Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Intouchables


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 77% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
Written By: Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
Starring: François Cluzet, Omar Sy and Anne Le Ny
Studio: The Weinstein Company

Synopsis: An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, The Intouchables has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Piranha 3DD


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 12% (Critics) / 32% (Audience)
Directed By: John Gulager
Written By: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton and Joel Soisson
Starring: Danielle Panabaker, David Hasselhoff, Matt Bush and Ving Rhames
Studio: The Weinstein Co.

Synopsis: After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer’s best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park. Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as the eccentric piranha expert with survivor Paul Scheer and a partially devoured Ving Rhames back for more fish frenzy. David Hasselhoff trades in the sandy beaches of “Baywatch” to be a celebrity lifeguard at the racy water park. Prepare for double the terror, double the action and double the D’s in this sequel also starring Gary Busey, Katrina Bowden, Danielle Panabaker, Matt Bush, Chris Zylka and David Koechner.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Mirror Mirror


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 50% (Audience)
Directed By: Tarsem Singh
Written By: Melisa Wallack, Jason Keller and Mark Klein
Starring: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane and Armie Hammer
Studio: Relativity Media

Synopsis: An evil queen steals control of a kingdom and an exiled princess enlists the help of seven resourceful rebels to win back her birthright.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Project X


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 26% (Critics) / 69% (Audience)
Directed By: Nima Nourizadeh
Written By: Matt Drake and Michael Bacall
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper and Jonathan Daniel Brown
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: 3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Bad Ass


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Craig Moss
Written By: Craig Moss and Elliot Tishman
Starring: Danny Trejo, Charles S. Dutton and Ron Perlman
Studio: IDP/Samuel goldwyn Films

Synopsis: A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Snow White and the Huntsman

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 45% (Critics) / 74% (Audience)
Directed By: Rupert Sanders
Written By: Evan Daugherty, John Lee Hancock and Hossein Amini
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Chernobyl Diaries


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 26% (Critics) / 46% (Audience)
Directed By: Bradley Parker
Written By: Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Men In Black III


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 69% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Written By: Lowell Cunningham
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis: Agent J travels in time to MIB’s early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Behind the Mask – The Rise of Leslie Vernon


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 74% (Critics) / 71% (Audience)
Directed By: Scott Glosserman
Written By: Scott Glosserman and David J. Stieve
Starring: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals and Zelda Rubinstein
Studio: Anchor Bay

Synopsis: The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Scream 4


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 58% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and David Arquette
Studio: The Weinstein Company/Dimension

Synopsis: In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (played by Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Core

The Core Movie Review
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42% (Critics) / 41% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Cooper Layne and John Rogers
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Tchéky Karyo, DJ Qualls and Delroy Lindo
Studio: Paramount Pictures

Synopsis: The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Altitude

Altitude Movie
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 22% (Audience)
Directed By: Kaare Andrews
Written By: Paul A. Birkett
Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill and Ryan Donowho
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Synopsis: After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force. (Source)

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