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'The Hangover Part III'

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:00 EST

Alan (Zach Galifianakis) accidentally decapitates a (digital) giraffe, giving his dad a heart attack. The Wolf Pack (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha) drive him to a rehab facility. On the way, they're carjacked by a mobster. And of course, Mr. Chow is around as well

'Fast and Furious 6'

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:00 EST

Dom (Vin Diesel) wants to return home to L.A. after stealing $100 million in Brazilian drug money. Federal agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), who had been after Dom and his gang of thieves, actually needs them to catch a British terrorist. The gang comes back for full exoneration

'Stories We Tell'

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:00 EST

Sarah Polley's remarkable 'Stories We Tell' transcends every cliche in this confessional/investigatory genre, and it's one of the year's highlights. The Canadian director, also known as a truth-seeking actress, begins by interviewing her sisters and brothers

'Epic'

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:26:00 EST

In the animated feature 'Epic', a girl (Amanda Seyfried) discovers an alternative and tiny universe in the forest where warriors (Colin Farrell and Josh Hutcherson) fly on the backs of hummingbirds. Quenn Tara (Beyonce) must pick a special flower to regenerate the forest

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Movie Review

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:00 EST

Life on Earth in the 23rd century is eerily familiar: a massively destructive act of terrorism sets into motion a tale that leads, early on, to an attack on Starfleet; a test of leadership for James T. Kirk; and the introduction of an also-familiar adversary in Khan

'The Great Gatsby'

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:55:00 EST

Employing 3-D, Baz Luhrmann goes all operatic spectacle in this adaptation, all glitz and glamour and poolside parties, without much attention paid to F. Scott Fitzgerald's deeply psychological look at facades and desires and pasts

'Peeples'

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:55:00 EST

In this comedy, Craig Robinson plays Wade, an entertainer for kids who somehow wound up with the stunning U.N. lawyer Grace (Kerry Washington). Wade decides to follow Grace to the Hamptons and surprise her and her folks with a proposal

'Something in the Air'

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:55:00 EST

Gliding through turbulent revolutionary times with an air of inquisitive detachment, and with a sheaf of his latest drawings, young Gilles, played by newcomer Clement Metayer in 'Something in the Air,' is the latest screen portrait of an artist as a young man

'Iron Man 3'

Fri, 3 May 2013 08:25:00 EST

A new global terrorist known as The Mandarin has oozed onto the scene, destroying Tony Stark's house, slaughtering innocent civilians, etc. Stark flees to rural Tennessee, where he befriends a bullied 8-year-old who becomes his tag-along and sometime savior

'Kon-Tiki'

Fri, 3 May 2013 08:25:00 EST

'Kon-Tiki' is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination -- and launched a thousand tiki bars

Grey Market Films

Fri, 3 May 2013 08:25:00 EST

It has taken the movie industry a long time to recognize the end of life as a potential market, possibly because the themes don't make a great movie pitch. But a number of recent films suggest that the industry has finally discovered the 'grey market'

'Pain and Gain' Movie Review

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:10:00 EST

Pain and Gain follows Danny Lugo (Mark Wahlberg), bodybuilder and gym manager. Lugo and his hapless colleagues (Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie) target a Colombian gym client for kidnapping and extortion. He's tortured, then crushed by a vehicle and left for dead

'The Big Wedding' Movie Review

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:10:00 EST

Don (Robert De Niro) is living with a caterer (Susan Sarandon), and was previously married to Ellie (Diane Keaton). Their adopted son, Alejandro, has two siblings. A big wedding ensues that brings about all sorts of slapstick interactions, pretending and the like

'Arthur Newman' Movie Review

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:10:00 EST

'Arthur Newman' is a road-tripping seriocomedy featuring Colin Firth as a depressive identity thief and former pro golfer, opposite Emily Blunt in the role of a suicidal kleptomaniac. Together they find love, while embarking on escapades

'Oblivion' Movie Review

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:29:00 EST

In this latest Tom Cruise film, Jack Harper is a Mr. Fix-It in the year 2077, living and working high above what's left of Earth after a devastating war with invading aliens. Most of the population has been relocated to a Saturn moon, except for the 'scavs' led by Morgan Freeman

'To the Wonder' Movie Review

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:29:00 EST

'To the Wonder' depicts an Oklahoma man, played by Ben Affleck; a Ukrainian woman living in Paris, played by Olga Kurylenko; another woman back in Oklahoma, Rachel McAdams; and a fourth character, a Catholic priest stricken by a crisis of faith and purpose, played by Javier Bardem

'42'

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:00 EST

This carefully tended portrait of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke baseball's color barrier, settles for too little. Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) endures long odds and racism to join the Dodgers. Harrison Ford is fun as the general manager who brought him up, Branch Rickey

'The Company You Keep'

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:00 EST

'The Company You Keep' is best enjoyed as an actors' showcase. Robert Redford is Jim Grant, a progressive public interest lawyer living in Albany, N.Y. He's a widower raising a preteen daughter on his own. Then a cub reporter (Shia LaBeouf) ferrets out the truth on this man

'The Place Beyond the Pines'

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:16:00 EST

Luke (Ryan Gosling) is a performer traveling with a two-bit carnival. He learns he has fathered a son with a local waitress. Luke turns to bank robbery while also trying to establish a relationship with his son. Then, the story switches to the police officer (Bradley Cooper)

'Evil Dead'

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:16:00 EST

Mia (Jane Levy) has quit drugs, and her withdrawal confuses her senses. Her friends have brought her to the cabin in the woods to cure her. But is she seeing visions of demonic possession, or is this simply the cold turkey playing tricks on her mind?

'Jurassic Park 3-D'

Fri, 5 Apr 2013 08:16:00 EST

This Spielberg classic is back, with its lunging raptors and roaring T. rexes now in 3-D. The result is great, since the film has always been so much more powerful on the big screen than on TV. It really is a fun movie, and the dinos were made for 3-D

'The Host'

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:17:00 EST

'The Host' is all about voices in your head. It imagines the planet we call home shortly after an invasion by creatures from another galaxy. They are called the Souls. The Souls have rid the joint of strife, hunger and wars

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:17:00 EST

The plot concerns the murder of the Pakistani president, stolen nukes, a frame-up job by COBRA disgracing the Joes. The Joes fight back. There's Channing Tatum as Duke, Dwayne Johnson as Roadblock, and even ole Bruce Willis as the original Joe

'Gimme the Loot'

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:17:00 EST

In Adam Leon's 'Gimme the Loot,' a loose, beguiling bit of larceny, a pair of teenage graffiti artistes from the Bronx -- Malcolm, played by Ty Hickson, and Sofia, played by Tashiana Washington -- spend an eventful summer weekend in side-winding pursuit of their dream

'Admission'

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

Portia (Tina Fey) is a Princeton University admissions officer that visits a new age high school, run by John (Paul Rudd). John has reason to believe that a promising applicant just might be the same boy that Portia gave up for adoption

'The Croods'

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

It's 'Ice Age' with humans and less ice. The Croods are a brood of cavepeople; there's Ugg (Nicolas Cage), Ugga (Catherine Keener), Eep (Emma Stone) and some others. Earthquaked out of their dwelling, the Crood brood embarks on a search for a new home

'Olympus Has Fallen'

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

Terrorists appear out of nowhere and take over the White House seizing the president (Aaron Eckhart). The only hope is former agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), the only man who knows how to get into the fortified presidential bunker where the hostages are

'Spring Breakers'

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

'Spring Breakers' is about four teenage girls -- three nasty, one nice. Determined to have a memorable vacation, the girls get some spending cash by fake-pistol-waving in a restaurant. But things steadily move into a more dangerous space

'On the Road'

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

Can an adaptation of an iconic novel yield a failure and a success in one? I think so. Salles' answer to Kerouac's material is faithful, which is neither a virtue or a vice. It's long on atmosphere, alert to the shifting dynamics of the characters

'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:50:00 EST

Las Vegas magicians Burt (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have a stale act. They can't stand each other. And there's a dangerous new kid (Jim Carrey) in town, who gives the public what it wants

'The Call'

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:50:00 EST

Jordan (Halle Berry) is a 911 operator. On a call in which she tries to coach a teenage girl away from a home invasion, Jordan slips up, fails, and the girl is murdered. Dedicated to redeem herself, Jordan gets another chance

'Beyond the Hills'

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:50:00 EST

Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu's remarkable 'Beyond the Hills' stands alone. It is a different sort of horror movie, focused on character and on the precarious emotional state of lovers whose affair has come to an abrupt close

'Oz: The Great and Powerful' Movie Review

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:10:00 EST

Oscar 'Oz' Diggs (James Franco) is a carny magician who departs 1905 Kansas via tornado and lands in Oz. He runs into witches, including Theodora, Evanora and Glinda, and has the company of a winged monkey. Oz must lead the revolution to restore order to the land

'No' Movie Review

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:10:00 EST

In 1988, owing to international pressure, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet authorized a vote on whether Pinochet deserved eight more years. The voters could vote 'yes' in favor of Pinochet or 'no' against him. Rene, in this version of events, becomes the spearhead of the 'no' campaign

Argo Wins Top Oscar Prize

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

Argo, a film about a daring escape from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis, took top honors at the Academy Awards, or Oscars. Argo was named best picture. An excited Ben Affleck thanked those involved in the film

