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Disney On Ice: Treasure Trove

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Review by CJ

Treasure Trove

Director:
Patty Vincent

Starring:
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Alice, Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinker Bell, nine Disney Princesses and their Princes, assorted Disney villains

Venue:
Hisense Arena

Running time:
112 minutes (including 20 minute interval)

Song List:
The Toys Are Back in Town. Alice in Wonderland. I’m Late. The Caucus Race. The Unbirthday Song. Painting the Roses Red. You Can Fly. Following the Leader. A Pirate’s Life. The Circle of Life. I Just Can’t Wait to be King. Be Prepared. Hakuna Matata. Can You Feel the Love Tonight. Heigh-Ho. Some Day My Prince Will Come. Prince Ali. A Whole New World. Under the Sea. I See the Light.

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Sharktopus (2010)

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Sharktopus

Director:
Declan O’Brien

Starring:
Eric Roberts, Kerem Bursin, Sara Malakul Lane

Other notable appearances:
A genetically engineered shark-octopus hybrid

Running time:
89 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sharknado, Dinoshark, Ghost Shark, Bait

 

A shark-octopus hybrid is genetically engineered for the American military. When a boat collides with its neural implant the scientists lose control of the sharktopus. The creature begins a rampage killing anyone in its path. It’s up to the sharktopus creator (Roberts), his scientist daughter (Lane) and an ex-Navy SEAL (Bursin) to bring it in at any cost.

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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (2014)

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Mr Mercedes

Page count: 437 [includes one page author’s note]

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Scribner

 

When Detective Kermit “Bill” Hodges retires, he leaves with several cases unsolved. Though none haunt him more than the Mercedes Killer. A killer who used a stolen Mercedes to plow through a crowd to murder eight people and injure countless others. The case is revived when Hodges receives a taunting letter from the killer. The letter reignites Hodges’s desire to catch the killer and he brings himself unofficially out of retirement to investigate. After all, the killer may have written to say they will never kill again, but the killer doth protest too much.

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Piranhaconda (2012)

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Piranhaconda

Director:
Jim Wynorski

Starring:
Rib Hillis, Terri Ivens, Shandi Finnessey, Michael Madsen, Rachel Hunter

Other notable appearances:
Slimy, oozy piranhaconda eggs and their bitey parents

Running time:
85 minutes

Watch this if you liked: Anaconda 1-4, Sharktopus, Piranha 3D

 

A film crew happens to be filming their horror movie in Hawaii near where a scientist has recently stolen a piranhaconda’s egg. The film crew and scientist both get taken hostage by a group of mercenaries and lots of people from all parties end up being eaten by a giant snake-piranha hybrid. That’s pretty much it – these movies aren’t really known for their plots.

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Godzilla (2014)

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Godzilla

Director:
Gareth Edwards

Starring:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn

Other notable appearances:
GIANT FIGHTING MONSTERS!

Running time:
123 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Godzilla (1954), Jurassic Park

 

Warning: May contain spoilers for a movie made in 1954, the 2014 remains mostly unspoiled.

A new species referred to as the MUTO (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) hatches at the former site of a nuclear reactor. The calls of the MUTO summon an ancient apex predator who hasn’t been seen in 60 years. It’s now up to Lieutenant Brody (Taylor-Johnson), his nuclear scientist father (Cranston), Doctor Serizawa (Watanabe) and the US military to herd the MUTO and Godzilla together for a battle that has been thousands of years in the making.

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