Weekly Film 10 (Texas Killing Fields)

Texas Killing Fields is a 2011 Crime, Drama and history film directed by Ami Cannan Mann and written by Don Ferrarone. It only made £635,798 thousand in the box office.

"Souder, a homicide detective in a small Texan town, and his partner, transplanted New York City cop Detective Heigh, track a sadistic serial killer dumping his victims' mutilated bodies in a nearby marsh locals call 'The Killing Fields'. Though the swampland crime scenes are outside their jurisdiction, Detective Heigh is unable to turn his back on solving the gruesome murders. Despite his partner's warnings, he sets out to investigate the crimes. Before long, the killer changes the game and begins hunting the detectives, teasing them with possible clues at the crime scenes while always remaining one step ahead. When familiar local girl Anne goes missing, the detectives find themselves racing against time to catch the killer and save the young girl's life."

This film reminded me very much of Seven as it featured two detectives solving a series of murders however in my opinion, I prefer Seven because you were able connect with the characters and got to know the protagonists families more enabling you to feel more sympathy. Although i did enjoy this film i felt the ending wasn't very well put together because it didn't reveal who the murders actually were and one mysterious character being shown throughout; we never found out who he actually was. 

Weekly Film 9 (Top Secret) to be continued

Top secret! is a 1984 comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams, whose previous picture had been Airplane!.  This film is a parody of both the musicals starring Elvis Presley and spy films of the cold war era. The film had a budget of £5.9 million and made £13.5 million in the box office. It's cast includes Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing and Omar Sharif. 

Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers, a handsome American 50s-style rock and roll singer. While performing in East Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful heroine and becomes involved with the French Resistance. 

Weekly Film 8 (The Hunger Games Mockingjay: Part 2)

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 is a 2015 Adventure, Sci-Fi film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Peter Craig. The budget of this film was £106.2 million and made £347.9 million in the box office. This film was part of the third instalment of the Hunger Games trilogy but the producers split the last book into two films. This enables the producer to generate more money because they have more films and the large audience will raise their gross. 

After young Katniss Everdeen agrees to be the symbol of rebellion, the Mockingjay, she tries to return Peeta to his normal state, tries to get to the Capitol, and tries to deal with the battles coming her way...but all for her main goal; assassinating President Snow and returning peace to the Districts of Panem. As her squad starts to get smaller and smaller, will she make it to the Capitol? Will she get revenge on Snow? Or will her target change? Will she be with her "Star-Crossed Lover", Peeta? Or her long time friend, Gale? Deaths, Bombs, Bows and Arrows, A Love Triangle, Hope. What will happen?

The film contains themes of survival, protection, poverty, power and conflict. These themes are the same as the last two films because they are all based around the same story, although all the films show different story lines and how their lives progress the themes are all predominantly the same. 

Weekly Film 7 (The Hobbit: The Battle Of Five Armies)

The Hobbit: The battle of five armies is a 2014 adventure, fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Fran Walsh. This was also based off of J.R.R Tolkien's book. It had a budget of £166 million and made £643.9 million in the box office. This film is the third and final film of the Hobbit trilogy. Being the final instalment of the series and being based from the books, the film already had a wide audience and so was able to make more money. 

After the Dragon leaves the Lonely Mountain, the people of Lake-town see a threat coming. Orcs, dwarves, elves and people prepare for war. Bilbo sees Thorin going mad and tries to help. Meanwhile, Gandalf is rescued from the Necromancer's prison and his rescuers realize who the Necromancer is.

The battle was the main awaited scene of the movie and was very exhilarating but i felt it took it's time to build up and some of the talking and deciding was long winded.

Weekly Film 6 (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It was produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and is the second installment in the three-part film series based on the novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.  The budget of the film was £149.6m with it's total gross being £171.7m. 

After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug.

This film contains themes of deceit, unrequited love, combat and greed. All these themes are shown throughout the film and are enhanced depending on the situation 

Weekly Film 5 (Jurassic World)

Jurassic World is a 2015 Action - adventure sci-fi film.  It is the fourth installment of the Jurassic Park series. It was directed and co-written by Colin Trevorrow, produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. The production companies were Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, also responsible for the rest of the franchise, and Thomas Tull's Legendary Pictures. The film had a budget of £97m and made £1b in the box office. 

