The 411: A group of scientists get transformed into super-beings must do battle with a friend turned foe as they try to come to grips with their new found abilities.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Judd Apatow
Written By: Amy Schumer
Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson and Tilda Swinton
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. – (Source)
In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust. – Source
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie
Written By: Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 99% (Audience)
Directed By: Sam Liu
Written By: Alan Burnett
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Michael C. Hall, Tamara Taylor, C. Thomas Howell and Jason Isaacs
Studio: Warner Bros. Animation
Synopsis: In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC’s Trinity (Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman), who operate outside of the law, are framed for murders of prominent scientist and the government decides to take them out. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Chris Sun
Written By: Chris Sun
Starring: Tara Reid, Nathan Jones, Kane Hodder
Studio: Shoreline Entertainment
Synopsis: In an effort to do something different, four friends head into Australia’s outback to explore Charlie’s Farm, the site where a violent family met their end at the hands of an angry mob. Despite all warnings, they persist in their horror-seeking adventure. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Shields
Written By: Adam Prince, Stephen Scarlata, Alejandro Seri, Johnny Silver
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Alexander Ludwig and Wes Bentley
Studio: Cinedigm Entertainment
Synopsis: A man teaches a young woman how to become a complete weapon. 13 years later, at 18 she will approach a group of sadistic teens who killed blonde women for unknown reasons. The hunting season begins. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Schnepp
Written By: Jon Schnepp
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tim Burton, Kevin Smith and Jon Peters
Studio: Schneppzone Inc.
Synopsis: A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage. – (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Peyton Reed
Written By: Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Adam McKay and Paul Rudd
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly and Corey Stoll
Studio: Disney/Marvel
Synopsis: Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% (Critics) / 38% (Audience)
Directed By: Renny Harlin
Written By: Talley Griffith, Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, Wayne Powers
Starring: Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, LL Cool J, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: Searching for a cure to Alzheimer’s disease a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the bait as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back. – (Source)
JAWS may be the granddaddy of shark movies but it isn’t the only one from the 70s-80s to make a mark. For this intrepid blogger there are a handful of shark-themed movies from that same general time frame that made an impression and secured spots in my list of films that I really love. So with that in mind and in commemoration of Shark Week, I figured I’d share with the world some of my fave classic shark infested movies.
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 99% (Audience)
Directed By: Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Written By: Brian Lynch
Starring: Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Geoffrey Rush
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. – (Source)
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