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The Meg

Starring: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis

Directed by: Jon Turteltaub

Plot: A gigantic prehistoric shark is unleashed from the ocean depths and deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor has to figure out someway to stop it.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 50%

Critic Consensus: “The Meg sets audiences up for a good old-fashioned B-movie creature feature, but lacks the genre thrills — or the cheesy bite — to make it worth diving in”

Dog Days

Starring: Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, Rob Corddry, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Michael Cassidy, Thomas Lennon, Tig Notaro, Finn Wolfhard, Ron Cephas Jones

Directed by: Ken Marino

Plot: Follows the lives of multiple dog owners and their beloved fluffy pals around sunny Los Angeles.

RT Freshness: 59%

Critic Consensus: “This is Dog Days. It wants to be funny and romantic and adorable all at once, and sometimes is. This pup gets a 12/10″

Slender Man

Starring: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Javier Botet, Alex Fitzalan

Directed by: Sylvain White

Plot: In a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn’t actually exist – until one of them mysteriously goes missing.

RT Freshness: 18%

Critic Consensus: N/A

BlackKkKlansman

Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

Director: Spike Lee

Plot: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

RT Freshness: 98%

Critic Consensus: “BlacKkKlansman uses history to offer bitingly trenchant commentary on current events — and brings out some of Spike Lee’s hardest-hitting work in decades along the way”

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