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The 5th Wave

Starring: Chloe Grace-Moretz, Maika Monroe, Lieve Schreiber, Nick Robinson, Maria Bello

Directed by: J Blakeson

Plot: After four devastating waves of an alien attack, teenager Cassie tries to survive what’s left of the world and find her brother, who has been taken into a training program by what’s left of the military.

RT Freshness: 19%

Critic Consensus: “With unimpressive effects and plot points seemingly pieced together from previous dystopian YA sci-fi films, The 5th Wave ends up feeling like more of a limp, derivative wriggle”

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Dirty Grandpa

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Zac Effron, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough, Zoey Deutch

Directed by: Dan Mazer

Plot: An uptight lawyer is tricked by his recently widowed grandfather into driving to Spring Break a week before his wedding.

RT Freshness: 6%

Critic Consensus: “Like a Werther’s Original dropped down a sewer drain, Dirty Grandpa represents the careless fumbling of a classic talent that once brought pleasure to millions”

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The Boy

Starring: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle

Directed by: William Brent Bell

Plot: An American woman take a job as a nanny for a British family but finds the child she will be watching is actually a doll.  Ignoring the rules set down by the doll’s parents, horrific things start to happen.

RT Freshness: N/A

Critic Consensus: N/A

 

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