Hot Pursuit – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 8% (Critics) / 39% (Audience)
Directed By: Anne Fletcher
Written By: David Feeney and John Quaintance
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, SofĂ­a Vergara and Robert Kazinsky
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Synopsis: An uptight and by-the-book cop tries to protect the outgoing widow of a drug boss as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen. – (Source)

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Trainwreck – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Judd Apatow
Written By: Amy Schumer
Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson and Tilda Swinton
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Interview

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Written By: Dan Sterling, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Starring: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park and Lizzy Caplan
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: American Dad! on TBS

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Created By: Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes and Rachael MacFarlane
Channel: TBS

Synopsis:The random escapades of Stan Smith, an extreme right wing CIA agent dealing with family life and keeping America safe, all in the most absurd way possible. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Let’s Be Cops

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 20% (Critics) / 62% (Audience)
Directed By: Luke Greenfield
Written By: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas
Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev and Andy Garcia
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis:It’s the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they’re not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Begin Again

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: John Carney
Written By: John Carney
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld and Catherine Keener
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis:The latest film from writer-director John Carney (ONCE), BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 22 Jump Street

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Written By: Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis:After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: A Million Ways To Die In The West

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Seth MacFarlane
Written By: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris and Liam Neeson
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis:Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. – (Source)

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Neighbors – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 98% (Audience)
Directed By: Nicholas Stoller
Written By: Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien
Starring: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco and Zac Efron
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Ted


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 69% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Seth MacFarlane
Written By: Seth MacFarlane
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett’s teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John’s side ever since – a friendship that’s tested when Lori, John’s girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: American Reunion

American Reunion
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Written By: Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Starring: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy
Studio: Universal Studios

Synopsis: In the comedy American Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship. It was summer 1999 when four small-town Michigan boys began a quest to lose their virginity. In the years that have passed, Jim and Michelle married while Kevin and Vicky said goodbye. Oz and Heather grew apart, but Finch still longs for Stifler’s mom. Now these lifelong friends have come home as adults to reminisce about-and get inspired by-the hormonal teens who launched a comedy legend. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 60% (Audience)
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Written By: Phil Johnston
Starring: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Isiah Whitlock, Anne Heche and Sigourney Weaver
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Synopsis: A sheltered insurance agent leaves his small town for the first time to go to an insurance convention in the “big city” of Cedar Rapids. While there he becomes fast friends with three convention veterans who loosen him up and show him that the world is bigger than his hometown and it is time for him to start living.

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