Some movies leave one feeling gleeful. Poorly executed flicks, on the other hand, make cinema-goers think of a million better ways they could have spent their time.
TSB News recommends the following movies for you to watch in the cinema or on Netflix this weekend.
Bad Comments
Running time: 2hrs 10mins
Starring: Jim Iyke, Chinwetela Agu, Patience Ozokwor
Synopsis: A journey through celebrity life and how the filth thrown by social media trolls can bury their careers to the neck.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings
Running time: 2hrs 12mins
Starring: Awkwafina, Alexandre Chen, Benedict Wong
Synopsis: A skilled master in the art of unarmed Kung Fu must reconsider his life as he unwittingly gets himself involved with a vicious, bloodletting criminal organisation.
The Forever Purge
Running time: 1hr 43mins
Starring: Alejandro Edda, Cassidy Freeman, Will Patton
Synopsis: A wealthy family must band together with their house to help to survive the annual Purge as the world goes berserk and a sect of lawless marauders never stops hunting them.
The Other Side
Running time: 1hr 40mins
Starring: Omoni Oboni, Bobby Obodo, Amanda Ebeye
Synopsis: A greedy man abandons his family and elopes with his wealthy ex-lover, only to discover that the grass isn’t so greener on the other side.
The Protege
Running time: 1hr 49mins
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Electra Baker, Maggie Q
Synopsis: An orphan adopted by a wizened assassin was trained into the world’s most skilled contract killer. But when an even deadly band of assassins killed her adopted father and her trainer, she vows to revenge.
Bellbottom
Running time: 2hrs 10mins
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Denzil Smith, Huma Qureishi
Synopsis: A star undercover agent plans to neutralise the country’s seventh plane hijacking incident in five years and rescue 210 hostages. His success stands precariously on his bravery and that of his team.
Reminiscence
Running time: 1hr 56mins
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Angela Sarafyan, Daniel Wu
Synopsis: A scientist finds a way to re-experience the past, and he proceeds to use the technology to search for his long-lost love.
Loving Rona
Running time: 1hr 50mins
Starring: Jeff Nweke, Jide Bolarinwa, Fiona Garba
Synopsis: A wealthy woman falls inexplicably in love with her cook, off a ruse that was coined to help the woman get back her estranged boyfriend.
Bitter Rain
Running time: 1hr 56mins
Starring: Alexx Ekubo, Erica Nweledim, Stan Nze
Synopsis: A monarch must find the balance between fighting to break the jinx of short life and ruling his people. He must survive the betrayal and prying eyes to achieve his mission.
Free Guy
Running time: 1hr 55mins
Starring: Alex Trebek, Ryan Reynalds, Kimberly Howe
Synopsis: A bank teller suddenly finds himself a background player in a brutal, open-world video game.