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Top 10 Movies to See This Weekend

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Valdosta chapter.

Are you overwhelmed with juggling school, work and organizational duties? Taking a break to see the latest flick is the perfect way to free your mind and add some relaxation to your life. Whether you’re going solo, on a date or make it a group activity, taking some time out of your schedule to do something fun and give your mind a break is the best way to get the recharge you need to get back into the swing of things and to continue to do great this semester! Here is a list of the top 10 box office movies to watch this weekend. 

The Perfect Guy (2015)

PG-13 | 100 min | Thriller

Description: After breaking up with her boyfriend, a professional woman gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true.

Director: David M. Rosenthal

Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut

The Visit (2015)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror

Description: A single mother finds that things in her family’s life go very wrong after her two young children visit their grandparents.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Stars: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan

War Room (2015)

PG | 120 min | Drama

Description: A seemingly perfect family looks to fix their problems with the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman.

Director: Alex Kendrick

Stars: Priscilla Evans Shirer, T.C. Stallings, Karen Abercrombie, Beth Moore

A Walk in the Woods (2015)

R  |  104 min  |  Adventure, Comedy, Drama  | 

Description: After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.

Director: Ken Kwapis

Stars: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson |

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

PG-13  |  131 min  |  Action, Adventure, Thriller  |  31 July 2015 (USA)

Description: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner |

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

R  |  147 min  |  Biography, Drama, Music  | 

Description: The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Director: F. Gary Gray

Stars: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell |

No Escape (I) (2015)

R  |  103 min  |  Action, Thriller  | 

Description: In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

Director: John Erick Dowdle

Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson |

The Transporter Refueled (2015)

PG-13  |  96 min  |  Action, Crime, Thriller  | 

Description: In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.

Director: Camille Delamarre

Stars: Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson |

90 Minutes in Heaven (2015)

PG-13  |  121 min  |  Drama  | 

Description: A man involved in a horrific car crash is pronounced dead, only to come back to life an hour and a half later, claiming to have seen Heaven.

Director: Michael Polish

Stars: Kate Bosworth, Hayden Christensen, Hudson Meek |

Un gallo con muchos huevos (2015)

98 min  |  Animation  |

Description: Toto, a young chick born the run of the litter, rises to the occasion when a rancher threatens his home and his family.

Directors: Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo Riva-Palacio Alatriste

Stars: Bruno Bichir, Carlos Espejel, Angélica Vale | 

 

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My name is Anissa Yone' Williams. I am a Graduating Communication & Marketing major at Valdosta State University, who has a passion for Entertainment, Journalism, and Music. Twitter: @_AnissaaAmor Snapchat:AnissaaAmor Instagram:_AnissaaAmor
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