Best of this; top 20 that; breakthrough the other. At some point in our ever-comprehensive year-end coverage, especially after a pretty great movie year like this one, we simply get sick and tired of scanning our thesauruses for synonyms for “awesome.” And when that happens, we like to aggregate a list of splat-rated films, bloated follies and our own personal loathe objects, and hate-watch the shit out of them in preparation for this feature, which serves as the Kylo Ren to our Best of 2017’s Jyn Erso, or maybe the poop emoji to the rest of our coverage’s thumbs-up smiley face.

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Well, we all had a good laugh at “Geostorm,” Gerard Butler‘s cornball enviro-thriller which opened last week, alongside another turd in “The Snowman,” with both films already prepared for multiple year end Worst lists. However, for the folks at Warner Bros., the film’s failure is a serious matter, especially considering the amount of money they threw at it to make it work.

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‘Tis the season of Halloween which means a lot of shabby horror and spooky movies tend to scare up money at the box office. It also means it’s time for Tyler Perry to do his critic-proof thing with “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.” Perry’s audience is a perennial staple and they turn up to any of his movies, Halloween related or not. In just over ten years, the Perry phenomenon, seventeen writer/director projects, have grossed $838 million domestically.

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The directorial debut of producer Dean Devlin (“Independence Day”) was always going to draw sneers from disaster-movie haters. Yet Devlin’s long-delayed, wannabe blockbuster “Geostorm” risks failing to live up to the presumably low expectations of fans of films like “2012” and “The Day After Tomorrow.”

“Geostorm” stars Gerard Butler as a scientist battling an environmental disaster caused by a malfunctioning satellite system.

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As an audience, we’ve gone from simple tornado movies like “Twister” to the world is dying movies like “2012” and “The Day After Tomorrow,” so what does “Geostorm” bring to the table that’s new and exciting? According to the new trailer, released today, a malfunctioning weather satellite. Yep, “Geostorm” is about a weather-controlling technology that goes crazy and, you guessed it, almost destroys the world.

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Originally slated to be released last fall, Warner Bros. didn’t like what they saw from the feature film directorial debut of Dean Devlin, the longtime producing partner of Roland Emmerich. In fact, the film underwent heavy reshoots, with $15 million being spent to seriously overhaul the movie, with some characters reportedly being scrapped. But the leading man stays the same, with Gerard Butler once again jumping into action.

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Over the weekend, it was revealed that we’re getting Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” nine months earlier than planned — the star’s return to the director’s chair with his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s period crime epic was originally set to open in October 2017, but things are coming together sooner than planned, even with Affleck currently shooting “Justice League,” and so the film will now open in January, with rumors of an awards-season qualifying run already flying.

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Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett & More Join 'Jungle Book: Origins' Plus More Casting News

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Casting: Ving Rhames Back For 'Mission: Impossible 5,' Paul Giamatti Joins N.W.A. Biopic And More

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Chloë Moretz Rides 'The 5th Wave,' 'Short Term 12' Star Keith Stanfield Joins MLK Drama 'Selma' & More

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