Rating: Full

Cast: Kurt Russell, Judah Lewis, Darby Camp, Lamorne Morris, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Oliver Hudson, Martin Roach and Vella Lovell

Director: Clay Kaytis

Writers: David Guggenheim and Matt Lieberman

Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus and Mark Radcliffe

Music by: Christophe Beck 

Rated: PG 

Release Date: 11/22/18

Favorite Character: Santa Claus

Tagline: Santa’s in town early this year

Quote: “I’m Santa Claus Teddy, not Yoda.”- Santa Claus

Fun Facts: Goldie Hawn, Russell’s wife, appears as Mrs. Claus at the end and will star in the sequel along with him.

Kurt Russell’s grandchildren can be seen on Santa’s list.

Summary: Two children find themselves on a christmas adventure with the one and only, Santa Claus.

The Review: Other than the awkward CGI elves, The Christmas Chronicles will sure bring joy to its audience.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Danial Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell and Christopher Plummer

Director: Rian Johnson

Writer: Rian Johnson

Producers: Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson

Music by: Nathan Johnson

Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements including brief violence, some strong

language, sexual references, and drug material

Release Date: 11/27/19

Favorite Character: Jacob Thrombey

Tagline: Hell, any of them could have done it.

Quote: “Ransom? Is that you again?”- Greatnana Wanetta

Fun Fact: Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a voice cameo as Detective Hardrock 

Summary: A death of the man during his 85th birthday party caused a detective to interview his family and investigate.

The Review: It is no mystery that this whodunnit (with perfection) is one of the best films of 2019.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClarnon, Emily Alyn Lind, Bruce Greenwood, Jocelin Donahue, Alex Essoe, Zackary Momoh, Jacob Tremblay and Henry Thomas

Director: Mike Flanagan

Writer: Mike Flanagan

Based on: a novel by Stephen King

Producers: Jon Berg and Trevor Macy

Music by: The Newton Brothers

Rated: R for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use

Release Date: 11/08/19

Favorite Character: Dan Torrance

Tagline: The next chapter in The Shining story

Quote: “Well, hi there.”- Rose the Hat

Fun Facts: Danny Lloyd (the former actor who plays Danny in The Shining) appears in the crowd at a baseball game.

A few shots from The Shining were reused in the film.

In the famous bloody elevator scene, the blood was digital.

There are a lot of The Dark Tower easter eggs in the film.

Summary: A grown up Danny Torrence must protect a girl with ‘The Shining’ from the cult.

The Review: The sequel to the classic horror film will definitely not disappoint the fans with creepy cinematography, brilliant performance and a chance to check into the Overlook hotel again.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, John Hawkes, Bruce Dern, Zack Gottsagen, Jon Bernthal and Thomas Haden Church

Directors: Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz

Writers: Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz

Producers: Albert Berger, Christopher Lemole, Lije Sarki, David Thies, Ron Yerxa and Tim Zajaros

Music by: Zachary Dawes, Noam Pikenly, Jonathan Sadoff and Gabe Witcher

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 08/23/19

Favorite Character: Eleanor

Tagline: N/A

Quote: “Friends are the family you choose.”- Carl

Fun Facts: Wrestlers Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts and Mick Foley appeared in the film.

The actor who portrayed Zak is named Zack and has down syndrome.

Summary: A down syndrome guy ran away from a nursing home in order to persuade a dream of becoming a wrestler.

The Review: The modern Mark Twain tale brings out the perspective of a disability to its audience in an amazing way.

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Rating: Empty

Cast: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Bateman, Tichina Arnold, P.J. Byrne, Peter Facinelli, Anne Winters and Tom Segura

Director: Justin Dec

Writer: Justin Dec

Producers: Sean Anders, John Morris, John Rickard and Zack Schiller

Music by: Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans

Rated: PG-13 for terror, violence, bloody images, suggestive material, language and thematic elements

Release Date: 10/25/19

Favorite Character: Matt Monroe

Tagline: Death? There’s an app for that

Quote: “All we have to do is beat the clock by one second.”- Father John

Fun Fact: There’s a hospital door that Evan is staying that said ‘237’ which pays tribute to ‘The Shining.’

Summary: A nurse downloads an app that contains a countdown timer to their death and it turns bad when the app said she only has three days to live.

The Review: All it is is ‘The Ring’-ripoff that needs a serious update.

Rating: Overflowing

Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy and Brett Cullen

Director: Todd Phillips

Writers: Todd Phillips and Scott Silver

Based on: DC comics

Producers: Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Music by: Hildur Guonadottir

Rated: R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and breif sexual images

Release Date: 10/04/19

Favorite Character: Arthur Fleck/the Joker

Tagline: Put on a Happy Face

Quote: “The worst part of having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you don’t”- Arthur Fleck/the Joker

Fun Facts: The film becomes controversial due to people worrying that the movie may cause violence.

