Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Directed By: Gareth Edwards
Written By: Max Borenstein and Dave Callaham
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe and Bryan Cranston
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis:The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 70% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Directed By: Ti West
Written By: Ti West
Starring: Kentucker Audley, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen and Gene Jones
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: A fashion photographer is traveling to meet his sister at Eden Parish. Once there, his friends begin to film interviews with the Eden Parish inhabitants, all of whom speak of the commune in glowing terms. However, they soon discover that there is a sinister edge to the commune that belies the seemingly peaceful setting. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 28% (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson
Written By: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler and Michael Robert Johnson
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Kiefer Sutherland
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / NA (Audience)
Directed By: Harrison Smith
Written By: Harrison Smith
Starring: Eric Roberts, Felissa Rose and Danielle Harris
Studio: RLJ/Image Entertainment
Synopsis: The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 98% (Audience)
Directed By: Nicholas Stoller
Written By: Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien
Starring: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco and Zac Efron
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Marc Webb
Written By: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Sally Field
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life. – (Source)
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A thriller centered on two archaeologists in search of a lost treasure in the catacombs below Paris.
– IMDb
It’s not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou Garou to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but lately things have taken a strange turn. Crime scenes seem oddly familiar. Lou’s senses are heightened, and when the full moon is out, he’s a rage-fueled werewolf. WOLFCOP is one cop’s quest to become a better man…One transformation at a time.
– Official Movie Website
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% (Critics) / 40% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Landon
Written By: Christopher Landon
Starring: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh and Katie Featherston
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: A young California Latino named Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) is designated for possession by the same malevolent demon who previously claimed Kristi and Katie. Christopher Landon (son of Highway to Heaven actor Michael Landon) wrote and directed this spin-off/sequel produced by Oren Peli and Jason Blum. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72% (Critics) / 54% (Audience)
Directed By: Mike Flanagan
Written By: Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff and Rory Cochrane
Studio: Relativity Media
Synopsis: A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. – (Source)
The young reporter Ángela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus. – IMDb
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 18% (Critics) / 45% (Audience)
Directed By: Wally Pfister
Written By: Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and
Paul Bettany
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: As Dr. Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. – (Source)
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