Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Will Gluck
Written By: Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale and Jamie Foxx
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Written By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez and Johnny Depp
Studio: A24 Films
Synopsis: When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Jennifer Kent
Written By: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Adam Wingard
Written By: Simon Barrett
Starring: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe and Lance Reddick
Studio: Picturehouse Films
Synopsis: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 3% (Critics) / 40% (Audience)
Directed By: Stuart Beattie
Written By: Stuart Beattie and Kevin Grevioux
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney and Miranda Otto
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis:Frankenstein’s creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo
Written By: Justin Benson, Gregg Bishop, Aaron Moorhead, Marcel Sarmiento, Nacho Vigalondo, T.J. Cimfel, Ed Dougherty, David White
Starring: Justin Welborn, Emmy Argo, Emilia Ares Zoryan
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Synopsis:After watching on the news that an out-of-control ice cream truck is being chased by the police around the upper LA area, killing people and wrecking havoc among the way, a group of teens hell-bent on capturing the next viral video set out to chase the van. Things go from bad to worse when the content inside the van is revealed to be several tapes with bizarre stories, including that of a deranged illusionist who, after obtaining a demon-powered cloak, sets out on a killing spree; a garage scientist that manages to build a machine and open the door to a parallel world, where he and his double find out that their worlds are dangerously different; and the story of teenage skaters who unleash hordes of demonic foes after desecrating a ritual site in Tijuana. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Jordan Rubin
Written By: Jordan Rubin and Al & Jon Kaplan
Starring: Rachel Melvin, Cortney Palm, Lexi Atkins and Rex Linn
Studio: Epic Pictures
Synopsis: ZOMBEAVERS is an action-packed horror/comedy in which a group of college kids staying at a riverside cabin are menaced by a swarm of deadly zombie beavers. A weekend of sex and debauchery soon turns gruesome as the beavers close in on the kids. Riding the line between scary, sexy and funny, the kids are soon fighting for their lives in a desperate attempt to fend off the hoard of beavers that attack them in and around their cabin. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 73% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Written By: Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine and John Lithgow
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis:A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90% (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: Don Hall and Chris Williams
Written By: Don Hall, Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson
Starring: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr. and James Cromwell
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis:The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 37% (Audience)
Directed By: Travis Oates
Written By: Travis Oates
Starring: Mena Suvari, Brian Austin Green, Joanne Kelly and Robert Picardo
Studio: EchoWolf Productions
Synopsis:Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: David Leitch and Chad Stahelski
Written By: Derek Kolstad
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki and Willem DaFoe
Studio: LionsGate Entertainment
Synopsis:An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. – (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Bobby Roe
Written By: Bobby Roe, Zack Andrews and Jason Zada
Starring: Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe
Studio: RLJ/Image Entertainment
Synopsis:Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them. – (Source)
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