Weekend viewing
Get the popcorn and snacks ready, we’ve got your weekend watching sorted with three great movies … a superhero action comedy, a charming love story, and a sci-fi thriller based on a popular fighting game.
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In a world filled with criminals and supervillains, scientist Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) has developed a formula designed to give ordinary people superpowers. One day, when her childhood best friend Lydia (Melissa McCarthy) comes to visit her at her lab, she is accidentally injected with one of Emily’s formulas, giving her superhuman strength. Lydia is not the only super-powered human, as Emily also can turn invisible. With Lydia’s new superpowers, the two of them form a new superhero team, Thunder Force. Together, they must fight the villains that litter the world, and in the process save the city of Chicago from a new criminal … Don’t miss the action-comedy, Thunder Force on Netflix.
VIEW TRAILER HERE – https://youtu.be/qnx6-YLXFwg
Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey, a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within. Catch it on Showmax.
VIEW TRAILER HERE – https://youtu.be/15syDwC000k
A washed-up MMA fighter is unaware of his hidden lineage or why he is being hunted down by Sub-Zero of the Lin-Kuei clan of assassins. Concerned for the safety of his family, he seeks out a team of fighters who were chosen to defend Earthrealm in a high-stakes battle against the forces of Outworld. Mortal Kombat is now showing at a cinema near you.
VIEW TRAILER HERE – https://youtu.be/G4zj7RUXOSo