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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Fun Size

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 16% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: Josh Schwartz
Written By: Max Werner
Starring: Victoria Justice, Johnny Knoxville, Chelsea Handler, Jackson Nicoll and Jane Levy
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis:Wren’s Halloween plans go awry when she’s made to babysit her brother, Albert, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two nerds at her side, she needs to find her brother before her mom finds out he’s missing. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Down Under Double Feature

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Sarkies
Written By: Duncan Sarkies and Robert Sarkies
Starring: Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake, Maaka Pohatu
Studio: Hopscotch Films

Synopsis: When Nige finds himself in a spot of bother after a series of unfortunate incidents, he is forced to ask Deano for help. The problem is Deano is not really the kind of guy you should turn to in a crisis. (Source)

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Oscar Predictions & Ruminations 2: Attack of The Clones

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Well its that time of year again where anyone with competent motor skills and a high speed Internet connection decides to share their Oscar predictions with the rest of the world. And like the lovable lemming that I am, I am doing it too. I only predict the categories I care about and consider the “Biggies” which comes to 6 categories. Last year I went 4 for 6 (damn you Meryl Streep and guy from The Artist!!!) so I am looking to increase my average this go round.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: A Good Day To Die Hard

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 16% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: John Moore
Written By: Skip Woods and Roderick Thorp
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Synopsis: John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Safety Not Guaranteed

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: Colin Trevorrow
Written By: Derek Connolly
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson and Karan Soni
Studio: Film District

Synopsis: From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine – When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he’s solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you. (Source)

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Uncle Ruckus The Movie

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I am a huge fan of The Boondocks cartoon that airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim about every 15 years (where the heck is the new season, guys?) and I have always had a sneaking suspicion that creator Aaron McGruder would try and get his characters into a feature length film but I never thought that the first character to make the jump would be the self-hating racist Uncle Ruckus. And I definitely didn’t think it would be in a live action movie. McGruder has a Kickstarter in place to try and get funding for the film and has a sort of trailer featuring Gary Anthony Williams (who voices Ruckus on the TV show) in full Uncle Ruckus regalia. Be warned though…if you are easily offended then this is not the stuff for you.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Last Stand

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 59% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Jee-woon Kim
Written By: Andrew Knauer, Jeffrey Nachmanoff and George Nolfi
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville
Studio: Lionsgate

Synopsis: The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Django Unchained

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Quentin Tarantino
Written By: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson
Studio: The Weinstein Co.

Synopsis: Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave.
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The Lowest Grossing Movie of 2012

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According to Box Office Mojo, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X was the lowest grossing film of 2012 bringing in a paltry $86 on its opening weekend and ending up with just a total of $117 during its run in one theater last year. I personally don’t see why it crashed and burned since a peek at the trailer showed glimpses of “so bad it’s good” awesomeness. There were musical numbers, aliens, a zombie rock star (portrayed by Creed from The Office), bad girls with switch blades, and Paul Williams! What’s not to like about all of that?

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Flight

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 77% (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
Written By: John Gatins
Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman and Bruce Greenwood
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis: In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on that plane?
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Rise of The Guardians

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Ramsey
Written By: David Lindsay-Abaire
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Isla Fisher and Jude Law
Studio: Paramount Studios

Synopsis: When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Smiley

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 13% (Critics) / 35% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael J. Gallagher
Written By: Michael J. Gallagher and Glasgow Phillips
Starring: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia and Shane Dawson
Studio: Fever Productions

Synopsis: After discovering an urban legend of a demented serial killer, who has nothing but a carved ‘smiley’ on his face, a mentally fragile teen must decide whether she is going insane – or will be the next victim. (Source)

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