The Conjuring

Director: James Wan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1457767

Review: Doesn't bring much new to the table but has enough well constructed moments to carry it through.

Watch it if: You want something that delivers beat by beat even if not as a coherent whole.

And if you liked: A Haunting in Connecticut, Sinister, Poltergeist

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Constantine

Director: Francis Lawrence

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360486

Review: Brimming with creativity and visual flair with an atmosphere that suits the material without draining it of its fun.

Watch it if: You want something that understands how to deliver a moody tone without falling into grim dullness.

And if you liked: HellBoy, Angel Heart, The Frighteners, Legion

Check this out: Hellblazer

Beowulf (2007)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442933

Review: A bizarre mish-mash of tones and heavily dated technology that never really lands but is undoubtedly entertaining in its strangeness.

Watch it if: You're interested in seeing how weird a studio movie can be.

And if you liked: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Us

Director: Jordan Peele

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857112

Review: A little messy with its pacing but carries enough ideas, imagery and straight fear for several films.

Watch it if: You enjoy a horror film that can unsettle with it's very texture.

And if you liked: The Strangers, Get Out, Candyman

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Director: Justin Lin

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985

Review: Engages quickly through knowing melodrama carried and balanced through well grounded action.

Watch it if: You're ok with something using a fairly dry lead to explore a larger world.

And if you liked: The Fast and the Furious, Speed Racer, Riverdale

Velvet Buzzsaw

Director: Dan Gilroy

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043012

Review: Messy and unfocused with a decent setting but no real sense of how to approach its story without clear derivation.

Watch it if: You want to see something that respects a genre but doesn't understand how to do it.

And if you liked: Phantasm, The Final Destination, Murder Party

2 Fast 2 Furious

Director: John Singleton

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322259

Review: Not as successful a story as the first but funnier and sillier enough to carry it through.

Watch it if: You want something that knows exactly what it is.

And if you liked: Point Break, The Fast and the Furious

The Fast and the Furious

Director: Rob Cohen

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500

Review: Bonkers and dated in just the right ways with a decently put together story and a strong central action sequence.

Watch it if: You want something that's a clear cross-section of the time it was made.

And if you liked: Point Break, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

Captain Marvel

Director: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4154664

Review: Falls into some frustrating clichés early on but manages to otherwise handle a solid story with great ideas and strong spectacle.

Watch it if: You want something dazzling with a reasonable depth of character.

And if you liked: Men in Black, Star Wars, Star Trek

Lords of Chaos

Director: Jonas Åkerlund

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4669296

Review: Does a good job using humour to ground the story in reality without shirking away from the more grim aspects.

Watch it if: You can handle some fairly intense violence.

And if you liked: River's Edge, Metalhead, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, We Are the Best!

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