Review by CJ
Director:
Mike Flanagan
Starring:
Kate Siegel, John Gallagher Jr, Samantha Sloyan, Michael Trucco, Emma Graves
Running time:
81 minutes
Maddie (Siegel) is a hearing impaired and mute writer who lives alone in the woods with her cat. When a masked killer traps Maddie in her home, she must rely on her cunning and wit to survive.
Review by CJ
Director:
Darren Lynn Bousman
Starring:
Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald, Peter DaCunha, David Keeley, J. LaRose
Other notable appearances:
Shawn Ashmore, Erik Knudsen
Running time:
94 of the longest minutes you are likely to experience
Watch this if you liked:
The Blair Witch Project
Richard Vineyard (Moyer) takes his family to a camping site he used to visit with his father as a boy. The family are there to scatter Richard’s father’s ashes but once in the woods Richard starts to behave oddly. People start dying and Richard claims they are being stalked by the Jersey Devil. The real question is does the Jersey Devil really exist or is there a devil of a more human nature in the woods?
Review by CJ
Director:
William Brent Bell
Starring:
Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle
Running time:
97 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Annabelle, The Visit
Greta (Cohan) is an American looking to escape an abusive relationship by travelling to England. She takes a job as nanny for a married couple, Mr and Mrs Heelshire, who live in the secluded English countryside.
When she arrives, Greta discovers the Heelshires’ son Brahms died 20 years ago at the age of eight. Instead her charge is to look after a life sized porcelain doll the couple also refer to as Brahms and treat as though he were a live boy. After the Heelshires’ leave for a vacation, Greta ignores the strict rules for Brahms’ care that were set out for her.
Greta is about to see just how naughty a little boy can be.
Review by CJ
Director:
Peyton Reed
Starring:
Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll
Other notable appearances:
Michael Peña, David Dastmalchian, Tip ’T.I.’ Harris, Judy Greer, John Slattery, Hayley Atwell, Stan Lee, Anthony Mackie, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan
Running time:
117 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Iron Man, The Avengers, Big Hero 6
Ex-burglar Scott Lang (Rudd) is convinced to undertake one last score to set himself up with a life so he can see his daughter. When the burglary is completed, he discovers that the huge score he was promised is nothing more than an old motorcycle suit.
Upon trying on the motorcycle suit and shrinking to the size of an ant, Scott finds there is much more than meets the eye. Through the suit’s communication system, Scott talks with the man to whom the suit belongs and is given a series of tests. He passes the tests and is brought to the suit’s original owner Hank Pym (Douglas) and his daughter Hope (Lilly). They explain that Lang is the only hope to stopping a small problem from having a big impact.
Ant-Man is the 12th film the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Review by CJ
Director:
Jon Favreau
Starring:
Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Other notable appearances:
Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Jon Favreau, Sam Raimi, Russell Peters
Running time:
105 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
The Jungle Book (1967), Robin Hood (1973), Cinderella (2015)
Orphaned man-cub Mowgli (Sethi) is rescued by black panther Bagheera and adopted by a wolf pack. Several years later, tiger Shere Khan (Elba) returns to the hunting grounds and finds Mowgli during a time of peace. As the time for peace draws to a close Bagheera must return Mowgli to the man village before Shere Khan kills the man-cub. Unfortunately for Bagheera, not everything in the jungle is as it seems.
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