Star Trek Discovery

This is a completely new series airing initially on Netflix and has a much larger budget than previous series and also has the advantage of cutting edge computer special effects.
This could have just been a special effects fest with no real plot but it has proved to be a lot more than that.

The cast is really great with no weak points so far and a really interesting plot arc that I will not reveal except to say that it involves a war with the Klingons and a very unusual device to help the Federation win the war.
From the first episode the tale has been told in a very interesting way and you feel a bond with the characters and genuinely want them to succeed in their various roles. with Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham showing that she is very capable of holding the whole thing together as the Vulcan trained officer in the first episode. Her story unfolds rapidly from then on and I will not spoil it.
The new star ship Discovery is rather smart looking and the crew is headed by Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca with very mixed crew of aliens and humans working to win the war.
If you have Netflix you can get a new episode every Monday, not sure if it is available elsewhere but I would have thought that it would be released at some point at least onto DVD.

Blade Runner 2049

Based 30 years after the original film we find a whole new breed of Replicants living on an even more ravaged Earth.
Through this Earthly Hell Ryan Gosling plays the Blade Runner this time but with a difference.
He still does the same job as Deckard did in the first film as he Retires the Nexus 8 Replicants created by the Tyrell Corporation but now with that corporation having gone it is replaced by a completely different and much more sinister company with its own agenda.

Old faces appear with Harrison Ford reprising his original role although most charcters are new and add interest and humanity to the non human.

The music is in line with the original and sometimes does get in the way of the dialog but it adds a unique feel to the film that helps it fit in with the original again.

Fans will be disappointed by the film I think, with some of the scenes really copying the look of the original whilst some draw a different  picture especially the solar farms at the start of the film. The closing scenes were some of my favourites and leave you wanting more.

Well worth seeing especially if you are a fan.

Kingsman - The Golden Circle.

The first Kingsman film established this as a harder hitting version of James Bond although in this version the Agents all work for a Gentlemens Tailor called Kingsman where they are equipped with all sorts of cool weapons and gadgets and where their various missions are controlled.

In this film this headquarters is quickly removed using rockets along with other key buildings leaving the survivors to seek help from their American cousins, Statesmen, who operate as a whisky company.
Their adversary, head of the Golden Circle and played by Julianne Moore, is a psychotic drug lord who has a master plan to get her illegal industry made legal, a plan that needs Kingsman out of the way and which personally involves one of the agents.

What follows is a brilliant roller coaster ride that really doesnt need you to pay attention to the plot or the huge holes in said plot, you simply hold tight and enjoy the ride which is great fun.

Oh and Elton John makes a rather brilliant appearance as one of the drug lords pets and he is a highlight of the film.

Is it worth seeing? Most certainly especially if you liked the first film you will not be disappointed.