Pitch Perfect 2

Are we going to miss them when they're gone?

Will we miss them by their hair?

Will we miss them everywhere?

In all honesty, no probably not.

(Aca-embarrasing)

So this film picks up three years later, as the Barden Bella’s are in their final year of college, still going strong as the schools leading a cappella group. That is until what we'll call a "Blunder Down Under" causes the Bella’s to be suspended, which means no appearances, and no new members. Although why they haven't recruited a single new member since forming, so The Barden Bella’s can continue once its current members graduate is lost on me.

Unable to except defeat, and finding a loophole in their suspension the Bella’s vow to make a comeback, and redeem themselves by winning the A Cappella World Championships, which take place in Denmark at the end of the school year.

In the meantime they sniff out their competition, a heavily fake accented German a cappella group named; Das Sound Machine, who in all honesty are equally as average as The Barden Bella’s. The stereotypes given to the "German's" border on racist, but alas, it's funny so it's overlooked. However what can’t be over looked is the Bella’s need to take down this group with a vengeance as if they were the ones that caused the incident that led to their suspension. I guess every battle needs a villain and although it may no longer be WW1 the Germans are still to blame.

Anyways, life isn't all a cappella, there are other worries in life other than what cover song mash ups work best… and whatever else goes into being in an a cappella group, and for tough chick Beca (Anna Kendrick) that's becoming a music producer. The first step; working as an intern to an egotistical know-it-all who's self obsessedness is so outlandishly accurate, it's hilarious. Naturally in order to cause some sort of tension in an otherwise fluffy film, Beca has decided to keep her new job a secret from her friends. *Gasp!* because other than that it seems like time has stood still even though the years have passed; Fat Amy is still fat, Britney Snow is still trying to act like the protagonist instead of its bitch, and there are no good looking guys to swoon over.

As much of a mockery as I have made over the Bella’s and their bizarre love of the world of a cappella, it can't go without saying how cool some of the mash-ups were, most noticed when they brought back the popular Riff-Off segment that was first seen in the first film. All in all, my hopes for this film was never really that high to begin with, but it was funny at points, cute and had a whimsical enough element for me to recommend to you to see it in cinema.... if nothing else is showing.

Furious 7

We all know the saying coined by Good Charlotte; Girls don't like boys, Girls like Cars and Money but speaking on behalf of women everywhere I can contest to two out of three things in that statement, so I guess it’s fortunately for us this film gives us great looking guy with cars and money. Win win win.

Having now validated the relevance for Tokyo Drift by making it a sequel/backstory to Fast 7, things kick off with the introduction of Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), older brother of the hospitalized Owen Shaw - Fast 6’s antagonist - and certified badass lunatic, who leaves devastation in his wake as shown when he exits the hospital his comatose brother is being kept by more or less burning it to the ground for some reason, before taking off in a sexy white Jaguar F-Type. Vroom

Having been a few years since the team’s rampage through the streets of London, the last thing they are expecting is to be hunted by the crazy brother of an old foe – which is understandable considering it seems like Deckard Shaw waited more than a year to come after them. That being said he did introduce himself with a bang, by first hospitalizing Hobbs’ (Dwayne Johnson), killing Han, then destroying Dom’s home. 
Dominic (Vin Diesel) is determined to take Shaw out before he can hurt anyone else, by forming an alliance with a covert operations team, led by a charming Belgium Cider loving man named Frank Petty (Kurt Russell) to find Ramsey a mysterious hacker that has been kidnapped because of the unique tracking software they have designed named God’s Eye – and Dominic’s main chance at putting an end to Shaw’s reign of terror.

The plan and schemes that were concocted too this film to a whole other level above the rest, as I was legit on the edge of my seat, breath held as cars did things that they were surely not meant to do and our character put their lives in the hands of air and God to pull off the most death defying stunts. I know I was impressed, and I have a feeling that Shaw was too as he was basically a creepy stalker weirdo in his one man crusade, chasing the crew from LA to  Abu Dhabi, causing havoc when things were crazy enough. Yowza.

I think a lot of people forget that as well as being an action movie, the Fast and Furious films are also hilarious - like seriously the amount of time I laughed out loud in the cinema as I sat by myself like a complete weirdo was innumerable. The comedy duo of Tej (Ludacris) and Roman (Tyrese Gibson)  adds a nice release to the tension filled action sequences and really just sets the believability of them being more than just a team but friends and brothers.

Fantastic would be an understatement in describing this film. The characters amidst the action have grown and developed which paved the way for sad endings, new beginnings and nostalgic moments. Of course I am primarily talking about the elephant in the room, the real life death of actor Paul Walker who played Brian O’Conner. I think how they honoured both Paul and Brian, with their exit from the franchise was very sweet, a little "Teen Angel" but still very sweet and filled with many feels, as it felt that in many ways the franchise – whether it continues or not - will never quite be the same.