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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Let’s Be Cops

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 20% (Critics) / 62% (Audience)
Directed By: Luke Greenfield
Written By: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas
Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev and Andy Garcia
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis:It’s the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they’re not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 7500

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Takashi Shimizu
Written By: Craig Rosenberg
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Amy Smart, Scout Taylor-Compton and Jamie Chung
Studio: CBS Films
Synopsis:Flight 7500 departs Los Angeles International Airport bound for Tokyo. As the overnight flight makes its way over the Pacific Ocean during its ten-hour course, the passengers encounter what appears to be a supernatural force in the cabin. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Begin Again

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis:The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City. – (Source)

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Which Comic Book Characters Should These A-List Stars Be Cast As?

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In recent interviewers, big time Hollywood stars Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain and Benedict Cumberbatch were all asked about being cast in a big screen comic book movie (with Cumberbatch actually being rumored to have a role in the upcoming BATMAN V SUPERMAN movie) so I began to wonder just which characters these stars would be perfect to play on the big screen.

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Trailer of the Day: The Town That Dreaded Sundown

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65 years after a masked serial killer terrorized the small town of Texarkana, the so-called ‘moonlight murders’ begin again. Is it a copycat or something even more sinister? A lonely high school girl, with dark secrets of her own, may be the key to catching him. – IMDb

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: At The Devil’s Door

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 17% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Nicholas McCarthy
Written By: Nicholas McCarthy
Starring: Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Ava Acres
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis:When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pulls Leigh’s artist sister Vera into its web – and has sinister plans for both of them. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Wer

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: William Brent Bell
Written By: William Brent Bell and Matthew Peterman
Starring: A.J. Cook, Sebastian Roché, Vik Sahay, Simon Quarterman and Brian Scott O’Connor
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis:A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Leprechaun Origins

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 8% (Audience)
Directed By: Zach Lipovsky
Written By: Harris Wilkinson
Starring: Stephanie Bennett, Andrew Dunbar, Melissa Roxburgh and Brendan Fletcher
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis:Backpacking through the lush Irish countryside, two unsuspecting young couples discover a town’s chilling secret. Ben (Dunbar), Sophie (Bennet), David (Fletcher) and Jeni (Roxburgh) quickly discover the idyllic land is not what it appears to be when the town’s residents offer the hikers an old cabin at the edge of the woods. Soon, the friends will find that one of Ireland’s most famous legends is a terrifying reality. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: The Pyramid

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A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid’s depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become desperate to seek daylight again. They come to realize they aren’t just trapped, they are being hunted. – IMDb

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Trailer of the Day: The Death of Superman Lives

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A documentary about the proposed Tim Burton/Nicolas Cage/Kevin Smith 1998 “Superman Lives” feature film that would have been the most original and strangest Superman movie ever. – Facebook

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Faculty

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy and Josh Hartnett
Studio: Miramax
Synopsis:Like so many schools today, Herrington High has passed its prime. Its walls are grimy, its textbooks outdated, its teachers burned out. Yet its corridors are packed with the future of America – loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks. Like teenagers everywhere, they struggle with parents who don’t get it, teachers who never had it and hormones that won’t quit. But the students at Herrington High face a greater challenge – saving the world from alien domination. – (Source)

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