Movie Review: Howl's Moving Castle

This is my favourite animation movie. This film is about a girl, Sophie, who falls in love with Howl.

Howl is a very powerful and mysterious wizard who lives in a bewitched castle.

The Witch of Waste is chasing Howl and when she sees him with Sophie, she attacks her, transforming her into an old woman.

Sophie travels to the Wastes and encounters a living scarecrow whom she names "Turnip Head," who leads her to Howl's castle. Sophie's country is in war with a neighbour country. The King summons Howl (Pendragon and Jenkins) to fight in the war. Sophie learns that Howl has transformed into a bird, like creature in order to interfere in the war, but each transformation makes it more difficult for him to return to human. She fears that Howl is preparing to leave them.

Voice cast:

Character	Japanese	English
Sophie (young)	Chieko Baisho	Emily Mortimer
Sophie (old)		Jean Simmons
Howl (Hauru)	Takuya Kimura	Christian Bale
Witch of the Waste	Akihiro Miwa	Lauren Bacall
Calcifer	Tatsuya Gashūin	Billy Crystal
Markl	Ryūnosuke Kamiki	Josh Hutcherson
Madame Suliman	Haruko Kato	Blythe Danner
Lettie	Yayoi Kazuki	Jena Malone
Honey	Mayuno Yasokawa	Mari Devon
Prince Justin/Turnip Head	Yō Ōizumi	Crispin Freeman
Madge	Rio Kanno	Liliana Mumy
King of Ingary	Akio Ōtsuka	Mark Silverman
Heen	Daijirō Harada

The soundtrack CD was first released on 19 November 2004 by Tokuma.

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu0B8vpTKtKd_Dp3lMGxL9f7BZwgxRdyu )

I don't recommend this film to anyone who doesn't like cartoons or animes.

I just like the film because it was part of my childhood.

Movie Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

I like to watch movies, but my preference goes to movies with lots of action and suspense till the end.
However, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, was one of those films which by its emotional and dramatic charge I have never forgotten.
I think all of you have seen this film released in 2009 by Mark Herman and whose main characters are Asa Butterfield (Bruno), Jack Scanlon (Shmuel), Vera Farmiga (Mother), David Thewlis (Father); its soundtrack was James Horner's.
 I will not tell you the whole story of the movie that happened during the Holocaust period, at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany. I just want to remember the empathy created between those two innocent children, who lived in different realities. Bruno, nine years old, the son of a German military officer and Shmuel is the same age, but is a Jew and is in a Nazi concentration camp, where there are many Jewish people persecuted by Nazi Germany, all sentenced to death.
Oblivious of the political issues, racism and cruelties that were happening in the world, these two children struck an unlikely friendship.
Because of this friendship between them, hiding the differences that existed, they became inseparable every passing day. At the end, Bruno entered the camp and accompanied Shmuel on an innocent walk to the gas chamber, where all died.
It was a tragic end and I did not expect it... I was disappointed and sad.
Unfortunately there were some other similar stories in a very dark period in the history of mankind - hopefully never again!!!

Movie Review: The Conjuring

The Conjuring's poster

My favourite film is The Conjuring, a supernatural horror film which came out in 2013.
The Conjuring is about a family who in 1971 moves to a new house where a few of paranormal events happen...Every night all clocks of the house stop at 3:07am. In the first night, weird things happen to all daughters. Carolyn, the mum, hears something on the hallway, and all the pictures in the hall had fallen down. Carolyn decides to contact paranormal investigators, Ed and Loraine Warren.
The main actors are: Patrick Wilson (Ed), Vera Farminga (Loraine Warren), Lili Taylor (mother), Ron Livingston (father), and the five daughters: Shanley Caswel (Andrea), Hayley McFarland (Nancy), Joey King (Christine), Sterling Jerins (Judy) ans Mackenzie Foy (Cindy) .
It's a great film, the music (by Josehp Bishara) is just perfect and for me the most interesting is that the film is based on real facts, which makes the film even spookier.
You must watch it if you like supernatural horror films, but you mustn't watch it alone!

The real family who moves to a new house in 1971

Bye ;)

Movie Review: Deadpool

My favourite film is Deadpool.

It is an action film. The film tells the story of an anti-hero, Wade Wilson, who had cancer. Because he little chance of survival, he accepted undergoing an experimental treatment and as a consequence, his skin got scarred buut never lost his huge sense of humor. His goals become then to reverse the situation and then seek revenge on the man who destroyed his life.

The cast is excellent: Ryan Reynolds (the main character), Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, Ed Skrein, T.J Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stan Lee and Taylor Hickson.

The plot is thrilling and has an unexpected twist.

In the beginning, people expect it to be an action film, but then it is about the story of his life.

The special effects are amazing. For example bullets coming out of the gun, a glass of a capsule that never breaks, among others.

The costumes are magnificent except the Negasonic’s one. It’s totally black and she only wears a yellow belt. It looks like she is a villain and not a good character.

I would definitely recommend watching it because it has an unexpected ending and lots of action.

Music, oh music, my inspiration...

Hi guys.
Today I´m going to talk about some bands and songs!

