Movies to binge in quarantine

24.04.2020

Confined to the comfort of our own homes, sometimes there’s nothing else for it than a good movie.
With the cinemas closed and the hotly anticipated blockbusters-in-waiting being postponed for now, we’re delving deep into the archives to find movies to capture your attention.

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The Hustle

Two con women – one low rent and the other high class – team up to take down the men who have wronged them.

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson.

Nicole

Jumanji: The Next Level

The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart.

Nicole

Frozen II

My daughter Lacey is loving Frozen II.

Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa’s powers in order to save their kingdom.

Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad.

Jade

Escape Room

Six strangers find themselves in a maze of deadly mystery rooms and must use their wits to survive.

Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller.

Jade

Law Abiding Citizen

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family’s killers free.

Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx.

Nicole

6 Underground

Meet a new kind of action hero. Six untraceable agents, totally off the grid. They’ve buried their pasts so they can change the future.

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.

Nicole

Lion

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman.

Olivia

Dunkirk

Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Barry Keoghan.

Olivia

Glass

Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.

Stars: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson.

Nicole

Venom

A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it.

Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams.

Nicole

21 Jump Street

A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in.

Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube.

Olivia

The Upside

A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who’s hired to help him.

Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman.

Olivia

Superbad

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Stars: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill.

Olivia

Peter Rabbit

Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.

Stars: James Corden, Fayssal Bazzi.

Vicky

Clash Of The Titans

(1981 or 2010 version)

Perseus demigod, son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.

2010 version stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes.

Vicky

The Machinist

An industrial worker who hasn’t slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.

Stars: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Louise

Tooth Fairy

A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.

Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Julie Andrews.

Vicky

Watership Down

(1978 or 2018 version)

A group of rabbits flee their doomed warren and face many dangers to find and protect their new home.

Stars: John Hurt, Richard Briers.

Vicky

HOP

E.B., the Easter Bunny’s teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band. In LA, he’s taken in by Fred after the out-of-work slacker hits E.B. with his car.

Stars: Russell Brand, James Marsden.

Vicky

Dances With Wolves

Lieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.

Stars: Kevin Costner.

Louise

Toy Story

(all four movies)

Toy Story 4 – when a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.

Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts.

Alex

Harry Potter

(all eight movies)

Can’t go wrong with a Harry Potter marathon – Sky have just added them all, including a Harry Potter channel.

An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint.

Steph

The Big Short

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling.

JayJay

Emma

In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth.

Lydia

 

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