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Movie Recommendations: What to Watch This Weekend | 08.30.24

by Venus Sanders

Welcome back to another rendition of 'What to Watch This Weekend,' whether you're boo'd up with bae or enjoying a single night in with the right glass of wine. Remember, ladies, if you're having any headaches when you drink wine—particularly red wine—it's because of the tannins found in it. As a regular wine drinker, I recommend white wine.


For these lists, I don't typically over-explain anything because I want you to experience the film for yourself and draw your own conclusions, but rest assured that as a cinephile, I watch a ton of movies! Not only that, but I would never recommend anything on this site that I don't think is at least worth a quick view if you're either looking to pass the time or genuinely wanting something new and interesting to watch. The rating system is subjective, but I recommend you use it as a way to determine which films to place at the top of your 'watch list' versus which ones you can check out when you're just in between new releases. So, let's get started!

 

01. ​Bone Tomahawk (2015) | 7/10

In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.



02. Maxxxine (2015) | 5/10

In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.


03. A Beautiful Mind (2015) | 9.5/10

A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.


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04. Marrowbone (2015) | 7/10

A young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.


05. Resurrection (2015) | 5.1/10

Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.


06. Derailed (2015) | 6/10

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.



07. Original Sin (2015) | 6.2/10

A woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.


08. Don’t Say a Word (2015) | 6/10

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...



09. The Perfect Murder (2015) | 6/10 

Wealthy Wall Street speculator Steven Taylor finds that his wife Emily Bradford has a lover, struggling artist David Shaw. Steven investigates Shaw and manipulates him into murdering Emily. It seems like a perfect crime.


10. Secret Window (2015) | 6/10

A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.


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