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The Spy Who Dumped Me

Starring: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson, Hasan Minhaj

Directed by: Susanna Fogel

Plot: Audrey and Morgan, two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 40%

Critic Consensus: “The Spy Who Dumped Me isn’t the funniest or most inventive spy comedy, but Kate McKinnon remains as compulsively watchable as ever”

The Darkest Minds

Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson, Patrick Gibson, Skylan Brooks

Directed by: Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Plot: When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained.

RT Freshness: 15%

Critic Consensus: “The Darkest Minds does little to differentiate itself in a crowded field of YA adaptations, leaving all but the least demanding viewers feeling dystopian déjà vu”

Christopher Robin

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jim Cummings, Chris O’Dowd, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Brad Garrett

Directed by: Marc Forster

Plot: A working-class family man, Christopher Robin, encounters his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him to rediscover the joys of life.

RT Freshness: 61%

Critic Consensus: “Christopher Robin may not equal A.A. Milne’s stories — or their animated Disney adaptations — but it should prove sweet enough for audiences seeking a little childhood magic”

Death of a Nation

Starring: Dinesh D’Souza

Directed by: Dinesh D’Souza

Plot: This documentary draws parallels between Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the presidency of Donald Trump.

RT Freshness: 0%

Critic Consensus: N/A

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