22 December
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THE KING’S MAN Director: Matthew VaughnStarring: Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Harris Dickinson, Matthew Goode, Daniel Brühl Director Matthew Vaughn brought Mark Miller’s graphic novel, Kingsman: The Secret Service to the big screen in 2014 to huge success. It’s now a full-on franchise as the third film, The King’s Man, is a prequel taking us back to where it all started. Ralph Fiennes leads a new cast for the franchise as Orlando Oxford. He and his son Conrad are tasked to protect Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. They’re not quick enough leading to the Archduke’s assassination which reignites the feud between English,Read More →

27 May
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A QUIET PLACE PART II Writer/Director: John KrasinskiStarring: Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou Funnyman John Krasinski shocked audiences with A Quiet Place, now he and wife Emily Blunt are back for another adrenaline ride with A Quiet Place Part II. Emily Blunt’s Evelyn Abbott knows their family compound is no longer safe from the alien creatures that hunt by sound. Despite having just given birth, she along with her baby, son Marcus (Jupe) and daughter Regan (Simmonds) venture out hoping to find new shelter and supplies. Their journey leads them to a family friend’s underground bunker, but it’s Regan whoRead More →

14 November
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CHARLIE’S ANGELS Director: Elizabeth BanksStarring: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Patrick Stewart, Elizabeth Banks, Sam Claflin, Jonathan Tucker, Djimon Hounsou, Nax Faxon Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska are the latest actresses to join the ranks of Farrah Fawcett, Jacquelin Smith, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu to call themselves Charlie’s Angels. Naomi Scott (Aladdin) plays Elena who works as an engineer at a leading technology firm. She’s working on the Calisto, a gadget not quite ready to be produced. The greedy CEO (Faxon) ignores her concerns and now other nefarious criminals want their hands on it putting Elena’s life in danger. Hot on her trailRead More →

04 April
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SHAZAM! Director: David F. SandbergStarring: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou The wizard council is destined to find one soul worthy of becoming the next grand high wizard to save the planet from destruction against the seven deadly sins. Decades pass before they find a young kid who’s pure in heart and soul. That just happens to be fourteen-year-old Billy Batson (Angel). He’s led a complicated life running from one foster home to the next in search of his birth mom. Just as he arrives at the home of a new foster family, he finds himself transported to another worldRead More →

07 March
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CAPTAIN MARVEL Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan FleckFeaturing: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Djimon Jounsou, Lee Pace In Marvel’s latest film, Captain Marvel, Brie Larson suits up as Vers, a fighter living on the planet Hala who’s harnessing her powers for the Kree community. She’s part of the StarForce unit and crash lands on Planet C53 (Earth) in hopes of finding the Skrulls. They’re shapeshifters bent on finding Dr. Lawson (Bening) whose secret project involves light speed. Vers’ special powers catch the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D agents Colson (Gregg) and Nick Fury (Jackson) who wantRead More →

30 January
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SERENITY Writer/Director: Steven KnightStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway have reunited after first starring in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. McConaughey plays Baker Dill who’s a devoted tuna fisherman. We learn that he has a son who he no longer sees on a regular basis and he’s making enemies of his customers. His ex-wife (Hathaway) arrives into town unexpectedly offering ten million dollars to kill her abusive husband (Clarke) and feed him to the sharks. If only that was the plot of this movie. Through its many twists, Serenity reveals itself to be something completelyRead More →

15 May
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KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Aidan Gillen, Eric Bana Guy Ritchie’s adaption of the King Arthur lore has a different take on it compared to the one we’re used to seeing. We first meet Arthur as a baby being sent down the river for protection by his father, Uther (Bana). This all happens shortly before Uther slays the mystical sorcerer known as Mordred using his sword Excalibur. His uncle, Vortigern (Law), kills Uther in a vengeful power play to claim the throne due to his jealousy of Uther’s newfound heroic status. YearsRead More →

30 June
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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN Director: David Yates Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, Christoph Waltz I like to throw Tarzan into the same category as say The Mummy and Hercules as age old figures that continually seem to have new adaptations coming to the big screen. We’ve seen Tarzan in animated form thanks to Disney and in live action movies and television shows. Frankly, I’ve never been all that drawn to the character originally created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, but here we are with another version to hit the big screen. True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård takes on the titleRead More →

03 April
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FURIOUS 7 Director: James Wan Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Djimon Hounsou The Fast and the Furious franchise continues at full throttle for its seventh entry. The film picks up directly after the post-credit sequence that happened at the end of the sixth film. If you’re a die-hard fan, you will probably catch on that chronologically that event takes place after the events of the third film, not the sixth one. Hopefully I haven’t lost you yet. Jason Statham has joined the cast as the main villain Deckard Shaw whoRead More →

01 August
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GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Director: James Gunn Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Benecio Del Toro, Djimon Hounsou, Glenn Close, John C. Reilly Move over Avengers, because Marvel has a whole new set of heroes that are worth checking out and worth our money at the box office. This is the third Marvel release this summer after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Funnyman Chris Pratt suits up as Peter Quill, a.k.a Star-Lord, a pilot who was abducted into space as a kid on the same night his mother died. He now finds himselfRead More →