DARKEST HOUR
Recommended. There's a saying that people come to your life for a reason, for a season or for a lifetime. Winston Churchill was such a one-season man. He played his role in forming resistance against Hitler's invasion but got ousted from his post one year after the war ended. The movie shows how reluctantly he was accepted as Prime Minister, how his inflamed speeches turned the course of history and how, incapable of decing whether to negotiate with the enemy or not, he follows the king's advice, mingles with common citizens on the Tube, since "people normally say what they think", and gets a clear-cut answer. An uplifting movie, showing Churchill's foibles but imposing enough gravitas to render him as a responsible and reasonable politician. Big Ben chimes after the credits.
PENGABDI SETAN (SATAN'S SLAVE)
Watchable. Scary at times but with ghosts, poltergeists, dead bodies and zombies all thrown in one movie. Yet the family is fun, e.g. when a seven year old dismisses his brother's walking dead theory: "This zombie's smart, carrying a torch." The finale implies a sequel and that's looking up. The red berries and the neighbour couple who just can't let the family go got me intrigued.
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