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Suicide Squad (2016)

Review by CJ

Suicide Squad

Director:
David Ayer

Starring:
Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne, Joel Kinnaman, Karen Fukuhara, Jared Leto

Other notable appearances:
Ike Barinholtz, Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Jim Parrack

Running time:
123 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Batman: The Killing Joke, Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

 

Amanda Waller (Davis) uses the threat of a potential evil Superman to assemble imprisoned villains with a view to making them perform suicidal missions in exchange for time off their sentence. When the head of Waller’s ragtag team of villains, Enchantress (Delevingne), goes rogue, Waller forces Harley Quinn (Robbie), Deadshot (Smith), Killer Croc (Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Captain Boomerang (Courtney) and Diablo (Hernandez) to work with soldier Rick Flag (Kinnaman) and volunteer Katana (Fukuhara) to save the world.

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Lights Out (2016)

Review by CJ

Lights Out

Director:
David F. Sandberg

Starring:
Teresa Palmer, Gabriel Bateman, Alexander DiPersia, Maria Bello

Other notable appearances:
Billy Burke

Running time:
81 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Conjuring, Sinister, Poltergeist (2015)

 

When Rebecca’s (Palmer) brother Martin (Bateman) starts to see the same figure that haunted Rebecca as a child, the siblings discover they have every reason to be afraid of the dark.

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Ghostbusters (2016)

Review by CJ

Ghostbusters 2016

Director:
Paul Feig

Starring:
Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Neil Casey

Other notable appearances:
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Sigourney Weaver, Andy Garcia, Ozzy Osbourne, Charles Dance, Ed Begley Jr

Running time:
1 hour 56 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Ghostbusters (1984), Bridesmaids

 

After an encounter with an angry ghost gives them proof of the afterlife, Abby (McCarthy), Holtzmann (McKinnon) and Erin (Wiig) team up to catch and contain ghosts. Along the way they are joined by ditzy receptionist Kevin (Hemsworth) and new recruit Patty (Jones).

When the city is threatened by a madman set on breaking the barrier between our world and the spirit world, who you gonna call?

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The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Review by CJ

The Conjuring 2

Director:
James Wan

Starring:
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O’Connor, Simon McBurney

Other notable appearances:
Bob Adrian, Bonnie Aarons

Running time:
134 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Conjuring, Annabelle, Sinister

Six years after the events of The Conjuring Ed (Wilson) and Lorraine (Farmiga) Warren travel to England to investigate a haunting and possession in Enfield. This film is based on the true accounts of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.

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Finding Dory (2016)

Review by CJ

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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