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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Evil Dead (2013)

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: Fede Alvarez
Written By: Fede Alvarez and Diablo Cody
Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas and Lou Taylor Pucci
Studio: TriStar Pictures

Synopsis: Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence possesses them until only one is left to fight for survival. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Faster

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Faster-The-Movie
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 49% (Audience)
Directed By: George Tillman Jr.
Written By: Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Maggie Grace and Carla Gugino
Studio: CBS Films

Synopsis: An ex-con sets out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. During his campaign, however, he’s tracked by a veteran cop and an egocentric hit man. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Samaritan

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the-samaritan
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22% (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: David Weaver
Written By: David Weaver and Elan Mastai
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis: After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter’s life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: G.I. Joe – Retaliation

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 30% (Critics) / 76% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon M. Chu
Written By: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, D.J. Cotrona, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki and Bruce Willis
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis: In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Eddie The Sleepwalking Cannibal

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 73% (Audience)
Directed By: Boris Rodriguez
Written By: Boris Rodriguez, Jonathan Rannells and Alex Epstein
Starring: Thure Lindhardt, Georgina Reilly, Dylan Smith
Studio: Doppelgänger Releasing

Synopsis: Lars Olafssen, once a young celebrity in the art world is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens. His long-time art dealer, Ronny, is now an ungracefully aging hipster who desperately wants his meal ticket back. But Lars refuses to paint. His creativity comes at too high a cost – his inspiration is carnage – blood, guts and limbs. Not surprisingly, this lead to a dreadful breakdown in the past. Nevertheless, an eager Ronny arranges a teaching job for Lars at an art school in Koda Lake, a small Canadian town in the middle of nowhere. It’s a “therapeutic” measure for Lars – a means to conquer his need to paint in the “safety” of a country retreat… That is, until Eddie comes into his life. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Bad Meat

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 13% (Audience)
Directed By: Lulu Jarmen
Written By: Paul Gerstenberger
Starring: Dave Franco, Elisabeth Harnois, Tahj Mowry, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Joe Dinicol and Mark Pellegrino
Studio: ThinkFilm

Synopsis: Six troubled teens at secluded camp for juvenile delinquents must fight for their lives after a mysterious virus transforms the guards into cannibalistic mutants. Dave Franco, Elisabeth Harnois, and Mark Pellegrino star. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: A Little Bit Zombie

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Casey Walker
Written By: Trevor Martin and Christopher Bond
Starring: Kristopher Turner, Crystal Lowe, Shawn Roberts, Kristen Hager and Stephen McHattie
Studio: Cave Painting Pictures

Synopsis: Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Angus

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Patrick Read Johnson
Written By: Jill Gordon
Starring: Charlie Talbert, George C. Scott, Kathy Bates and James Van Der Beek
Studio: New Line Cinema

Synopsis: A miserable fat teenager secretly has a crush on the class beauty, ends up becoming the surprising participant to dance with her at a high school dance, meaning he’s got to get his act together with the help of his best friend. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Hansel & Gretel Get Baked

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Duane Journey
Written By: David Tillman
Starring: Molly C. Quinn, Yancy Butler, Lara Flynn Boyle
Studio: Tribeca Films

Synopsis: When an evil drug-dealing witch (Lara Flynn Boyle) holds Gretel’s stoner boyfriend hostage, she and her brother Hansel must save him from a gruesome death — or face the last high of their lives. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: For A Good Time Call

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% (Critics) / 59% (Audience)
Directed By: Jamie Travis
Written By: Lauren Miller and Katie Anne Naylon
Starring: Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Justin Long
Studio: Focus Features

Synopsis: Former college frenemies Lauren and Katie move into a fabulous Gramercy Park apartment, and in order to make ends meet, the unlikely pair start a phone sex line together. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 39% (Critics) / 65% (Audience)
Directed By: Don Scardino
Written By: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, Chad Kultgen and Tyler Mitchell
Starring: Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi, James Gandolfini, Alan Arkin and Jim Carrey
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. Facing cutthroat competition from guerilla street magician Steve Gray (Jim Carrey), whose cult following surges with each outrageous stunt, even their show looks stale. But there’s still a chance Burt and Anton can save the act-both onstage and off-if Burt can get back in touch with what made him love magic in the first place. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Grabbers

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Grabbers
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 79% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Wright
Written By: Kevin Lehane
Starring: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey and Lalor Roddy
Studio: Forward Films

Synopsis:When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive. (Source)

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