The Dressmaker

On Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, I went to see the movie The Dressmaker, featuring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook and Judy Davis.

The movie is about Myrtle 'Tilly" Dunnage, who returns to her home town in rural Australia after many years...  She's come back to right wrongs and for revenge.

We learn through the movie that Tilly was accused of being a murderer when she was really young and as a result, was sent away to another part of the country...

So, she comes back, armed with a set of new skills.  She's a streamstress and designs dresses.  She has done work/studied in London and Paris, where she has learned the fashion and styles "of the trade".  She uses her skill to try and exact her revenge on people who have caused her and her mother lots of pain.  However, she doesn't foresee a gentleman caller, with whom she falls in love.

What happens in the movie?  You'll have to watch it to find out.  Once again, Kate Winslet was fantastic in this movie.

Mechanic: Resurrection

On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, I went to see the movie Mechanic: Resurrection featuring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones and Michelle Yeoh.  The movie is about Arthur Bishop, who thought his life of killing was over, who narrowly escapes a capture in Brazil and is found out in Thailand...  Eventually, the person responsible kidnaps the girl whom he is in love with and he is forced to work for this person...  By killing three people and making them look like accidents...

What happens?  You'll have to watch the movie to find out.  But there was a plot twist that I wasn't aware of...  And it was a good one.  Not a lot of cars, but lots of helicopters and boats.  And explosions.

I did watch this movie dubbed in French, because the person who accompanied me isn't a very strong English speaker, so I will eventually see this movie in English, but it was highly enjoyable.

The Light Between the Oceans

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, I went to see the movie The Light Between the Oceans, featuring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz.

The movie is about a couple, Tom Sherbourne (played by Fassbender) and Isabel Graysmark (played by Vikander), who are married and attempt to have a baby.  Tom Sherbourne works a lighthouse off the coast of Australia.  However, they attempted twice and had two miscarriages.

One day, a boat washed ashore the island and the father was dead, but the baby was still alive.  They started caring for it.

What happens?  And how does Rachel Welsz play into the story line?  You'll have to watch the movie to find out!

Bridget Jones' Baby

On Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, I went to see the movie Bridget Jones' Baby.  This is the third movie in the series, featuring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent and Celia Imrie.  The movie follows our protagonist, Bridget Jones, who accepted a proposal to Mark Darcy played by Colin Firth.  However, at the beginning of the movie, we discover that Bridget Jones is again newly single.  But, this time around, all of her friends now have babies and can't celebrate birthdays with her.  Including her gay friend who bailed because he and his partner were going to adopt a baby...

So, Bridget decides to go on a spa weekend with her work friend and it turns out to be a music festival.  At this festival, she meets Jack, played by Patrick Dempsey.  And since she made a promise to her work friend that she would "sleep with the first man she met", Bridget ends up having sex with Jack.

The next day, she goes to a christening of a baby and her ex, Mark Darcy, was there.  It is clear that Bridget cannot move on from Mark Darcy, but she has very awkward interactions with him.  And it turns out that he is unhappy in the relationship/marriage (it was understood that Mark Darcy was married to his wife, soon to be ex-wife Camilla) and that he was getting a divorce.  So, Bridget ends up sleeping with him.

This all happened within the timespan of a few days.  So as Bridget tries to get on with her life and her weight lost goals, etc., she can't fit into these jeans that she wanted to.  Then her friend just puts the option of perhaps she is pregnant out there.

At first Bridget didn't think that it would be a viable option.  However, a pregnancy test confirmed that she was indeed pregnant!

What happens next?  Who's the father?  Is it Mark Darcy, the person with whom she did not make it work after ten years?  Or is it the charming, gentlemanly Jack Quant?

Emma Thompson, who plays a small role in this movie, the doctor who's in charge of Bridget and her pregnancy, was fantastic in her role.  I love what Emma Thompson does.

Sully

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, I went to see the movie Sully, featuring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney.  I went to see it in IMAX because I got bonus Scene points.

The movie was fantastic!  It is based on the story of Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger, who was a pilot for 40+ years.  He was flying a US Airways flight to Charlotte and on the take off, encounter a flock of birds, known as a bird strike.  This disabled both engines on the aircraft.  He had to make a decision fast:  Either he was going to return to LaGuardia Airport or land in New Jersey.  However, he decided that none of those two options were going to be possible, since he didn't have enough speed or altitude, so the Hudson River was his only option.

Even though we kind of know how the story ends, the acting was very well done and the story line just sucked you in.  I really enjoyed it!  I don't think you need to see this movie in IMAX, though it was very beautiful on the IMAX screen.  I highly recommend this movie.