Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 21% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: McG
Written By: Jeff Rake
Starring: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Janina Gavankar and Laz Alonso
Channel: NBC
Synopsis:A single mom NYPD homicide detective cracks case after case while raising wild twin boys and locking horns with her less than helpful police detective ex-husband. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Alfonso Gómez-Rejón
Written By: Sergio Aguero
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Ciara Bravo, Charlie Rowe and Astro
Channel: Fox
Synopsis:A dramedy set in a Los Angeles hospital’s pediatric ward, where teen patients deal with life-threatening illnesses and bond over their experiences. A remake of the Spanish series “Polseres vermelles.” (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 20% (Critics) / 62% (Audience)
Directed By: Luke Greenfield
Written By: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas
Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev and Andy Garcia
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis:It’s the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they’re not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Written By: Craig Rosenberg
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Scout Taylor-Compton and Jamie Chung
Studio: CBS Films
Synopsis:Flight 7500 departs Los Angeles International Airport bound for Tokyo. As the overnight flight makes its way over the Pacific Ocean during its ten-hour course, the passengers encounter what appears to be a supernatural force in the cabin. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis:The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 17% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Nicholas McCarthy
Written By: Nicholas McCarthy
Starring: Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Ava Acres
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis:When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pulls Leigh’s artist sister Vera into its web – and has sinister plans for both of them. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: William Brent Bell
Written By: William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman
Starring: A.J. Cook, Sebastian Roché, Vik Sahay, Simon Quarterman and Brian Scott O’Connor
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis:A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 8% (Audience)
Directed By: Zach Lipovsky
Written By: Harris Wilkinson
Starring: Stephanie Bennett, Andrew Dunbar, Melissa Roxburgh and Brendan Fletcher
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis:Backpacking through the lush Irish countryside, two unsuspecting young couples discover a town’s chilling secret. Ben (Dunbar), Sophie (Bennet), David (Fletcher) and Jeni (Roxburgh) quickly discover the idyllic land is not what it appears to be when the town’s residents offer the hikers an old cabin at the edge of the woods. Soon, the friends will find that one of Ireland’s most famous legends is a terrifying reality. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Ben Wheatley
Written By: Stephen Moffat
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman
Channel: BBC
Synopsis:Season 8 begins with Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. In the opener, the Doctor and Clara are in Victorian London where a dinosaur is on the loose and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions take place. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy and Josh Hartnett
Studio: Miramax
Synopsis:Like so many schools today, Herrington High has passed its prime. Its walls are grimy, its textbooks outdated, its teachers burned out. Yet its corridors are packed with the future of America – loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks. Like teenagers everywhere, they struggle with parents who don’t get it, teachers who never had it and hormones that won’t quit. But the students at Herrington High face a greater challenge – saving the world from alien domination. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 20% (Critics) / 62% (Audience)
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Written By: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec and Evan Daugherty
Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis:The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder’s diabolical plan. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 62% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Luc Besson
Written By: Luc Besson
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi and Amr Waked
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis:From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element, writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest, most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now, Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. – (Source)
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