THE CONJURING 2 – Exhausted after the Amityville case, America’s leading paranormal investigators are taking a well-earned break. But the husband and wife team of ghostbusters are drawn back to work at the urging of a single mother of four who says there is something evil in her home. There sure is – her youngest daughter. But is the child really possessed by a demon or just pranking the professionals?

NOW YOU SEE ME 2 – Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe returns to the world of magic to play an evil tech magnate who tries to trick a team of stage illusionists into pulling off a heist for him. But the magicians have their own plan to turn the tables on the tycoon and expose his criminal activity.

WARCRAFT – Based on the popular video game series “Warcraft” is a military strategy drama in which a monarch’s tactics for how best to use his legions to protect his kingdom from invaders are called into question and bring about divisions in the ranks.

GENIUS – The working relationship between author Thomas Wolfe and his editor is strained when the flamboyant writer produces endless pages of manuscript and refuses to chop down the word count. Jude Law and Colin Firth star.

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