Month: November 2013

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Thor – The Dark World

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Alan Taylor
Written By: Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Payne and Robert Rodat
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Christopher Eccleston, and Anthony Hopkins
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Synopsis:Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all. (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Doctor Who – The Day of The Doctor

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In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him. – BBC

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Blue Caprice

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 63% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexandre Moors
Written By: R.F.I. Porto
Starring: Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond, Tim Blake
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis:The striking feature film debut of writer-director Alexandre Moors, BLUE CAPRICE is a harrowing yet restrained psychological thriller about an abandoned boy lured to America into the shadows of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by true events, BLUE CAPRICE investigates the notorious and horrific Beltway sniper attacks from the point of view of the two killers, whose distorted father-son relationship facilitated their long and bloody journey across America. Marked by captivating performances by Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond, lyrical camerawork, and a unique and bold structure, BLUE CAPRICE documents the mechanisms that lead its subjects to embrace physical violence. BLUE CAPRICE paints a riveting portrait of 21st-century America and a haunting depiction of two cold-blooded killers that will endure long after the lights come up. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly review: The Last Days On Mars

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Ruairi Robinson
Written By: Sydney J. Bounds and Clive Dawson
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas and Olivia Williams
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Synopsis:On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora. (Source)

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Japan Knows How To Do Halloween Right

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In a dual THE WALKING DEAD Season 4 promotion and Halloween hijink, over 1000 Halloween and zombie fans got their walking dead on and descended on the streets of Tokyo in what had to have been a cool ass way to spend the holiday. Check out the pics after the jump.
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