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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth

Directed by: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor

Plot: Johnny Blaze aka Ghost Rider is recruited by a group of monks to help them prevent Satan from possessing a young boy and taking over the Earth.

Rotten Tomatoes: 12%

Critic Consensus: N/A

The Secret World of Arrietty

Starring: Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Will Arnett, Carol Burnett, David Henrie

Directed by: Gary Rydstrom, Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Plot: A young boy discovers a family of tiny people living in the walls of his house who borrow small items to survive.

RT Freshness: 92%

Critic Consensus: “Visually lush, refreshingly free of family-friendly clatter, and anchored with soulful depth, The Secret World of Arrietty lives up to Studio Ghibli’s reputation for high-quality animated fare”

This Means War

Starring: Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger

Directed by: McG

Plot: Two of the CIA’s best operatives discover that they are dating the same woman and use all the resources at their disposal to try and one up each other and sabotage the other’s relationship.

RT Freshness: 25%

Critic Consensus: “A career lowlight for all three of its likable stars, This Means War is loud, clumsily edited, and neither romantic nor funny”

 

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