Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Horns

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 49% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexandre Aja
Written By: Keith Bunin
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella and Joe Anderson
Studio: Radius-TWC
Synopsis: In the aftermath of his girlfriend’s mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his temples. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hobbit – The Battle of The Five Armies

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 60% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans
Studio: Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: It Follows

For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind. – IMDb

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: [REC]4 Apocalypse

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Jaume Balagueró
Written By: Jaume Balagueró and Manu Diez
Starring: Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Paco Manzanedo and Ismael Fritschi
Studio: Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: The television reporter Angela is rescued from the building and taken to an oil tanker to be examined. However, it is unbeknown to the soldiers that she carries the seed of the mysterious demonic virus. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Nightcrawler

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton
Studio: Open Road Films

Synopsis: When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Warrior’s Way

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 29% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Written By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush and Danny Huston
Studio: Rogue
Synopsis: In the 19th century, a warrior named Yang (Jang Dong Gun) is ordered to kill the last member of an enemy clan—a baby. He refuses the mission and flees with the child to a dilapidated town in the American West. Despite his attempts, his master closes in on him and he must fight to protect the child and his newfound comrades: Ron (Geoffrey Rush), the town drunk, and Lynne (Kate Bosworth), both of whom have a tragic past. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Annie

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Will Gluck
Written By: Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale and Jamie Foxx
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Terminator Genisys

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John’s fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever. – IMDb

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Big Hero 6 Was A Success…Which Marvel Properties Should Disney Make Next?

With the success of the surprisingly awesome BIG HERO 6 I got to thinking about what other Marvel Comics properties are ripe for the animation side of Disney to snap up and make into an animated feature.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Tusk

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Written By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez and Johnny Depp
Studio: A24 Films
Synopsis: When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Jurassic World

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. – IMDb

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Babadook

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Jennifer Kent
Written By: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. – (Source)

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