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Friday, October 10, 2014

In Theaters: DRACULA UNTOLD, THE JUDGE, ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY

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Movies opening this week in theaters:

  • DRACULA UNTOLD (Universal Pictures / PG-13 / Wide)
  • THE JUDGE (Warner Bros. Pictures / R / Wide)
  • ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (Walt Disney Pictures / PG / Wide)

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.


DRACULA UNTOLD


Dracula Untold

Official Synopsis

Luke Evans (Fast & Furious 6, Immortals) stars in Dracula Untold, the origin story of the man who became Dracula. Gary Shore directs and Michael De Luca produces the epic action-adventure that co-stars Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, and Diarmaid Murtagh.

Film Details

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  • Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh

  • Director: Gary Shore

  • Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy

  • Running Time: 92 min.

  • Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of warfare, vampire attacks, disturbing images, and some sensuality


Critical Reception

  • Rottentomatoes: 25% (19 fresh, 58 rotten, score: 4.7/10).
  • Metacritic: 40 out of 100 (5 positive, 15 mixed, 10 negative).




THE JUDGE


The Judge

Official Synopsis

In "The Judge," Robert Downey Jr. stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town's judge (Robert Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.

Film Details

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  • Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, Denis O'Hare

  • Director: David Dobkin

  • Genre: Drama

  • Running Time: 141 min.

  • Rating: R for language including some sexual references


Critical Reception

  • Rottentomatoes: 50% (53 fresh, 53 rotten, score: 5.6/10).
  • Metacritic: 47 out of 100 (11 positive, 19 mixed, 6 negative).




ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY


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Official Synopsis

Disney's "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"follows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) as he experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life-a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he's not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn't had one.

Film Details

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  • Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Bella Thorne, Dylan Minnette, Ed Oxenbould, Megan Mullally

  • Director: Miguel Arteta

  • Genre: Comedy, Family

  • Running Time: 81 min.

  • Rating: PG for rude humor including some reckless behavior and language


Critical Reception

  • Rottentomatoes: 63% (45 fresh, 26 rotten, score: 5.7/10).
  • Metacritic: 54 out of 100 (11 positive, 14 mixed, 2 negative).