Nerve – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 62% (Critics) / 74% (Audience)
Directed By: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman
Written By: Jessica Sharzer
Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade and Samira Wiley
Studio: Lionsgate
Synopsis: A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of “watchers.” – (Source)
Kubo & The Two Strings – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Travis Knight
Written By: Marc Haimes and Chris Butler
Starring: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey
Studio: Focus Features/LAIKA
Synopsis: A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. – (Source)
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Don’t Breathe – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Fede Alvarez
Written By: Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Daniel Zovatto
Studio: Ghost House Pictures
Synopsis: A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect heist. They’re very wrong. – (Source)
My Name Is Derek And I Am Still A Hate-Watcher
It has been 2 years since the last time I wrote about my hate-watching habit and try as I might I still can’t seem to get this monkey off my back. Sure most of the shows I was hate-watching have mercifully gone to the TV show graveyard in the sky yet other shows have popped up to fill that hole in my soul that only a good hate-watch can satisfy.
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The Remains – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 24% (Audience)
Directed By: Thomas Della Bella
Written By: Thomas Della Bella
Starring: Todd Lowe, Brooke Butler, Lisa Brenner
Studio: Diablo Entertainment
Synopsis: After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children. – (Source)
Sausage Party – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% (Critics) / 71% (Audience)
Directed By: Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon
Written By: Kyle Hunter, Ariel Shaffir, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
Starring: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A misplaced sausage and his savory friends embark on an existential adventure through the aisles of a massive supermarket in this raunchy animated comedy from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. As the store’s annual 4th of July sale draws near, the perishable pals must return to their rightful places on the shelves before the customers come flooding in to fill their carts. – (Source)
The Secret Life of Pets – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 66% (Audience)
Directed By: Yarrow Cheney, Chris Renaud
Written By: Cinco Paul , Ken Daurio , Brian Lynch
Starring: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes. – (Source)
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Contracted – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 53% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: Eric England
Written By: Eric England
Starring: Najarra Townsend, Caroline Williams, Alice Macdonald
Studio: IFC Films
Synopsis: A young girl contracts what she thinks is a sexually-transmitted disease – but is actually something much worse. – (Source)
The Justice League Movie Needs More Women…ASAP!
While I am over the moon with excitement for the JUSTICE LEAGUE movie (especially after the clip shown at this year’s San Diego Comicon), I did notice while looking at the team pic that WB released that the League is basically a sausage party with Wonder Woman as the lone female presence on the team. And that is something that really needs to be rectified as quickly as possible which shouldn’t be hard since DC Comics has some really cool women heroes to choose from (as the image above, wonderfully drawn by Peter Nguyen certainly proves).
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Holidays – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 52% (Critics) / 26% (Audience)
Directed By: Anthony Scott Burns , Nicholas McCarthy , Adam Egypt Mortimer , Gary Shore , Kevin Smith , Sarah Adina Smith , Scott Stewart , Kevin Kolsch , Dennis Widmyer
Written By: Dennis Widmyer , Kevin Kolsch , Gary Shore , Nicholas McCarthy , Sarah Adina Smith , Anthony Scott Burns , Kevin Smith , Scott Stewart
Starring: Harley Quinn Smith, Mark Steger, Lorenza Izzo
Studio: Distant Corners Entertainment Group
Synopsis: HOLIDAYS is an anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions. – (Source)
Jason Bourne – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 57% (Critics) / 65% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Written By: Paul Greengrass , Christopher Rouse
Starring: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles and Vincent Cassel
Studio: Universal
Synopsis: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. – (Source)
Suicide Squad – Good, Bad & Ugly Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 27% (Critics) / 97% (Audience)
Directed By: David Ayer
Written By: David Ayer
Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Viola Davis
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. – (Source)
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