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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Lone Ranger

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 74% (Audience)
Directed By: Gore Verbinski
Written By: Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner, Ruth Wilson and Tom Wilkinson
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Synopsis:From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, comes Disney/ Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “The Lone Ranger,” a thrilling adventure infused with action and humor, in which the famed masked hero is brought to life through new eyes. Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice-taking the audience on a runaway train of epic surprises and humorous friction as the two unlikely heroes must learn to work together and fight against greed and corruption. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Heat

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63% (Critics) / 78% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul Feig
Written By: Katie Dippold
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir, Marlon Wayans and Michael Rapaport
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Synopsis:Uptight FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn is paired with testy Boston cop Shannon Mullins in order to take down a ruthless drug lord. The hitch: neither woman has ever had a partner — or a friend for that matter. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: White House Down

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 49% (Critics) / 73% (Audience)
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
Written By: James Vanderbilt
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Woods
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis:While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Natural Selection

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NaturalSelection
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 71% (Critics) / 72% (Audience)
Directed By: Robbie Pickering
Written By: Robbie Pickering
Starring: Rachael Harris, Matt O’Leary, John Diehl and Jon Gries
Studio: Cinema Guild

Synopsis: Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Yellowbrickroad

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 28% (Audience)
Directed By: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton
Written By: Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton
Starring: Cassidy Freeman, Anessa Ramsey, Clark Freeman and Laura Heisler
Studio: Bloody Disgusting/The Collective

Synopsis: 1940: the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked up a winding mountain trail, leaving everything behind. 2008: the first official expedition into the wilderness attempts to solve the mystery of the lost citizens of Friar. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: No One Lives

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 32% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Ryuhei Kitamura
Written By: David Cohen
Starring: Luke Evans, Adelaide Clemens, Derek Magyar, Lindsey Shaw and Lee Tergesen
Studio: Anchor Bay Films

Synopsis: A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem. – (Source)

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Thank God It’s Wednesday!

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This was a good week for me as I found myself liking pretty much everything on my pull list and the selections for this post run the gamut from a day in a dog’s life to a new book from an industry heavyweight to the return of the World’s Finest team to a coda for one of the worst miniseries ever that is actually pretty enjoyable.

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Odd Thomas

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Stephen Sommers
Written By: Stephen Sommers
Starring: Anton Yelchin, Nico Tortorella, Addison Timlin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Willem Dafoe
Studio: Freestyle Releasing

Synopsis: Stephen Sommers adapts Dean Koontz’s best-selling book Odd Thomas with this Fusion Films production concerning a clairvoyant 20-year-old (Anton Yelchin) who discovers a dark secret about a stranger in his hometown. Willem Dafoe, Patton Oswalt, 50 Cent, and Addison Timlin co-star. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Fat Kid Rules The World

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Matthew Lillard
Written By: Michael M.B. Galvin, Peter Speakman
Starring: Jacob Wysocki, Matt O’Leary, Billy Campbell
Studio: Outsider Pictures

Synopsis: A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Come Out And Play

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% (Critics) / 33% (Audience)
Directed By: Makinov
Written By: Makinov
Starring: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vinessa Shaw
Studio: Cinedigm Entertainment Group

Synopsis: A couple take a vacation to a remote island – their last holiday together before they become parents. Soon after their arrival, they notice that no adults seem to be present – an observation that quickly presents a nightmarish reality. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Call

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 70% (Audience)
Directed By: Brad Anderson
Written By: Richard D’Ovidio
Starring: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut and Michael Imperioli
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis: When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Superman Returns

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Written By: Michael Dougherty, Bryan Singer and Dan Harris
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and James Marsden
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to Earth to become the people’s savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane. (Source)

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