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Stranger Things: Season Two

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Review by CJ

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Director:
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

Writer:
Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Justin Doble, Paul Dichter, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Kate Trefry

Starring:
Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Noah Schnapp, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Dacre Montgomery, Sean Astin

Other notable appearances:
Paul Reiser, Catherine Curtin, Cara Buono, Randy Havens

Running time:
45-62 minutes

Number of episodes:
9

 

One year after the people of Hawkins banded together to fight a shadowy evil from an alternate dimension, Will Byers (Schnapp) has visions of an evil that is fighting to make its way back into their lives. Can the awakened of Hawkins save their town again or will this be their final roll?

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The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson (2017)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
329

Format:
eBook

ASIN/ISBN:
B076FNQWTF / 978-1-68399-303-2

 

Ten years ago Faith escaped from the person that killed her father, sister, best friend and best friend’s mother. Now, she is the girl who lived only to jump from one institution to another. After her most recent release from a mental health institution, Faith returns to her hometown and believes that she sees the man responsible for her life’s turmoil — the problem is that he saw her too.

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The Strangers (2008)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Bryan Bertino

Starring:
Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman

Other notable appearances:
Gemma Ward, Kip Weeks, Laura Margolis, Glenn Howerton

Running time:
86 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
You’re Next, Vacancy, When a Stranger Calls

 

James (Speedman) and Kristen (Tyler) return to his family’s secluded holiday home after a wedding where James unsuccessfully proposed. As if things weren’t awkward enough, a trio of masked assailants start harassing the couple.

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The Bye Bye Man (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Stacy Title

Starring:
Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas, Doug Jones

Other notable appearances:
Michael Trucco, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jenna Kanell, Cleo King, Faye Dunaway

Running time:
97 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Rings, Jeepers Creepers

 

When college student Elliot (Smith) moves off campus with his girlfriend Sasha (Bonas) and friend John (Laviscount), he thinks his life can’t get any better. But their new home holds secrets that everyone is better off not knowing.

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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Taika Waititi

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson

Other notable appearances:
Idris Elba, Karl Urban, Anthony Hopkins, Taika Waititi, Luke Hemsworth, Sam Neill, Matt Damon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stan Lee

Running time:
130 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, What We Do in the Shadows

 

Thor (Hemsworth) must team up with brother Loki (Hiddleston) and the Hulk (Ruffalo) to stop his newly-unbound renegade sister and goddess of death Hela (Blanchett) from destroying Asgard.

Thor: Ragnarok is the 17th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

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