Hollywood’s ‘The Runnig Man’ and ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ are movies TheCable recommends for you to watch in the cinema or on streamers this weekend.
The Running Man
Running time: 1hr 44mins
Starring: Daniel Ezra, David Zayas, Lee Pace, Michael Cera
Synopsis: A man joins a game show where contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by “hunters” hired to kill them.
Now You Sew Me: Now You Don’t
Running time: 1hr 52mins
Starring: Dominic Sessa, Sebastian Hensan, Justice Smith, Woody Harrelson
Synopsis: A diamond heist reunites retired Horsemen illusionists with new performers Greenblatt, Smith and Sessa as they target dangerous criminals.
Son Of Iron
Running time: 1hr 52mins
Starring: Jide Kosoko, Sola Sobowale, Tina Mba
Synopsis: Kunle, a talented Lagos teenager who loves fixing electronics, struggles under his father Rotimi’s pressure to study law, a dream Rotimi never fulfilled and now wants his son to pursue.
Predator: Badlands
Running time: 1hr 47mins
Starring: Alison Wright, Cameron Brown, Matt Duffer,Rose Duffer
Synopsis: A young Predator outcast from his clan finds an unlikely ally on his journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
3 Cold Dishes
Running time: 1hr 50mins
Starring: Osas Ighodaro, Fanta Dumbai, Aldot Bossou, Wale Ojo
Synopsis: Three women from Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Benin reunite two decades after surviving human trafficking to execute a daring, multi-country revenge plot against the men who once destroyed their lives.
Idia
Running time: 2hrs
Starring: Lilian Osifo, Tops Tedala, Mercy Aigbe
Synopsis: The film tells the gripping story of a teenager adopted by a couple, drawing from African urban legends to create a culturally rich and modern retelling reminiscent of myths like Madam KoiKoi.
Regretting You
Running time: 1hr 57mins
Starring: Allison Williams, Kurt Yue, Dave Franco, Scott Eastwood
Synopsis: Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.
Time Hoppers: The Silk Road
Running time: 1hr 55mins
Starring: Maryam Astrolabi, Manda Musa, Ibn Al-Haytham
Synopsis: Four brilliant students from Aqli Academy, Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid, and Layla discover the power to time travel. Thrust into the ancient Silk Road, they must protect legendary scientists from a dark alchemist threatening history itself. To save the future, they must rewrite the past and find their way home.
Tare
Running time: 1hr 46mins
Starring: Toyin Abraham, Nosa Rex, Jide Kene
Synopsis: Tare follows a young mother who abandons her family in pursuit of a better life, leaving her children to fend for themselves. As she drifts from one failed relationship to another, her eldest daughter, Ebiere, is forced to shoulder the burden of caring for her siblings after their father’s death.
Black Phone 2
Running time: 1hr 54mins
Starring: Anna Lore, Mason Thames, Miguel Mora, Arianna Rivas
Synopsis: As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.
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