Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raven

The Raven
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22% (Critics) / 60% (Audience)
Directed By: James McTeigue
Written By: Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare
Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Ben Gleason and Luke Evans
Studio: Relativity Media

Synopsis: When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 1408


Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 78% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Mikael Håfström
Written By: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson and Mary McCormack
Studio: MGM/Dimension

Synopsis: Mike Enslin, writer who is famous for debunking claims of paranormal events, checks into the infamous room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. The room is purported to be a receptacle for paranormal energy and Mike is convinced that it is just a hoax to drum up business for the hotel. However, once Mike checks in he is faced with undeniable proof that the supernatural is real but he may not survive to write about it.

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