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The Gentlemen

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan

Directed by: Guy Ritchie

Plot: A British drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.

RT Freshness: 72%

Critic Consensus: “It may not win writer-director Guy Ritchie many new converts, but for those already attuned to the filmmaker’s brash wavelength, The Gentlemen stands tall”

The Turning

Starring: Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, Joely Richardson, Barbara Marten, Denna Thomsen

Directed by: Floria Sigismondi

Plot: A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after their parents’ deaths

RT Freshness: 22%

Critic Consensus: N/A

The Last Full Measure

Starring: Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Fonda

Directed by: Todd Robinson

Plot: Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. (“Pits”) is awarded the nation’s highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.

RT Freshness: 63%

Critic Consensus: “The Last Full Measure struggles to capture the incidents that inspired it, but ultimately prevails thanks to strong performances in service of a remarkable true story”

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