Captain America: The Winter Soldier

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, I went to see the movie Captain America:  The Winter Soldier.

This movie features Chris Evans in the role of Captain America.  As well as Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

This story is about Nick Fury, who gets assassinated by an unknown source (the Winter Soldier) and then Captain America and his team has to work together to figure out what happened.

This was an action movie with some superheroes.  I was a little bit disappointed though, because there were parts of it where I thought it could have been more fun, more entertaining and it moved along.

But if you're a superhero fan, it's a fun movie to go to.  Lots of explosions.

Like Father, Like Son

On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, I went to see the movie Like Father, Like Son.

This movie talks about two families, the Nonomiya family, with father Ryota and mother Midori and their son Keita as well as the Saiki family, with father Yukari and mother Yudai and their son Ryusei.

Ryota is a very successful business man, who provides for his family.  He owns a humongous apartment and has his son, Keita, involved in many things - like piano.  One day, Midori gets a phone call from the hospital where she had Keita and this meeting turns everything upside down.

It turns out that Keita was switched at birth with their biological son, who has been with Saiki for the past six years...  Things get complicated because how do you just introduce new family into a pre-existing framework of family?

This movie also asks many interesting questions with regards to family, children, relationships, etc.  A really interesting movie that makes you think.

The Lunch Box

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014, I went to see the movie The Lunchbox, featuring Irrfan Khan and Nimrat Kaur.

Irrfan Khan, who also played as the adult in Life of Pi, plays the character Saajan Fernandes, someone who's close to retiring after 35 years of service in the Indian government.  He works in the same office as Ila's (Nimrat Kaur) husband.

It all starts when Ila's lunch box for her husband is incorrectly delivered to Saajan Fernandes who enjoys these lunch boxes.  The first day, when Ila's husband, Rajeev, gets home, she asks him what he thought about his lunch.  It was when the husband says that the aloo ghobi was very good that we realize (well, the audience and Ila) that the lunch box she makes for her husband is being incorrectly delivered.

The next day, she includes a note with her lunch box.  She makes pakora, her husband's favourite, for Saajan...  Who only returns a note saying that it was too salty.  From this point on, this sparks a series of notes that are left in the lunch box between Saajan and Ila.  And as this unfolds we also have other characters and their stories get intertwined...  We learn about Ila's husband, we learn about Ila's mother and her father who is dying from lung cancer and we also have Shaikh, who is supposed to take over for Saajan after Saajan's retirement.

What happens?  You'll have to watch the movie to find out.

Tyler Perry's Single Mom's Club

On Tueday, April 8, 2014, I went to see the movie Tyler Perry's Single Mom's Club.

At first, I did not know what to expect.  I was expecting it to be full of slapstick humour, unintelligent humour that would not be funny at all.

The story brings together five single mothers, May, Jan, Hillary, Esperenza and Lytia who must organize a fundraiser for the school because their children were caught on school grounds drawing graffiti and smoking cigarettes.  So, the school was in a way punishing and using these parents' to help the school.

This organizational team ends up being each other's support group, because they are all going through the same thing.  And they go through some highs and lows together...  And meeting some hot men along the way, of course.

I did not see this coming out, but this was a pretty funny movie.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

On Tuesday, April 1, 2014, I went to see the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.  This is the latest Wes Anderson movie and has a huge slew of stars.

The story starts with the untimely death of Madame D. (played by Tilda Swinton), who was a frequent guest at The Grand Budapest Hotel.  She goes there often, because her lover, Gustave H. (played by Ralph Fiennes) is the head concierge there.

Since Madame D. has passed, they needed to do the last will and testament of Madame D.  And at this time, all of her family and extended family and relatives with very little relation show up...  But things get complicated because the lawyer who was in charge of the estate is following the rules...  And needs to examine documents, etc.  This displeases Dimitri, played by Adrien Brody.

Of course, Dimitri uses some pretty underhanded tactics to get what he wants, as he has his henchman Jopling, played by Willem Dafoe, to achieve it.  This mostly involves killing people.

What happens?  You'll have to watch it to find out.  And you will meet all these other characters and see how they tie into the story.

I really enjoyed this movie.  I thought I had never seen a Wes Anderson film before, but it turns out I had...  I had watched the Darjeeling Limited.  But I don't think I enjoyed it as much.