Daniel Day-Lewis Wins 3rd Oscar for 'Lincoln'

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

As expected, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the nation's 16th president, in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, at the Academy Awards. It's the third lead actor Oscar for the British actor

Jennifer Lawrence Makes Up for Forgotten Thank You's during Oscars

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

Jennifer Lawrence looked bewildered, afloat and at a loss for words when she came up on stage to gather her Oscar award for Best Actress that she has forgotten to thank some important people who have undoubtedly done a lot for her career

Oscars 2013: Stars Shine at 85th Academy Awards

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins best picture, Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Adele and Ang Lee among other 2013 Oscar winners

2013 Oscars Winners List

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

Find out who took home a coveted Oscar statuette at the 85th Academy Awards

Anne Hathaway Apologizes for Last-Minute Dress Switch at Oscars

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 20:15:00 EST

Anne Hathaway, who most often wears Valentino couture, including her wedding to Adam Schulman last September, surprised the public when she emerged on the Oscars red carpet wearing a pale pink Prada gown

'21 and Over' Movie Review

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:45:00 EST

In yet another crude comedy, this is the story of Jeff Chang (Justin Chon), who goes out on the town for his 21st birthday. His gonzo friend Miller (Miles Teller) and the more responsible Casey (Skylar Austin) get him blind drunk

'Like Someone in Love' Movie Review

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:45:00 EST

'Like Someone in Love' is a straightforward affair. I liked the film the first time I saw it. But a second viewing made me appreciate what's there even more, and experience the film for what it is: a study in shifting personae

'Phantom' Movie Review

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 16:45:00 EST

In March 1968 a Soviet submarine imploded, and for mysterious reasons a modern screenwriter would find intrigue in on which to speculate. Capt. Dmitri Zubov (Ed Harris) does his best to hold off the alternately motivated KGB agents on board

'Snitch'

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Loosely based on true events, this movie follows a father (Dwayne Johnson) who goes undercover for the DEA to nab drug kingpins in an effort to free his harshly sentenced son (Rafi Gavron). Gritty and noirish, this flick actually works

'The Gatekeepers'

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

In 'The Gatekeepers,' filmmaker Dror Moreh has come up with a profoundly humane political documentary for a different, smarter, humane way forward in the Middle East. This may not be the movie Israel's right wing would've commissioned. For anyone else it's an eye-opener

Hollywood Prepares for Oscars Night

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Preparations for this Sunday's 85th Academy Awards are under way in Hollywood, from setting up the red carpet to accrediting journalists from around the world

'Amour' Favorite for Best Foreign Film Oscar

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Stars and directors of Oscar-nominated foreign films discuss their work, predicting a win for Michael Haneke's 'Amour' ahead of the 85th Academy Awards

The 2013 Academy Awards by the Numbers

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

As the 2013 Academy Awards approaches, nominees are narrowing down what to wear, which after-parties to attend, and who to thank in their acceptance speeches

With Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis Ponders 3rd Oscar

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

British-born actor Daniel Day-Lewis is a front-runner to win the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his portrayal of the 16th U.S. president in Steven Spielberg's movie 'Lincoln'

Nominated Movie Scores Feature Sophistication, Cultural Diversity

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Film composers may lack the celebrity of A-list actors and directors, but their work is crucial to a film's success. It's a fact recognized by the Academy Awards in its Best Original Score category. Here's a look at this year's contenders

Afghan Coming-of-Age Film is Oscar Contender

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

One of the 2013 Oscar nominees for Live-action Short Film is 'Buzkashi Boys' -- a coming-of-age story set in Afghanistan -- shows a side of life in Afghanistan seldom seen outside the country

'Life of Pi's Ang Lee Conquers Anti-Asian Bias

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Like many Asian-Americans in the film industry, Taiwanese-born film director Ang Lee struggled for acceptance early in his career. This year, the Oscar-winning Lee is again a nominee for an Academy Award for Best Director for his film Life of Pi

Most Entertaining Documentary May Win The Oscar

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Documentaries don't play in big theaters, nor do they compete at the box office. But through political and social exposes they can change hearts and minds the world over. Dick Kirby's Oscar-nominated documentary 'The Invisible War' is a prime example

Oscar-Nominated Film Traces Journey of Ailing African Youngsters

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

'Open Heart' is about eight children with rheumatic heart disease who travel from Rwanda to Sudan for life-saving surgery. The film is 2013 short documentary Academy Award nominee. Filmmaker Kief Davidson hopes it will spread awareness about a widespread health problem in Africa

Sci-Tech Oscars Honor Science of Movie-Making

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Special effects and other cinema technology are becoming more important in helping movie-makers tell their stories. Hollywood's motion picture academy has already honored the engineers and scientists behind the industry's changing technology

Palestinians Hope to Tell Their Story Through the Oscars

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

'5 Broken Cameras' is one of five candidates for the Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category this year. Palestinians hope this Oscar-nominated documentary depicting a non-violent struggle against Israel will succeed in telling their story

History of the Academy Awards and Oscars

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Here's a history of the Academy Awards and Oscars

Host Your Own Oscars Party

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Here's how to host your Oscars party

Oscars Party Recipes

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

Oscars party recipes worth trying

Our Favorite Food Movies

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:54:00 EST

We received a letter from a reader telling us how how much she loved the scene in 'Desk Set' where Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy make fried chicken and floating island! And since it's Oscar season, it inspired us to ask some of our contributors what their favorite food scenes in movies are

'Beautiful Creatures'

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:05:00 EST

Based on the young adult novel, this film follows high school senior Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich) who is plagued by a recurring Civil War-era nightmare. The girl in his dreams resembles the new girl in town, Lena (Alice Englert)

'A Good Day to Die Hard'

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:05:00 EST

John McClane (Bruce Willis) is back. Traveling to Moscow to retrieve his estranged son, McClane the elder discovers his son is really a CIA spook trying to keep a Russian dissident alive long enough to turn over a top-secret file

'Safe Haven'

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:05:00 EST

'Safe Haven' begins as a desperate young woman (Julianne Hough) flees the scene of a crime in Boston. Katie gets off the bus in Southport, NC, gets a job and a cabin, and starts sharing smoldering looks with town widower dad (Josh Duhamel)

'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III'

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:05:00 EST

As the title character, Charles Swan III (Charlie Sheen) Sheen is a playboy in 1970s Los Angeles, a superstar designer of album covers who's in the throes of a midlife breakdown after his girlfriend (Katheryn Winnick) walks out

'Side Effects'

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

This sly film from director Steven Soderbergh is a deftly plotted look at pharmacological states of mind. Emily (Rooney Mara) is a tense Manhattanite who's husband (Channing Tatum) gets out of prison after a stint for insider trading. They struggle to connect

'Identity Thief'

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

Denver businessman Sandy (Jason Bateman) discovers his identity has been stolen, his credit ruined. To fix things, he must track down the culpirt, who happens to be Diana (Melissa McCarthy), a Florida con woman. The two go on the road to make things right

'John Dies at the End'

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

This is a fantasy grab bag in which nearly anything can happen. At one point a freezer full of packaged meats disgorges its contents, which spring to life and assemble themselves into an encased-meat monster. A mustache transforms into a batlike creature

Nominees and Movie Fans Get Ready for Oscars

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

Hollywood is gearing up for the Academy Awards, or Oscars, the highlight of the year for the movie industry, and for movie fans around the world

Two Films, Directors Are Top Oscar Contenders

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 14:58:00 EST

Iconic filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee are competing for two of the most coveted Oscars this year: Best Director and Best Picture

'Warm Bodies'

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST

This goofy zombie comic-romance follows the undead fellow known as R (Nicholas Hoult), who's pretty nostalgic and 'just wants to connect.' One day while hunting zombies, human Julie (Teresa Palmer) gets saved from being eaten by R, and both of their heartstrings go zing

'Bullet to the Head'

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST

In this pretty cliche, grungy, uber-violent action flick, hit man Jimmy Bobo (Sylvester Stallone) partners up with a crusading police detective played by Sung Kang, and the two get swept up in something to do with police corruption, skeezy development deals and an incriminating flash drive

'Stand Up Guys'

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST

After a 28-year prison sentence, small-time hood Val (Al Pacino), and his nutty hair, is greeted at the gates by old friend Doc (Christopher Walken) and his nutty hair. Doc's been hired, under threat of execution, to kill his pal Val. But first, some fun

'56 Up'

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:30:00 EST

To see '56 Up' is to be reunited with an old friend. Make that 13 old friends, together again for a documentary project the likes of which the world has never seen. It all started in 1964, when Britain's Granada TV gathered 7-year-old schoolchildren from divergent economic backgrounds

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:30:00 EST

Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become witch hunters ever since their original goose cooking made them famous. Their hired to save the village of Augsburg from its witch blight and the Great Witch

Quartet

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:30:00 EST

Quartet comes from a minor play by Ronald Harwood, who adapted The Dresser for the screen from his own stage work and won an Oscar for The Pianist. It's set in an English country retirement home for aging musicians known as Beecham House

Broken City

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

Billy (Mark Wahlberg) is a disgraced former cop turned private eye who is hired by the mayor of New York (Russell Crowe) to tail his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones), whom he suspects of having an affair. Billy finds some evidence all right, but that's when the script goes a little nuts

