Gone Missing - 2013 ****

 

 

Gone Missing is a good film. I do enjoy movies about missing people (how sadistic does that sound!) and this was a bit of a corker. Two girls go missing on their Spring Break, and their mothers both realise that their parenting skills are completely off the mark and that they don't know their daughters quite as well as they had hoped.

The acting from the girls is good, and although the mothers are both irritating they still don't come across too badly, expect being at separate ends of the spectrum - one is completely smothering and the other lets her daughter do whatever she wants.

Films like this need to be seen, because this sort of thing is happening still and girls are constantly going missing when they go on holiday together.

Gravity - 2013 ***

'Gravity' has an exceedingly good premise - an astronaut and engineer find themselves separated from the shuttle they are working on, and are stuck in space with barely no oxygen and no contact whatsoever with anyone. The acting is excellent, and I'm surprised to say that Clooney and Bullock work very well together. It's brilliantly designed too, to such an extent that after a while the idea of floating in space can give you a serious bout of nausea. 

(HORROR) Scream 4 - 2011 ****

I'm not sure if I should be shot for saying this or not, but I really enjoyed this latest offering from the Scream people. It genuinely scared me to pieces, and I was absolutely terrified to go up to bed afterwards. I also had a nasty dream that night about it as well which proves how much it effected me. These films aren't meant to be intellectual or full of hidden meanings, they are simply an excuse to freak yourself off with the lights off on a dark night.

The acting was great (slightly overdone in some areas but who cares?!) and it was weird watching Courtney and David Arquette acting together despite their divorce!

The beginning of the film was my favourite, and very unexpected, and although the rest of the movie was predictable it was still great fun to watch. I recommend it.