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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hunger Games – Catching Fire

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
Written By: Michael Arndt and Simon Beaufoy
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate Films

Synopsis: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Demented

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Roosevelt
Written By: Christopher Roosevelt
Starring: Kayla Ewell, Richard Kohnke, Ashlee Brian and Sarah Butler
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Synopsis:Six college friends unite for a weekend getaway where they find themselves fighting for their lives after a terrorist attack turns the local residents into rage infused zombies. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Call

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THE-CALL
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 70% (Audience)
Directed By: Brad Anderson
Written By: Richard D’Ovidio
Starring: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut and Michael Imperioli
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis: When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Superman Returns

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Written By: Michael Dougherty, Bryan Singer and Dan Harris
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and James Marsden
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to Earth to become the people’s savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Under The Bed

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 83% (Audience)
Directed By: Steven C. Miller
Written By: Eric Stolze
Starring: Jonny Weston, Gattlin Griffith, Peter Holden
Studio: Xlrator Media

Synopsis: Every child knows about the monster under the bed-Neal Hausman’s mistake was trying to fight it. Neal (Jonny Weston, Chasing Mavericks) has returned from a two-year exile following his tragic attempt to defeat the monster, only to find his father ticking ever closer to a breakdown, a new stepmother who fears him, and his little brother Paul (Gattlin Griffith, Green Lantern, Changeling), terrorized by the same monster. While Neal and Paul work together to try and fight the nocturnal menace, their parents are taking desperate measures to get the family back to normal. With no support from their parents, the brothers have nothing to rely on but each other, and courage beyond belief. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Hatchet 3

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HATCHET III continues the tale of the now-iconic villain Victor Crowley (Kane Hodder). As a search and recovery team heads into the haunted swamp to pick up the pieces and carnage left behind from the first two films, Marybeth (Danielle Harris) hunts down the true secret to ending the voodoo curse that has left the ghost of Victor Crowley haunting and terrorizing Honey Island Swamp for decades. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Man of Steel

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 58% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: Zack Snyder
Written By: David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan
Starring: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon and Russell Crowe
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Rapture-Palooza

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 29% (Critics) / 25% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul Middleditch
Written By: Chris Matheson
Starring: Anna Kendrick, John Francis Daley, Ken Jeong, Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson
Studio: The Film Arcade

Synopsis: When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are Raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (Daley) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and pot-smoking wraiths. But when the Anti-Christ (Robinson) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends, and a lawn-mowing zombie neighbor, the young couple set off to stop the Anti-Christ from taking her as his bride… and just maybe, saving the world in the process. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: This Is The End

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% (Critics) / 98% (Audience)
Directed By: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Written By: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen
Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis: The comedy This Is The End follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. Eventually, they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true meaning of friendship and redemption. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Lucky

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 33% (Audience)
Directed By: Gil Cates Jr.
Written By: Kent Sublette
Starring: Ari Graynor, Colin Hanks, Jeffrey Tambor and Ann-Margret
Studio: Phase 4 Films

Synopsis: Ben Keller (Colin Hanks) has just won the Iowa State Lotto. The catch? The winning ticket belongs to Leslie Singer, the dead girl in his closet. With $36 million now at his disposal, Ben has the newfound confidence to pursue his life-long crush, Lucy St. Martin (Ari Graynor). But can all the money in the world compensate for the fact that Ben is a fledgling serial killer? As their relationship spirals out of control and the body count rises, Lucy and Ben do all they can to survive love, marriage, and each other. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: V/H/S 2

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 86% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Simon Barrett, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez & Greg Hale, Adam Wingard
Written By: Simon Barrett, John Davies, Jason Eisener, Gareth Evans & Timo Tjahjanto, Eduardo Sánchez & Jamie Nash
Starring: Kelsy Abbott, Hannah Al Rashid, Fachry Albar and Kevin Hunt
Studio: Magnet Releasing

Synopsis: Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student’s disappearance. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: V/H/S

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 54% (Critics) / 43% (Audience)
Directed By: David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, Adam Wingard
Written By: Brad Miska, Simon Barrett, David Bruckner & Nicholas Tecosky, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence
Starring: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard and Kentucker Audley
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Synopsis: When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. (Source)

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