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The Invitation (2015)

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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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2AM: The Smiling Man (2013)

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Director:
Michael Evans

Starring:
Sean Simon, Paul Foltz

Running time:
4 minutes

 

A young man taking a walk at 2am encounters another man. A man with an eerie smile. A man who doesn’t respond when spoken to.

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The Woman in Black (2012)

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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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Doctor Strange (2016)

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Director:
Scott Derrickson

Starring:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong

Other notable appearances:
Benjamin Bratt, Stan Lee, Chris Hemsworth

Running time:
115 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Shadow, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

 

Doctor Stephen Strange (Cumberbatch) is a renowned neurosurgeon whose talent is only matched in size by his ego. When his hands are all but destroyed in a near fatal car accident, Strange turns to less conventional methods of healing. Instead, Stephen finds a new purpose in life — protecting the world from mystic threats.

Doctor Strange is the 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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Snakes on a Plane (2006)

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Director:
David R. Ellis

Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips

Other notable appearances:
Sunny Mabrey, Rachel Blanchard, Kenan Thompson, David Koechner

Running time:
105 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Deep Blue Sea, Lake Placid, Anaconda

 

There are snakes. They’re on a plane. Madness and chaos ensue.

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