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Disney On Ice: Magical Ice Festival

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Review by CJ

Magical Ice Festival

Starring:
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Princess Ariel, Prince Eric, Ursula, Sebastian, Flounder, Princess Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Maximus, Mother Gothel, Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts, Chip, Gaston, LeFou, Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, Prince Hans

Venue:
Rod Laver Arena

Running time:
123 minutes (including 15 minute interval)

 

Disney On Ice: Magical Ice Festival features modified tellings of The Little Mermaid, Tangled, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck appear between sets to introduce and wrap up each of the main features.

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End of Watch by Stephen King (2016)

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Review by CJ

End of Watch

Page count:
432 [including author’s note]

Format:
Hardcover

ISBN:
978-105011-2974-2

 

When a mother and daughter connected to the Mercedes Killer incident commit suicide, private investigator Bill Hodges and his eccentric business partner Holly Gibney are brought in to consult.

When the police turn their backs, Bill and Holly stay on the case. What they discover will challenge them beyond anything they have experienced before.

End of Watch is the final book of the Bill Hodges Trilogy which includes Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers.

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Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory

Director:
Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane

Starring:
Ellen Degeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O’Neill

Other notable appearances:
Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Andrew Stanton, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney

Running time:
103 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3

 

When Dory (Degeneres) suddenly starts remembering clues about who her parents are, Marlin (Brooks) and Nemo (Rolence) agree to help her find them on a trek that will once again take them across the ocean.

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The Diabolical (2015)

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The Diabolical

Director:
Alistair Legrand

Starring:
Ali Larter, Max Page, Chloe Perrin, Arjun Gupta

Other notable appearances:
Patrick Fischler

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Finishing a movie and wondering what the heck you just watched.

 

When widowed mother Madison’s (Larter) house becomes haunted by three malevolent spirits, she enlists the help of her scientist boyfriend (Gupta) to investigate the spectres.

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The Last House on the Left (2009)

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The Last House on the Left

Director:
Dennis Iliadis

Starring:
Sara Paxton, Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Spencer Treat Clark, Garret Dillahunt, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul

Running time:
110 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Eden Lake

Trigger warning:
Graphic rape

 

Emma (Potter) and John (Goldwyn) Collingwood provide Krug (Dillahunt), his son, brother and girlfriend with medical attention and a place to stay after their car crashes near the Collingwood family’s summer house. What Emma and John don’t know is that Krug is a wanted fugitive whose gang have just brutally assaulted their daughter and murdered her friend. To what lengths will the Collingwood’s go to avenge their daughter?

The Last House on the Left (2009) is a remake of Wes Craven’s directorial debut The Last House on the Left (1972).

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