The Movie Addict

All the Money in the World is based on a true story but the more interesting news about this film is the fact that just six weeks before it was due to be released, Ridley Scott chose to replace Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer so that the film would be released. The film tells the story of Jean-Paul Getty Jr who is kidnapped and held for a $17 million ransom but his grandfather Jean-Paul Getty who at this time is the richest man in the world wont pay a penny. Mark Wahlberg is tasked with finding him. There’s a moment at the beginning of the film where Plummer tells a story about a Minotaur statue is worth $1.2 million but later on when Michelle Williams wants to sell it to raise some money realises that they are sold in a gift shop. This is quite a downbeat moment just when you think things are starting to go well. There is always a sense that Wahlberg and Williams are just one step behind finding Getty Jr. If I had one issue is that I think it drags on a little bit too long. The ...

The Post tells the story of the Washington Post newspaper trying to publish a story about the pentagon papers. Meryl Streep play Kay who is the owner of the Washington Post and Tom Hanks as Ben who is the executive editor. The poster is simply those two which is perhaps all the marketing that you need and when you add Steven Spielberg to the mix then you have a film that naturally sells itself. Even though this has a very impressive cast including Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford and Bruce Greenwood just to name a few, the film and story really centre around Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Streep’s performance of Kay is very similar to Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady’, it was a little distracting at times but I did think it still a good performance as someone who wants to do the right think but is being told to squash the story for the sake of her paper. Tom Hanks’ Ben is someone that drives the story and is very excited with what is about to happen and is very confident in what the pape...