AWAKE (full review at Screen Realm)

Jill (Gina Rodriguez) is widowed ex-soldier and recovering addict. She works in security at a research laboratory and sells expired drugs on the side for extra cash. She is determined to win custody of her two children, Matilda (Ariana Greenblatt) and (Lucius Hoyos), who live with their grandmother.

During a routine school-run an unspecified global event take place, cutting the power and, it transpires, preventing the entire world from falling asleep. Without any decent shuteye, it’s not long before everyone descends into hysterical wide-eyed mania and society begins to crumble.

Jill escapes the city with her kids, meeting escaped convict Dodge (Shamier Anderson) en-route and heading for a research station run by her boss, Dr Murphy (Jennifer Jason Leigh). All the while keeping the closely guarded secret that Matilda can still sleep.

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IMDB: Awake

LOVE AND MONSTERS (full review at Screen Realm)

Threatened with a deadly meteorite, the chemical fallout from Earth’s defences cause the planet’s insects, molluscs and assorted creepy crawlies to mutate to giant size, and wipe out 95% of the population. Thus, seven years into the apocalypse, Joel (Dylan O'Brien) lives in an underground bunker with a group of fellow survivors.

Crippled by a paralysing fear of the monsters, Joel gets by as the colony’s(reluctant) chef. But when he reconnects over the radio with his pre-apocalypse girlfriend, Aimee (Jessica Henwick), Joel decides to head out to find her. Along the way Joel befriends stray dog, Boy, who accompanies him on his journey and meets fellow survivors, Clyde (Michael Rooker) and Minnow (Ariana Greenblatt), who teach him survival skills and self-belief.

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IMDB: Love And Monsters