Director:
Tim Miller

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Gina Carano

Other notable appearances:
Stan Lee

Running time:
108 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man

When former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson (Reynolds) is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he chooses to leave his fiancee Vanessa (Baccarin) to undergo an experimental cure.

While the cure unlocks accelerated healing powers, it leaves Wade disfigured and believing he cannot return to Vanessa. Instead, Wade adopts the name Deadpool and seeks revenge against the man whose treatment disfigured him.

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Page count:
64 [includes introduction by Tim Sale, The Killing Joke, afterword by Brian Bolland, and An Innocent Guy]

Format:
Hardcover

Publisher:
DC Comics

The Joker has once again escaped from Arkham Asylum. This time though he targets Commissioner Gordon and his daughter Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl.

Will Batman recapture the Joker before he drags Commissioner Gordon into the depths of madness?

Continue reading Batman: The Killing Joke – The Deluxe Edition by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland (2008) →

Director:
Guillermo del Toro

Starring:
Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain

Other notable appearances:
Jim Beaver, Charlie Hunnam

Running time:
119 minutes

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Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shining, The Others

Writer Edith Cushing (Wasikowska) has seen ghosts for most of her life. When her father is viciously murdered, she marries the mysterious stranger Thomas Sharpe (Hiddleston) and moves from America to his home in England. Also in residence is Thomas’s sister Lucille (Chastain) who is cold towards Edith.

Edith soon realises that not all is as it seems in Crimson Peak and that the ghosts of her past are nothing compared to those in her future.

Continue reading Crimson Peak (2015) →

Director:
Wes Craven

Starring:
Peter Berg, Mitch Pileggi, Ted Raimi, Sam Scarber, Richard Brooks, Michael Murphy

Other notable appearances:
Kane Roberts, Jonathan Craven

Running time:
109 minutes

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A Nightmare on Elm Street, Toxic Avenger

Jonathan (Berg) is a star quarterback with a hot blonde girlfriend and his life ahead of him. That is until a serial killer murders his foster mother, foster sister and foster brother. When Jonathan tells his foster father, a police lieutenant (Murphy), that he dreamt about the murders as they were happening, the lieutenant looks into it and tracks down the killer, Horace Pinker, based on the dreams.

During Pinker’s (Pileggi) execution, he manages to transfer his spirit into electricity that he can use to possess people. As Pinker continues his life or homicide after death, can Jonathan cross the line needed to stop him?

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Director:
Rob Letterman

Starring:
Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan

Other notable appearances:
R.L. Stine

Running time:
103 minutes

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Scooby Doo, Jumanji, Night at the Museum

Zach (Minnette) is the new kid in Madison, Delaware when he and his mother move there to start a new life after his father’s death. He quickly makes friends with his quirky neighbour Hannah (Rush) despite warnings from her overprotective father.

When Zack thinks he hears Hannah being attacked by her father, he and his new friend Champ (Lee) go to Hannah’s house to investigate. There they find Hannah safe along with several notebooks by YA horror author R.L. Stine.

After opening one of the notebooks and releasing the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, Zack and Champ realise that Hannah’s father is in fact YA horror author R.L. Stine. They manage to get the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena tamed, but during the kerfuffle another book is opened. Someone else is on the loose. Someone hellbent on revenge. Someone who is … no dummy.

Continue reading Goosebumps (2015) →