Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 14% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Written By: Chris Borey, Eddie Borey
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann
Studio: Tribeca Films
Synopsis: A man wakes up in the wilderness, in a pit full of dead bodies, with no memory and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: David O. Russell
Written By: David O. Russell and Eric Singer
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: J.T. Petty
Written By: J.T. Petty
Starring: Clifton Collins Jr., Clancy Brown, Andre Royo and Dan Fogler
Studio: Bloody Disgusting
Synopsis:The Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints, a team of blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery, work to drag the worst of demons back to Hell. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly and Benedict Cumberbatch
Studio: Warner Bros
Synopsis: The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
Written By: Michael Arndt and Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Alan Taylor
Written By: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Payne and Robert Rodat
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, and Anthony Hopkins
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis:Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 63% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexandre Moors
Written By: R.F.I. Porto
Starring: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis:The striking feature film debut of writer-director Alexandre Moors, BLUE CAPRICE is a harrowing yet restrained psychological thriller about an abandoned boy lured to America into the shadows of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by true events, BLUE CAPRICE investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two killers, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. Marked by captivating performances by Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond, lyrical camerawork, and a unique and bold structure, BLUE CAPRICE documents the mechanisms that lead its subjects to embrace physical violence. BLUE CAPRICE paints a riveting portrait of 21st-century America and a haunting depiction of two cold-blooded killers that will endure long after the lights come up. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Ruairi Robinson
Written By: Sydney J. Bounds and Clive Dawson
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas and Olivia Williams
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis:On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 0% (Critics) / 22% (Audience)
Directed By: Anthony Leonardi III
Written By: Jonathan W.C. Mills
Starring: Clancy Brown, Anne Heche, Jennifer Stone
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Synopsis:NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR was inspired by the legend of Stull, Kansas. Wendy (Anne Heche), her husband Dan (James Tupper of “Revenge”) and their kids have just moved to the small town of Stull, Kansas, where Dan is the new pastor. But in this sleepy community of friendly neighbors, a horrific series of occurrences awaits them: Their teenage daughter (Rebekah Brandes of Bellflower) is being tormented by grisly visions. Her younger sister (Jennifer Stone of “Wizards Of Waverly Place”) has been marked for a depraved ritual. And deep within the heartland darkness, one of The Seven Gates Of Hell demands the blood of the innocent to unleash the creatures of the damned. Ethan Peck (“10 Things I Hate About You”) and Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption) co-star in this demonic shocker featuring original music by producer SLASH and inspired by the real-life paranormal legacy of Stull. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 48% (Critics) / 66% (Audience)
Directed By: Mikael Håfström
Written By: Miles Chapman and Jason Keller
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Amy Ryan, Vincent D’Onofrio and Jim Caviezel
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Synopsis:When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside. (Source)
The 411: An abused and ridiculed teen develops telekinetic abilities that she uses to exact revenge on her tormenters at schools and at home.
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The 411: Charlotte, a timid and sheltered college freshman, is seduced by a centuries old vampire unleashing the inner desires that Charlotte never even knew existed inside of her.
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