Mama

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

The prologue tells us of a father fleeing scandal, grabbing his children and speeding into the mountains. They crash, wind up at a remote cabin, and then something happens to him. Five years later, searchers find the girls, now feral, nonverbal, like rats almost. Naturally, all is not as it seems

The Last Stand

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Ray Owens, the sheriff of a sleepy Arizona border town. Little does he know that Mexican gangster Gabriel Cortez has escaped federal custody and is speeding toward them to escape into Mexico. So it's up to Owens and his ragtag crew to block the border

LUV

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

In 'LUV' the rapper-turned-actor Common excels as Vincent, a former drug dealer recently out of prison, trying to go straight guided by his dream of opening a crab-shack restaurant on Baltimore's waterfront. The story follows this character as he hustles to acquire the money needed to secure a bank loan

Argo Wins Top Prize at Golden Globe Awards

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama Argo and the musical Les Miserables were the big winners at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, while Steven Spielberg's Lincoln won only one major award

'Lincoln' Leads Oscar Nominations

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:10:00 EST

Steven Spielberg's epic drama 'Lincoln' leads the nominees for the Academy Awards, Hollywood's top honors. Nominees were announced in Los Angeles and 'Lincoln' garnered 12 nominations, including for Best Picture

Gangster Squad

Fri, 11 January 2013 17:30:00 EST

O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and his team of rogue officers (Ryan Gosling, etc.) take on the notorious Mickey Cohen, played with relish by Sean Penn. A couple fine performances play off the iconic set design and help along the revenge killings

Amour

Fri, 11 January 2013 17:30:00 EST

'Amour' opens with firefighters breaking into the spacious, eerily silent Paris apartment belonging to two retired musicians, Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle Riva). There's no fire, no smoke, but then we discover Anne's body

Zero Dark Thirty

Fri, 4 January 2013 17:26:00 EST

Jessica Chastain plays Maya, a CIA operative in Pakistan, who ultimately is appropriately sidelined for the climactic raid on bin Laden's compound. The film remains impressively complicated and nonpartisan

Price Check

Fri, 4 January 2013 17:26:00 EST

The sharp workplace comedy 'Price Check' follows a supermarket chain's pricing-department exec whose life gets upended by a whirlwind new boss. Pete Cozy (Eric Mabius) would rather 9-to-5 it than climb the corporate ladder

Joe Morgenstern's Top Films of 2012

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:20:00 EST

From 'Argo' to 'Skyfall,' WSJ Movie Critic Joe Morgenstern discusses some of his top movie picks for 2012

Promised Land

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:20:00 EST

'Promised Land' starts with the notion that Matt Damon's character, Steve, has begun to doubt his corporate mission. Filmed in western Pennsylvania, director Gus Van Sant's film takes on the issue of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking

Les Miserables

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:14:00 EST

This film version of the popular French Revolution musical (based on the classic novel) is destined for Oscar nods. That being said, Les Miserables doesn't exactly work. It's just all right

Django Unchained

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 10:14:00 EST

Jamie Foxx plays Django, a freed slave who teams up with his bounty hunter savior (Christoph Waltz) to rescue Django's wife (Kerry Washington) from a venal plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio)

The Guilt Trip

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 EST

Barbra Streisand plays Joyce, the long-widowed mother of inventor Andy (Seth Rogen). Out of guilt, Andy asks Joyce to accompany him on a work trip. The secret mission is to hook up Joyce with a long-lost beau

Jack Reacher

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 EST

Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is off the grid as a cop, ex-military sniper and investigator. An accused killer, coming out of a coma, asks for Reacher to help clear his name. Rosamund Pike plays Helen, the defense attorney who's on the case

This is 40

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 EST

Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) reprise their roles from 'Knocked Up.' They've reached age 40; there are money problems; Pete's label is on the verge of insolvency; their sex life has cooled; Debbie becomes pregnant again

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 EST

'Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away' is a 3-D catalog of the wonders of the Cirque company's Las Vegas shows. It is a feast for the eyes and an appreciation of the accomplished art of the jugglers, tumblers, mimes, contortionists, acrobats and aerialists

The Impossible

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:28:00 EST

We experience the unthinkable in 'The Impossible' firsthand. The moment of impact; the horrid rush of water; the sudden devastation and endless loss; the separation of parents and children, not knowing who's alive and who's dead

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:33:00 EST

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), a homey hobbit ill-suited to dangerous adventures, gets mixed up in just such a quest. Bilbo and Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and 13 dwarves set out to reclaim the ravaged kingdom or Erebor

Hyde Park on Hudson

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:33:00 EST

The demurely prurient 'Hyde Park on Hudson' is an anecdotal account of FDR's pre-war sexual escapades one weekend in 1939 starring Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Laura Linney as his spinster fifth cousin, Daisy Suckley

Playing for Keeps

Fri, 7 Dec 2012 09:40:00 EST

This romantic comedy follows onetime Scottish soccer star George (Gerard Butler), who finds himself down and nearly out. He's moved to suburban Virginia to be close to his preteen son. George's ex (Jessica Biel) is engaged to be remarried

The Central Park Five

Fri, 7 Dec 2012 09:40:00 EST

"The Central Park Five" -- an unusually good documentary about an outlandish miscarriage of justice -- comes from, among others, Ken Burns

Killing Them Softly

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:30:00 EST

This stimulating black comedy is a good one. Brad Pitt stars as hitman Jackie Cogan in 2008, much of the dialogue in the film concerning the financial difficulties experienced by contract killers

Life of Pi

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:20:00 EST

Pi sets sail with his family on a freighter, accompanying a slew of zoo creatures. Terrible weather. The ship sinks. All die except for Pi, a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker

Red Dawn

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:20:00 EST

In the not-too-distant future, North Korea has invaded American soil. Our only hope is a gaggle of high school kids who form a guerilla army calling itself the Wolverines, after the local football mascot.

Rise of The Guardians

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:20:00 EST

Based on a children's book series, a team of Bunny, North (aka Santa), Tooth and the silent Sandman need the help of newcomer Jack Frost to defeat Pitch, who is threatening to rid the children of the belief in magical figures

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:45:00 EST

Newly vampired Bella (Kristen Stewart) is adjusting to her new powers, new life, new child, and the uneasy truce with the werewolves led by Jacob (Taylor Lautner). There's some Edward (Robert Pattinson) of course

Anna Karenina

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:45:00 EST

We watch the drama unfold between Anna (Keira Knightley), her pill of a husband (Jude Law) and her cavalry officer lover (Aaron Johnson). Its well-written script leaps between high comedy and piercing drama, and the film has its moments

Silver Linings Playbook

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:45:00 EST

David O. Russell's pungent romantic comedy 'Silver Linings Playbook' takes some risks en route to its own happy ending. And I say good for Russell for risking a protagonist who requires some patience and forgiveness

Lincoln

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:00:00 EST

Spielberg returns with this impressive biopic about our 16th president. Based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, the film focuses tightly on the final four months of Lincoln's life and his political maneuvering in support of the 13th Amendment's abolition of slavery

Skyfall

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:00:00 EST

James Bond is back for his 23rd installment, and this is more like it. Daniel Craig returns as 007, charged with rescuing the world from a computer savvy adversary, perhaps the most singular Bond villain in a decade, played by Javier Bardem

Flight

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 9:08:00 EST

Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) is a pilot who, after a night of drinking and cocaine, crash lands a routine flight, rescuing most of his passengers and crew. An instant hero, Whitaker knows that other people know what was in his system

Wreck-It Ralph

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 9:08:00 EST

Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is weary of his prescribed lot in life: he's not a bad guy, so why does he have to play a bad guy in everybody's favorite arcade game 'Fix-It Felix Jr.'? Ralph breaks out and goes on the run

The Details

Fri, 2 Nov 2012 9:08:00 EST

In 'The Details,' Dr. Jeff Lang (Tobey Maguire) is a not-that-happily married suburban Washington OB-GYN whose new lawn would be the great joy of his life, if only the raccoons would stop digging it up, looking for grubs

Cloud Atlas

Fri, 26 October 2012 10:30:00 EST

Cloud Atlas defies description. Six storylines spanning several centuries, from an 1849 Pacific Ocean voyage to the year 2321, provide the narrative webbing. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving and others play many roles apiece

Chasing Mavericks

Fri, 26 October 2012 10:30:00 EST

This film is about surfing the Mavericks, off the coast of northern California, and teenage Jay Moriarty who became famous there. Jay (Jonny Weston) gets the surfing bug from his nextdoor neighbor, Frosty (Gerard Butler)

The Sessions

Fri, 26 October 2012 10:30:00 EST

'The Sessions' is straightforward in its script construction. It's somewhat cautious in emotional terms. John Hawkes is wonderful as O'Brien, as is Helen Hunt as the surrogate whose sessions with O'Brien form the crux of the film

Fun Size

Fri, 26 October 2012 10:30:00 EST

This Halloween film concerns a Cleveland high school senior (Victoria Justice) who misplaces her preteen brother (Jackson Nicoll) on trick-or-treat night

