STRANGER THINGS

Genre: science fiction, horror, supernatural and period drama

Director: Mass and Ross Duffer (the Duffer Brothers)

Studio: 21 Laps Entertainment

Streaming: July 2016

Duration: 42-62 minutes (7 episodes and 2 seasons)

Actors: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono

Plot: Set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, in the 1980s, the first season focuses on the investigation into the disappearance of a young boy amid supernatural events ocurring around the town, including the misterios appearance of a girl with psychokinetic abilities who heps the missing boy's friends in their own search.

Opinion: I think this is one of the best series I've seen of horror genre and paranormal. It seems to be a series for children but in many places it is quite scary. The soundtrack and special effects are very well worked. One thing that I love it is how the actors put themselves in their role.

ELITE

Genre: teen drama, crime drama and thriller
Director: Ramón Salazar and Dami de la Orden
Studio: Zeta Producciones
Streaming: 5 October, 2018
Duration: 47-56 (8 episodes and 1 season)
Actors: María Pedraza, Itzan Escamilla, Miguel Bernardeu, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Álvaro Rico, Arón Piper, Mina el Hammami, Ester Expósito, Omar Ayuso and Danna Paola.
Plot: After their old school is destroyed by a roof collapse possibly due to faulty construction, three working class friends are given scholarships by the construction company as a goodwill gesture to study at Las Encinas, the most exclusive private school in Spain.

Opinion: Most of the teen drama series I think are bored or the plot it's so typical. I started watching this serie because it's a quick serie to watch. The plot it's very good but I think it's very commercial and is made to sell. 

NOW YOU SEE ME

Genre: heist thriller
Director: Louis Leterrier
Studio: K/O Paper Products
Streaming: May 31, 2013
Duration: 115 minutes
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.
Plot: Four stage magicians are each given a tarot card that leads them to the same empty New York City apartment where they find information from an unknown benefactor. A year later, the four have their first major performance as the Four Horsemen in an elaborate Las Vegas show funded by insurance magnate Arthur Tressler.

Opinion: This movie I saw a few years ago with my mother, because she loves this kind of movies. At first I hated it but there came a time when I got hooked on the plot. I think it's a very good movie to see with family.

DON'T BREATHE

Genre: horror
Director: Fede Álvarez
Studio: Ghost House Pictures and Good Universe
Streaming: August 26, 2016
Duration: 88 minutes
Actors: Jane levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Franciska Törocsik.
Plot: Rocky, Alex and Money are three Detroit delinquents who make a living by breaking into houses secured by Alex's father's security company and selling the stolen items. Money then receives a tip that a US Army Special Forces veteran living in an abandoned Detroit neighborhood has $300,000 in cash in his house. He received it as a settlement after a wealthy young woman, Cindy Roberts, killed his daughter in a car accident. But the veteran man is blind caused by an explosion during the war.

Opinion: In my opinion I expected much more from this movie before seeing it. The trailer and the movie they are totally different things and without any kind of relation. The end is also very little worked and it isn't scary.

FANTASTIC BEAST AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

Genre: fantasy
Director: David Yates
Writer: JK Rowling
Studio: Warner Bros
Streaming: 18 November 2016
Duration: 133 minutes
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterson, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton...
Plot: The history starts in 1926 when Newt Scamander just complet a travel around the world to find and document an extraordinary selection of magical beasts. But Newt when he make a brief on Newe York have a problem. A muggle (person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born in a magical family) called Jacob and a flight of some fantastic beast of Newt, that could cause problems at the magical world and in the muggle world.

Opinion: I'm a big fan of Harry Potter and I think this movie is best than the films of Harry Potter, we have to remember that they are set in the same world. This film have a very good special effects, although the animals are made in computer they look real. 

PALM TREES IN THE SNOW

Genre: romance, colonialism and years 50-60
Director: Fernando Gonzáles Molina
Studio: Nostromo Pictures
Streaming: December 25, 2015
Duration: 163 minutes
Actors: Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte, Macarena García, Celso Bugallo, Laia Costa, Emilio Gutiérrez
Plot: A Spanish movie. Kilian is a young man from the mountains of Huesca who, in 1954, returns to the island of Ferdando Pó (the actual Bioko), where he was born. He joins his father Antón and his brother Jacobo. They are some of the Spanish colonialists who raise cocoa.

Opinion: In the first look this movie it seems boring. It's the perfect film to watch one Sunday and with a lot of food. It also helps you understand what life was like at that time and the colonialism. The end is not good as I expected at the beginning, is a very good movie if we think it is from Spain, most movies or series from Spain are very bad.

GAME OF THRONES

Genre: Fantasy and Serial drama

Created by: David Benioff and D. B. Weiss

Studio: Now HBO

Streaming: Jun 28, 2017

Duration: 50-80 minutes for episode, 67 episodes and 7 seasons

Actors: Peter Dinklage, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Ian Glen, Aidan Gillen.
Plot: If you like the violence and the fantasy this is your show. The show set on the fictional continets of Westeros and Essos  in these continents there are a big number of stories, in which many characters participe. One of the historys is based on wating to get the Iron Throne and the problem with the legendary creatures that lie far north. And the most interesting thing in Game of Thrones there aren't bad or good characters.

Opinion: This is my favourite serie, but a long time ago I thought it was a very boring serie and it was overrated. But one day I started to look in HBO because a friend recommended it to me and in a month I saw the seven seasons. Now I'm so excited to see the season eight that will be released on April 2019.