MOVIES WITH BIG AL: Slender Man, #TheMeg, #BLACKKKLANSMAN

SLENDER MAN (Horror)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT?  Horror movie about a figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face who haunts and takes children.

WHO'S IN IT? Joey King, Javier Botet, Annalise Basso

TRIVIA:

• The Slender Man character began as a creepypasta Internet meme created by Eric Knudsen.
• In 2014, two 12-year-old girls in Waukesha, Wisconsin stabbed their friend to impress Slender Man. 
• The father of one of the girls has called the film "extremely distasteful." (FOX News)

THE MEG (Action)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? A massive creature attacks a deep-sea submersible, leaving it disabled and trapping the crew at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

WHO'S IN IT? Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Jessica McNamee, Rainn Wilson

TRIVIA:

• The budget was $150 million.
• Filmed in New Zealand.
• Based on MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten.

BLACKKKLANSMAN (Drama)

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Spike Lee's fact-based film about a black police officer in Colorado who became the head of a Ku Klux Klan chapter.

WHO'S IN IT? John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace, Alec Baldwin

TRIVIA:

• John David Washington is the son of Denzel Washington.
• Based on the autobiographical book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth.
• The release is set to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlottesville rally.