The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride is a 2015 American romantic drama film directed by George Tillman, Jr. and written by Craig Bolotin. Based on Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name, the film stars Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Alan Alda, Melissa Benoist, and Lolita Davidovich.

Luke Collins is a bull rider who is seriously injured one night while riding. One year later he gets back on and meets Sophia Danko by chance. On their first date they encounter an older gentleman who has crashed his car and help rescue him. Luke continues riding bulls, no matter the risk of being hurt again. He and Sophia fall in love. Meanwhile, Sophia continuously visits the man she and Luke rescued, Ira Levinson. He tells her the story of how he met his late wife, Ruth; their stories interweave.

Indeed an outstanding and haunting movie everyone must see.

 
- Alisha Akram

Mr Beans Holiday Movie

Most Americans haven’t really had the chance to appreciate the quirky humour of Mr. Bean, especially if their only experience with Rowan Atkinson’s bumbling character was the painfully dull Bean which bored theatre audiences to tears in the late 90s. Those of us on the States side of the pond who were lucky enough to have a television station that aired old BBC shows know Atkinson has much more to offer. Mr. Bean doesn’t need a stupid Americanized family-comedy script to be funny, and in fact he does better without much of a script at all. Someone had that realization when they pulled together Bean’s latest cinematic adventure and the result is classic Mr. Bean comedy goodness.

There’s still a big problem though: Mr. Bean is at his best in small doses. Those ten to fifteen minute sketches from the show were absolutely perfect. In movie form Bean is still good for a laugh and as always Atkinson’s comedic talents are spot on from start to finish, but a solid hour and half is just too darn long.

Thankfully, even though you could pack a big complicated comedic plot into those ninety minutes, the movie keeps things simple and sweet. Mr. Bean wins a local contest and the prize is a trip to the beach on the French Riviera. It’s a straightforward starting point, the perfect sort of situation for Bean to get into trouble.

Setting off with video camera in hand, he can’t even get on the train without creating chaos. An innocent mistake causes Bean to accidentally separate a young Russian boy from his father. The train pulls away with Bean and the boy on board and the left-behind father, a famous juror for the Cannes film festival, thinking that Bean has kidnapped his son launches a nationwide search for his missing son. Not that I blame him. If I had a kid I’d be worried too if he was last seen in the presence of someone as creepy as Mr. Bean. Overall it was a great movie to watch!'

By Mohammad Shah

 

The Edge

The Edge rock climbing gym in castle hill is a venue I have been going to for a years (on and off) now.

Although it is a small venue it boasts some of the longest indoor climbing routes in the Australia.  The gym is filled with and run by quirky characters happy to help anyone with problem they be having with a particular route.  It’s this friendly atmosphere that really fuels this place and keeps the doors open. 

The gym has 2 separate levels and is separated into 3 different area’s.  You have the bouldering and lead climbing routes at the bottom and the top ropes on the first level.  There is a good variety of different climbs and although the bouldering section is, well… Tiny.  The routes are updated and changed on a weekly basis.  So if you ever find yourself around the area make sure to drop in and check the gym out for yourself.    


- Kris