Chucky is the latest iteration of the long-running Child’s Play series. Each installment concerns serial killer Charles Lee Ray aka Chucky (Brad Dourif). Right before his death, he transferred his soul into a doll, eventually learning how to split his soul into multiple vessels at once. And now he’s back in his hometown of Hackensack, New Jersey.
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Phoebe (McKenna Grace) is a young prodigy who moves into the home of her recently deceased grandfather’s house along with her brother Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and mom Callie (Carrie Coon). There Phoebe discovers evidence that said grandfather was one of the Ghostbusters, and despite being a genius, her first reaction upon seeing an old video isn’t saying, “you know, that Egon (Harold Ramis) looks a lot like me.”
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The OG Ghostbusters are back, baby. You got Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Ackroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson). After saving the world by besting a literal god, everything should be coming up roses, right? Wrong. Much like Men in Black 2 or Alien 3, this is one of those sequels that undoes the happy ending of the previous film to allow for another movie.
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Ghostbusters is a 1984 film about an awesome Ray Parker Jr. song and nothing else. I’m kidding, of course. It’s about the antics of a team of ghost hunters as they try to save the city from a supernatural menace. The film was remade in 2016, with the same basic plot, but an all-woman team. While the team members of both versions have certain overlaps, they also contrast with one another.
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Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt) is a scientist searching for the Tree of Life, whose petals cure any disease. Unfortunately, she was born in a time where she had the wrong parts and gender to be taken seriously. No, not today, 1916. She has a map. She just needs an arrowhead to translate it, which is denied to her by the Royal Society. So she steals it and hires skipper Frank Wolff (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), who normally does jungle cruises filled with fake danger and awful puns, to take her through the jungle.
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Shaun (Simu Liu) is an unambitious valet who spends his days Ferris Bueller-ing cars with his best friend Katy Chen (Awkwafina). At one point, Katy shoots down the possibility of them becoming a couple, and for the most part, they do have a like brother and sister type relationship. There are, however, hints that their relationship might develop into something more. I sincerely hope that doesn’t happen, because I like the idea of them just being close friends.
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Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is a friendly non-player character in Free City, this multiplayer game that’s all about destruction. Every day he and his buddy, Buddy (Lil Rel Howery), sit in the background as players, distinguished by their sunglasses, hold up the bank where they work. Everything changes when Guy meets and falls for MolotovGirl (Jodie Comer), inspiring him to steal a pair of sunglasses to be able to talk to her. Once he puts them on, he can see all the missions and gear that the players can access.
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Frank Darbo (Rainn Wilson) is a troubled man whose wife, Sarah (Liv Tyler), is “stolen” by a drug lord named Jacques (Kevin Bacon). Subsequently believing himself to have been given a mission from god, Frank becomes a superhero, the Crimson Bolt, to rescue his wife and fight evil. His weapon of choice ends up being a wrench, perfect for splitting heads open.
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Eloise “Ellie” Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) has recently come to Soho to study at the London College of Fashion. Except when she goes to sleep, she’s transported to her dream destination, the Swingin Sixties. More specifically, she sees through the eyes of Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy), her flat’s previous tenant, who aspires to be a singer with the help of her new manager Jack (Matt Smith).
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Michael Meyers (James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle). Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). Halloween. You know the drill by now.
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