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Synopsis: A team of researchers discover a hidden ocean trench 200 miles off China's coast and send a submarine team to explore it only to have the crew attacked by a megalodon, an enormous prehistoric shark thought to be extinct for millions of years. The team is rescued, minus one, but the researchers soon learn two of the megalodons have followed them out of the trench. Who's in it? The movie stars Jason Statham ,  Bingbing Li ,  Rainn Wilson ,  Cliff Curtis and Ruby Rose. Review: This has been on my watch list for a while but after a pair of very bad shark movies, I've been somewhat reluctant to watch it.  However, I recently saw trailers for the sequel and, intrigued, finally gave it a chance last night. I wasn't disappointed. The film reminds me a lot of the classic 1960s monster films I used to enjoy (the ones with Godzilla, Mothra, etc) with humans (and just about every other living creature) trying to survive a relentless assault from a creature that is ...

Synopsis: Years after his father went insane at the haunted Overlook Hotel, an adult Danny Torrance is an alcoholic who has been forced to use his psychic abilities to defend himself against the starving ghosts that are still pursuing him. When he begins communicating telepathically with 13-year-old Abra Stone, he realizes she is in danger from a group of psychic vampires that feed on people like them. Who's in it? The movie stars Ewan McGregor , Rebecca Ferguson , Kyliegh Curran , Cliff Curtis and Emily Alyn Lind . Review: As I've said before, I'm not normally a big fan of movies based off of Stephen King books and usually don't go out of my way to watch them. However, my oldest daughter wanted to see this film and I added it to my Netflix DVD list as a result. We finally watched it this weekend and, unfortunately, it wound up being exactly what I thought it would be. The reality is, not all Stephen King books work as movies. There was some potential with this one,...