SilentLuminary Reviews

  Genre: Drama/Comedy     Time: 1h 30 mins    Director: Jason Reitman Quick summary:  Social misfit Juno protects herself with a caustic wit, but her unplanned pregnancy has the teen getting more involved in the lives of her baby's adoptive parents than she expected. No film has felt more genuine and real than this one.  This film is very touching and incredibly smart with its dark and witty humour. It starts off very wacky but as the film goes on you end up adoring all the characters, flaws and all. They can all come across as a bit much at first or a bit out there, but that just adds to their charm. Juno, the main character is very standoff-ish with a wild sense of humour, but you learn to understand her. This film is fun! You're constantly laughing with the characters and there is a lovely warm air about it. Though, when it comes down to the serious moments you do truly reflect on what has just happened and give a connection between the viewer and the characters. It's

 Genere: Crime/Drama     Time: 2h 26mins     Director: Martin Scorsese Quick summary: Young Henry Hill, with his friends Jimmy and Tommy, begins the climb from being a petty criminal to a gangster on the mean streets of New York. This is a gangster film like no other and I can definitely see why this is considered a classic. So for a start, I found it very interesting that this is based on a true story! (Even if it is loosely). I found it to be a brilliant and mature film that romanticizes the brutal, violent life of the mafia, yet shows us how gritty and reckless it can be. The film is constantly narrated by our main character, an interesting choice but I liked it since it reminded me of someone else selling me a story. It switches between him and sometimes his, who you'll learn later on to be his wife, Karen. This voiceover is one of the best I've heard it's interesting because it definitely comes across as himself bragging about his amazing life but yet it's comp