Perfect Arrangement, Ben From Downstairs… 10 movies you should see this weekend

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.

TheCable Lifestyle recommends the following movies for you to watch in the cinema or on Netflix this weekend.

The Perfect Arrangement

Running time: 1hr 50mins

Starring: Mr Macaroni, Funsho Adeolu, Bovi, Pere Egbi

Synopsis: A complicated love story about a scion of a wealthy empire falling in love with two brothers simultaneously.

Ben From Downstairs

Running time: 1hr 44mins

Starring: Abayomi Alvin, Emeka Okoye, Samira Fashina

Synopsis: A young lady has to decide to either fall in love with her new, persistent neighbour or maintain her free, independent life.

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness

Running time: 2hrs 6mins

Starring: Julian Hilliard, Micheal Stuhlberg, Chinwetel Agu

Synopsis: Doctor Strange casts a forbidden spell that opens the doorway to the multiverse, including alternate versions of himself, whose threat to humanity is too great for the combined forces of Strange, Wong, and Wanda Maximoff.

Memory

Running time: 1hr 54mins

Starring: Guy Pearce, Liam Neeson, Monica Bellucci

Synopsis: An expert assassin of esteemed reputation refuses to complete a job that violates his moral code and is being hunted down by those who gave him the assignment. He is built for revenge, but with a memory that is beginning to falter, he is forced to question his every action, blurring the line between right and wrong.

In Circles

Running times: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Bimbo Ademoye, Anto Lecky, Funky Mallam

Synopsis: A family drama movie which centres around the lives of three best friends who are all married with different issues. It also highlights some issues faced in their jointly owned businesses as one of their company gets grounded by pompousness.

Strangers

Running time: 2hrs

Starring: Lateef Adedimeji, Femi Adebayo, Jide Kosoko

Synopsis: Forgotten in a remote village and battling a life-ending disease, a young boy’s future could change forever when people he has never met showed up.

Man For The Job

Running time: 2hrs 5mins

Starring: Ini Edo, Temi Otedola, Uzor Arukwe, Ibrahim Suleiman

Synopsis: A young engineer joins his team to solve a software problem for an IT company. However, things take a turn for the worse when he’s accused of using the software to steal from the company.

Lost City

Running time: 1hr 52mins

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt, Daniel Radcliffe

Synopsis: A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Running time: 1hr 45mins

Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Nicholas Cage, Pedro Pascal

Synopsis: A cash-strapped actor agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan’s birthday party but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie.

The King of Thieves

Running time: 1hr 50mins

Starring: Femi Adebayo, Lateef Adedimeji, Odunlade Adekola

Synopsis: It tells the legendary tale of the greatest thief there ever was. He is a ruthless bandit with a fearsome reputation and his exploits in a kingdom that uses everything from vigilante to witchcraft to destroy him.