By Rama Gaind
Scrapper (Madman Entertainment)
Synopsis: Following her mother’s death, a resourceful 12-year-old girl, Georgie (Lola Campbell), continues to live alone in their London-outskirts flat. She makes money stealing bikes with her friend, Ali (Alin Uzun), and keeps the social workers off her back by pretending to live with an uncle.
Genre: Action, animation, comedy
Cast: Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson, Alin Uzun
Director: Charlotte Regan
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount Pictures)
Synopsis: When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the Paw Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a mad scientist to steal the superpowers for the two villains. The Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it’s too late.
Genre: Action, animation, comedy
Cast: Kristen Bell, McKenna Grace, Marsai Martin, Lil Rel Howery, Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, Dax Shepard, Christian Convery, Serena Williams, Kim Kardashian, Ron Pardo, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez, North West, Saint West, Christian Corrao, Luxton Handspiker, Nylan Parthipan, Callum Shoniker, Finn Lee-Epp, Tyler Perry, Yara Shahidi, Taraji P. Henson, James Marsden
Director: Cal Brunker
Retribution (StudioCanal, Lionsgate Films, Roadside Attractions)
Synopsis: bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. A remake of the 2015 Spanish film El Desconocido.
Genre: Adventure, crime
Cast: Liam Neeson, Embeth Davidtz, Jack Champion, Lilly Aspell, Noma Dumezweni, Matthew Modine
Director: Nimrod Antal
Spice World (Columbia Pictures)
Synopsis: World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
Genre: Comedy, family, musical
Cast: Richard Briers, Jason Flemyng, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Michael Barrymore, Alan Cumming
Director: Bob Spiers
The Creator (20th Century Studios)
Synopsis: Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.
Genre: Adventure, drama, romance
Cast: Allison Janney, Gemma Chan, John David Washington, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Benedict Wong, Ken Watanabe
Director: Gareth Edwards
Saw X (Lionsgate Films)
Synopsis: John Kramer (Tobin Bell) is back. The most disturbing installment of the Saw franchise yet explores the untold chapter of Jigsaw’s most personal game. Set between the events of Saw I and II, a sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer – only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.
Genre: Crime, drama, horror
Cast: Tobin Bell, Steven Brand, Synnøve Macody Lund, Renata Vaca, Paulette Hernandez, Octavio Hinojosa, Joshua Okamoto, Michael Beach
Director: Kevin Greutert
