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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)

Review by CJ

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Director:
Steve Loter

Starring:
Mae Whitman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu, Pamela Adlon, Raven-Symoné, Megan Hilty

Other notable appearances:
Rosario Dawson, Danai Gurira, Chloe Bennet, Anjelica Huston

Running time:
76 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Tinker Bell, Peter Pan

 

Animal fairy Fawn (Goodwin) has upset Pixie Hollow’s protectors, the scout fairies, by rescuing a baby falcon who inadvertently called in adult falcons and put all of the fairies in danger. Fawn promises Queen Clarion (Huston) that next time she finds a dangerous creature in need of help, she will think with her head and not her heart. However, when Fawn meets a grumpy beast the likes of which she has never seen, she quickly forgets her promise and names the creature Gruff.

Fawn eventually lets her friends Tinker Bell (Whitman), Silvermist (Liu), Vidia (Adlon), Iridessa (Raven-Symoné) and Rosetta (Hilty) meet Gruff. However when Fawn and her friends take Gruff to show Queen Clarion, they find that scout fairy Nyx (Dawson) has already learned of his existence, though not location or association with Fawn, and believes him to be a harbinger of doom.

Can Fawn make Nyx and Queen Clarion see what she sees in her new friend or will Gruff prove the protective scout fairies right?

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Review by CJ

Batman v Superman

Director:
Zack Snyder

Starring:
Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg

Other notable appearances:
Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter, Callan Mulvey, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Patrick Wilson, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher

Running time:
151 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Man of Steel, Watchmen, The Dark Knight

 

After witnessing first hand the devastation caused by Superman’s battle with General Zod, Bruce Wayne (Affleck) decides that the Man of Steel must be stopped. When Batman starts branding criminals of heinous crimes who are then murdered by inmates in prison, Clark Kent (Cavill) knows that the Caped Crusader has gone too far. While the two heroes fight amongst themselves, Lex Luthor  (Eisenberg) concocts a plan that could destroy the world as we know it. Can Batman and Superman put their differences aside and unite with Wonder Woman (Gadot) to save the planet?

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Zootopia [UK Title Zootropolis] (2016)

Review by CJ

Zootopia

Director:
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush

Starring:
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba

Other notable appearances:
Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, Shakira, Kristen Bell, John DiMaggio

Running time:
108 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Lion King, Tangled, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen

 

Judy Hopps (Goodwin) is the Zootopia Police Department’s first bunny officer in a world of rhinoceroses, bison, elephants, wolves and other larger mammals. Nick Wilde (Bateman) is a hustler who is as sly as a fox — primarily because he is one. This unlikely duo are forced to work together to find out why 14 mammals have gone missing from Zootopia.

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Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)

Review by CJ

Sharknado 3

Director:
Anthony C. Ferrante

Starring:
Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, Cassie Scerbo, Frankie Muniz, Ryan Newman

Other notable appearances:
David Hasselhoff, Bo Derek, Ne-Yo, Chris Jericho, Mark McGrath, Michael Winslow, Christopher Judge, Grant Imahara, Lou Ferrigno, Jackie Collins, Cindy Margolis, Penn Jillette, Teller, Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison, Bobak Ferdowsi, Maryse Ouellet Mizanin, Jerry Springer, Ray J, George R.R. Martin, Jared Fogle … so, so, SO many more

Running time:
93 sharktastic minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Sharknado, Sharknado 2: The Second One, Zombeavers, Arachnoquake

 

Fin Shepard (Ziering) stops off at the White House to accept a medal of honour from the President on the way to meet his pregnant ex-ex-wife now wife April (Reid), daughter (Newman) and mother-in-law (Derek) in Orlando. While he’s at the White House, a sharknado hits and Fin saves the President.

On the way to meet his family, Fin encounters yet another sharknado. This time he is saved by his old friend Nova (Scerbo) and her new friend Lucas (Muniz). They trio team up and head to Orlando where it will be up to the Shepard family and their allies to save the world from a super sharknado.

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Review by CJ

10 Cloverfield Lane

Director:
Dan Trachtenberg

Starring:
John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr

Other notable appearances:
Bradley Cooper

Running time:
105 minutes

 

Michelle (Winstead) awakens after a car accident to find herself locked in a doomsday bunker with Emmett (Gallagher) and Howard (Goodman). Both men claim that a disaster of some sort has occurred outside. With no way of telling what has happened to the rest of the world, Michelle must work out if either of the men are as they seem.

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