Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer
Written By: Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer
Starring: Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan
Studio: MPI Media Group
Synopsis: A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 50% (Audience)
Directed By: Milan Todorovic
Written By: Marko Backovic, Milan Todorovic and Barry Keating
Starring: Kristina Klebe, Natalie Burn, Dragan Micanovic and Franco Nero
Studio: Epic Pictures Group
Synopsis: Two young American women go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress. What was once a carefree adventure becomes a deadly fight for survival. – (Source)
As seems to be a habit in Hollywood, a year will come along where more than one movie comes out that focuses on the same subject matter. It happened with TOMBSTONE and WYATT EARP, it happened with DEEP IMPACT and ARMAGEDDON, it happened with WHITE HOUSE DOWN and OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN and it happened again this year with Bigfoot centric found footage films WILLOW CREEK and EXISTS.
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 64% (Critics) / 39% (Audience)
Directed By: Adrián García Bogliano
Written By: Eric Stolze
Starring: Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest and Tom Noonan
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Synopsis: Ambrose McKinley, a cantankerous blind vet, moves into a retirement community only to learn the residents there have been dying, not from old age, but from dog attacks. After surviving his own encounter with a canine one night, Ambrose comes to believe the assailants are much more than mere dogs. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 63% (Audience)
Directed By: Rob Marshall
Written By: James Lapine
Starring: Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine and Meryl Streep
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis: “Into the Woods” is a modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. This humorous and heartfelt musical follows the classic tales of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy)-all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife (James Corden & Emily Blunt), their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch (Meryl Streep) who has put a curse on them. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Written By: Dan Sterling, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park and Lizzy Caplan
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 75% (Audience)
Directed By: Gerard Johnstone
Written By: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru and Cameron Rhodes
Studio: Xlrator Media
Synopsis: Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. The home that her mother thinks is haunted. However, when Kylie too becomes privy to unsettling whispers & strange bumps in the night, she begins to wonder whether if she’s inherited her mother’s overactive imagination, or if the house is in fact possessed by a hostile spirit who’s less than happy about the new living arrangement. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 49% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexandre Aja
Written By: Keith Bunin
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella and Joe Anderson
Studio: Radius-TWC
Synopsis: In the aftermath of his girlfriend’s mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his temples. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 60% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans
Studio: Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Jaume Balagueró
Written By: Jaume Balagueró and Manu Diez
Starring: Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Paco Manzanedo and Ismael Fritschi
Studio: Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: The television reporter Angela 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. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton
Studio: Open Road Films
Synopsis: When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. – (Source)
TWO LITTLE BOYS
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Sarkies
Written By: Duncan Sarkies and Robert Sarkies
Starring: Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake, Maaka Pohatu
Studio: Hopscotch Films
Synopsis: When Nige finds himself in a spot of bother after a series of unfortunate incidents, he is forced to ask Deano for help. The problem is Deano is not really the kind of guy you should turn to in a crisis. (Source)
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