Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Goon
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg, Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith
Starring: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Eugene Levy, Alison Pill, and Liev Schreiber
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Synopsis: Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. (Source)
Trailer of the Day: The Divide
In this graphic and violent, post-apocalyptic thriller, nine strangers-all tenants of a New York high rise apartment—-escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building’s bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside. – Trailer Addict
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Tyler Perry
Starring: Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White and Phylicia Rashad
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. (Source)
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The Walking Dead: Better Angels Review
Dale’s dead and some of our friends on Green Acres have decided to do what most of us do when dealing with the death of a loved one…namely go HAM on a stray pack of Walkers. Shane, Andrea, Darryl, and T-Dog (remember him?) open several can’s of whoop ass on these shambling undead fools and teach them that they better not never bring their punk asses on their turf again! Pitchforks are shoved through faces, mudholes are stomped, and brains are splattered all while Rick’s eulogy of the dearly departed Dale serves as our voice over of the festivities. Then we are back to Dale’s funeral where Rick reflects on Dale’s admonition that the group was broken and vows that they will all prove that dead know-it-all wrong by pulling together and getting their heads out of their collective asses. He also makes mention of Dale’s “look” which made me laugh hysterically because Dale’s look is one of the things that I will miss most about the character. Cue theme music and opening credits!
The 5 Suckiest TV Deaths
Death is a pretty regular occurrence on TV shows. It is used to boost ratings for sweeps or to increases interest in a waning show, or just because some creators like to rip the hearts out of their viewership (condemning side-eye in your direction GAME OF THRONES!). Sometimes these deaths are so amazingly written, acted and produced that they propel the show into storylines that create wonderful TV like The death of Mrs. Summers in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER or Col. Blake on MASH but then there are the deaths that seem to be the results of bad writing or a show that has become creatively bankrupt. These bad deaths result in horrible episodes of what were previously wonderful shows. And it is with this thought in mind that I give you my list of the 5 Suckiest Deaths in TV History!
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: John Carter
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 51% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Andrew Stanton
Written By: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong and Willem Dafoe
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis: Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior. (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: ATM
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 11% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: David Brooks
Written By: Chris Sparling
Starring: Alice Eve, Josh Peck and Brian Geraghty
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis: On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man. (Source)
The Top 5 Most Underrated Action Movie Heroines
On this International Women’s Day I would like to take the time to pay a little respect to the more than deserving but usually unheralded women who have kicked all manner of ass in action movies but who are not named Sarah Connor, Lara Croft, Beatrix Kiddo, Evelyn Salt, or the Ellen Ripley (lovely lady in the heavy machinery pictured above). So without further ado continue on to read my picks for the most underrated action heroines in movie history!
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The Walking Dead: Judge, Jury, Executioner Review
“Judge, Jury, Executioner” can be summed up as a split show featuring a day in the life of Dennis the Menace during the zombie apocalypse and a bare bones production of “12 Angry Men” put on by the Herschel Greene Improvisational Players.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Young Adult
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 59% (Audience)
Directed By: Jason Reitman
Written By: Diablo Cody
Starring: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt
Studio: Paramount Studios
Synopsis: Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter. (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Woman In Black
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 64% (Critics) / 63% (Audience)
Directed By: James Watkins
Written By: Jane Goldman
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds
Studio: CBS Films
Synopsis: A young lawyer travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals. (Source)
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