American Poltergeist (2015)

Review by CJ

Director:
Mike Rutkowski

Starring:
Donna Spangler, Ashley Green Elizabeth, Jaime Sarchet, Luke Brandon Field, Nikole Howell, Jakob Renken

Other notable appearances:
Nicole Holland, Nicholas Talone

Running time:
93 minutes

Watch this if you like:
Unintentionally bad horror films

 

A group of unwitting teenagers move into the house where the Borden murders took place. Mayhem ensues.

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Disney’s Aladdin the Musical

Review by CJ

Starring:
Ainsley Melham, Michael James Scott, Hiba Elchikhe, Adam-Jon Fiorentino, Troy Sussman, Robert Tripolino, Adam Murphy, Aljin Abella, George Henare

Venue:
Her Majesty’s Theatre (Melbourne, Australia)

Running time:
150 minutes

Song list:
Arabian Nights. One Jump Ahead. Proud of Your Boy. These Palace Walls. Babkak, Omar, Aladdin, Kassim. A Million Miles Away. Diamond in the Rough. Friend Like Me. Act One Finale (Friend Like Me Reprise/Proud of Your Boy Reprise). Prince Ali. A Whole New World. High Adventure. Somebody’s Got Your Back. Proud of Your Boy (Reprise II). Prince Ali (Sultan Reprise). Prince Ali (Jafar Reprise). Finale Ultimo (Arabian Nights Reprise/A Whole New World Reprise).

 

A young man named Aladdin (Melham) lives on what he can steal with his three friends Kassim (Fiorentino), Babkak (Sussman) and Omar (Tripolino). That is until chance encounters with Princess Jasmine (Elchikhe) and a magical genie (Scott) throw their lives completely off course.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
James Gunn

Starring:
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Kurt Russell, Elizabeth Debicki

Other notable appearances:
Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Seth Green, Michael Rosenbaum, Michelle Yeoh, Miley Cyrus, Jeff Goldblum, David Hasselhoff, Stan Lee

Running time:
136 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, The Avengers, Suicide Squad

 

The Guardians of the Galaxy continue to do good (and bad) deeds across the galaxy. After their latest good (and bad) deeds, they are on the verge of being destroyed when they are saved by a man claiming to be Star-Lord’s father. Their loyalties and perceptions of each other are tested as the Guardians of the Galaxy must once again save the galaxy and themselves.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 15th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)

Review by CJ

Director:
Oz Perkins

Starring:
Ruth Wilson, Paul Prentiss, Lucy Boynton

Other notable appearances:
Bob Balaban, Brad Milne

Running time:
18 days (okay, IMDb says it was actually 87 minutes)

Watch this if you like:
Being so bored that it aches

 

Lily (Wilson) is a hospice nurse who comes to live with elderly horror writer Iris Blum (Prentiss) in her haunted house.

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When A Stranger Calls (2006)

Review by CJ

Director:
Simon West

Starring:
Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Lance Henriksen

Other notable appearances:
Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson, Clark Gregg, David Denman, Dianna Agron

Running time:
87 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Halloween, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Orphan

 

Jill Johnson (Belle) has been made to take a babysitting job at a large, isolated house as punishment for overusing her mobile phone. While there, Jill starts to receive menacing phone calls from an unknown caller who is about to make themselves very known.

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