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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Avengers

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The Avengers
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94% (Critics) / 96% (Audience)
Directed By: Joss Whedon
Written By: Joss Whedon and Zak Penn
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Synopsis: Marvel Studios presents Marvel’s The Avengers-the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raven

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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: Intruders

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Written By: Nicolás Casariego and Jaime Marques
Starring: Clive Owen, Carice van Houten and Izán Corchero
Studio: Millennium Entertainment

Synopsis: Two children living in different countries are visited nightly by a faceless being who wants to take possession of them. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Serenity

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Serenity
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Joss Whedon
Written By: Joss Whedon
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres and Chiwetel Ejiofor
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: A band of renegades on the run in outer space get in more hot water than they anticipated in this sci-fi action-adventure adapted from the television series Firefly. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Raid – Redemption

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The Raid: Redemption
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83% (Critics) / 94% (Audience)
Directed By: Gareth Evans
Written By: Gareth Evans
Starring: Iko Uwais, Ananda George and Ray Sahetapy
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

Synopsis: A SWAT team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Cabin In The Woods

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The Cabin In The Woods
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 93% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Drew Goddard
Written By: Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
Starring: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams and Anna Hutchison
Studio: Lionsgate Films

Synopsis: Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Divide

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22% (Critics) / 41% (Audience)
Directed By: Xavier Gens
Written By: Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean
Starring: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Courtney B. Vance, Rosanna Arquette and Milo Ventimiglia
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Synopsis: Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic. (Source)

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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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