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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Marc Webb
Written By: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Sally Field
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis: Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Amazing Spider-Man #1

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Written By: Dan Slott
Art By: Humberto Ramos
Cover By: Humberto Ramos
Publisher: Marvel Comics

Synopsis:The Greatest Super Hero of All Time RETURNS! The world may have changed since Spidey’s been gone, but so has Peter Parker. This is a man with a second chance at life, and he’s not wasting a moment of it. Same Parker Luck, new Parker attitude. Putting the “friendly” back in the neighborhood, the “hero” back into “super hero,” and the “amazing” back into “Spider-Man!” Also returning: The recharged and reenergized ELECTRO! – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Penny Dreadful

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 34% (Audience)
Created By: John Logan
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Harry Treadaway and Josh Hartnett
Network: A&E

Synopsis:Some of literature’s most famously terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula. become embroiled in Victorian London. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Paranormal Activity – The Marked Ones

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% (Critics) / 40% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Landon
Written By: Christopher Landon
Starring: Andrew Jacobs, Jorge Diaz, Gabrielle Walsh and Katie Featherston
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis: A young California Latino named Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) is designated for possession by the same malevolent demon who previously claimed Kristi and Katie. Christopher Landon (son of Highway to Heaven actor Michael Landon) wrote and directed this spin-off/sequel produced by Oren Peli and Jason Blum. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Oculus

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72% (Critics) / 54% (Audience)
Directed By: Mike Flanagan
Written By: Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard
Starring: Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Katee Sackhoff and Rory Cochrane
Studio: Relativity Media

Synopsis: A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Transcendence

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 18% (Critics) / 45% (Audience)
Directed By: Wally Pfister
Written By: Jack Paglen
Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and
Paul Bettany
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: As Dr. Will Caster works toward his goal of creating an omniscient, sentient machine, a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent him from establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Stage Fright

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Jerome Sable
Written By: Jerome Sable
Starring: Minnie Driver, Douglas Smith, Allie MacDonald, Ephraim Ellis and
Meat Loaf
Studio: Entertainment One
Synopsis: Starry-eyed teenager Camilla Swanson wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a Broadway diva, but she’s stuck working in the kitchen of a snobby performing arts camp. Determined to change her destiny, she sneaks in to audition for the summer showcase and lands a lead role in the play, but just as rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill, and Camilla soon finds herself terrified by the horror of musical theatre. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raid 2 – Berandal

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Gareth Evans
Written By: Gareth Evans
Starring: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Synopsis: Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Invincible #110

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Written By: Robert Kirkman
Art By: Ryan Ottley
Cover By: Ryan Ottley
Publisher: Image Comics

Synopsis:All good things must come to an end… – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 300 – Rise Of An Empire

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Noam Murro
Written By: Zack Snyder and Kurt Johnstad
Starring: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, vengeful commander of the Persian navy. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Snowpiercer

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% (Critics) / 97% (Audience)
Directed By: Joon-ho Bong
Written By: Joon-ho Bong and Kelly Masterson
Starring: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt and Ed Harris
Studio: Radius-TWC

Synopsis: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine. – (Source)

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