wasn’t just one paper owner who raised the prices, it went up all over New York.  Newsies from Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx all got together and went on strike.  Newsies is a great theatre production filled ...

                 The Greatest Showman is based on the first circus  created by P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman).  P.T. was a lower class dressmaker's son who lived in Connecticut during the mid 1800's.  P.T. Barnum married an upper class woman named Charity(Michelle Williams), and they had two Daughters.  Their family started a circus that performed all over England.                  After P.T. and his family got the idea for a circus, they put up "wanted" posters for people with peculiarities.  people were coming by the hundreds to watch their shows, sadly, there are pro testers, who are getting angry that the people in the show are different and should not be put on display for all to see.  P.T. also goes and finds an apprentice Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron). While Burnum goes on tour with Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson), a budding soprano singer. Phillip is sweet on the ...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 The Guardians are back in a fun-filled sequel, with lots more humour and attitude then before.  This movie is more centered around Star Lord (Chris Pratt)and the background of his father.  In the last movie, we heard about how Yondu didn't deliver Quill to his dad, and this movie builds on that. After saving the Galaxy from Ronan, the Guardians decide to be "help for hire," and that usually means that they destroy or get rid of aliens or some other being that is stealing or killing people.  They are hired by the ruler of another planet (Elizabeth Debicki) to kill an alien who is stealing batteries. Unfortunately Rocket (Bradley Cooper), with all his character quirks, steals one of the batteries and then the whole fleet goes after them. Then a mystery star ship takes out the whole fleet with one blast; they crash land on a planet; and they meet Quill's dad.  Ego (Kurt Russell) is a celestial being who seemingly wants to improve t...

Guardians Of The Galaxy i s part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is all the comics from Marvel that have been made into movies.  The Guardians are not who you would think would save the Galaxy {write a little descriptive phrase here?} . Their job description is breaking the law,  but just the same, they save the galaxy and they don't have to go to jail.  Despite the rocky road, they become friends, and work together fairly well, all without killing each other.  The Guardians Of The Galaxy is a humor-filled film about five people that meet because a something called the Infinity Stone. This stone seems to be wanted by everybody in the galaxy, specifically Ronan (played by Lee Pace) and some one called The Collector (Benicio Del Toro). Ronan (who is a revenge crazy Kree rogue general), wants to destroy a planet call Zandar, and probably a few other solar systems along the way.  Thanos (Josh Brolin), o...

The Way  T he Way is a film about four people that walk the Camino De Santiago; all with different issues and walks of life. They went on this adventure to find themselves again and to heal. The Way is generally about finding yourself: whether it's quitting smoking, losing weight, or healing from the death of a loved one. All the characters go through something.  This whole adventure is about learning the things you didn't know before. They all found new areas to explore and experience in their own lives. Tom Avery (Martin Sheen), the main character, is an eye doctor. Doreen (Renee Estevez) is his receptionist. One afternoon Tom was playing golf. Towards the end of the day, he got a call from a French policeman who said his son Daniel (Emilio Estevez) was killed in a freak storm just outside of France. While Tom is thinking about what to do next, he meets Joost (Yorick Van Wageningen); one of the people making the Camino De Santiago pilgrimage.  During the time that ...