Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Sam Mendes
Written By: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw and Judi Dench
Studio: MGM
Synopsis: Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: John Hyams
Written By: John Hyams and Doug Magnuson
Starring: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andrei Arlovski
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: John (Adkins) wakes up from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army of genetically enhanced warriors led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew Scott (Lundgren), John discovers more about himself and begins to call into question everything he believed to be true. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: RZA
Written By: RZA and Eli Roth
Starring: RZA, Russell Crowe, Rick Yune, Cung Le and Lucy Liu
Studio: Universal Studios
Synopsis: On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 21% (Critics) / 44% (Audience)
Directed By: Rob Zombie
Written By: Rob Zombie
Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane and Malcolm McDowell
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael’s deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 28% (Audience)
Directed By: Paco Plaza
Written By: Paco Plaza
Starring: Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín and Javier Botet
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: A couple’s wedding day turns into a horrific events as some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 28% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Written By: Christopher Landon and Chad Feehan
Starring: Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Brady Allen and Sprague Grayden
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 13% (Critics) / 63% (Audience)
Directed By: Rob Cohen
Written By: Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson
Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns and Rachel Nichols
Studio: Summit
Synopsis: Alex Cross follows the young homicide detective/psychologist (Tyler Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Matthew Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.
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UNCANNY AVENGERS #1
GRADE: B
STORY BY: Rick Remender
ART BY: John Cassaday
COVER BY: John Cassaday
PUBLISHER: Marvel
SYNOPSIS:
Rising out of the ashes of the (overlong and really bad) Avengers vs X-men miniseries event comes Uncanny Avengers! Captain America has decided that he has not done enough for the mutant community over the years and sets out to rectify that by forming a combo platter Avengers/X-Men team.
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BATMAN #13
GRADE: A+
STORY BY: Scott Snyder
ART BY: Greg Capullo / Jock
COVER BY: Greg Capullo
PUBLISHER: DC
SYNOPSIS:
After being out of action for a year (and having his face sliced off) The Joker returns to torment Batman and the rest of Gotham City in this first issue of the Death Of the Family storyline running through all of the Bat Family titles.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 37% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Joseph Kahn
Written By: Joseph Kahn and Mark Palermo
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke and Dane Cook
Studio: IDP Distribution
Synopsis: An apocalyptic fantasy, horror, science fiction, action-thriller, body swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedy starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell, Detention follows the local students of Grizzly Lake as they survive their final year of high school. Bringing even more angst to student life, a slasher killer has chosen their high school as his new home of slaughter. It becomes a race against time to stop the killer, which will in turn save the world – if only they can get out of detention.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 26% (Critics) / 44% (Audience)
Directed By: Kimble Rendall
Written By: Russell Mulcahy, Justin Monjo, Shane Krause, John Kim, Duncan Kennedy, and Shayne Armstrong
Starring: Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Phoebe Tonkin and Julian McMahon
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building – along with a 12-foot Great White Shark.
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AVENGERS #30
GRADE: D-
STORY BY: Brian Michael Bendis
ART BY: Walter Simonson
COVER BY: Leinil Yu
PUBLISHER: Marvel
SYNOPSIS:
Its date night with Hawkeye & Spider Woman! While doing battle with the enigmatic Mr. Negative to keep him from stealing some Hydra tech, Hawkeye and Spider Woman find the time to have couples counseling while thwarting Negative’s evil machinations.
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