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This is the third film in this franchise but serves as a prequel to the previous 2 films. It was written and directed by Michael Sarnoski and stars Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn & Alex Wolff. Djimon Honsou returns to his role front the second film. In this film, New York City is shattered by an alien invasion from creatures that have super hearing and attack at the slightest sound and the survivors must figured out how to survive despite no help from the rest of the country. Despite his work on the first 2 films, John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the previous films, serves as a producer and chose Sarnoski as director after original director and writer, Jeff Nichols left the project in 2021. Sarnoski had achieved success as a director with his 2022 film, “Pig” starring Nicholas Cage.

This film was co written, produced and directed by Ethan Coen and stars Margaret Quallay & Geraldine Viswanathan. The film also features Coen’s wife & writing partner, Tricia Cook who also serves as co-writer & producer. In this film, 2 women who are having trouble in their relationship, embark on a road trip from Philadelphia to Tallahassee but things take a twisted turn when their rental car is being followed by mobsters & federal agents. The film premiered in Australia on February 22, 2024, the U.S. on February 23 before landing on Peacock on June 8.

This 4 part documentary follows the rise and fall of one of sports entertainment’s and professional wrestling’s biggest promotions, World Championship Wrestling, WCW. From the struggle of the early 90s to their ground breaking feud with WWE from 1996 - 2000 to their ultimate demise in 2001. The series features interviews from former WCW president, Eric Bischoff and a number of former WCW superstars including Booker T, Kevin Nash, Goldberg & Diamond Dallas Page.

This film was written, produced and directed by Kobi Libii and stars Justice Smith & David Alan Grier. In this film a young biracial man is recruited by this mysterious group of black magicians to ensure the safety of the black people by making white people comfortable. This film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2024, hit theaters nationwide in March before landing on Peacock in June.

This action comedy started off as a series but after being bought by Amazon Prime, it was turned into a feature film. This film is a sequel to the previous film and series that came out in 2023. It sees Kevin Hart, Nathalie Emmanuel & Ben Swartchz all return from the previous film and are joined by Paula Bell & John Cena. In this film, after successfully becoming an action star, Kevin Hart plans to make his final action film but things take an unexpected turn when he is kidnapped by a group of mobsters working for a mysterious man out to get even with Kevin Hart himself.

The fourth film in this franchise was once again directed by Adil & Bilall and stars Will Smith & Martin Lawrence. Majority of the previous film’s cast return including Vanessa Hudgens, Andrew Ludwig, Paola Nunez, Jacob Scipio & Joe Pantoliano while newcomers include Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn & Tiffany Haddish. In this film, after the death of their captain, famed detectives, Mike Lowery & Marcus Burnett learn that somehow their captain is being framed for crimes that they know he didn’t commit. To prove his innocence, they too get framed and join Mike’s fugitive son on the run from the FBI & US Marshals investigating the case. This film was hit theaters on May 22, 2024, made a pretty big splash at the box office and discussions are already underway about a possible 5th and final film.

This psychological horror film was written and directed by Ishana Shymalan in her directorial debut, produced by her father, M. Night Shymalan and is based on the 2022 novel of the same name. The movie stars Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campell, Olwen Fouere & Oliver Finnegan. In this film, an American woman gets lost in an Irish forest that is said to be haunted by mysterious and ancient creatures that cannot be seen in the daylight. The woman and 3 others are trapped in a glass room and are being “watched” by the creatures. Despite filming during the SAG-AFTA strike, the film completed production in late 2023 and hit theaters on June 7, 2024. M. Night Shymalan fell under heavy criticism for self-financing the film despite the studios’ stance with the strike.

This is a sequel to the 2016 original film and is directed by Kelsey Mann in his directorial debut. Majority of the original voice cast return in this film including Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane & Kyle MacLachlan. Newcomers include Maya Hawke, Ayo Edebiri and Paul Walter Hauser. Unfortunately, Bill Hader & Mindy Kailing did not return for the sequel. Instead, they were replaced by Liza Lapira & Tony Hale. In this film, Riley has turned 13 and is entering freshman year of high school. The emotions are still around and doing their part to keep her safe. But things take an unexpected turn when the puberty alarm goes off and new emotions enter the fray. This film was announced in September 2022 at Disney’s D23 Expo and hit theaters on June 14, 2024.

The latest WWE premium live event was held in Glasgow, Scotland and featured some hometown heroes in some big matches. “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes put the WWE Championship on the line against “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles in a I QUIT match, Bayley defends the WWE Women’s Championship against Scotland’s own, Piper Niven, Sami Zayn takes on Chad Cable for the Intercontinental Championship, Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships in a triple threat match against, Shayna Blazer and Zoey Starks & Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn and then in the main event, the hometown hero, Drew McIntyre challenges “El Campion” Damien Priest for the Heavyweight Championship of the World.

The latest spin-off series in the Star Wars franchise has released its first 3 episodes on Disney +.