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Ender’s Game

Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin, Viola Davis, Ben Kingsley

Directed by: Gavin Hood

Plot: In order to fight an alien threat, the military trains an elite group of children to be field commanders, as they possess the ability to process data at a much faster rate.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 63%

Critic Consensus: “If it isn’t quite as thought-provoking as the book, Ender’s Game still manages to offer a commendable number of well-acted, solidly written sci-fi thrills”

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Last Vegas

Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Plot: A group of four elderly friends head to Las Vegas for a bachelor party and get into wacky hijinks.

RT Freshness: 43%

Critic Consensus: “The cast of Last Vegas keep things amiably watchable, but the film is mostly a mellower Hangover retread for the older set”

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Free Birds

Starring: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei, Dan Fogler

Directed by: Jimmy Hayward

Plot: A pair of modern day turkeys steal a time machine and head back to the first Thanksgiving to permanently get turkey off the menu.

RT Freshness: 18%

Critic Consensus: “Technically proficient yet creatively moribund, Free Birds begs unfortunate comparisons with the dim-witted fowl that inspired it”

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