Now in theaters we have "Jem and the Holograms", an adaptation of a 1980s cartoon, "Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension", the final installment in the found footage horror franchise, "Rock the Kasbah", a comedy starring Bill Murray, and "The Last Witch Hunter", a new Vin Diesel vehicle. According to the critics, all four movies suck big time. More about each movie after the jump.
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS
Official Synopsis
As a small-town girl catapults from underground video sensation to global superstar, she and her three sisters begin a one-in-a-million journey of discovering that some talents are too special to keep hidden. In Universal Pictures’ JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS, four aspiring musicians will take the world by storm when they see that the key to creating your own destiny lies in finding your own voice.
Film Details
- Starring: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, Aurora Perrineau, Molly Ringwald, Ryan Guzman, Nicholas Braun, Nathan Moore, Juliette Lewis
- Director: Jon M. Chu
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Running Time: 118 min.
- Rating: PG for thematic material including reckless behavior, brief suggestive content and some language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 20% (10 fresh, 39 rotten, score: 3.8/10).
- Metacritic: 44 out of 100 (3 positive, 7 mixed, 3 negative).
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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION
Official Synopsis
Every secret will be revealed. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension is coming this October in 3D.
Film Details
- Starring: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Chloe Csengery, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Dan Gill
- Director: Gregory Plotkin
- Genre: Horror
- Running Time: 88 min.
- Rating: R for language and some horror violence
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 15% (6 fresh, 35 rotten, score: 3.4/10).
- Metacritic: 34 out of 100 (0 positive, 6 mixed, 4 negative).
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ROCK THE KASBAH
Official Synopsis
A has-been rock manager from Van Nuys, California stumbles upon a once-in-a-lifetime voice in a remote Afghan cave in Rock the Kasbah, a dramatic comedy inspired by stranger-than-fiction, real-life events and directed by Oscar winner Barry Levinson. Richie Lanz (Bill Murray), dumped and stranded in war-torn Kabul by his last remaining client (Zooey Deschanel), discovers Salima Khan (Leem Lubany), a Pashtun teenager with a beautiful voice and the courageous dream of becoming the first woman to compete on national television in Afghanistan's version of "American Idol." Richie partners with a savvy hooker (Kate Hudson), a pair of hard-partying war profiteers (Danny McBride and Scott Caan) and a hair-trigger mercenary (Bruce Willis) and, braving dangerous cultural prejudices, manages his new protégée into becoming the "Afghan Star."
Film Details
- Starring: Bill Murray, Leem Lubany, Bruce Willis, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, Scott Caan, Taylor Kinney,
- Director: Barry Levinson
- Genre: Comedy, Music
- Running Time: 106 min.
- Rating: R for language including sexual references, some drug use and brief violence
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 8% (6 fresh, 70 rotten, score: 3.6/10).
- Metacritic: 29 out of 100 (2 positive, 15 mixed, 15 negative).
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THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Official Synopsis
The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including KAULDER, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful QUEEN WITCH, decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death, the QUEEN curses KAULDER with her own immortality, forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife. Today KAULDER is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to KAULDER, the QUEEN WITCH is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race.
Film Details
- Starring: Vin Diesel, Elijah Wood, Rose Leslie, Julie Engelbrecht, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Michael Caine, Dawn Olivieri
- Director: Breck Eisner
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Running Time: 106 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 14% (11 fresh, 69 rotten, score: 3.7/10).
- Metacritic: 34 out of 100 (3 positive, 5 mixed, 11 negative).
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