Genre: Music/ Comedy/ Romance

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  112 mins

Director: Jason Moore

Actors: Anna Kenrick, Brittany Snow, Ben Platt, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson



Plot: Beca (Anna Kenrick) is a freshman in university and joins the Barden Bellas, an all-girl singing group. After miserably failing last year's final, they are forced to re-group and find new people. Beca is independent and has no interest in college life. But after she meets Jesse, from the rival all male a capella group she starts to see a new outlook and finds a way to make the Bellas get back on top.

Comment: This is just great, it has everything from music, drama, comedy, to romance. The cast members have amazing voices and work well together. Each song is catchy and it has every kind of humor and is perfect. Rebel Wilson steals the show being hilarious. I would defiantly recommend it because it's not a chick-flick and is for everybody.

Genre: Musical/ Romance/ Drama

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  158 mins

Director: Tom Hooper

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen



Plot: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is released from prison but breaks parole to create a new life for himself. For decades he has been hunted by a policeman, Javert (Russell Crowe). In his new life Jean Valjean agrees to take care of a factory workers' daughter, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried). This decisions changes their lives forever. Years later, set in post-revolutionary France Jean Valjean and Cosette live their lives together. But soon comes crashing down when Javert meets Jean Valjean after so many years.

Comment: This movie of Les Miserable is perfect. All the actors fitted perfectly with Russell Crowe with the weakest of voices but still is an outstanding film. All performances done in the movie were done live on the day of shooting which allowed actors to play with the song. It is truly an amazing film which you should go to even if you haven't seen the Broadway show. My only warning is that don't drink too much because it is around 3 hours with adds.

Genre: Musicals/ Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 117 mins

Director: Adam Shankman

Actors: Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah & many more fantastic actors



 
Plot:Set in Baltimore during the 1950/1960’s Tracy Turnblad dreams to be a dancer on the Corny Collins show. When Tracy lands a spot on the Corny Collins show she cannot believe her luck! But other dancers on the show such as Amber are not willing to let Tracy succeed!

Comments:Hairspray is a refreshing realistic  & witty musical! The characters are vibrant and full of personality. Nikki Blonsky did a fantastic job at taking on the role of Tracey. John Travolta was also a very convincing woman! The songs were catchy & the dance moves which accompanied the songs made the audience want to get up and dance along! If you are looking for a feel good movie then this is the movie for you!

Genre: Musical/ Romance

Rating:  12A

Run Time: 110 minutes

Director: Randal Kleiser

Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton- John & Stockard Channing




Plot:Set in California in 1959, Danny & Sandy fall in love at the beach, when summer is over they both go back to school only to discover that  Sandy has transferred to Danny’s school. Unfortunately Danny doesn’t act like he did at the beach. Both decide to change to act like the other which has great reactions. 

Comments:The first musical which set the tone for all future musicals. It’s catchy & well- written tunes and choreography are admired by all & by the end of the movie you are bound to be humming one of the tunes! The characters of Danny and Sandy work perfectly together & keep perfectly in tone with the tone of the movie. Overall a classic summer movie- all those who haven’t seen it- go watch it NOW!:D

Genre: Music/ Drama/ Romance

Rating: 12A

Run Time: 113 minutes

Director: Craig Brewer

Actors: Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller





Plot:Ren (Kenny Wormald) moves from the city to a small town, where life is very different from his life. An accident, where 5 teenager were killed after a night out changed the small town's community by banning loud music and dancing. Ren stands up to the ban, during it all he falls in love with the reverend's daughter. His rebellious attitude starts to bring up old memories and changes which changes the community.


Comments:This movie is a remake of 'Footloose 1984'. Many remakes of movies don't go down to well with the public but I think this movie is better than the original. It brings a lot of energy to the plate. This movie has plenty of amazing dance scenes and great music that Juilianne Hough and Kenny Wormald brought. Their chemistry is brought across on camera, especially on the dance floor. 

