The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Eli Roth

Written by: Eric Kripke

Starring: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Renee Elise Goldsberry

Runtime: 104 min

In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and Cate Blanchett star in The House with a Clock in Its Walls from Amblin Entertainment.

The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town's sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead.

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The Predator (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Predator (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Shane Black

Written by: Shane Black, Fred Dekker

Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Sterling K. Brown

Runtime: 107 min

From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home in Shane Black's explosive reinvention of the Predator series. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species.

When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.

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A Simple Favor (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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A Simple Favor (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Paul Feig

Written by: Jessica Sharzer, Darcey Bell

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Eric Johnson, Jean Smart, Sarah Baker

Runtime: 116 min

A stylish post-modern film noir, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town.

Stephanie is joined by Emily's husband Sean (Henry Golding) in this thriller filled with twists and betrayals, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge.

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: J.A. Bayona

Written by: Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly

Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, B.D. Wong, James Cromwell, Ted Levine, Justice Smith, Geraldine Chaplin, Daniella Pineda, Toby Jones, Rafe Spall

Runtime: 129 min

Synopsis: Three years after the destruction of the Jurassic World theme park, Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) return to the island of Isla Nublar to save the remaining dinosaurs from a volcano that's about to erupt. They soon encounter terrifying new breeds of gigantic dinos while uncovering a conspiracy that threatens the entire planet.

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The Nun (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Nun (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Corin Hardy

Written by: Gary Dauberman

Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Demián Bichir, Jonas Bloquet, Bonnie Aarons, Ingrid Bisu

Runtime: 96 min

When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest (Demián Bichir) with a haunted past and a novitiate (Taissa Farmiga) on the threshold of her final vows, are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order's unholy secret.

Risking not only their lives but their faith and their very souls, they confront a malevolent force in the form of the same demonic nun that first terrorized audiences in The Conjuring 2, as the abbey becomes a horrific battleground between the living and the damned.

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Alpha (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Alpha (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Albert Hughes

Written by: Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Leonor Varela, Natassia Malthe, Jens Hultén

Runtime: 97 min

An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age, Alpha tells a fascinating, visually stunning story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness.

Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds to find their way home before winter arrives.

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Tag (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Tag (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jeff Tomsic

Written by: Rob McKittrick, Mark Steilen

Starring: Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Annabelle Wallis, Isla Fisher

Runtime: 100 min

For one month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they've been playing since the first grade - risking their necks, their jobs, and their, relationships to take each other down with the battle cry "You're It!"

This year, the game coincides with the wedding of their only undefeated player, which should finally make him an easy target. But he knows they're coming... and he's ready. Based on a true story, Tag shows how far some guys will go to be the last man standing.

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Slender Man (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Slender Man (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Sylvain White

Written by: David Birke

Starring: Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Javier Botet

Runtime: 93 min

In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist... until one of them mysteriously goes missing.

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The Meg (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Meg (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Written by: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Starring: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Page Kennedy, Jessica McNamee, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Robert Taylor, Sophia Shuya Cai

Runtime: 114 min

Synopsis: A deep-sea submersible has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific ... with its crew trapped inside. With time running out, expert deep-sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer, Dr. Minway Zhang (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Peyton Reed

Written by: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, Gabriel Ferrari

Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip "T.I." Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas

Runtime: 118 min

Synopsis: In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.

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