Popcorn Movie Mix August 23: The Emoji Movie, Woke Up Like This, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, 47 Meters Down, Bushwick, and Annabelle: Creation

When the city is dark, and the office is dreary, plus everything else feels like you’re running out of coffee. Take a breather. This week’s playlist is zen, you see. So millennial movie buffs, sit back, relax and watch a movie!

Sync your eyes and enjoy edge-of-your-seat thrills with this week’s featured presentations: The Emoji Movie, Woke Up Like This, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, 47 Meters Down, Bushwick, and Annabelle: Creation.

Movie Mix August 23: Something for Every Tom, Dick and Harry

The family is surely going to get a kick out of “The Emoji Movie!” The 3D animated film is about Gene, a Meh emoji who lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside Alex’s phone. When Alex chooses Gene as his emoticon to send a reply to his crush Addie, Gene gets into a panic attack – he does not know what to do nor does he know how to express himself. He malfunctions and ends up being scheduled for deletion. All he wants is to be useful and he would journey far and wide just to attain this. The comedy stars the voices of T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Rob Riggle, Jennifer Coolidge, Steven Wright, Christina Aguilera, Sean Hayes, Sofia Vergara, and Patrick Stewart.

Lovi Poe and Vhong Navarro both wake up at the wrong side of the bed in “Woke Up Like This.” The romcom tells the story of two characters who fall victims to an odd twist of fate. It answers one of the most asked what-if questions in society today, “How would it feel to be in the shoes of another person and live their life even for just a day?” The film’s cast includes Joey Marquez, Bayani Agbayani, Coraleen Wadell, Dionne Monsanto, Raikko Mateo, and Yanna Asistio. It is directed by Joel Ferrer.

Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Salma Hayek star in “The Hitman’s Bodyguard.” The action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes is about a bodyguard named Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) who got hired to protect a Japanese arms dealer, Kurosawa. However, when Kurosawa gets shot, Michael is disgraced. Things take a turn when he crosses paths with a hit man who needs to testify at the International Court of Justice against a notorious dictator. As the hit man’s body guard, Michael has to put aside his differences with the witness no matter what in the name of justice and most of all, to redeem himself.

Mandy Moore and Claire Holt are sisters who go cage diving in “47 Meters Down.” For some much-needed sisterly bonding, Lisa (Mandy) and Kate (Claire) decide to go on a holiday in Mexico. To make things interesting, they go cage diving to see sharks up close. Unfortunately, the cage breaks and sinks into the ocean floor. How will the sisters survive now, knowing that the great white sharks will never leave their side?

Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow fight for survival in “Bushwick.” The action thriller revolves around a war veteran named Stupe (Dave) and a young woman named Lucy (Brittany). When their neighborhood in Brooklyn gets invaded by a Texas military force, Stupe and Lucy decide to go through five blocks of Bushwick to reach home. They have no choice but to depend on each other for their survival. The film also stars Angelic Zambrana, Jeff Lima, Paco Lozano, and Christian Navarro.

Stephanie Sigman, Talith Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto tell the origin story of Annabelle in “Annabelle: Creation.” The horror film is the fourth installment in “The Conjuring” series and is also the prequel to “Annabelle,” released in 2014. “Creation” is set to twelve years after the death of the daughter of  a dollmaker and his wife. The husband and wife then welcome several girls and a nun into their home because the orphanage they used to live in closed down. Little did they know that this was the beginning of the dark creation of Annabelle.