Chi-Raq – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 81% (Critics) / 59% (Audience)
Directed By: Spike Lee
Written By: Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee
Starring: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes and Angela Bassett
Studio: LionsGate Entertainment
Synopsis: A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago. – (Source)

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A Christmas Horror Story – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 76% (Critics) / 95% (Audience)
Directed By: Grant Harvey, Steve Hoban, and Brett Sullivan
Written By: Jason Filiatrault, James Kee, Sarah Larsen, Doug Taylor, and Pascal Trottier
Starring: Zoé De Grand Maison, George Buza, Amy Forsyth, Adrian Holmes and William Shatner
Studio: Copperheart Entertainment
Synopsis: Interwoven stories that take place on Christmas Eve, as told by one festive radio host: A family brings home more than a Christmas tree, a student documentary becomes a living nightmare, a Christmas spirit terrorizes, Santa slays evil. – (Source)

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Krampus – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 65% (Critics) / 61% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael Dougherty
Written By: Michael Dougherty, Todd Casey and Zach Shields
Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Emjay Anthony and Conchata Ferrell
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family’s home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive. – (Source)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: J.J. Abrams
Written By: J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt
Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Harrison Ford
Studio: Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a rag-tag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance. – (Source)

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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Christopher Landon
Written By: Carrie Evans, Emi Mochizuki and Christopher Landon
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan
Studio: Broken Road Productions
Synopsis: Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak. – (Source)

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The Peanuts Movie – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 84% (Audience)
Directed By: Steve Martino
Written By: Bryan Schulz, Cornelius Uliano, and Craig Schulz
Starring: Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home. – (Source)

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Howl – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Paul Hyett
Written By: Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler
Starring: Elliot Cowan, Rosie Day, Calvin Dean
Studio: Starchild Pictures
Synopsis: When passengers on a train are attacked by a creature, they must band together in order to survive until morning. – (Source)

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Spectre – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 63% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Sam Mendes
Written By: John Logan, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade
Starring: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz
Studio: Sony Pictures
Synopsis: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. – (Source)

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 70% (Critics) / 81% (Audience)
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
Written By: Danny Strong, Suzanne Collins, and Peter Craig
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore and Donald Sutherland
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis: As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance.- (Source)

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Tales of Halloween – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 88% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Directed By: Darren Lynn Bousman, Axelle Carolyn, Adam Gierasch, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Ryan Schifrin, John Skipp, Paul Solet
Written By: Axelle Carolyn, Andrew Kasch, Neil Marshall, Lucky McKee, Mike Mendez, Dave Parker, Clint Sears, John Skipp
Starring: Lin Shaye, Ben Woolf, Booboo Stewart, Barbara Crampton
Studio: Epic Pictures
Synopsis: Ten stories are woven together by their shared theme of Halloween night in an American suburb, where ghouls, imps, aliens and axe murderers appear for one night only to terrorize unsuspecting residents. – (Source)

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Last Shift – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 46% (Audience)
Directed By: Anthony DiBlasi
Written By: Anthony DiBlasi and Scott Poiley
Starring: Juliana Harkavy, Joshua Mikel, J. LaRose
Studio: Magnet Releasing
Synopsis: A rookie cop’s 1st shift in the last night of a closing police station alone turns into a living nightmare. The plot echoes John Carpenter’s ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ but with supernatural twist. – (Source)

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The Final Girls – Good, Bad & Ugly Review

Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68% (Critics) / 77% (Audience)
Directed By: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Written By: NM.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller
Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Nina Dobrev, Alexander Ludwig and Adam DeVine
Studio: Stage 6 Films
Synopsis: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom’s most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film’s maniacal killer. – (Source)

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