Alex Cross

Thu, 19 October 2012 19:45:00 EST

A murderer, known as Picasso, is killing people and leaving Cubist-style drawings at the crime scene. He appears to have his sights set on a multi-national industrialist. But not if Alex Cross has anything to say about it

Tai Chi Zero

Thu, 19 October 2012 19:45:00 EST

The first clue that Stephen Fung's 'Tai Chi Zero' is not your usual kung-fu kickfest is when our hero -- Yang Lu Chan (Yuan Xiaochao) -- is introduced on a 19th century Chinese battlefield to the strains of heavy metal

Argo

Fri, 12 October 2012 09:40:00 EST

CIA operative Antonio Mendez (Ben Affleck) concocts a plan: fly into Iran, pose as a film crew scouting locations, fly out again with the six Americans playing the roles of crew members

Here Comes the Boom

Fri, 12 October 2012 09:40:00 EST

Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a biology teacher, a single man barely able to muster the gumption to ask out the school nurse (Salma Hayek). Their crumbling school needs $48,000 to save the longtime music teacher. Solution: Voss enters the mixed martial arts arena

Seven Psychopaths

Fri, 12 October 2012 09:40:00 EST

Colin Farrell plays Marty, a blocked screenwriter, who's already blown past his deadline for his screenplay of 'Seven Psychopaths.' His friend Billy and his accomplice Hans, make a living kidnapping dogs and returning them for reward money

Sinister

Fri, 12 October 2012 09:40:00 EST

Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke) is a true-crime author in desperate need of a hit, and he doesn't tell his wife and family that he's moved them into a house that was the scene of a mass murder

Frankenweenie

Fri, 5 October 2012 17:48:00 EST

Tim Burton is back with this black-and-white 3-D stop motion animation picture, a remake of a short live action movie he made in 1984 in which he remakes the Frankenstein myth with a dog

Taken 2

Fri, 5 October 2012 17:48:00 EST

Extending a work trip to vacation with his ex-wife and daughter, Liam Neeson's ex-CIA op, Brian Mills, is kidnapped and held captive in a hellhole by murderous Albanians

The Paperboy

Fri, 5 October 2012 17:48:00 EST

In director Lee Daniels' jacked-up bayou melodrama 'The Paperboy,' a screen full of charismatic actors do their damnedest not to turn into a screen full of overactors in the service of a lurid Florida Gothic

Looper

Fri, 28 September 2012 13:56:00 EST

In filmmaker Rian Johnson's imaginative sci-fi thriller, futuristic criminals are sent back in time to Kansas, and there, standing at the ready with a nasty rifle, is the 'looper,' the gun for hire

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Fri, 28 September 2012 13:56:00 EST

The film quickly drops us into Charlie's fraught first days, which only solidify his fears. From there, the film digs into the major theme, which is the messy business of figuring out who you are

Hotel Transylvania

Fri, 28 September 2012 13:56:00 EST

Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) operates a swanky resort for his fellow outcasts and monsters. His daughter Mavis is turning 16. Despite his best efforts, Dracula cannot keep his daughter from the wider world forever

Won't Back Down

Fri, 28 September 2012 13:56:00 EST

In this statement on the dismal state of public education, Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a single mother who takes more than a passing interest in her daughter's flailing education. Viola Davis plays a teacher at her school

Trouble With the Curve

Fri, 21 September 2012 11:56:00 EST

Clint Eastwood plays Gus, an aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout whose eyes are failing and whose contract is up. Amy Adams, who is getting better by the movie, plays Gus' workaholic lawyer daughter

The Master

Fri, 21 September 2012 11:56:00 EST

Freddie is an alcoholic WWII vet suffering from a nervous condition. Eventually, he finds himself in the company of fellow misfit, Lancaster Dodd, the founder of a Scientology-like religion

End of Watch

Fri, 21 September 2012 11:56:00 EST

Officers Taylor and Zavala are good friends and valiant protectors of the people. Episodically, the movie follows them as they crisscross paths with an encroaching drug cartel and its street soldiers

Dredd 3D

Fri, 21 September 2012 11:56:00 EST

In the futuristic, vermin-infested Mega City, Peach Tree is run by a gangland ruler, who controls the flow of the latest drug. Judge Dredd and his psychic protege square off against the bad people

Finding Nemo 3D

Fri, 14 September 2012 16:17:00 EST

This is not just another 3-D conversion; it's an encore of modern animation's gold standard. The conversion is all in the details, and this beautiful movie gets even better

Arbitrage

Fri, 14 September 2012 16:17:00 EST

It's an unseemly request by a movie, to ask us to root for the lying, scrambling but extremely well-coiffed hedge fund billionaire weasel played by Richard Gere in the new film 'Arbitrage'

The Words

Fri, 7 September 2012 12:05:00 EST

'The Words' tells the story of a struggling novelist (Bradley Cooper) married to a woman (Zoe Saldana) with whom he honeymoons in Paris. She buys him a satchel that just happens to have an unpublished manuscript inside

Bachelorette

Fri, 7 September 2012 12:05:00 EST

Four friends have reunited because one of them is getting married. There's Regan (Kirsten Dunst). There's dizzy, loose Katie (Isla Fisher), booze-fueled Gena (Lizzy Caplan) and, of course, Becky (Rebel Wilson), the bride

Lawless

Fri, 31 August 2012 13:56:00 EST

The Bondurant brothers run a hooch operation during Prohibition. While the youngest, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), leads and narrates, the reason to see the picture is the gruff leader, Forrest (Tom Hardy)

For a Good Time, Call ...

Fri, 31 August 2012 13:56:00 EST

In the raunchy but rather sweet new comedy 'For a Good Time, Call ...' frenemies-turned-roommates Lauren and Katie, residents of Manhattan, learn what they could've learned simply by watching Julianne Moore in 'Short Cuts'

The Possession

Fri, 31 August 2012 13:56:00 EST

Clyde (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is newly divorced, trying to keep up with his daughters. Unfortunately, he hits the wrong garage sale, and Emily buys an odd wooden box that just so happens to have a demon inside

Premium Rush

Fri, 24 August 2012 09:45:00 EST

Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets a 'premium rush' order to deliver an envelope to Chinatown. Inside is a marker for a considerable amount of money. A dirty cop with gambling debts (Michael Shannon) needs to intercept. The chase ensues

Hit and Run

Fri, 24 August 2012 09:45:00 EST

Charlie (Dax Shepard) is a reformed robbery getaway driver living in rural California with his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell). They hit the road to get Annie to LA for a job, but they're pursued by Annie's ex and Charlie's former cohorts

Cosmopolis

Fri, 24 August 2012 09:45:00 EST

Sleek and forbidding, David Cronenberg's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel 'Cosmopolis' presents the most whopping paradox in the cinema year 2012.

Paranorman

Fri, 17 August 2012 12:35:00 EST

In the Salem, Mass-styled town of Blithe Hollow, young Norman has the 'Sixth Sense' problem: he sees dead people. One of his ghosts, Mr. Prenderghast, is desperate to share a secret involving the town's witch curse

The Expendables 2

Fri, 17 August 2012 12:35:00 EST

In 'The Expendables 2,' Barney Ross (Stallone) and his team (which includes Statham, Couture, Lundgren, Li, etc.) take their soldier-for-hire thing to Nepal and environs to do battle with countless henchman

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Fri, 17 August 2012 12:35:00 EST

Jim and Cindy can't conceive or adopt. Then, a miracle. One night, they write down their ideal child, put the paper in a box and bury it in the backyard. Then, a freak rainstorm brings forth from the earth ... a boy

Sparkle

Fri, 17 August 2012 12:35:00 EST

Already known as Whitney Houston's swan song, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) is one third of a singing sister act who writes her own material and has to hide it from her formidable God-fearing mother (Whitney Houston)

The Campaign

Fri, 10 August 2012 09:43:00 EST

It's a congressional race in North Carolina. Will Ferrell plays Cam Brady, longtime incumbent, cross between John Edwards and Bill Clinton. Zach Galifianakis plays Marty Huggins the Republican son of a backroom dealmaker. Ridiculousness ensues

The Bourne Legacy

Fri, 10 August 2012 09:43:00 EST

Jeremy Renner reboots the Matt Damon franchise as Aaron Cross, another one of the highly trained government killers. The film pits Cross against his would-be assailants and sends him running alongside fellow target Marta (Rachel Weisz)

Hope Springs

Fri, 10 August 2012 09:43:00 EST

Their kids grown and gone, Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold Soames (Tommy Lee Jones) have been married 31 years. In an attempt to break them out of their rut, Kay takes them to a couples therapy workshop in a small coastal Maine town

Celeste and Jesse Forever

Fri, 10 August 2012 09:43:00 EST

'Celeste and Jesse Forever' opens with a montage of how Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) meet, date, marry and then split and ends with an unspoken question: Is this mismatched couple meant to stay together?

