Trailer of the Day: Clown
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son’s birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer. – IMDb
Category: Movies
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Raze
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 58% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Josh C. Waller
Written By: Robert Beaucage, Kenny Gage and Josh C. Waller
Starring: Zoë Bell, Rachel Nichols, Tracie Thoms, Doug Jones and Sherilyn Fenn
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis: A young woman is abducted by an elite, secret society and wakes to find herself in the company of fifty other women who are, just like her, forced to fight for their lives in an unimaginable hell. – (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Open Grave
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 14% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Written By: Chris Borey, Eddie Borey
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Joseph Morgan, Thomas Kretschmann
Studio: Tribeca Films
Synopsis: A man wakes up in the wilderness, in a pit full of dead bodies, with no memory and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer. – (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: American Hustle
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: David O. Russell
Written By: David O. Russell and Eric Singer
Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia. – (Source)
Trailer of the Day: The Raid 2 – Berandal
Immediately following the events of the original, “The Raid 2” tracks Officer Rama as he is pressured to join an anticorruption task force to guarantee protection for his wife and child. His mission is to get close to a new mob boss, Bangun, by befriending his incarcerated son, Uco. Rama must hunt for information linking Bangun with corruption in the Jakarta Police Department while pursuing a dangerous and personal vendetta that threatens to consume him and bring his mission–and the organized crime syndicate–down around him. – ComingSoon.net
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Hellbenders
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: J.T. Petty
Written By: J.T. Petty
Starring: Clifton Collins Jr., Clancy Brown, Andre Royo and Dan Fogler
Studio: Bloody Disgusting
Synopsis:The Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints, a team of blasphemous ministers who live in a constant state of debauchery, work to drag the worst of demons back to Hell. (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hobbit – The Desolation of Smaug
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly and Benedict Cumberbatch
Studio: Warner Bros
Synopsis: The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. – (Source)
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Trailer of the Day: Godzilla
The king of all monsters gets a reboot with this Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production helmed by Gareth Edwards, who gained critical attention with his intimate twist on the giant-creature genre with his feature-film debut, Monsters. David Goyer (The Dark Knight) provides the script. – Rotten Tomatoes
Trailer of the Day: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
With the emergence of Electro, Spider-Man must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter Parker comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp. – IMDb
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hunger Games – Catching Fire
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
Written By: Michael Arndt and Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. – (Source)
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Thor – The Dark World
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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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Blue Caprice
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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