“In the Lost Lands” (R), “The Rule of Jenny Pen” (R), “Plankton: The Movie” (TV-PG)

Director Paul W. S. Anderson scored big at the box office with his “Resident Evil” franchise. That same excessive visual style is on display with “In the Lost Lands,” an adaptation of a George R.R. Martin short story. Mila Jovovich, aka Mrs. Paul W.S. Anderson, and Dave Bautista star in a violent fantasy about a witch and a hunter who traverse a forbidden area to locate a shape-shifter’s mysterious artifact. Granted, it has some impressive action, but the dialogue is laughable and it’s as dull as its muddied cinematography. “In the Lost Lands” is a lost cause.

If you think that any horror thriller starring great actors like John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush must be worth seeing, think again. These two award-winning thespians give it their all in “The Rule of Jenny Pen.” Rush plays a judge who is confined to a nursing home after he suffers a stroke. Once there, he discovers that a puppet-wearing psycho, played by Lithgow, is systematically terrorizing the elderly residents. “The Rule of Jenny Penn” is an annoying, off-putting and mean-spirited creepfest with little redeeming value. Watch your back grandma!

From the world of Sponge Bob comes the Netflix animated musical farce, “Plankton: The Movie.” The inept villain Plankton attempts to dominate the world, but his plans are thwarted when he has a falling out with his computer wife, Karen. Once Karen destroys Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob and Plankton join forces to try to stop her as she aims to annihilate the surface world. “Plankton: The Movie” is loud, manic and only occasionally hits those wacky notes of absurdity that SpongeBob fans love.

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