22 years after the original Jurassic Park failed, the new park (also known as Jurassic World) is open for business. After years of studying genetics the scientists on the park genetically engineer a new breed of dinosaur. When everything goes horribly wrong, will our heroes make it off the island?

The film has themes of rampage, camouflage, science, paranoia and bravery. All of which feature in the previous films. There are many different links to the past films that many people including myself recognized. They used these elements deliberately so they could make more money because anyone who's seen the other films is likely to see it. I enjoyed the film I thought the came up with some interesting things to include that are different from the old films such as a genetic hybrid dinosaur. However I did not feel as tense and I had in scenes with past movies and i wasn't as interested in the characters, more character development as they had in the previous films would have been good. This really shows how they were focusing so much more of the special effects. 

Weekly Film 4 (Dawn Of The Dead)

Dawn Of The Dead is a 2004 film in the Action, Horror and Sci-fi genre. It was directed by Zack Synder and was written by James Gunn. It's cast includes Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Webber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly and Lindy Booth. It features the themes of survival, masculinity, brutality, gore and cannabalism all of which by just reading the title you can tell with be featured a lot throughout the whole film. 

Ana, a young nurse finishes her day-shift at the hospital to return home to her beloved husband. The next day, after her husband is killed by her neighbour next door, he suddenly comes back to life. She discovers the chaos happening in her neighbourhood and escapes from her home. Soon after coming to her senses , she encounters a cop and other survivors, they decide to find safety in a mall. Soon more survivors come, and they learn that if they want to stay alive, they should stick together as the world is overrun by an army of undead. Can they survive the horror in this horrific global chaos? When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.'

The film was a remake of the original 1978 version. The 2004 version had a budget of £17.1m and made £67.5m in the box office. I thoroughly enjoyed this film because it was based around the supernatural and I feel the narrative was very good. The characters are trapped in a shopping mall which I think was a very creative idea because it gives the characters less choices and chances to escape which is useful to build the characters. 

Weekly Film 3 (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

The Hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. They are based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The films feature an ensemble cast that also includes James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace and Luke Evans, with several actors reprising their roles from The Lord of the Rings, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis. The Hobbit had a budget of £129m and made £649m in the box office. 

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum.

I enjoyed this film because it was so mystical, I enjoy Fantasy films on a whole and I find them rather intriguing and I love to be able to enter this unbelievable world but I honestly never though I'd enjoy The Hobbit. I knew that The Hobbit was linked to Lord Of The Rings and because the Lord of The Rings never particularly appealed to me I didn't think the Hobbit would either. However after enjoying this film very much i will be sure to watch the rest of the trilogy and perhaps even watch Lord Of The Rings. 

Weekly film 2 (Apocalypto)

Apocalypto is a 2006 American Adventure film directed and produced by Mel Gibson. The film features a cast of Maya and Native American actors consisting of Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Gerardo Taracena, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza, and Israel Contreras. The entire dialogue is in Yucatec Maya language in order to give a sense of authenticity. 

In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from the sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family.

The film features many different themes such as combat, hunting, mass murder, warfare. These themes are shown throughout the film often shown from different points of view with different characters triggering the themes. The budget for this film was £25.8m and it made £78m in the box office. This film was a very long film and at first does not seem like much is going to happen but it soon gets exciting and rather intriguing, I was constantly tensely waiting to see how the protagonist was going to escape. I would recommend this film.

Weekly Film 1 (A Perfect Getaway)

A Perfect Getaway is a 2009 film written and directed by David Twohy. It was produced by Robbie Brenner, Mark Canton, Ryan Kavanaugh and Tucker Tooley with production company Rogue. The film features a range of well known actors: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton and Chris Hemsworth. This film is in the Adventure, Mystery and Thriller genre due to a range of themes that are included that link to one or all of the genres.

These themes include death, manipulation, deceit, power, and control. Some of these themes are unknown to the viewer until the end when the plot twist is revealed. Deceit and Manipulation are very important themes in this film because when the true story is revealed we realise this is what the majority of the protagonists' relationship is built on. The film had a budget of £9.2m and made £15.1m in the box office.

A Perfect Getaway is about newlyweds, Cliff and Cydney who head to Hawaii for their honeymoon. Along the way they encounter two different couples Kale and Cleo two disgruntled hitch hikers and Nick and Gina two wild but well-meaning people who help guide them.
Cliff and Cydney soon learn of a grisly murder that occurred nearby and realize that they're being followed by chance acquaintances that suspiciously fit the description of the killers.