Movie review: ****Aquaman (2018)

Aquaman (2018)  Here is the definitive story of Aquaman from DC Comics.  Aquaman is the son of Queen Allana (Nicole Kidman) and a human male, Tom Curry (Tamuera Morrison).  Who knew there were so many beasts living under the sea.  Aquaman’s (Jason Momoa) brother, King Nereus (Dolph Lundgren) is determine to wage war on the surface dwellers.  Facing him is his older half-brother Aquaman, and his allies Mera (Amber Heard) and Vulko (Willem Dafoe).  Mera and Aquaman end on a quest to find the Trident of Atlan.  Only the rightful king can wield the trident.  Tailing them is the Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Manteen II), whom Aquaman offended when he let Manta's father die.  He has sworn revenge on Aquaman, and using weapons provided by King Nereus, and tracking information from Mera’s bracelet, hw nearly succeed.  However things are not easy.  Aquaman must face a sea monster who is guarding the trident.

Movie Review: ***^Paranoia

Paranoia is a movie about industrial espionage.  It bits two former partners Nicholas Wyatt (Gary Oldman) and Jack Goddard (Harrison Ford) who would do anything now to see the other fail.  In between them is the person blackmailed to spy, Adam Cassidy (Liam Hemsworth, Gale Hawthorne in Hunger Games) by Wyatt.  This movie is pretty intense, as Wyatt is willing to do anything to win, including murder.  He threatens to kill Cassidy's father (Richard Dreyfuss) if he doesn't cooperate, and attempts to kill his best friend.  He has killed in the past, as presented by an FBI agent who confronts Cassidy.  The stakes are high, and this movie, after it gets going, keeps you on the edge of your feet.  It does take forever to get up to speed.  We don't even see Harrison Ford until a third of the way through the movie, but when we do, with his energy the movie takes off.  Cassidy also has a love interest, Emma Jennings (Amber Heard) who works for Goddard, and he uses to complete his spying mission.  This is a fun, exciting ride, and it appears our young man, because of his greed, has gotten himself in too far.  I am a big Harrison Ford fan, as is Sheri, and that is why we went.