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The Witch (2015)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Robert Eggers

Starring:
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw

Other notable appearances:
Julian Richings

Running time:
92 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Blair Witch Project, Blair Witch, The Village, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

 

A family is forced to live off the land in 1630 New England after they are exiled from their village. Their cosy home quickly becomes fraught with distrust, suspicion and hatred after the youngest son is stolen by a witch.

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Deadpool 2 (2018)

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Review by CJ

Director:
David Leitch

Starring:
Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Josh Brolin, Julian Dennison

Other notable appearances:
Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, T.J. Miller, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård, Lewis Tan, Terry Crews, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Alan Tudyk, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Evan Peters, Tye Sheridan

Running time:
119 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: Ragnarok

 

Wade Wilson (Reynolds) has been kicking arse and taking names as Deadpool since we last left him.

After a life-changing attack, Deadpool joins the X-Men as a trainee and, on his first mission, finds a mutant boy who needs his help. It falls to Deadpool and a ragtag crew of heroes to defend the boy against a time travelling soldier by the name of Cable (Brolin).

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A Quiet Place (2018)

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Review by CJ

Director:
John Krasinski

Starring:
Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe

Running time:
90 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush, It Follows

 

A married couple and their three children must survive in a world invaded by creatures with enhanced hearing. If they hear you, they hunt you.

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The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver (1998)

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Page count:
532

ISBN:
9780671024093 

 

Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his protege Amelia Sachs are visited by a ghost from Lincoln’s past — The Coffin Dancer. A ruthless assassin who will stop at nothing to hit his mark unless Rhyme and Sachs can stop him first. 

The Coffin Dancer is the second novel in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

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Santa Clarita Diet: Season Two

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Review by CJ

Director:
Ken Kwapis, Marc Buckland, Adam Arkin, Steve Pink, Jaffar Mahmood, Jamie Babbit

Writer:
Victor Fresco, Michael A. Ross, Clay Graham, Chadd Gindin, Ben Smith, Simon Ganz, Aaron Brownstein, Melissa Hunter, Caitlin Meares, Romi Barta

Starring:
Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant, Liv Hewson, Skyler Gisondo, Nathan Fillion

Other notable appearances:
Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Natalie Morales, Ramona Young, Neil Casey, Andy Richter, Joel McHale, Maggie Lawson, Robert Baker, Thomas Lennon, Zachary Knighton, Jee Young Han, Paul Ben-Victor

Running time:
Approx 30 minutes per episode

Number of episodes:
10

 

Season two of Santa Clarita Diet starts with Joel (Olyphant) in a psychiatric hospital, his undead wife Sheila (Barrymore) chained up in the basement, and their teenage daughter Abby (Hewson) trawling Craigslist for fresh Serbian bile. Things can only go up from here, right? Right?

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