Total Recall

Fri, 3 August 2012 10:15:00 EST

Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) lives a decent life with his wife Lori (Kate Beckinsale). Restless, he visits a dream factory for a memory-implant vacation, which doesn't go well

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

Fri, 3 August 2012 10:15:00 EST

Greg (Zachary Gordon) is on summer vacation, and his dad has plans to school Greg in the wonders of camping. Greg's pal Rowley sneaks Greg into his country club to be around Holly

Killer Joe

Fri, 3 August 2012 10:15:00 EST

There's a reason Matthew McConaughey's character wears a black Stetson in 'Killer Joe,' a self-knowingly sleazy crime drama that's simultaneously repellent and enjoyable

The Watch

Fri, 27 July 2012 09:30:00 EST

Ben Stiller plays a Costco manager in small-town Ohio who forms a neighborhood watch to track down the killer of a security guard. Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill provide backup

Ruby Sparks

Fri, 27 July 2012 09:30:00 EST

Ten years after becoming a best-selling author at 19, Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) has writer's block. He obsesses over past slights and a romantic breakup.

Step Up Revolution

Fri, 27 July 2012 09:30:00 EST

This entertaining kids-gotta-dance musical taps into the dance 'flash mob' phenomenon. The story is an overfamiliar one, but the dance scenes are a brilliantly choreographed, well-shot and sharply edited treat

Bahrain, Shouting in the Dark

Fri, 27 July 2012 09:30:00 EST

A new documentary portrays the least famous and least successful of the Arab Spring revolts

Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

Fri, 20 July 2012 00:01:00 EST

Christopher Nolan's third installment in his Batman reboot trilogy is intense. Maybe too intense. The film will likely satisfy those who fell headlong into the first two

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Fri, 13 July 2012 08:30:00 EST

The woolly mammoth Manny gets separated from his family for a while. The saber-toothed tiger Diego finds a mate. Sid the sloth becomes caretaker of his abandoned grandmother

Take This Waltz

Fri, 13 July 2012 08:30:00 EST

Five years into their marriage, the freelance Toronto writers played by Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in 'Take This Waltz' have drifted, rudderless, into a harbor that is anything but safe

The Amazing Spider-Man

Fri, 6 July 2012 08:05:00 EST

Director Marc Webb reboots the classic comic book superhero, and Andrew Garfield (Peter Parker) makes it work. Garfield captures the nerve-wracking duality of the character, and makes us believe as if we're seeing this for the first time

Katy Perry: Part of Me

Fri, 6 July 2012 08:05:00 EST

This chipper, no-warts-and-all tour chronicle was shot last year when the pop star crisscrossed the world on her 'California Dreams Tour.' Perry is likeable in her camera-friendliness, and she works hard

Savages

Fri, 6 July 2012 08:05:00 EST

Chon (Taylor Kitsch), along with his bro-pal Ben (Aaron Johnson), starts a wildly successful marijuana endeavor. Business booms, and a Mexican cartel takes notice, which ultimately leads to kidnapping of the bros best girl

Magic Mike

Fri, 29 June 2012 13:30:00 EST

Director Steven Soderbergh's film, which is loosely based on producer/star Channing Tatum's own experience as a male stripper, is actually a nimble, enjoyable and well put-together workplace comedy

Ted

Fri, 29 June 2012 13:30:00 EST

John (Mark Wahlberg) grows up in Boston where he wishes upon a star for a friend. His teddy bear becomes a talking teddy bear, and the pair remain best pals and bong-devoted couch potatoes well into John's arrested-development adulthood

To Rome With Love

Fri, 29 June 2012 13:30:00 EST

Woody Allen's latest movie, 'To Rome With Love,' lacks the clean lines and payoffs of 'Midnight in Paris.' On the other hand, it's not painful the way 'Whatever Works' was, or a dullard in the 'Cassandra's Dream' vein

People Like Us

Fri, 29 June 2012 13:30:00 EST

Sam (Chris Pine) learns that the father he barely knew, an LA music producer, has died. Arriving at the wake, Sam learns that his father fathered another child, a girl, his half-sister, who is now grown and with her own son

Brave

Fri, 22 June 2012 07:45:00 EST

Pixar's latest is a gorgeous pre-medieval Scottish adventure. Young Merida is preparing for an arranged marriage to one of three suitors representing clans of the kingdom ruled by her father, King Fergus

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Fri, 22 June 2012 07:45:00 EST

This portrays Honest Abe as a rail-splitting, life-long enemy of the vampires who killed his mother. The story also turns the Civil War into a battle between humans and bloodsucking fiends

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World

Fri, 22 June 2012 07:45:00 EST

In this dramedy, Dodge (Steve Carell) keeps going through his insurance salesman paces. But the world around him goes crazy. Dodge decides to set out to find the high school sweetheart who got away

Dark Horse

Fri, 22 June 2012 07:45:00 EST

The Hummer-driving schlub at the center of 'Dark Horse' has hit his mid-30s without realizing just how many unfortunate personality traits fight every second for dominance of his everyday life

Rock of Ages

Fri, 15 June 2012 10:55:00 EST

The year is 1987; the place is LA's Bourbon Room, whose debaucheries have drawn the ire of the clean-it-up! mayor's wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones). All is riding on soul-spent rocker Stacie Jaxx (Tom Cruise)

Safety Not Guaranteed

Fri, 15 June 2012 10:55:00 EST

The fetching new comedy 'Safety Not Guaranteed' is based on a classified ad that ran in Backwoods Home magazine in the 1990s and then, years later, thanks to the Internet, acquired a viral life for itself

That's My Boy

Fri, 15 June 2012 10:55:00 EST

Donny (Adam Sandler) is a washed-up punk who, at age 13, fathered a child (Andy Samberg). Donny comes crashing back into his son Todd's life just as he's about to marry the wrong woman

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Fri, 8 June 2012 10:25:00 EST

This third installment is one of the fanciest, most carefully assembled cartoons ever put on screen. The gang is still stranded and yearning to get back where they belong

Prometheus

Fri, 8 June 2012 10:25:00 EST

Ridley Scott returns to the big screen in this long-awaited, sort-of 'Alien' prequel, and the result is a little bit of everything. The film works as elegant and stately sci-fi

Peace, Love and Misunderstanding

Fri, 8 June 2012 10:25:00 EST

Casting Jane Fonda as a tie-dyed hippie, smoking her weed while listening to her vinyl up in Woodstock, N.Y., lends 'Peace, Love and Misunderstanding' an air of nostalgic authenticity

Snow White and the Huntsman

Fri, 1 June 2012 10:11:00 EST

Aligning closely with the Brothers Grimm version, this film follows Snow White (Kristen Stewart) as she escapes her evil stepmother queen, Ravenna (Charlize Theron)

Moonrise Kingdom

Fri, 1 June 2012 10:11:00 EST

Wes Anderson's latest -- the sweetly yearning 'Moonrise Kingdom' -- is a fable about what it feels like to be 12 years old and afflicted by a romantic crush the size of a planet

Men in Black 3

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:15:00 EST

Turns out, an alien serial killer Boris the Animal has traveled back in time to save an arm and avoid lunar prison. So Agent J (Will Smith) goes back in time to save the day

The Dictator

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00:00 EST

The new Sacha Baron Cohen offender 'The Dictator' wages war with itself, crude nonsense up against crude nonsense that's really funny. This one's plottier than 'Borat' or 'Bruno'

What to Expect When You're Expecting

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00:00 EST

The ensemble cast of assorted couples cope with pregnancies planned and unplanned, adoption, and the epic change coming to their lives in "What to Expect When You're Expecting"

Battleship

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00:00 EST

Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard play Navy men trying to stop the alien invasion, and Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson are also along for the ride

Why Sad Movies Make You Happy

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:00:00 EST

Do sad movies always make you cry? That's great. Get ready to feel good afterward

Dark Shadows

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:00 EST

Long-buried vampire Barnabas awakens from his 200-year hiatus to find himself in 1972. The vamp comically grapples with the new age, reading hardback editions of 'Love Story,' devouring hippies while wondering who these freaks are, exactly

Sound of My Voice

Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:00 EST

As the skillfully told, small-scale drama 'Sound of My Voice' unfolds, a young couple join a mysterious, smock-wearing cult of budding survivalists operating secretly and seemingly benignly

The Avengers

Fri, 4 May 2012 11:42:00 EST

Here it is. The great conjunction. The culmination of it all. The players: Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye and Black Widow. Their nemesis: Thor's evil brother, the god Loki, hellbent on conquering Earth

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Fri, 4 May 2012 11:42:00 EST

A comedy-drama saved by the casting bell, 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' arranges for a tiptop collection of British character women and men to bring out the best in a pleasantly predictable story

The Five-Year Engagement

Fri, 27 April 2012 00:05:00 EST

Believe it or not, but this is actually a quality, enjoyable rom-com, starring Jason Segal and the fabulous Emily Blunt

The Pirates! Band Of Misfits

Fri, 27 April 2012 00:05:00 EST

From the folks behind 'Wallace and Gromit' comes this enjoyable pirate tale, an interesting and funny mix of stop-motion and digital animation

The Raven

Fri, 27 April 2012 00:05:00 EST

Someone in 1849 Baltimore is on a murder spree, riffing on methods of torture and execution depicted in the stories of melancholic, alcoholic Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack)

Safe

Fri, 27 April 2012 00:05:00 EST

Mei (Catherine Chan) has information, a string of memorized numbers, that the Chinese and Russian mafias have to have

Darling Companion

Fri, 27 April 2012 00:05:00 EST

Maybe it's a case of emotions getting the better of filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan. 'Darling Companion' is close to his heart, inspired by Mac, the dog he and wife Meg rescued from a shelter

