CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: A Magical, Yet Grounded Character-Driven Drama and A Darn Good Pooh Movie

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Produced by: Brigham Taylor, Kristin Burr

Directed by: Marc Forster

Written by: Alex Ross Perry, Allison Schroeder

Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael, Mark Gatiss, Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Toby Jones, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo           

Runtime: 104 minutes                                           

SYNOPSIS: 

Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), now a middle-aged man, has lost all sense of imagination. He’s so caught up with work that he rarely spends any time with his family (Hayley Atwell & Bronte Carmichael). Until one fateful day, he encounters one of his childhood friends, a talking teddy bear called Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings), who then takes him on a magical journey towards rediscovering the inner child in him. 

MILE 22: Chaotically Directed and Edited, Peter Berg Owes the Excellent Iko Uwais an Apology

Genre: Action

Produced by: Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Peter Berg

Directed by: Peter Berg

Written by: Lea Carpenter, Graham Roland

Production Company: STX Films, Huayi Brothers

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey, Iko Uwais
Runtime: 94 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

An elite, covert American task force led by James Silva (Mark Wahlberg) is tasked to escort Li Noor (Iko Uwais), a government asset with valuable intelligence, from the embassy to the airport. As the title suggests, the 22 mile long trip brings the team face-to-face with terrorists from foreign intelligence, who all wants to get their hands on the asset. 

THE DARKEST MINDS: Another Nail in the Coffin for the YA Genre

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Teen Romance

Produced by: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine

Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Written by: Chad Hodge

Production Company: 20th Century Fox

Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Gwendoline Christie, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson, Mark O'Brien, Wallace Langham, Skylan Brooks, Miya Cech   
Runtime: 103 minutes                                           

SYNOPSIS: 

In dystopian America, almost every child in the country is extinct, save for those who have special, superhero-like abilities. Considered a threat to the society, they are sent to an internment camp where they are forced into labor. Each child is separated into different departments, which can be identified by the color of their eyes. For quite some time, people in the camp believe that Ruby Daly (Amandla Stenberg) is a Green, or in other words the most harmless amongst the super-powered kids, when she is actually an Orange in disguise, or in other words the most powerful and volatile of them all. Such revelation brings her closer to danger with the evil guys in the camp while also closer to comfort to a group of teen runaways (Harris Dickinson, Skylan Brooks & Miya Cech) she befriended. 

THE MEG: Silly, Dumb and Just Bad (Which Makes it Great!)

Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Produced by: Colin Wilson, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Belle Avery
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Written by: Dean Georgaris, Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring: Jason Statham, Li Bing Bing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis
Runtime: 112 minutes

SYNOPSIS: 

An expedition team vanishes without a trace during a routine underwater mission, leaving the rest of the crew in the marine facility with no choice but to recruit reluctant former rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) to help find them. This rescue mission would soon bring Taylor face-to-face with his arch-nemesis of giant, prehistoric proportion: the seventy foot-long Megalodon. 

KAFIR (BERSEKUTU DENGAN SETAN): Third Act Issue Aside, A Refreshingly Creepy, Psychological Take on Indonesian Horror

           

                                             

Genre: Drama, Horror
Produced by: Upi Avianto
Directed by: Azhar Kinoi Lubis
Written by: Upi Avianto, Rafki Hidayat
Production Company: Starvision
Starring: Putri Ayudya, Sujiwo Tejo, Indah Permatasari, Rangga Azof, Nadya Arina, Teddy Syah, Nova Eliza, Djenar Maesa Ayu, Yayu Unru
Runtime: 97 minutes

 

SYNOPSIS: 

Still trying to move on from their father Herman’s (Teddy Syah) death, a grieving family’s resolve is put under test after the mother Sri’s (Putri Ayudya) gradual descent into madness. Somehow, supernatural entities are responsible for the family’s past and present predicaments.