Genre: Fantasy/ Romance/ Comedy

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  98 mins

Director: Johnathan Levine

Actors: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry




Plot: R (Nicholas Hoult) is a young zombie who feeds on humans. Their brain is the best part because they can retrieve the humans memories and feel a little human. R meets Julie (Teresa Palmer) on a feeding encounter. R instantly  has a feeling to protect her. The beginning of a strange relationship begins and they fight together to find a better world.

Comment: 'Warm Bodies' is originally a novel written by Isaac Marion. Don't be turned off by it being a zombie movie. The director does a great job to capture the teenage awkwardness. This movie is funny with a little bit of gore but has a romantic side to it which makes it a great movie.  You don't see a romantic comedy involving zombie's these days so I would defiantly recommend it.

Genre: Fantasy/ Romance

Rating: 12A

Run Time: 122 minutes

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Actors: Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner & Kirsten Stewart. 





Plot:Bella is not a normal teacher. She is not involved in the same things as other teacher. When she  falls in love with a new student( Edward) at her school, things start to change. Only when she examines him & his family more closely does she realise that they are different to everybody else. They are VAMPIRES! Only problem is he hasn’t aged since the 1900’s so that makes him older that 100- oh and he is immortal of course. But nothing will stop Bella from pursing Edward.

Comments: A teenage drama based on vampires. A refreshingly new aspect to the movie world. In my opinion, after reading the bestselling novel to which this movie is based I didn’t feel as if the actors  portrayed the true personality of the characters in the novel. However other aspects such as the setting and plot stayed true to form. Overall this was a very successful teenager based movie which raised large sales in the box office.

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Drama

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  123 mins

Director: Richard LaGravenese

Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann, Emma Thompson




Plot: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich) dreams to escape his small town. A new mysterious girl, Lena (Alice Englert) appears and strange things begin to happen. Lena only has a few days until her birthday and waits for what destiny will be chosen for her. Together, they uncover family secrets and history of the town.

Comment: This movie is based on the book ' Beautiful Creatures' by Kami Garola and Margaret Stoh. In this movie there are a lot of things wrong and left out from the book. If you are a fan of the book you may not be a fan of the movie. I suggest to read the book before you see the movie. If you have never read the book you might like the movie. I didn't think much of the movie but it is still a good watch for a Friday evening movie.

Genre: Comedy/ Drama/ Romance

Rating: 15A

Run Time:  95mins

Director: Marc Webb

Actors:  Joseph Gordon Levitt, Geoffrey Arrend  & Zooey Deschanel 



Plot:Summer doesn’t believe in true love or that anyone can fall in love with her.  Meet Tom- a man who fell totally head over heels in love with Summer. .  With help from his friends McKenzie & Paul, he falls in love with Summer- and can’t imagine his life without her. This movie is a step back in time- examining each aspect of their relationship- all 500 days of it

Comments:A stereotypical romantic comedy, lacking in substance. I will admit that this movie had it’s fair share of laughs however unfortunetly it only momentarily distracted us from the poor plot line. A good attempt – and a quirky storyline however for me, something didn’t work – which made the movie off- balance. But if you are looking for a movie to lift your spirits or give you a chuckle then this movie is for you!

Genre: Drama/ Romance

Rating: 12A

Run Time: 117 minutes

Director: Sanaa Hamri

Actors: America Ferrera, Blake Lively & many more





Plot:We are reunited with the girls of the travelling pants, who are older and not as close as they used to be. Carmen is working backstage on a production in Yale. Lena is on a drawing course. Bridget is on an archaeological trip in Egypt & Tibby is editing her documentary. The girls aren’t going to spend their summer’s together instead they are each on other sides of the world, however when a series of events unfold the group are back together and realise how much they really mean to eachother. 


Comments:It is always hard to for a sequel to be as successful as the original film- unfortunetly this film has fallen a bit short, however it should still be praised for its attempt- the actors were good- the idea was good however the story line was not there to cement the production together, I found it was trying to be something it was not, instead of embracing that the characters had grown up. Overall it was a good attempt- however unfortunately not as good as the original but nevertheless a good movie to watch during summer!