The In-Laws, Sand Castle… 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: Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker attempts to balance his life in high school with his career as the web-slinging superhero Spiderman.

Starring: Tom Holland, Chris Evans, Martin Starr

Run time: 133 mins

Synopsis: A high-flying fashion designer meets a notorious area boy when her car breaks down in his gang’s territory. At first their meeting seems like a blessing but it quickly turns into something else when he sets up home outside her shop.

Starring: Bolanle Ninolowo, Mary Remmy Njoku, Bisola Aiyeola (Big Brother Naija)

Run time: 112 mins

Synopsis: Tobi Balogun, 35 year old naturalist doctor, and son to Rtd. police sergeant, Abu Balogun, is in love, and ready to marry Nancy Okezie 30, daughter of Donald Okezie, an old-school lawyer. However, trouble starts after they secretly get engaged, and introduce each other to their families.

Starring: Dele Odule, Toyin Abraham, Ngozi Nwosu, Charles Inoje, Chris Attoh and Binta Ayo Mogaji

Run time: 90 mins

Synopsis: Ayade (48); tall, intelligent, a perfect gentleman falls in love with Timi, a beautiful blind lady in her late (20s). He made her feel complete despite her condition. He showered her with so much love and made her believe no one can take her place in his life. Esosa, in her late (30s) tried so hard to take advantage of Timi’s condition by snatching her husband (Ayade) from her but couldn’t succeed

Starring: Wale Ojo, Sylvia Edem, Mary Uranta, Charles Okocha, Shirley Igwe, Bassey Okon

Run time: 80 mins

Synopsis: 6 corpers get posted to a remote village to find an ancient evil has bigger plans for all of them… will they make it out of the village to live to tell the tale of an Ajuwaya?

Starring: Kemi Lala Akindoju, Lanre Hassan, Rahama Sadau, Timini Egbuson

Run time: 98 mins

Synopsis: The psychological limits and endurance of a couple are stretched after the wife, Diane, suddenly sees an exact replica of her dead son (five years after his death), walking leisurely home from a different school and living an entirely different life. The emotional ramifications of this experience becomes near damning…

Starring: Kate Henshaw, Kunle Afolayan, Toyin Oshinaike, Fathia Balogun and Dari Afolayan.

Run time: 73 mins

Synopsis: Bianca is a campus beauty queen who Akpos has sacrificed his livelihood to make successful. After successfully winning a national beauty pageant, Bianca, ever loyal to Akpos, is now an international celebrity rolling with society’s ‘high and mighty’. Otunba who is also invested in Bianca follows Akpos and Bianca to Sun city but will Akpos give up his love with all the sweat he has invested or will Otunba win this time with the use of his wit and charm as the ‘old fox’ which he has used to conquer like he has done time and again, in the world of business?

Starring: Adesua Etomi, Ayo Makun, Richard Mofe-Damijo

Run time: 90 minutes

Synopsis: Everyone in the Osayande family worries about Isoken. Although she has what appears to have a perfect life – beautiful, successful and surrounded by great family and friends – Isoken is still unmarried at 34 which, in a culture obsessed with married, is serious cause for concern. Things come to a head at her youngest sister’s wedding when her overbearing mother thrusts her into an orchestrated matchmaking with the ultimate Edo man, Osaze. Osaze is handsome, successful and from a good family, making him perfect Nigerian husband material. But in an unexpected turn of events, Isoken meets Kevin who she finds herself falling in love with and he just might be what she truly wants in a partner. The only problem is, not only is he not an Edo man, he is Oyinbo (Caucasian).

Starring: Dakore Akande, Joseph Benjamin, Marc Rhys

Run time: 107 mins

Synopsis: After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind

Starring: Mark Bomback, Pierce Boulle

Run time: 105 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: Kylie Balda, Pierce Coffin

Run time: 96 mins