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Synopsis: After surviving her in-laws hunting her on her wedding night, Grace wakes up in a hospital and learns she is facing charges of murder and arson. That turns out to be the least of her problems though. Her survival has resulted in the high seat of a council of satanists being vacated and she is forced to participate in a new game with multiple families trying to kill her before dawn. This time, however, she has her estranged younger sister handcuffed to her. Who's in it? The movie stars Samara Weaving , Kathryn Newton , Elijah Wood , Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy. Review: When I heard there was going to be a Ready or Not 2 , I was honestly skeptical. I did enjoy the first movie more than I thought I would. However, it ended in a way that didn't exactly seem like it was setting up a sequel and there was a seven-year gap between the films being made. My wife and I did end up watching the movie last night anyway and were both very entertained. There were a cou...

Synopsis: After their father, an airline pilot, disappears, twin brothers Hal and Bill are raised by their mother. While going through their father's stuff, the twins come across a toy drum-playing monkey. Even though it seems to be broken, Hal decides to keep it and soon realizes the toy comes with a terrible curse, whenever it plays the drums, someone dies. Twenty-five years later, believing the monkey is safely imprisoned in a well but still traumatized, Hal is estranged from his brother and only sees his son, Petey, once per year. During that annual visitation, he learns Petey's stepdad is going to attempt to take away his custody rights, but that problem soon becomes secondary to learning the monkey has begun killing again. Who's in it? The movie stars Theo James , Colin O'Brien , Tatiana Maslany , Sarah Levy and Elijah Wood . Review: I hadn't planned on going to the movies last night as part of date night with my wife. However, she didn't seem to be in...

Synopsis: Aspiring novelist Clint takes a substitute teacher job at his hometown elementary school the day after contaminated chicken nuggets were served for lunch. His bad first day turns worse when one of his students bites a classmate and the school quickly becomes infected with a virus that turns the students into flesh-eating zombies. Who's in it? The movie stars Elijah Wood , Rainn Wilson , Alison Pill , Jack McBrayer and Cooper Roth . Review: This has been a movie my wife has wanted to see since watching a trailer for it a couple years ago. Part of this is because she's a teacher's assistant and could relate to some of the things she saw, and the other is we both enjoy a good zombie movie. We finally had a chance to watch it tonight and weren't disappointed. This is one of those movies that could have been very bad. I say that because the disease only affected kids and that meant, to survive, the heroes would need to kill kids. In an era with school violence,...