Think Like a Man

Fri, 20 April 2012 16:37:00 EST

"Think Like a Man" stays relaxed yet lively and is actually pretty funny. Though it leans pretty heavily on gender war generalizations, the movie and its charming characters draw us in and keep us laughing

The Lucky One

Fri, 20 April 2012 16:37:00 EST

Logan (Zac Efron) is a Marine vet who's rattled, isolated and ripe for the right woman to come along. In a night raid in Iraq, Logan finds a photo of a smiling woman in the rubble. Upon returning home, he sets out to find her (Taylor Schilling)

Chimpanzee

Fri, 20 April 2012 16:37:00 EST

Chimpanzee is a documentary that follows a baby chimp named Oscar as he struggles to learn the ways of his tribe and to survive in the dense rain forests of Africa's Ivory Coast

Bully

Fri, 13 April 2012 09:44:00 EST

There are a hundred reasons 'Bully' is a good film instead of a great one, but Lee Hirsch's blood-boiling documentary will very likely end up doing more than its share of good in this world

The Three Stooges

Fri, 13 April 2012 09:44:00 EST

The Farrelly brothers' long-time-coming 'Stooges' movie comes across as sincerely affectionate and a tad eerie

The Cabin in the Woods

Fri, 13 April 2012 09:44:00 EST

Five college friends pile into a camper for a frolicsome vacation. Early on, we're shown that they're being watched very closely

Lockout

Fri, 13 April 2012 09:44:00 EST

In 2079, Snow (Guy Pearce), an ex-CIA operative, gets strong-armed into a trip to a space station prison that's been taken over by its psychotic inmates. Oh, and the president's daughter (Maggie Grace) needs rescuing

American Reunion

Sat, 7 April 2012 14:10:00 EST

The original cast returns for yet another installment in the 'American Pie' series. A high-school reunion brings together Jim and his band-camp wife, Stifler, sportscaster Oz and that other guy

Titanic 3D

Sat, 7 April 2012 14:10:00 EST

The ship so nice they sank it twice, only this time, with a 3-D up-charge. James Cameron's 1997 film returns for the 100th anniversary of the doomed vessel's voyage

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Sat, 7 April 2012 14:10:00 EST

There are so many drooly food shows on TV these days, it takes an exceptional subject to arrest our senses and hold our attention. Now 86, Jiro Ono -- the world's premier sushi chef -- is that subject

Mirror Mirror (Sheri Linden)

Fri, 30 March 2012 08:45:00 EST

This mashup retelling of the Snow White fairy tale, brought to us by inventive director Tarsem Singh, occupies the divide between Disney and Grimm, zinging along on the comic timing of its cast

Wrath of The Titans (Mark Olsen)

Fri, 30 March 2012 08:45:00 EST

Perseus (Sam Worthington) is now a widower and single father, having given up soldiering until a multiheaded creature invades his village and he must reveal the powers he possesses as half man, half god

The Salt of Life (Kenneth Turan)

Fri, 30 March 2012 08:45:00 EST

That a film as delicate, personal and small-scale as 'The Salt of Life,' directed and co-written by Italy's Gianni Di Gregorio, exists at all is a function of fate and chance

The Hunger Games (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 March 2012 20:23:00 EST

This long-awaited adaptation of Suzanne Collins' cult-classic YA novel series doesn't disappoint. Jennifer Lawrence carries the film but is far from the only good part

The Kid With a Bike (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 March 2012 20:23:00 EST

The Dardennes' latest is one of their best. 'The Kid With a Bike' is a memorable cinematic portrait of troubled youth and soul-saving charity

21 Jump Street (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 16 March 2012 07:18:00 EST

Odd couple cops, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum), go undercover as high school students to bring down a drug ring. But high school's changed since the duo's teenage days, and they struggle to relate to the modern cliques

Jeff, Who Lives at Home (Roger Moore)

Fri, 16 March 2012 07:18:00 EST

'Jeff, Who Lives at Home' could be just another quirky, abrasive and unconventional relationship comedy from the Duplass Brothers. But it is much, much more

John Carter (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 9 March 2012 09:50:00 EST

The film follows Civil War veteran John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who gets transported somehow to the planet Barsoom. He's thrust in the middle of another civil war, naturally falling for a Heliumite princess (Lynn Collins)

Silent House (Roger Moore)

Fri, 9 March 2012 09:50:00 EST

Elizabeth Olsen (Sarah) plays the 'girl in jeopardy' in this thriller, set in a family's creaky old lake house that they're about to sell. A girl, suddenly alone in a boarded-up house in the middle of nowhere

Friends With Kids (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 9 March 2012 09:50:00 EST

When an idiosyncratic talent seeks a wider audience for her work, there's a danger in trading the offbeat for something more on-the-nose. This is what has happened in 'Friends With Kids,' a smooth but frustrating third feature with an extremely good ensemble cast

The Lorax (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 2 March 2012 16:45:00 EST

This new animated feature does a few smaller things right but the bigger things not quite. With some cooked-up elements like a corporate villain and a pair of nominally sympathetic young humans, enough is different here to be offputting

Project X (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 2 March 2012 16:45:00 EST

In this 'Hangover' for high schoolers, Thomas (Thomas Mann) and Costa (Oliver Cooper) plan a parents-out-of-town birthday party. Costa is hellbent on turning this fete into an epic party that will be the 'game changer' for their social status

Undefeated (Kenneth Turan)

Fri, 2 March 2012 16:45:00 EST

'Undefeated' presents itself as a look at a single season in the life of a striving high school football team in impoverished North Memphis, Tenn., but really it's about so much more

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Bill Wine)

Fri, 24 February 2012 14:01:00 EST

Nicolas Cage returns in this superhero-thriller followup to Ghost Rider that's based on the Marvel Comic of the same name

Wanderlust (Roger Moore)

Fri, 24 February 2012 14:01:00 EST

George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) lose their shirts when George's company is shut down by the Feds. They head south to stay with George's brother Rick. Along the way, they stumble across a hippie commune

Act of Valor (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 24 February 2012 14:01:00 EST

This film, which started as a Navy recruiting video and stars several actual SEALs, depicts a team sent into Costa Rica to extract a captured comrade. There's a drug lord, Muslim terrorist, all kinds of modern weaponry, and true-to-life teamwork

This Means War (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 17 February 2012 12:04:00 EST

CIA operatives played by Chris Pine and Tom Hardy fall for the same woman, a consumer products tester played by Reese Witherspoon. At first the boys agree to let the best agent win

This Means War (Bill Wine)

Fri, 17 February 2012 12:04:00 EST

This Means War was directed by McG. What does that mean? It means that those of us watching this romantic-triangle romp featuring Reese Witherspoon at the vertex are at the mercy of a pretentious, uni-monickered director with a sledgehammer style and absolutely no sense of humor

The Secret World Of Arrietty (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 17 February 2012 12:04:00 EST

This latest film from Japan's Studio Ghibli brings the classic Mary Norton novel 'The Borrowers' into animation. Arrietty, 14 and ready to bloom, lives under the floorboards of a house with her equally miniature father and mother

The Secret World Of Arrietty (Bill Wine)

Fri, 17 February 2012 12:04:00 EST

The Clock family are miniature people -- 4 inches tall -- who live surreptitiously beneath the floorboards in a regular-sized human family's residence. Arrietty is a headstrong 14-year-old who lives with her parents under a suburban home undetected by anyone in the mansion overhead

In Darkness (Kenneth Turan)

Fri, 17 February 2012 12:04:00 EST

'In Darkness' is a pitiless glimpse into the inferno, into hell not only on earth but below it. Based on a true story, it visits the sewers of the Polish city of Lvov during World War II, a place where a group of Jews lived for more than a year

Safe House (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Denzel Washington plays Tobin Frost, a spy in from the cold, who is brought to a CIA safe house in Capetown, South Africa, to be interrogated for the super-secret intel he has

Safe House (Bill Wine)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Denzel Washington stars as the CIA's most dangerous traitor. He's a renegade operative and suspected double agent who has been on the run for more than a decade

The Vow (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Paige (Rachel McAdams) is sent flying through a car windshield. She survives but a traumatic brain injury leaves her with no memory of meeting or marrying her husband Leo (Channing Tatum)

The Vow (Bill Wine)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

This sweet-natured strumming of the heartstrings has an interesting premise: an amnesiac cannot remember her husband. It's a romantic melodrama that tries to make us fall in love

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Bill Wine)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Here's a sequel that's pretty much the equal of its predecessor. It's an escapist action-adventure thriller for kids, a followup to Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Josh Hutcherson returns as Sean, now 17, and yet to warm up to his stepfather (Dwayne Johnson). Along comes a cryptogram containing news that Jules Verne's mysterious island was no imaginative figment

W.E. (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 10 February 2012 10:00:00 EST

Madonna's second feature as director, 'W.E.,' turns 'The King's Speech' on its side, focusing on the much-maligned Baltimore socialite Wallis Simpson. This was the woman who conquered the heart of King Edward VIII

The Woman in Black (Bill Wine)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young lawyer at the turn of the last century. He travels to an isolated coastal village to settle the legal affairs of a reclusive widow

The Woman in Black (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) is sent north to settle the affairs of its recently deceased owner. Years ealier, Alice Drablow lost her little boy in the nearby marsh. His cries can still be heard. Kipps comes to learn the truth of the creepy village

