Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Purge

The-Purge
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 59% (Audience)
Directed By: James DeMonaco
Written By: James DeMonaco
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder and Edwin Hodge
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: A family is held hostage for harboring the target of a murderous syndicate during the Purge, a 12-hour period in which any and all crime is legalized. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Jack The Giant Slayer

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 52% (Critics) / 60% (Audience)
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Written By: Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney and David Dobkin
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Eleanor Tomlinson and Ian McShane
Studio: Warner Bros.

Synopsis: The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Sexy Evil Genius

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 53% (Audience)
Directed By: Shawn Piller
Written By: Scott Lew
Starring: Katee Sackhoff, Michelle Trachtenberg, Seth Green, Harold Perrineau and William Baldwin
Studio: LionsGate Entertainment

Synopsis: Drop dead sexy and certifiably insane, vengeful Nikki invites four of her ex-lovers to an L.A. bar for a meeting that will drastically alter the course of their lives – or at least what’s left of them. Seth Green, Katie Sackhoff, William Baldwin, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Harold Perrineau star. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 23 Minutes To Sunrise

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 5% (Audience)
Directed By: Louis Leterrier
Written By: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt
Starring: Eric Roberts, Nia Peeples, Bob Zany and Dingani Beza
Studio: Zingraff Motion Pictures

Synopsis: They say the darkest hour is just before dawn, and at the Sunrise diner it’s very late indeed. Four couples find themselves at an out-of-the-way 24-hour diner, but they are not all that they seem. (Source)

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Now You See Me – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 76% (Audience)
Directed By: Louis Leterrier
Written By: Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman
Studio: Lionsgate

Synopsis: An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Aftershock

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 38% (Critics) / 35% (Audience)
Directed By: Nicolás López
Written By: Nicolás López, Guillermo Amoedo and Eli Roth
Starring: Nicolás Martínez, Eli Roth, Ariel Levy and Andrea Osvárt
Studio: The Weinstein Company

Synopsis:In Chile, a group of travelers who are in an underground nightclub when a massive earthquake hits quickly learn that reaching the surface is just the beginning of their nightmare. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Bullet To The Head

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 47% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Walter Hill
Written By: Alessandro Camon
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Sarah Shahi, Jon Seda and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Beautiful Creatures

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 46% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Richard LaGravenese
Written By: Richard LaGravenese, Kim Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Viola Davis, Jeremy Irons, Emmy Rossum and Emma Thompson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Fast & Furious 6

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 72% (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: Justin Lin
Written By: Chris Morgan
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez and Luke Evans
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis: Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full pardons for them all. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hangover 3

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Todd Phillips
Written By: Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong and John Goodman
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis: “The Hangover Part III” is the third and final film in director Todd Phillips’ record-shattering comedy franchise. This time, there’s no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off. (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Warm Bodies

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Directed By: Jonathan Levine
Written By: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Analeigh Tipton and John Malkovich
Studio: Lionsgate Films

Synopsis:After R (a highly unusual zombie) saves Julie from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world. (Source)

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Star Trek: Into Darkness – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: J.J. Abrams
Written By: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin and Benedict Cumberbatch
Studio: Paramount

Synopsis:After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. (Source)

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