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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Burr Steers

Starring:
Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Douglas Booth, Jack Huston

Other notable appearances:
Lena Headey, Sally Phillips, Charles Dance, Matt Smith, Suki Waterhouse

Running time:
108 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, Pride and Prejudice with gore

 

Elizabeth Bennet (James) is a young lady in the 19th century who is skilled in the arts of decorum, literature and zombie defence. Can Elizabeth and her four sisters please both of their parents by marrying well and staying alive during a mounting zombie invasion?

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Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Anna Foerster

Starring:
Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lara Pulver, Tobias Menzies

Other notable appearances:
Charles Dance, James Faulkner, Bradley James

Running time:
91 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
True Blood, Queen of the Damned, Underworlds 1-4

 

The war between the vampires and the lycans continues. Death dealer Selene (Beckinsale) is dragged back into the war by a vampire coven requesting her help. Can she help end the war that has raged for centuries or will she meet her own end?

Underworld: Blood Wars is the fifth film in the Underworld series.

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The Invitation (2015)

Review by CJ

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Director:
Karyn Kusama

Starring:
Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michelle Krusiec, Mike Doyle, Jordi Vilasuso, Jay Larson, Lindsay Burdge, John Carroll Lynch, Marieh Delfino

Running time:
100 minutes

 

Will (Marshall-Green) is invited by ex-wife Eden (Blanchard) and her new husband David (Huisman) to a dinner party reunion. Also invited are friends of Will and Eden, who haven’t seen the couple since the death of their son over two years.

Will starts to notice that everything isn’t as it seems while the behaviour of the hosts and other guests gradually becomes more bizarre.

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The Woman in Black (2012)

Review by CJ

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Director:
James Watkins

Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds

Running time:
95 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Crimson Peak, The Others, The Conjuring 

 

Around the turn of the 20th century, lawyer Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe) is sent to a remote village in England to go through the mountains of papers belonging to a now deceased client. After a cold reception from the townsfolk, Arthur makes his way to the client’s house but finds much more than just some dusty old papers.

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