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Avatar is getting re-released in theaters this weekend along with around 20 minutes of new footage but there’s also three other new movies getting released as well.

Takers

Starring: Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, T.I., Chris Brown, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen

Directed by: John Luessenhop

Plot: A group of bank robbers are planning their ultimate heist but an unrelenting detective is hot on their heels.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 32%

Critic Consensus: n/a

The Last Exorcism

Starring: Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, Louis Herthum

Directed by: Daniel Stamm

Plot: A priest who was made his living performing fake exorcisms invites a camera crew along with him on his last job to reveal that he’s a fraud but it turns out the girl they’re helping might actually be possessed by Satan.

RT Freshness: 66%

Critic Consensus: “It doesn’t fully deliver on the chilly promise of its Blair Witch-style premise, but The Last Exorcism offers a surprising number of clever thrills.”

Centurion

Starring: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West, Olga Kurylenko, Noel Clarke

Directed by: Neil Marshall

Plot: A Roman legion is dispatched to the northern region of Britain to defeat a vicious tribe of barbarians but are decimated and the survivors must attempt to make the long trip back to Roman territory while being pursued by a group of dangerous hunters.

RT Freshness: 52%

Critic Consensus: “It’s a bloody geyser of Neil Marshall’s typically stylish B-movie action, but Centurion is too focused on hacking and slashing to deliver original dialogue or interesting characters.”

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