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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Grandmaster

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 65% (Audience)
Directed By: Kar Wai Wong
Written By: Jingzhi Zou, Jingzhi Zou and Kar Wai Wong
Starring: Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang
Studio: The Weinstein Company

Synopsis: Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, THE GRANDMASTER features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang. – (Source)

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Joss Whedon Must Be A Fan of Tuff Turf…Casts James Spader In Avengers Sequel

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James Spader has been cast as the villainous robot Ultron in the Avengers sequel which will reunite Spader with Robert Downey Jr., his co-star from one of the greatest bad movies ever: TUFF TURF ( I know they starred in LESS THAN ZERO together but that movie sucks ass and not in a good way). This is an odd bit of casting though, much odder than Ben Affleck as Batman to be honest, and I am curious as to just how Whedon plans on depicting Ultron in this movie.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Scenic Route

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 65% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Kevin and Michael Goetz
Written By: Kyle Killen
Starring: Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie
Studio: Vertical Entertainment

Synopsis: Tensions rise between lifelong friends Mitchell and Carter after their truck breaks down on an isolated desert road as they start to attack each other’s life decisions with unwavering brutality.

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Walter White Is The New Lex Luthor?

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According to a website called Cosmic Book News (yeah I have never heard of it before either but outlets from Rolling Stone to The Daily Mail are reporting the story ), WB has signed BREAKING BAD’s Bryan Cranston to a multi-picture deal to be Lex Luthor. Cranston was on my list of candidates for the gig so I am going to be quite pleased if this turns out to be true. I wonder how Cranston’s hiring will effect the opinions of the rabid anti-Affleck freak shows.
Click the jump to see a cool fan-made pic of what Cranston’s Luthor may look like.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: R.I.P.D.

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 11% (Critics) / 43% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Schwentke
Written By: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi and David Dobkin
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker and Kevin Bacon
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: You’re Next

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Adam Wingard
Written By: Simon Barrett
Starring: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton
Studio: Lionsgate

Synopsis: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The World’s End

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Edgar Wright
Written By: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman and Pierce Brosnan
Studio: Focus Features

Synopsis: The third installment of director Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, following the successes “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) and “Hot Fuzz” (2007). In “The World’s End,” 20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hellbent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by Gary King (Simon Pegg), a 40-year-old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their hometown and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub – The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries. – (Source)

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Short Shrift Theater: Abe

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Waking up in a serial killer’s kill room is pretty crappy but when that serial killer happens to be a robot it gets just a bit creepier than you could possibly imagine. That is what we get in the short film ABE where a servant robot with severe emotional problems takes to murder to try and find out why no one loves him. The concept is insanely inventive and the execution is great especially the overly calm British voice of ABE that sounds like Paul Bettany or Jude Law after taking mood stabilizers.
Hollywood must think this is a pretty novel concept too since MGM has acquired the rights from creator Rob McClellan to make a feature film based on this short.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Beneath

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 43% (Audience)
Directed By: Larry Fessenden
Written By: Tony Daniel and Brian D. Smith
Starring: Daniel Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, Chris Conroy and Jonny Orsini
Studio: Chiller Films

Synopsis: Six high school seniors celebrating with day’s excursion find themselves on rowboat attacked by man-eating fish and must decide who must be sacrificed as they fight their way back to shore. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: Squirrels

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When a young man’s estranged father is killed under suspicious circumstances, he returns home for the first time in years to get to the bottom of the mystery. Hoping to uncover some logical explanation, he instead finds his mom’s sleazy new boyfriend, a natural gas company buying up the town, an angry female sheriff who happens to be his ex-girlfriend, and an army of flesh-eating squirrels hellbent on destroying everything in their path due to an erosion of their food chain as a result of environmental destruction by the gas company. – Bleeding Cool

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Ooga Booga

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 0% (Audience)
Directed By: Charles Band
Written By: Kent Roudebush
Starring: Wade F. Wilson, Ciarra Carter, Gregory Niebel, Karen Black and Stacy Keach
Studio: Full Moon Features

Synopsis: Ooga Booga follows an innocent African American boy who is brutally murdered by dirty cops, but his soul is magically transferred into an action figure named Ooga Booga. With on his tribal spear and old girlfriend to help he takes to the streets and trailer parks to find the men that ended his once bright future – (Source)

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