Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: Thomas McCarthy
Written By: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale and Jeffrey Tambor
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 70% (Audience)
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Written By: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson, and Greg Berlanti
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Rosamund Pike
Studio: Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 37% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Don Payne and Mark Frost
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Laurence Fishburne
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren’t the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Tom Shadyac
Written By: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Wanda Sykes and Lauren Graham
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell reprises his role as preening newscaster Evan Baxter in this heavenly sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy hit. Shortly after television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) relocates his family from Buffalo to Northern Virginia, God (Morgan Freeman) reveals to him that a devastating flood is coming and the planet is about to be cleansed once again. Later, when Baxter accepts the responsibility of building a great ark and his rapidly changing physical appearance begins to draw media attention, his skeptical family attempts to discern if his actions are driven by delusion or divine intervention. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Len Wiseman
Written By: Mark Bomback
Starring: Bruce Willis, Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country’s computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest action franchises in screen history. It’s been over a decade since audiences last saw New York cop John McClane (Willis), but now, as the world’s greatest criminal mastermind (Timothy Olyphant) attempts to cripple the entire country with an innovative act of technological terrorism, only one cop can insure that the integrity of the system stays intact. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 57% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael Bay
Written By: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro and Josh Duhamel
Studio: Dreamworks
Synopsis: The interstellar battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rains destruction down on planet Earth as director Michael Bay adapts Hasbro and Takara’s popular Transformers franchise into a big-budget, live-action summer tentpole extravaganza in this ambitious sci-fi action feature. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Not Available (Critics) / 53% (Audience)
Directed By: John Stockwell
Written By: Ronnie Christensen and Amy Sorlie
Starring: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez and Ralph Brown
Studio: LionsGate Entertainment
Synopsis: A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 9 years, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking – more carnivorous and hungry than ever. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Gary Ross
Written By: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate
Synopsis: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Written By: Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube and Dave Franco
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg, Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith
Starring: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Eugene Levy, Alison Pill, and Liev Schreiber
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White and Phylicia Rashad
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 51% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Andrew Stanton
Written By: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong and Willem Dafoe
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis: Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior. (Source)
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