Big Miracle (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

Three whales get trapped under the ice off the coast of Alaska. A slew of competing interests flock to the scene. Drew Barrymore plays a Greenpeace organizer, whose ex-boyfriend (John Krasinski) is a news reporter covering the story

Big Miracle (Bill Wine)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

John Krasinski plays a TV news reporter from Anchorage when he discovers a trio of whales blocked from migrating south to Mexico: they're trapped under an immense slab of ice

Chronicle (Roger Moore)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

Teenagers acquire super powers on videotape in this new sci-fi romp. Nerdy Andrew (Dane DeHaan) will bully his bullies and try to save his dying mom. Cerebral Matt (Alex Russell) will test out 'free will.' And popular Steve (Michael B. Jordan) will enhance his popularity

Coriolanus (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 3 February 2012 11:10:00 EST

Ralph Fiennes has conjured a very fine film of 'Coriolanus,' in which the actor makes his feature directorial debut. It's worth seeing simply for Vanessa Redgrave's Volumnia, the Roman soldier's fearsome mother

The Grey (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

Liam Neeson stars as a heartbroken loner named John Ottway, on the verge of suicide as his plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness. Ottway and his fellow refinery workers must brave horrible conditions and a hungry pack of oversized wolves on their trail

The Grey (Bill Wine)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

Throwing its characters to the wolves -- literally -- to see how they fare is a central component of The Grey's anatomy. Liam Neeson stars as loner John Ottway

Man on a Ledge (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

Sam Worthington plays an ex-cop and a convicted thief on the lam, and he's threatening suicide. With Elizabeth Banks, Anthony Mackie and Ed Harris, the supporting cast does well here

Man on a Ledge (Bill Wine)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

This suspense thriller about a guy who threatens to jump to his death from the top of a high-rise building stars Sam Worthington as an ex-cop and ex-con who was convicted of theft but who has just escaped from prison

Albert Nobbs (Sheri Linden)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

Albert Nobbs, he is actually a she. For reasons we learn gradually, emotional and economic burdens have led this woman (Glenn Close) to initiate a decadeslong masquerade and then to lose herself beneath her own facade

Albert Nobbs (Bill Wine)

Fri, 27 January 2012 11:24:00 EST

Glenn Close plays Albert Nobbs, a woman passing as a man in 19th-century Ireland so that she can make a decent living. She stays out of trouble until Albert makes the acquaintance of Hubert Page (Janet McTeer)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

Oskar (Thomas Horn) lost his father (Tom Hanks) in the 9/11 attacks. He finds a key labled 'Black' among his father's things, which sends him out to contact every person in NYC named Black

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Bill Wine)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

It's not extremely loud, but it is incredibly close. To our hearts and minds. This is a poignant, stimulating drama about the tragic effects and aftermath of the attacks on 9/11

Haywire (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

In Steven Soderbergh's globe-trotting revenge thriller, martial arts star Gina Carano delivers some serious beatdowns. Special operative Mallory Kane (Carano) is being set up for a double cross and suspects as much

Haywire (Bill Wine)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

Steven Soderbergh has gone Haywire. For his dip in the action-genre pool, he offers a series of life-threatening predicaments that his protagonist must fight her way out of

Red Tails (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

In 1944 Italy, African-American pilots finally get their shot to prove their worth in the air. The filmmaking comes across as more in love with its digital effects than the characters

Red Tails (Bill Wine)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

It's a historical drama about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first group of African-American fighter pilots in the United States' armed forces

The Flowers of War (Sheri Linden)

Fri, 20 January 2012 10:15:00 EST

Based on Geling Yan's novel '13 Flowers of Nanjing,' the story gathers an improbable collection of people in the nominal refuge of a Catholic cathedral as the Chinese capital falls to Japan's Imperial Army

The Iron Lady (Bill Wine)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

Meryl Streep portrays former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in the biographical drama about not only the only woman to hold the post, but the person who held it the longest

The Iron Lady (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

Some movies arrive pre-stamped with a consensus opinion. With 'The Iron Lady,' the consensus so far is this: Meryl Streep excels as Margaret Thatcher. And the movie itself does not work.

Beauty and The Beast 3D (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

With amazing cel animation, impressive vocal performances, and unforgettable characters, this movie reminds us of what animation was capable of before the rise of computers and Pixar

The Devil Inside (Bill Wine)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

The Devil Inside is a spooky thriller about a woman who becomes involved with a series of exorcisms as part of her investigation into just what happened to her mother, who murdered three people while possessed

Contraband (Bill Wine)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

Set in New Orleans, Contraband centers on the predicament of one Chris Farrady (Mark Wahlberg), a legendary smuggler, who is trying desperately to leave the dangerous, high-stakes world of international smuggling behind in the name of protecting his family

Contraband (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

Mark Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday, an ex-smuggler who gets sucked back in. A nasty drug lord is owed money by Farraday's brother-in-law. Now Farraday has to get beaucoup counterfeit bills from Panama to New Orleans in a jiffy

Carnage (Bill Wine)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

This dialogue-driven dark comedy of manners is based on Yasmina Reza's play, God of Carnage, about two sets of parents who meet to discuss the playground altercation that their tween sons have recently gotten into

Joyful Noise (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 13 January 2012 11:25:00 EST

This serviceable musical contraption takes place in a hard-hit Georgia town, where the multiracial members of the Divinity Church Choir take their act to the competition stage

A Dangerous Method (Bill Wine)

Fri, 6 January 2012 09:55:00 EST

The period drama concerns the turbulent and shifting relationships among psychiatrists Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and his mentor, Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen).

In the Land of Blood and Honey (Bill Wine)

Fri, 6 January 2012 09:55:00 EST

This grim, bittersweet love story in the midst of a tragic and savage war stars Goran Kostic as Christian Serb Danijel, a Yugoslav policeman who meets Ajla, a delicate Muslim artist played by Zana Marjanovic

In the Land of Blood and Honey (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 6 January 2012 09:55:00 EST

In '90s Sarajevo, a Bosnian Muslim painter, played by Zana Marjanovic, dances at a nightclub with a Bosnian Serb police officer, played by Goran Kostic. Then a bomb explodes

Pariah (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 6 January 2012 09:55:00 EST

Remember the name Adepero Oduye. The luminous actress makes this new, coming-of-age drama exceptional. Oduye plays Alike, a young woman slowly coming out as a lesbian at various speeds

Bill Wine's Top Ten Movies of 2011

Fri, 30 December 2011 12:45:00 EST

Here is -- with votes offered and tallied by the firm of Me, Myself, and I -- the list of one grateful moviegoer's choices for the Top Ten Moviegoing Experiences of 2011

War Horse (Bill Wine)

Fri, 30 December 2011 12:45:00 EST

It's the story of a horse. And his boy. And their war. This old-fashioned epic melodrama is set against the sweeping canvas of rural England and the nightmarish battlefields in France during the First World War

War Horse (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 30 December 2011 12:45:00 EST

It's 1914, and Joey, a farm horse, is sold to the army and thrust into World War I. But will he ever find Albert (Jeremy Irvine), the farmer's son he's forced to leave behind?

The Adventures of Tintin (Bill Wine)

Fri, 30 December 2011 12:45:00 EST

The Belgian reporter, popular and well known in Europe ever since Brussels cartoonist Herge created him in 1929, arrives on our shores and screens compliments of Steven Spielberg, a longtime Tintin fan

The Artist (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

Silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) struggles to stay relevant at the end of the silent era. He meets would-be starlet Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), who dreams of success, and as her stock rises at the studio, Valentin's plummets.

The Artist (Bill Wine)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

I bet you'll enjoy 'The Artist' immensely as it reminds you of why we have long since fallen for the movies. That's because it's a masterpiece of charm, energy, humor, nostalgia, and craft

The Adventures of Tintin (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

Tintin, and his dog Snowy, come into possession of a model sailing ship, the Unicorn, which contains a clue to the whereabouts of a vast treasure. Our boy-man hero then becomes the pawn in an age-old duel

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and his unlikely colleague, the heavily pierced Lisbeth (Rooney Mara), go about nailing a killer of women. All roads lead to a rich family led by Henrik Vanger, whose relatives have a lot to hide

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Bill Wine)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

When Rooney Mara was cast in the coveted role in the high-profile American remake, it seemed like a downgrade. Well, not so fast. Mara is quite riveting co-starring opposite Daniel Craig in this tense thriller

We Bought a Zoo (Michael Phillips)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) is a widower with two children who quits his job and, searching for a fresh start for his preteen daughter along with his grieving son, finds exactly what he wasn't looking for: a zoo on the skids. Scarlett Johansson plays the head zookeeper

We Bought a Zoo (Bill Wine)

Thu, 22 December 2011 22:00:00 EST

Matt Damon stars as a widower who quits his job at the Los Angeles Times and starts house hunting. He uses his inheritance to move to the Southern California countryside and buy a house that comes with a dilapidated zoo sitting on its 18 acres

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

George Smiley (Gary Oldman) is a retired British Secret Intelligence agent that's un-retired by a man named 'Control' (John Hurt), who is aware of the presence of a mole among his ranks. The supporting spies include Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy and company, remarkable character actors all

