Love In Pandemic, Before Valentine are among 10 films to see this weekend

TheCable Lifestyle recommends ‘Love In Pandemic’ and ‘Before Valentine’ among the movies to watch in the cinema or on Netflix 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.

Below are some titles to look out for.

• Love In Pandemic

Running time: 2hrs

Starring: Nancy Isime, Deyemi Okanlawon, Teniola Aladese

Synopsis: It captures a love tale that happens amidst one of the most unforgettable moments in human history, the COVID-19 Pandemic when the whole world was shut down for months.

• Before Valentine

Running time: 1hr 51mins

Starring: Teddy A, Ngozi Nwosu, Yvonne Jegede

Synopsis: Four hairdressers in a Lagos salon face wild relationship dramas with their families and friends while preparing for the most romantic day of the year.

• A Man Called Otto

Running time: 2hr 30mins

Starring: Tom Hank, Mariana Trevina, Manuel Gracia-Rulfo

Synopsis: A grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down.

• Dark October

Running time: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Chuks Joseph, Munachi Okpara, Kem-Ajieh Ikechukwu, Kelechukwu Oriaku.

Synopsis: The story tells the horrifying story of the four students — Aluu 4 — of the University of Port Harcourt who were killed on October 5, 2012.

• Plane

Running time: 1hr 47mins

Starring: Gerard Butler, Daniella Pineda, Mike Colter

Synopsis: A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he’s forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

• To Freedom

Running time: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Osas Ighodaro, Daniel Effiong, Beverly Osu

Synopsis: A married couple appears to be at the peak of their love after five years until the disappearance of the wife one rainy night which led to the husband being admitted into a mental asylum.

• Megan

Running time: 1hr 42mins

Starring: Violet McGraw, Jeena Davis, Allison Williams

Synopsis: A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.

• Puss In Boots 2

Running time: 1hr 40mins

Starring: Salma Hayek, Samson Kayo, Wagner Mour

Synopsis: Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: he has burned through eight of his nine lives. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

• Ijakumo

Running time: 2hr

Starring: Toyin Abraham, Kunle Remi, Bimbo Akintola

Synopsis: Ijakumo follows the story of a wealthy and flamboyant pastor who discovers that his new favourite stripper is his church’s worship leader, he begins an affair with her that opens a Pandora’s Box of crisis beyond what he imagined.

• Battle On Buka Street

Running time: 2hrs

Starring: Funke Akindele, Mercy Johnson-Okojie, Sola Sobowale

Synopsis: ‘Battle On Buka Street’ tells the story of rivalry, where two women find themselves at loggerheads once again as they set up food businesses on the same street.