TATU, Tribunal… 10 movies you should see this weekend

Some movies leave one with a feeling of glee while some poorly executed flicks make one want to puke, punch someone and throw a tantrum – all at once.

To help you avoid such a situation that’d leave you fuming out of the cinema in utter disgust, TheCable Lifestyle recommends the following movies.

Synopsis: A fast paced action drama, center around the conflict arising from a mother’s quest to have a child and the consequence of breaking her covenant with the gods to sacrifice the child when she comes of age.

Starring: Segun Arinze, Toyin Abraham, Desmond Elliot

Run time: 102 mins

Synopsis: Jimi Disu, a washed-up lawyer now in his 50s, who helped co-establish a leading law firm in Lagos many years ago.
He is approached by a young, enthusiastic, law school graduate to help defend her friend who has been unfairly fired because he’s a person with albinism. This gives Jimi a chance to battle his old law firm.

Starring: Bimbo Manuel, Nobert Young, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

Run time: 100 mins

Synopsis: What Lies Within chronicles 24 hours in the lives of two women as they are thrust into the centre of an incident that could have far-reaching consequences on their lives and their loves ones.

Starring: Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke, Ken Erics, Vanessa Nzediegwu

Run time: 100 mins

Synopsis: A headhunter whose life revolves around closing deals in a a survival-of-the-fittest boiler room, battles his top rival for control of their job placement company – his dream of owning the company clashing with the needs of his family.

Starring: Alison Brie, Gerard Butler, Willem Dafoe

Run time: 108 mins

Synopsis: Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.

Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker

Run time: 90 mins

Synopsis: After a visit to a famous Pastor, they somehow wake up in each other’s bodies. Is it a miracle or a curse? Who knows? Unable to switch back, they are forced to masquerade as each other until a solution can be found. They couldn’t save their marriage as themselves, can they save it as each other?

Starring: Omoni Oboli, Ramsey Nouah, Seyi Law

Run time: 100 mins

Synopsis: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.

Starring: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris

Run time: 86 mins

Synopsis: A man returns from prison, hoping to pick up the pieces of his life with his wife and business. Things are not as he hopes when he begins to suspect his wife of infidelity and with the business at stake,He calls in an old friend who is a private investigator for help. A love triangle ensue with everyone fighting for love and for money.

Starring: Adesua Etomi, Chris Attoh

Run time: 116 mins

Synopsis: The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Court of Justice. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time.

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman

Run time: 118 mins

Synopsis: A ghost is scared to go to heaven because he doesn’t have a soulmate and so convinces God to give him three days to fall in love. He is paired with the cantankerous firecracker – Ijeoma – who will do anything to save her father’s house in Banana Island from the bank coming to reclaim it in three days. The two of them must first survive each other, then learn to work together, and eventually fall in love, to see their destinies unfold.

Starring: Chioma ‘Chigul‘ Omeruah, Patrick Diabuah, Adetomiwa Edun, Saidi Balogun, Ali Nuhu, Uche Jombo, Bimbo Manuel, Akah Nnani, Damilola Adegbite, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Dorcas Sola Fapson, DJ Obi

Run time: 90 mins