Kesari, Retribution… 10 movies you should see this weekend

Nollywood’s ‘Kesari’ and Hollywood’s ‘Retribution’ are some movies TheCable Lifestyle recommends for you to watch in the cinema or on streamers like Netflix this weekend.

Here are more recommendations below:

Kesari 

Running time: 1hr 58mins

Starring: Ibrahim Yekini, Femi Adebayo, Yvonne Jegede

Synopsis: A powerful armed robber shows he is above the law with an unimaginably potent fetish. Will the law triumph?

Retribution

Running time: 1hr 30mins

Starring: Liam Neeson, Lilly Aspell, Matthew Modine

Synopsis: A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out.

Mikolo

Running time: 1hr 50mins

Starring: Yvonne Jegede, Pamilerin Adegoke, Ayo Mogaji

Synopsis: A young, gifted girl believes in the realm of the impossible and embarks on a self-discovery journey. Herr sojourns take her to a mystical forest fabled to be a habitat for otherworldly creatures.

Blue Beetle

Running time: 2hrs 7mins

Starring: Gabriella Ortiz, George Lopez, Harvey Guillén

Synopsis: An alien relic possesses a teenager as a host. The symbiotic relationship grants the teenager a suit of armour that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

Jagun Jagun

Running time: 2hrs 14mins

Starring: Femi Adebayo, Lateef Adedimeji, Bimbo Ademoye

Synopsis: A young man determined to become a mighty warrior joins an elite army, his innate talent will invite the wrath of a warlord on him.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Running time: 1hr 39mins

Starring: Ayo Edebiri, Brady Noon, Giancarlo Esposito,

Synopsis: The Turtle brothers as they work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.

Orisa

Running time: 1hr 49mins

Starring: Odunlade Adekola, Femi Adebayo, Shaffy Bello

Synopsis: A king becomes rogue and loses respect for the gods and the people. Insanity becomes his fate. This predicament befalls him at a time when a terrorist, who he once struck a deal with, returns to forcefully take over the kingdom.

Barbie

Running time: 1hr 54 mins

Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, John Cena

Synopsis: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis.

Oppenheimer

Running time: 3hrs

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr

Synopsis: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning

Running: 2hrs 43mins

Starring: Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames

Synopsis: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.