In fact, a cinema in Colorado (the same one where the deadly shooting took place while showing ‘The Dark Knight Rises’) refused to show the movie.

Phoenix lost 52 lbs before filming.

An ambulance drivers at the end of the film is olympic silver medalist Josh Lakatos.

Summary: A story of a struggling comedian who went to become the famous Batman villain, The Joker.

The Review: See this movie and you are up for Phoenix’s powerful performance and deep psychological, even though it did not affect me at all, chances are it will make you will not see the clowns the same again.

Rating: Empty

Cast: Oscar Issac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Milder and Allison Janney

Directors: Greg Tiernam and Conard Vernon

Writers: Matt Lieberman, Erica Rivinoja and Conard Vernon

Producers: Gail Berman, Alison O’Brian, and Alex Schwartz

Music by: Jeff and Mycheal Danna

Rated: PG for macabre and suggestive humor, and some action

Release Date: 10/11/19

Favorite Character: Wednesday Addams

Tagline: What Costumes?

Quote: “Strange, there’s usually a murderous clown attached to the other end of these…”- Morticia Addams 

Fun Fact: The character designs are based from Charles Addams’ comics.

Summary: The Addams Family was in the eye of the reality tv host.

The Review: They took everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky family…and turned them into some animated film that is stupid and bland, seriously, wheres Tim Burton and his stop motion animation skills when we need one?

Rating: Half-Full

Cast: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Danial Sloan, Dartainian Sloan, Lee Coco, Lucas Jade Zumann and Nicholas King

Director: Ciaran Foy

Writers: C. Robert Cargill and Scott Derrickson

Producers: Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones

Music by: Tomandandy

Rated: R for strong violence, bloody and disturbing images and language

Release Date: 08/21/15

Favorite Character: Deputy So-So

Tagline: Beware, Children at Play

Quote: “There’s always three things involved. A murdered family, a house, and some form of offering.”- Deputy So-So

Fun Facts: The children in the film are based off ‘Children of the Corn.’

The ‘Christmas Morning’ film reel was supposed to be on the first Sinister movie.

The films in the movie are 16mm (except for ‘Christmas Morning’).

In the professor’s office, on the board is a ‘Red Faced Demon’ from the Insidious films.

Summary: In the sequel to 2012’s sleeper hit, a mother and her two boys gets away from the abusive father and move into the house with a very sinister secret.

The Review: Know what could distract you from the dull plot? A disturbing film reels that is scarier than the first one.

Rating: Empty

Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck and Mary Beth Peil

Director: Alexandra Aja

Writers: Alexandra Aja and Gregory Levasseur

Based on: the 2003 South Korean film ‘Into the Mirror’

Producers: Gregory Levasseur and Alexandra Milchan

Music by: Javier Navarrete

Rated: R for strong violence, disturbing images, language and brief nudity

Release Date: 08/15/08

Favorite Character: Ben Carson

Tagline: There Is Evil……..On The Other Side 

Quote: “Don’t make me threaten you!”- Ben Carson

Fun Fact: This was the first role for Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce (who sadly passed away on 07/06/19)

Summary: A former police officer is a night guard at the abandoned department store where he discovers that there is something sinister in the mirrors.

The Review: kooL tahw i ees ni eht eivom, a rorroh kcilf taht sniatnoc yaw oot raliamaf tolp stniop (Oot raliamaf ot ehT gniR) , orez seracs dna eht tcaf taht ti stneserper a nekorb rorrim.

Rating: Full

Cast: Chloe Bennet, Albert Tsai, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin and Michelle Wong

Director: Jill Culton

Writer: Jill Culton

Producers: Suzanne Buirgy and Dave Polsky

Music by: Rupert Gregson-Williams

Rated: PG for some action and mild rude humor

Release Date: 09/27/19

Favorite Character: YI

Tagline: Find your way home

Quote: “I have blueberries in places where blueberries shouldn’t be.”- Jin

Fun Facts: Tenzing Norgay Trainor (Jin) is the grandson of famous climber, Sir Edmund Hillary.

A Billboard for McDonald’s Big Mac can be seen while Yi first plays her violin. 

The film was pulled from Vietnam after viewers complained that their country on the map in the film looks like a cow’s tongue.

Summary: In China, a teenage girl discovers a yeti with magic powers and together with the guys, they set journey to bring him back home.

The Review: A closest animated film that’s like ET, is fun for both kids and adults.