Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Machete Kills

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 30% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Rodriguez
Written By: Robert Rodriguez and Kyle Ward
Starring: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Demian Bichir, Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson
Studio: Open Road

Synopsis: The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. – (Source)

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Damn You To Hell, Sharknado!

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It was just a matter of time until the knock-off movies “inspired” by the absolute disaster known as SHARKNADO started rolling out (there have already been two GHOST SHARK movies!) but I have decided that the worst one is upon us in the form of AVALANCHE SHARKS!
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Gravity

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 98% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Directed By: Alfonso Cuarón
Written By: Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón
Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: GRAVITY, directed by Oscar (R) nominee Alfonso Cuaron, stars Oscar (R) winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney). But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone. – (Source)

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Ahh! It’s Godzilla!

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Prepare to have the same look on your face as the fellas above once you feast your eyes on the teaser trailer for the upcoming Godzilla feature length film.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Byzantium

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61% (Critics) / 53% (Audience)
Directed By: Neil Jordan
Written By: Moira Buffini
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis: Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a local resort. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: I Spit On Your Grave 2

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 0% (Critics) / 28% (Audience)
Directed By: Steven R. Monroe
Written By: Neil Elman and Thomas Fenton
Starring: Jemma Dallender, Yavor Baharov, Joe Absolom
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Synopsis: Katie is trying to make it in the cutthroat world of modeling. When she innocently accepts an offer to have new photos taken for her portfolio, the experience quickly turns into an unthinkable nightmare of rape, torture, and kidnapping. When a twist of fate finally frees her from her captors – beaten, battered, bruised, and broken, she will have to tap into the darkest places of the human psyche to not only survive her ordeal, but to ultimately find the strength to exact her brutal revenge. – (Source)

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I’m Not Good, I’m Not Nice, I’m Just Right

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I will let the few folks who read this blog in on a secret…I like musical theater.
Shocking I know. And I am sure that little tidbit has you all very curious about just what a peculiar sort your fearless blogger actually is.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Fright Night 2

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 100% (Audience)
Directed By: Eduardo Rodriguez
Written By: Matt Venne
Starring: Will Payne, Jaime Murray, Sean Power
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Synopsis: By day Gerri Dandridge is a sexy professor, but by night she transforms into a real-life vampire with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. So when a group of high school students travel abroad to study in Romania, they find themselves ensnared in Gerri’s chilling web of lust and terror. Charley and “Evil” Ed must stop Gerri from drinking and bathing in the blood of a “new moon virgin,” which just so happens to be Charley’s ex-girlfriend, Amy. They enlist help from Peter Vincent, the vampire hunting host of a reality show called “Fright Night,” to drive a stake through Gerri’s plan and save Amy from a fate far worse than death. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Machete Kills

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The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space. – IMDb

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Maniac

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Franck Khalfoun
Written By: Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur
Starring: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo
Studio: IFC Midnight

Synopsis: As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop’s deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Prisoners

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
Written By: Aaron Guzikowski
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Paul Dano, Terrence Howard and Melissa Leo
Studio: Warner Bros.

Synopsis: When Keller Dover’s daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family? – (Source)

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