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The Founder

Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Laura Dern, Patrick Wilson, BJ Novak, Linda Carellini

Directed by: John Lee Hancock

Plot: The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers’ fast food eatery, McDonald’s, into one of the biggest restaurant businesses in the world.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 80%

Critic Consensus: “The Founder puts Michael Keaton’s magnetic performance at the center of a smart, satisfying biopic that traces the rise of one of America’s most influential businessmen — and the birth of one of its most far-reaching industries”

20th Century Women

Starring: Annette Benning, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup

Directed by: Mike Mills

RT Freshness: 89%

Critic Consensus: “20th Century Women offers Annette Bening a too-rare opportunity to shine in a leading role — and marks another assured step forward for writer-director Mike Mills”

XXX: Return of Xander Cage

Starring: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Rory McCann, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette

Directed by: DJ Caruso

Plot: Xander Cage returns to the XXX program to stop a device called Pandora’s Box that can drop satellites onto any point on Earth from falling into the wrong hands.

RT Freshness: 41%

Critic Consensus: N/A

Split

Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula, Betty Buckley, Brad William Henke

Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan

Plot: Three girls are kidnapped by a man with 23 different personalities with a mysterious 24th personality on the verge of emerging.

RT Freshness: 77%

Critic Consensus: “Split serves as a dramatic tour de force for James McAvoy in multiple roles — and finds writer-director M. Night Shyamalan returning resoundingly to thrilling form”

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

Starring: Brett Dalton, Shawn Michaels, DB Sweeney, Neil Flynn, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes

Directed by: Dallas Jenkins

Plot: A former child star is forced to do community service performing in a play at the church in his hometown.

RT Freshness: 14%

Critic Consenus: N/A

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