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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Housebound

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 75% (Audience)
Directed By: Gerard Johnstone
Written By: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru and Cameron Rhodes
Studio: Xlrator Media
Synopsis: Kylie Bucknell is forced to return to the house she grew up in when the court places her on home detention. The home that her mother thinks is haunted. However, when Kylie too becomes privy to unsettling whispers & strange bumps in the night, she begins to wonder whether if she’s inherited her mother’s overactive imagination, or if the house is in fact possessed by a hostile spirit who’s less than happy about the new living arrangement. – (Source)

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Bad Movies That Rock: Don’t Open Till Christmas

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Devil Horns Rating:

3dh

What’s It About?

It is Christmas time in London and someone is killing anyone who dares to wear a Santa Claus costume. Will Scotland Yard be able to bring this maniac to justice or will this bloodshed become an annual tradition?

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Horns

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 41% (Critics) / 49% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexandre Aja
Written By: Keith Bunin
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella and Joe Anderson
Studio: Radius-TWC
Synopsis: In the aftermath of his girlfriend’s mysterious death, a young man awakens to find strange horns sprouting from his temples. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Hobbit – The Battle of The Five Armies

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 60% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Lee Pace, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans
Studio: Warner Bros.
Synopsis: Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: It Follows

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For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, she finds herself plagued by strange visions and the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay and her teenage friends must find a way to escape the horrors that seem to be only a few steps behind. – IMDb

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Nightcrawler

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: Dan Gilroy
Written By: Dan Gilroy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton
Studio: Open Road Films

Synopsis: When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Warrior’s Way

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 29% (Critics) / 47% (Audience)
Directed By: Sngmoo Lee
Written By: Sngmoo Lee
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush and Danny Huston
Studio: Rogue
Synopsis: In the 19th century, a warrior named Yang (Jang Dong Gun) is ordered to kill the last member of an enemy clan—a baby. He refuses the mission and flees with the child to a dilapidated town in the American West. Despite his attempts, his master closes in on him and he must fight to protect the child and his newfound comrades: Ron (Geoffrey Rush), the town drunk, and Lynne (Kate Bosworth), both of whom have a tragic past. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Annie

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: N/A (Critics) / 88% (Audience)
Directed By: Will Gluck
Written By: Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale and Jamie Foxx
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Tusk

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 40% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Kevin Smith
Written By: Kevin Smith
Starring: Justin Long, Michael Parks, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez and Johnny Depp
Studio: A24 Films
Synopsis: When podcaster Wallace Bryton goes missing in the backwoods of Manitoba while interviewing a mysterious seafarer named Howard Howe, his best friend Teddy and girlfriend Allison team with an ex-cop to look for him. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Babadook

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Jennifer Kent
Written By: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Reviews: The Guest

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 91% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Adam Wingard
Written By: Simon Barrett
Starring: Dan Stevens, Sheila Kelley, Maika Monroe and Lance Reddick
Studio: Picturehouse Films
Synopsis: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence. – (Source)

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Trailer of the Day: I Am Santa Claus

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Documenting an entire year in the lives of five real-bearded professional Santa Clauses to find out what the rest of the year is like for a man who perpetually looks like Jolly Saint Nick. In the process, they are shown for who they actually are, flawed, flesh and blood men who feel an overbearing responsibility to protect the integrity of the spotless, untarnished reputation of the ‘Red Suit.’ ‘I Am Santa Claus’ is a documentary that poses a question about a ubiquitous holiday figure that few parents ever ask themselves; ‘Whose lap is my child sitting on?’ – IMDb

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