American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
There’s really nothing new to this story but I still like how it was told. Particularly the parts that were told my Hugh Grant
★★★
A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
The part with the tea trolley and the disco in secure unit are some of my favourite scenes ever.
★★★
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus Dumbledore. However, Dumbledore will need to seek help from the wizard who had thwarted Grindelwald once before, his former student Newt Scamander, who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
Had no memory of watching this but some of it seemed familiar. Eventually realised we’d watched the start and given up at some point. The eldest liked it (11) youngest was bored and left…
Seemed adequate but little more than a stepping stone.
★★★