In Theaters: TRANSFORMERS - THE LAST KNIGHT, THE BEGUILED, THE BIG SICK, THE BAD BATCH

This week, Michael Bay's latest Transformers movie, "Transformers: The Last Knight" explodes into theaters. It's also the only new wide release, so if you want to escape the giant robots, some new limited releases might pique your interest. Among those, we have Sofia Coppola's Cannes winner "The Beguiled", the romantic comedy "The Big Sick" and the dystopian romance with a cannibalistic twist "The Bad Batch".

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT

Official Synopsis

The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference. In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.

Film Details

• Director: Michael Bay
  
  
• Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Stanley Tucci
  
  
• Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
  
  
• Running Time: 149 min.
  
  
• Rating: PG-13 for violence and intense sequences of sci-fi action, language, and some innuendo
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 16% (22 fresh, 116 rotten, score: 3.4/10)
  
• Metacritic: 27 out of 100 (2 positive, 15 mixed, 24 negative).

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THE BEGUILED

Official Synopsis

"The Beguiled" is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls' boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Film Details

• Director: Sofia Coppola
  
  
• Starring: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Colin Farrell
  
  
• Genre: Drama, Western
  
  
• Running Time: 93 min.
  
  
• Rating: R for some sexuality
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 74% (62 fresh, 22 rotten, score: 7.3/10)
  
• Metacritic: 77 out of 100 (23 positive, 6 mixed, 0 negative).

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THE BIG SICK

Official Synopsis

Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, THE BIG SICK tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which complicates the life that is expected of Kumail by his traditional Muslim parents. When Emily is beset with a mystery illness, it forces Kumail to navigate the medical crisis with her parents, Beth and Terry (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano) who he's never met, while dealing with the emotional tug-of-war between his family and his heart. THE BIG SICK is directed by Michael Showalter (HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS) and producer by Judd Apatow (TRAINWRECK, THIS IS 40) and Barry Mendel (TRAINWRECK, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS).

Film Details

• Director: Michael Showalter
  
  
• Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano
  
  
• Genre: Comedy, Romance
  
  
• Running Time: 119 min.
  
  
• Rating: R for language including some sexual references
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 97% (70 fresh, 2 rotten, score: 8.5/10)
  
• Metacritic: 86 out of 100 (25 positive, 0 mixed, 0 negative).

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THE BAD BATCH

Official Synopsis

The aforementioned girl is Arlen, (Suki Waterhouse), one of thousands of Americans deemed unacceptable to society, who is unceremoniously dumped into a hostile desert wasteland fenced off from civilized society. While wandering in her desert exile, she is captured by a savage band of cannibals and quickly realizes she'll have to fight for her very existence in this human-eat-human world. With electrifying visuals, a score to die for and a stellar cast, Amirpour has created another cinematic chapter that is as uncategorizable as her first.

Film Details

• Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
  
  
• Starring: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Diego Luna, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Giovanni Ribisi
  
  
• Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
  
  
• Running Time: 118 min.
  
  
• Rating: R for violence, language, some drug content and brief nudity
  
  

Critical Reception

• Rottentomatoes: 43% (25 fresh, 33 rotten, score: 5.8/10)
  
• Metacritic: 62 out of 100 (12 positive, 11 mixed, 1 negative).

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