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Cursed with immortality the last witch hunter, Kaulder (Vin Diesel), is the main weapon used by the order of the Cross and Hex to maintain balance between the world of Magick and non-Magick. But when an ancient dark magick begins manifesting itself in New York Kaulder will need the help of witch Chloe (Rose Leslie) to maintain balance lest the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht) be resurrected. Directed by Breck Eisner this hot mess of a fantasy action flick has little working for it in the creativity department, combining mind numbingly bad dialogue and purely primitive motivations this dry plotted beast has few moments of redemption. Reliant on fancy CGI and a score that heavily borrows from the theme of The Outer Limits, there’s just not enough to sink our teeth into or wave our wand at. Furious 8 just can’t get here soon enough. The Last Witch Hunter is rated PG-13.

Stranded in Afghanistan, semi-washed up talent manager Richie Lanz (Bill Murray) discovers an apparent diamond in the rough, Salima (Leem Lubany). With the prospect of taking Salima to perform on talent show Afghan Star, dealing with social stigmas and norms in the Middle East might prove to be more than the fast talking Richie can handle. But, having friends in low places, Merci the prostitute (Kate Hudson) and arms dealers Bombay Brian, Nick and Jake (Bruce Willis, Danny McBride, and Scott Caan) might just be the ticket to success. Having been elevated to comedic legend status, audiences have come to expect a lot from Bill Murray, sadly, writer Mitch Glazer doesn’t provide the rocket fuel necessary to power Murray in this relatively flat Slumdog miss. Sure there are some chuckles, but the overall impact is a fizzle. Technically otherwise proficient, the film just kind of sits there. Maybe a rental next winter? Rock the Kasbah is rated R.

Cut down in his prime, inventor and musician Emmett Benton (Barnaby Carpenter) had two daughters, Jerrica and Kimber (Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott) that would grow to be a yin yang pair of creative musicians. So, when a video of Jerrica performing under the name Jem goes viral, it’s a race to hold on as the fame train leaves the station. Backed by Kimber and her adopted sisters Shana and Aja (Aurora Perrineau and Hayley Kiyoko) Jem is rocketed to astral heights; meanwhile, the dark edge of greedy talent manager Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis) is busy working to squander the girl’s talents. Yet Jem, guided by a robot invention gift from her father will follow her own path to find herself and success, the question is, will she be too late? Truly Outrageous and based incredibly loosely on the animated show from the 80’s and 90’s Director Jon Chu does his best to make this sappy/emotional dreck work in an interesting fashion combining social media footage with cinematic footage to tell an overall story. Mixed with moments of High School musical and actually halfway decent pop songs, for the young aspiring musicians in your life a basic positive message lives inside, you could do worse, for the rest of us, pass. Jem and the Holograms is rated PG.