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The Boy (2016)

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Review by CJ

The Boy

Director:
William Brent Bell

Starring:
Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle

Running time:
97 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Annabelle, The Visit

 

Greta (Cohan) is an American looking to escape an abusive relationship by travelling to England. She takes a job as nanny for a married couple, Mr and Mrs Heelshire, who live in the secluded English countryside.

When she arrives, Greta discovers the Heelshires’ son Brahms died 20 years ago at the age of eight. Instead her charge is to look after a life sized porcelain doll the couple also refer to as Brahms and treat as though he were a live boy. After the Heelshires’ leave for a vacation, Greta ignores the strict rules for Brahms’ care that were set out for her.

Greta is about to see just how naughty a little boy can be.

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Penny Dreadful: Season Two

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Penny Dreadful - Season 2

Director:
James Hawes, Brian Kirk, Damon Thomas, Kari Skogland

Writer:
John Logan

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Helen McCrory, Sarah Greene, David Haig

Other notable appearances:
Olivia Llewellyn, Ruth Gemmell, Tamsin Topolski, Simon Russell Beale, Jonny Beauchamp

Running time:
47-56 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

 

With the vampire master defeated, medium Vanessa Ives (Green), explorer Sir Malcolm Murray (Dalton), sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Hartnett), the mysterious Sembene (Sapani), and mortician Dr Victor Frankenstein (Treadaway) must unite once again to face an evil far greater than any of them could have imagined — the devil himself.

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Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Captain America Civil War

Director:
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Starring:
Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jnr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Paul Beattany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Tom Holland, Daniel Brühl

Other notable appearances:
John Slattery, William Hurt, Marisa Tomei, Martin Freeman, Stan Lee

Running time:
147 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy

 

After the events in New York City, Washington DC and Sokovia, the United Nations propose an accord by which the Avengers will act under instruction from and be answerable to the United Nations. When the team is split by the decision and loyalties are questioned, the Avengers find themselves fighting each other for what they believe is right.

Captain America: Civil War is a the 13th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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Penny Dreadful: Season One

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Penny Dreadful - Season 1

Director:
J.A. Bayona, Dearbhla Walsh, Coky Giedroyc, James Hawes

Writer:
John Logan

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney, Danny Sapani, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, Olivia Llewellyn

Other notable appearances:
Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory

Running time:
Approx 50 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
8

 

Sir Malcolm Murray (Dalton) assembles a group of misfits with unique talents to save his daughter Mina Harker (Llewellyn) from a vampire. The ragtag group of anti-heroes includes medium Vanessa Ives (Green), sharpshooter Ethan Chandler (Hartnett), the mysterious Sembene (Sapani), and mortician Dr Victor Frankenstein (Treadaway).

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Ant-Man (2015)

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Ant-Man

Director:
Peyton Reed

Starring:
Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll

Other notable appearances:
Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, Tip ’T.I.’ Harris, Judy Greer, John Slattery, Hayley Atwell, Stan Lee, Anthony Mackie, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan

Running time:
117 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Iron Man, The Avengers, Big Hero 6

 

Ex-burglar Scott Lang (Rudd) is convinced to undertake one last score to set himself up with a life so he can see his daughter. When the burglary is completed, he discovers that the huge score he was promised is nothing more than an old motorcycle suit.

Upon trying on the motorcycle suit and shrinking to the size of an ant, Scott finds there is much more than meets the eye. Through the suit’s communication system, Scott talks with the man to whom the suit belongs and is given a series of tests. He passes the tests and is brought to the suit’s original owner Hank Pym (Douglas) and his daughter Hope (Lilly). They explain that Lang is the only hope to stopping a small problem from having a big impact.

Ant-Man is the 12th film the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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