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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Animal

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: Brett Simmons
Written By: Thommy Hutson and Catherine Trillo
Starring: Keke Palmer, Jeremy Sumpter, Elizabeth Gillies, Joey Lauren Adams, Thorsten Kaye and Amaury Nolasco
Studio: Chiller Films

Synopsis:When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As the body count rises, the group must put their differences aside and fight for survival. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: True Blood

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 83% (Audience)
Episode Title: “Jesus Gonna Be Here”
Directed By: Stephen Moyer
Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell and Ryan Kwanten
Network: HBO

Synopsis:A band of rogue H-vamps crashes the vampire-human mixer at Merlotte’s, with shocking results. As Sookie seeks refuge from accusations that she’s somehow to blame for the chaos in Bon Temps, the “one vampire for every human” plan moves forward. In the face of a vigilante insurrection led by redneck Vince, Bill receives aid from an unexpected source. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 22 Jump Street

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
Written By: Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube
Studio: Sony Pictures

Synopsis:After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don’t have to just crack the case – they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Almost Human

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 44% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: Joe Begos
Written By: Joe Begos
Starring: Graham Skipper, Josh Ethier, Vanessa Leigh
Studio: IFC Films

Synopsis:Mark Fisher disappeared from his home in a brilliant flash of blue light almost two years ago. His friend Seth Hampton was the last to see him alive. Now a string of grisly, violent murders leads Seth to believe that Mark is back, and something evil is inside of him. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Family

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 29% (Critics) / 42% (Audience)
Directed By: Luc Besson
Written By: Luc Besson and Michael Caleo
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron and Tommy Lee Jones
Studio: Relativity Media

Synopsis:In the off-beat action comedy “The Family,” a mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of Agent Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert DeNiro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo) can’t help but revert to old habits and blow their cover by handling their problems the “family” way, enabling their former mafia cronies to track them down. Chaos ensues as old scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings in this darkly funny film by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter). – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Edge of Tomorrow

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 89% (Critics) / 91% (Audience)
Directed By: Doug Liman
Written By: Christopher McQuarrie, John-Henry Butterworth and Jez Butterworth
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleeson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Synopsis:The epic action of “Edge of Tomorrow” unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: 13 Sins

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 56% (Critics) / 49% (Audience)
Directed By: Daniel Stamm
Written By: Daniel Stamm and David Birke
Starring: Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Rutina Wesley and Ron Perlman
Studio: Radius-TWC

Synopsis:A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for Elliot, a down-on-his luck salesman. The game promises increasing rewards for completing 13 tasks, each more sinister than the last. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Afflicted

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 82% (Critics) / 67% (Audience)
Directed By: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
Written By: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
Starring: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse and Baya Rehaz
Studio: CBS Films

Synopsis:This terrifying horror thriller follows two best friends who set out on the trip of a lifetime around the world. Their journey, documented every step of the way, soon takes a dark and unexpected turn after an encounter with a beautiful woman in Paris leaves one of them mysteriously afflicted. Winner: Best Picture (Horror), Best Screenplay (Horror), Best Director (Horror) at Fantastic Fest, and recipient of awards of recognition from the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. AFFLICTED is one of the most suspenseful and original action horror debuts in a generation. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: A Million Ways To Die In The West

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 33% (Critics) / 52% (Audience)
Directed By: Seth MacFarlane
Written By: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild
Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Neil Patrick Harris and Liam Neeson
Studio: Universal Pictures

Synopsis:Seth MacFarlane directs, produces, co-writes and plays the role of the cowardly sheep farmer Albert in A Million Ways to Die in the West. After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Maleficent

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 48% (Critics) / 74% (Audience)
Directed By: Robert Stromberg
Written By: Linda Woolverton
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Synopsis:“Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Aurora is caught in the middle of the seething conflict between the forest kingdom she has grown to love and the human kingdom that holds her legacy. Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land and is forced to take drastic actions that will change both worlds forever. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Savaged

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 75% (Audience)
Directed By: Michael S. Ojeda
Written By: Michael S. Ojeda
Starring: Amanda Adrienne, Tom Ardavany, Ronnie Gene Blevins and Marc Anthony Samuel
Studio: Raven Banner Entertainment

Synopsis:A deaf girl is brutalized by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an Apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body. – (Source)

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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Chef

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Favreau
Written By: Jon Favreau
Starring: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Emjay Anthony Sofía Vergara and Scarlett Johansson
Studio: Open Road Films

Synopsis:A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family. – (Source)

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