Thank God It’s Wednesday!!! It is on Hump Day that all the geeks and nerds across the lands venture to their local comic book stores or whip out their tablets and get to downloading all the new books for the week. Wednesday is the high holy day of the work week for those of us that like funny books and since I am very fond of my own opinion on things it is also the day that I will do quickie reviews of a couple of the new releases.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Alejandro Brugués
Written By: Alejandro Brugués
Starring: Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, and Andros Perugorría
Studio: Outsider Pictures
Synopsis: A group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 100% (Audience)
Directed By: James Tucker
Written By: Bob Goodman
Starring: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Molly C. Quinn and John Noble
Studio: Warner Bros Pictures
Synopsis: An unstoppable android on the horizon. A mysterious fireball hurtling toward Earth. A fearless – and beautiful – reporter who will stop at nothing to get her story. It’s just another day for the heroic Man of Steel… only this time, for better or for worse, he has his unpredictable cousin, Supergirl, by his side. The gritty adventure begins as Superman learns about the ruthless force known as Brainiac, who has seized and miniaturized Krypton’s capital city of Kandor. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 46% (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Rob Zombie
Written By: Rob Zombie
Starring: Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Judy Geeson
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Synopsis: From the singular mind of horror maestro Rob Zombie comes a chilling plunge into a nightmare world where evil runs in the blood. The Lords of Salem tells the tale of Heidi (Sheri Moon Zombie), a radio station DJ living in Salem, Massachusetts, who receives a strange wooden box containing a record, a “gift from the Lords.” Heidi listens, and the bizarre sounds within the grooves immediately trigger flashbacks of the town’s violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the “Lords of Salem” returning for revenge on modern-day Salem? (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47% (Critics) / 65% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael Bay
Written By: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie and Tony Shalhoub
Studio: Paramount Studios
Synopsis: From acclaimed director Michael Bay comes “Pain and Gain,” a new action comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie. Based on the unbelievable true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong. (Source)
Directed By: Eli Craig
Written By: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Starring: Kirk Ward, Tyler Ross, Maiara Walsh and Izabela Vidovic
Network: Amazon
Synopsis:Four survivors are killin’ zombies and searching for a place to call home. At least they have each other in this TV version of the 2009 feature film. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 59% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Joseph Kosinski
Written By: Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt
Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Melissa Leo
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put the fate of mankind in his hands. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 24% (Audience)
Directed By: Jordan Galland
Written By: Jordan Galland
Starring: Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin, Joey Kern and Danny Masterson
Studio: Phase 4 Films
Synopsis: Alter Egos takes place in a world in which superheroes have recently lost all government funding and public support. It centers on an under appreciated superhero who jeopardizes a dangerous mission with his own emotional crisis–his girlfriend is cheating on him with his alter ego. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 5% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Directed By: Malcolm D. Lee
Written By: Pat Proft and David Zucker
Starring: Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis:A couple begin to experience some unusual activity after bringing their newborn son home from the hospital. With the help of home-surveillance cameras and a team of experts, they learn they’re being stalked by a nefarious demon. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Ben Wheatley
Written By: Amy Jump, Alice Lowe and Steve Oram
Starring: Alice Lowe, Steve Oram, Eileen Davies
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis:Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way – on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina’s led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see – the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn’t take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina’s meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris’s dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him the wrong way, over a very jagged edge. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Todd Berger
Written By: Todd Berger
Starring: David Cross, America Ferrera, Rachel Boston, Laura Adkin, Kevin M. Brennan and Julia Stiles
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Synopsis:Eight friends meet for their monthly “couples brunch.” But what starts as an impromptu therapy session / airing of domestic grievances takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people become increasingly unhinged to hilarious, surprising, and revealing results. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: David Ayer
Written By: David Ayer
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
Studio: Open Road Films
Synopsis:From the writer of Training Day, End of Watch is a riveting action thriller that puts audiences at the center of the chase like never before. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as young LA police officers who discover a secret that makes them the target of the country’s most dangerous drug cartel. (Source)
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