So let´s start strong, and talk about music from another caliber, if you know what I mean.

Bring Me The Horizon - Can You Feel My Heart
                                      - Hospital for Souls
                                      - Blessed With a Curse
                                      - Shadow Moses
                                      - Don´t Go

Asking Alexandria - The Black
                                - Moving On
                                - The Final Episode
                                - Not The American Average
                                - Closure
                                - I Won´t Give In

Rob Bailey and The Hustle Standart (these songs I use in my workouts or just to think about life and                                                              how to solve my problems)
                                                         
                                                   - SHOW THE WORLD
                                                    - Try ´n Hold Me Back
                                                    - Hungry
                                                     - Beast
                                                     - NEVER SETTLE (Lost Soul                                                                                                     remix)

These are, without any doubt, my fave bands / artists.
Hope you guys enjoy them as much as I do.
Soon I will bring you more!


                               

Movie Recommendation: Hansel & Gretel

Hi!

Today I´m going to talk to you guys about a movie, Hansel and Greta: Witch Hunters.

I had first thought about writing a movie recommendation on Rocky IV but this movie is more, much more, recent.

This movie is rated as action and fantasy and was directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Jeremy Renner  and Gemma Arterton as the main characters.
This movie is the continuation of the children´s book "Hansel and Gretel" by the Grimm brothers and, as such, it basically tells us the story of the siblings as adults....and obviously they are hunting and killing witches.
Why? Well because they hate them since they were almost killed by one as kids.
The soundtrack of this movie is pretty cool and fits in really well on the movie in general but the music that I love the most of all is gotta be Animal Alpha - Bundy. It is pretty cool in my opinion.

Well, and this is it. Thank you for reading this. =)

(Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner)

Movie Review: Thor

Hello,
 

I decided to write a review on Thor. This movie is based on the Marvel character with same name.

Thor is about the story of Thor, a god who is expelled from his home and sent to Earth to restart an old war. Thanks to life with mortals, he must learn to be a true hero to fight evil forces that threaten the Earth.

I think this film is really good, especially the plot.

The main characters are Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Anthony Hopkins as Odin. A quality cast I would say!

    

I think you should watch it if you like action films.

Movie Review: The Impossible

"The Impossible"  is, above all, a drama movie based on true events that took place in Thailand in 2004 when the area was struck by a massive tsunami.

The actors are: Maria (Naomi Watts), Lucas (Tom Holland), Henry (Ewan McGregor), Thoma (Samuel Joslin) and Simon (Pendergant).  One of the songs of the film is "Not alone" by Linkin Park. 

I highly recommend it: it is an absolutely beautiful film and there are no words to describe it - so sad and yet so impossibly lucky! It is worth taking the time to watch it.

This great movie was directed by Juan Antonio Bayona.

                                                 

                

Movie Review: Fast & Furious 7

My favourite film is Fast and Furious 7. It is an action and thriller film.
The film tells us the story of Dom, Brian and Letty and their team (they were thieves but now  help the police). They go back to the U.S.A. but they have to deal with Ian Shaw, whose brother was killed by them (in Fast & Furious 6), because he wants to take revenge on his death.
They fight in car races and reach a dead end, they fight body to body and the good guys win.
The film has a quality cast: the main characters are Paul Walker and Vin Diesel; the others characters are performed by Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gilson, Ludacris, Kurt Russell, Jordana Brewster and Djimon Hounsou.
The plot is thrilling and interesting but has an unexpected twist. The special effects are absolutely amazing, specially fast (for these who love sports cars).
I would definitely recommend watching the film because the film is amazing.

 

Movie Review: The Visit

    Hi, guys!

The Visit's poster

    I decided to do a review on The Visit. This is a horror film which came out last year (2015).
    The Visit is about two kids, Becca and Tyler, who visit their grandparents for the first time. They decide to stay there for a week, while their mom goes on a trip with her boyfriend. Becca decides to film their stay in order to help their mom reconnect with their grandparents and to find out more about them. But, as the week progresses, the kids start finding dark secrets about them...
    I think this film is really good. I was only expecting to get scared, but the film was funny as well (specially Tyler)! The plot is really good and and it has a huge twist at the end.
    The main actors are Olivia DeJonge (Becca), Ed Oxenbould (Tyler), Deanna Dunagan (grandma), Peter McRobbie (grandpa) and Kathryn Hahn (mum). They are all amazing actors!
    I think you should watch it, if you like horror films, maybe even if you don't, because this one isn't VERY scary, I personally like them scarier.

Grandma (Deanna Dunagan)

   Bye :)

Tique Tal

Good evening teacher Alexandra,

My favourite book is “Tique Tal” by Dário Guerreiro, and he also makes videos to youtube .
He was born on 23rd June, 1989 , he took a professional cooking course where he learned , among other things, that he did not like cooking so much after all. WHen he was 17 years old, he released his first book of poems and at 18 he entered the University of Algarve on the course "Ciências Documentais e Editoriais", which opened the door to work in a clothing store a shopping center.

In this book Dário Guerreiro criticizes some things that happen in everyday life or in  society with a fantastic mood.
  

Regards
João Coelho