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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 45% (Critics) / 74% (Audience)
Directed By: Gore Verbinski
Written By: Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, and Bill Nighy
Studio: Disney

Synopsis: Director Gore Verbinski and the crew set sail once again for this, the third chapter in the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is hopelessly trapped in Davy Jones’ locker after a harrowing encounter with the dreaded Kracken, and now Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) must align themselves with the nefarious Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) if they hold out any hope of saving their old friend from a fate worse than death. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: American Reunion

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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: Win Win

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Win Win
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: Thomas McCarthy
Written By: Thomas McCarthy
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale and Jeffrey Tambor
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Synopsis: A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach’s chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he’s double-crossed comes into his life. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Wrath of The Titans

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Wrath of The Titans
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 70% (Audience)
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Written By: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson, and Greg Berlanti
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Rosamund Pike
Studio: Warner Bros.

Synopsis: Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Fantastic Four – Rise of The Silver Surfer

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Fantastic Four Rise of The Silver Surfer
Rotten Tomatoes Rating:  37% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Tim Story
Written By: Don Payne and Mark Frost
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Laurence Fishburne
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Synopsis: The Fantastic Four learn that they aren’t the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Evan Almighty

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Evan Almighty
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Tom Shadyac
Written By: Steve Oedekerk
Starring: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Wanda Sykes and Lauren Graham
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: 40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell reprises his role as preening newscaster Evan Baxter in this heavenly sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy hit. Shortly after television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) relocates his family from Buffalo to Northern Virginia, God (Morgan Freeman) reveals to him that a devastating flood is coming and the planet is about to be cleansed once again. Later, when Baxter accepts the responsibility of building a great ark and his rapidly changing physical appearance begins to draw media attention, his skeptical family attempts to discern if his actions are driven by delusion or divine intervention. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Live Free Or Die Hard

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Live Free Or Die Hard
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Len Wiseman
Written By: Mark Bomback
Starring: Bruce Willis, Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Synopsis: An old-fashioned cop emerges to foil a high-tech attack on the country’s computer infrastructure as Bruce Willis brings back one of the biggest action franchises in screen history. It’s been over a decade since audiences last saw New York cop John McClane (Willis), but now, as the world’s greatest criminal mastermind (Timothy Olyphant) attempts to cripple the entire country with an innovative act of technological terrorism, only one cop can insure that the integrity of the system stays intact. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Transformers

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Transformers Movie (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 57% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael Bay
Written By: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro and Josh Duhamel
Studio: Dreamworks

Synopsis: The interstellar battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rains destruction down on planet Earth as director Michael Bay adapts Hasbro and Takara’s popular Transformers franchise into a big-budget, live-action summer tentpole extravaganza in this ambitious sci-fi action feature. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Dark Tide

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Dark Tide
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: Not Available (Critics) / 53% (Audience)
Directed By: John Stockwell
Written By: Ronnie Christensen and Amy Sorlie
Starring: Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez and Ralph Brown
Studio: LionsGate Entertainment

Synopsis: A professional diver tutor returns to deep waters after 9 years, following an almost fatal encounter with a great white shark. The nightmare from the deep is still lurking – more carnivorous and hungry than ever. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hunger Games

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The HUnger Games Movie
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Gary Ross
Written By: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Lenny Kravitz, and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate

Synopsis: Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 21 Jump Street

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21 Jump Street
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Written By: Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube and Dave Franco
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Synopsis: A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Goon

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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)

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