Yesterday

PG-13
Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Karma Sood and Harry Mitchell
Running Time: 1Hour and 56 Minutes

What a totally refreshing surprise this movie is! Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is a young and very poor musician living in London. He works several small gigs with just a few spectators who show up to see him. He has a very good and faithful friend named Ellie (Lily James) who is devoted to him and encourages him to continue to chase after his dream of becoming a famous musician!
One night after finishing his show he was riding his bicycle home when there is some kind of cataclysmic event for a short time that causes the electricity to go out all across the entire world! Completely pitch dark everywhere! Jack collides with a bus and is injured. He ends up in the hospital for several days and also gets several of his teeth knocked out. Once he is well enough to leave the hospital, his ever faithful friend Ellie is there to drive him home. He gets better quickly and back on his feet again. One night he decides to play some of The Beatles songs, but no one seems to remember any of The Beatles music! He is dumbfound, he googles The Beatles and finds there is NO history or any mention of them at all! He is confused and finds the mystery getting deeper. It seems when the power went out that all of the people lost any memory of The Beatles completely!
He becomes very popular very quickly performing many of The Beatles legendary songs.
 The infamous Ed Sheeran shows up at his home where he lives with his parents and offers him to be his opening act. Suddenly he is wanted all over the world for his incredible music ability and is summoned by a huge musical recording empire in Los Angeles headed by Debra (Kate McKinnon). She is desperate to sign him and get the rights to all of his music and talent. Jack is so naive and innocent in this huge new world that he finds himself thrust into that he is completely overwhelmed.
He is becoming legendary and still questions those around him about their memory of The Beatles and they constantly reassure him they have no knowledge of the infamous group.
He is growing further apart from his beloved Ellie and she starts to become involved with Nick (Harry Mitchell) the first recording manager he began with. He knows he has to win Ellie back and proclaim his love for her!
I enjoyed this wonderful and happy movie so much, it was just fun and entertaining. A happy go lucky little movie that will brighten your spirits.
Parents be advised: This movie is rated PG-13. I would recommend it for children over the age of 10 just because of the story content. I didn’t really find anything objectionable in this movie other than
Kate McKinnon dropped one F-bomb that you really couldn’t make out very easily. Plus there was one bedroom scene but it was pretty mild and ended abruptly.
I am giving “Yesterday” four bags of popcorn.

Toy Story 4

G
Starring the voices of: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Madeleine McGraw and Carl Weathers and a lot more!
Running Time: 1 Hour and 40 Minutes

With this Pixar blockbuster franchise, anything could happen. I really did not have my expectations too high because “Toy Story 3” was hard enough to watch with Andy growing up and going off to college. My younger son grew up along with Andy, loving these movies and they are very sentimental to us.
It’s hard for me to believe that the “Toy Story” franchise has been a part of our world since 1995.
“Toy Story” was released in 1995 with “Toy Story 2” in 1999, “Toy Story 3” in 2010 and now nine years later we have “Toy Story 4”, this precious little gem of a movie that will no doubt steal your heart! Where does the time go?
I was immediately reeled into this story hook, line and sinker right from the beginning.
Little Bonnie (Madeleine McGraw) who inherited the toys from Andy, is going off to Kindergarten orientation.
Woody (Tom Hanks) panics and stows away in her backpack so she will have moral support if she needs it, but she makes her own new toy out of a spork with googly eyes and pipe cleaners whom she names “Forky”  (Tony Hale). Forky is now her favorite toy. Bonnie’s family takes a road trip before school begins. She takes Forky with her and Woody goes along too. Forky flees when he gets the chance and Woody follows him. When they walk by an antique shop, Woody sees Bo Peep’s lamp on display so they go inside. What they find inside the store was not quite what they were expecting!
They find a talking doll named “Gabby-Gabby” (Christina Hendricks) who I must say was a dead-ringer for a talking doll I use to own named Chatty Cathy by Mattel back in the day. There were also four really creepy marionette dummies that were very frightening. Woody and Forky were trying to get out but couldn’t.
There is a lot going on with all of the old toys, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) , Bo Peep (Annie Potts) and the new ones too. Plus Bonnie’s family’s trip in their RV is hilarious. Add in Duke Caboom (Keanu Reeves) and Combat Carl (Carl Weathers) and it just all comes together.
I thought this was such a sweet and touching movie on so many levels. Great for children and adults as well, however I think the adults in the audience enjoyed it even more!
Obviously Disney’s Pixar animation is second to none and the graphics and CGI were stunning and incomparable!
Be sure and stay for the end of the credits for a few more laughs.
Parents be advised: This movie is rated G. I am actually kind of surprised by that because there were some intimidating parts in the antique store with Gabby-Gabby and even more so with the creepy dummy guys! All the children seemed to be fine but there were some very touching and realistic moments that caused a lot of emotion for some of the kids.
I am giving “Toy Story 4” four bags of popcorn!