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Bill Wine)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the fourth installment in a generally successful franchise that has had its ups and downs. After a mission: impossible to follow, a mission: impossible to swallow, and a mission: impossible to dislike, this fourth installment registers as a mission: impossible to resist

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

Ghost Protocol -- the latest in the 'M:I' franchise -- begins with a Moscow prison break, proceeds to a terrorist bombing of the Kremlin, skedaddles off to Dubai and the world's tallest building, and then heads to Mumbai, chasing nuclear madmen.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (Bill Wine)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return as legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and sidekick Dr. Watson. This one picks up shortly after the first one left off. But this time the narrative does not include the supernatural, instead focusing on the death -- and apparently the murder -- of the Crown Prince of Austria

Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

If you enjoyed the first Guy Ritchie retelling of 'Sherlock,' then you'll likely leave the sequel feeling satiated. If you hated the first one, you'll probably find so little pleasure in this that, sometime around the seventh gamer-style action sequence, you may ponder: Is this doing permanent damage to the medium

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Roger Moore)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

The chipmunks' third digitally animated turn on the big screen parks the guys and their human family on a deserted island. The return of Jason Lee as Dave, the rodent wrangler who keeps our pop-singing ground squirrels in line, gives the picture a hint of the heart that made the original film work

Young Adult (Bill Wine)

Fri, 16 December 2011 14:39:00 EST

Charlize Theron stars as Mavis Gary, a lonely, hard-drinking, divorced ghostwriter. She gets an e-mailed birth announcement informing her that her high school sweetheart and his wife have just had their first baby. So she decides to return to her hometown in hopes of destroying their marriage and winning him back

Holiday Movies Preview 2011

Fri, 2 December 2011 18:18:00 EST

With the 2011 calendar winding down and the Oscar races heating up, what are the end-of-the-year-and-in-some-cases-immediately-thereafter flicks that we'll be flocking to during the holiday season and beyond? Here's this year's lineup of end-of-the-year hopeful blockbusters, best-selling-book adaptations, built-in-audience sequels, and get-out-the-vote Oscar contenders that flaunt their pedigrees as we wait for them to open

Shame (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 2 December 2011 18:18:00 EST

In the British Steve McQueen's second feature, Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a sex-addicted Manhattanite, soulless and empty in his life devoid of meaningful emotional relationships. Into his apartment and psyche comes his sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), a bundle of nerve endings, past trauma and a sad, sad torch singer

The Other F Word (Bill Wine)

Fri, 2 December 2011 18:18:00 EST

The F Word under the microscope here is Fatherhood. This documentary takes a look at the phenomonon of male punk rockers who have brought children into the world and been transformed by the experience. Overnight, it seems, they've gone from mocking and rebelling against mainstream family values to embracing and embodying them

Arthur Christmas (Bill Wine)

Fri, 2 December 2011 18:18:00 EST

So how does Santa deliver all those presents in just one night? The abiding yuletide question gets a jolly, whimsical, memorable answer in this new animated attraction. Cheery and cheeky in about equal measure, Arthur Christmas is a computer-animated holiday tale about the legacy of father Christmas

The Muppets (Michael Phillips)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

In this frisky reboot, Gary (Jason Segel), his Muppet brother, Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), and Gary's girl, Mary (Amy Adams), journey to Los Angeles to tour the forgotten Muppet Studios facility. While there, they learn of the evil millionaire (Chris Cooper) and his plan to raze the studio for the oil underneath

The Muppets (Bill Wine)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

Kermit may be green with envy, Fozzie may find it hard to bear, and Miss Piggy may still be waiting for the oink to dry on her contract, but the missing Muppets haven't missed a beat. Those little assisted-acting thespians are back. Yep, they're a throwback: puppets on the big screen whose line readings are, well, deeply felt

Arthur Christmas (Michael Phillips)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

The latest Santa (voiced by Jim Broadbent) nears retirement and is due to hand over the reins to one of his sons, possibly Steve (Hugh Laurie). But the younger son, Arthur (James McAvoy), and his Grandsanta (Bill Nighy) rush out to save the day by delivering a bicycle to the lone forgotten little girl

Hugo (Michael Phillips)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

Martin Scorsese's rich venture into 3-D follows Hugo (Asa Butterfield), an orphan who lives in the walls of a Paris railway station in the early 1930s. With a knack for clockwork and a longing for family, Hugo spends his days evading the station inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) and engaging with the pioneering filmmaker Georges Melies (Ben Kingsley) and his goddaughter

Hugo (Bill Wine)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

A young orphan named Hugo Cabret, played by Asa Butterfield, lives in the walls of a train station in Paris in 1931, stealing food and scurrying around throughout the station, trying to survive by staying one step ahead of the relentless station inspector played by Sacha Baron Cohen, in early-silent-comedy mode. And Hugo is aided by the inspector's distracting crush on a florist played by Emily Mortimer

My Week with Marilyn (Michael Phillips)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

Based on the true story, this film follows the icon Monroe (Michelle Williams) on location for a little-known movie that she made with director and star Laurence Olivier (Kennth Branagh) in England. An aspiring filmmaker and Olivier assistant, Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) becomes Monroe's guide, confidant, sounding board and almost-lover

My Week with Marilyn (Bill Wine)

Wed, 23 November 2011 18:18:00 EST

Michelle Williams plays superstar and sex-goddess icon Monroe on the summer-of-1956 London set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the light comedy in which she co-starred with her director, superstar and Shakespearean acting icon Laurence Olivier, played by Kenneth Branagh

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (Bill Wine)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 is the first half of the final book in the series of supernatural horror-romance novels for Young Adults by Stephenie Meyer. It finds human Bella and vampire Edward -- played, as if you didn't know, by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson -- on their mixed-marriage honeymoon in Brazil

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>For three films now, the narrative has focused on the smoldering, we-can't-we-shouldn't sweet nothings between Bella and Edward, with a side order of Jacob. After consummating their marriage, finally, Bella becomes pregnant with Edward's demon seed. The controversial pregnancy foments another round of species warfare between the vamps and the wolves

Happy Feet Two (Bill Wine)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>The original was an exhilarating, eye-popping, toe-tapping, computer-animated, musical creature feature that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2006. The sequel is also exuberant and occasionally charming, but not to the same degree as its predecessor. In the splendiferous follow-up, the landscape of frigid Antartica is rendered in currently fashionable 3D

Happy Feet Two (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>Mumble (Elijah Wood) and his mate Gloria (Alecia Moore) now have little Erik. After a highly public attempt at dancing, Erik realizes he can't shake it like pop. He finds a new role model in a quasi-penguin names The Mighty Sven (Hank Azaria). And when the glaciers start to melt, several species must join forces to save the penguins

The Descendants (Bill Wine)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>George Clooney stars as a real estate lawyer living in Hawaii with his wife and two daughters who is somewhat of a land baron these days, because he has been put in charge of managing his extended family's land trust on the island of Kauai that represents the last untouched inheritance of Hawaiian royalty

The Descendants (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>In a deceptively tranquil Hawaiian setting, Matt King's (George Clooney's) reckless wife, Elizabeth, lies in a coma. A few weeks into the crisis, Matt learns what his older daughter (Shailene Woodley) already knows: Elizabeth had taken a lover at the time of her boating accident. Matt and his daughters head off to confront this lover in some way or another

Immortals (Bill Wine)

Fri, 18 November 2011 09:58:00 EST

>Immortals is a blood-and-guts bonanza set in ancient Greece, and an admittedly eye-catching muscle marathon. Immortals looks in on the meddling gods when they're looking for a hero, and not the kind on an oblong roll. Henry Cavill plays their best bet, Theseus, a mortal chosen by the Greek gods to lead an uprising by a small group of warriors

Jack and Jill (Bill Wine)

Fri, 11 November 2011 10:38:00 EST

Adam Sandler stars as twins, a brother and a sister, in this PG-rated gimmick comedy. He plays advertising executive Jack Sadelstein, whose abrasive, passive-aggressive twin sister Jill, also played by Sandler in drag, turns up at his suburban Los Angeles home for Thanksgiving

J. Edgar (Bill Wine)

Fri, 11 November 2011 10:38:00 EST

DiCaprio stars as Hoover, who, as the ultimate G-man and director of the FBI for nearly half a century -- a period that saw U.S. involvement in three wars and the administrations of eight presidents -- was at least as powerful and influential and polarizing as any American

J. Edgar (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 11 November 2011 10:38:00 EST

Director Clint Eastwood's film, featuring a valiant performance from Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar), is a subtle and muted portrayal of one of American history's most mysterious figures. Molded by his smothering mother (Judi Dench), Hoover ran the FBI from 1935 until his death in 1972

Melancholia (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 11 November 2011 10:38:00 EST

Much of 'Melancholia' plays, effectively, like a slice of late 20th century Dogme-style realism. Dunst is Justine, whose paralyzing, melancholic state of mind has happily if temporarily lifted for her marriage to pleasant, bland Michael (Alexander Skarsgard). The wedding is an elaborate affair

Tower Heist (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

This 1970s-style heist picture focuses on a luxe high-rise on Central Park, home to a corrupt, Madoff-esque tycoon played by Alan Alda. The building manager Josh (Ben Stiller) teams up with semi-pro burglar Slide (Eddie Murphy) to knock off the tycoon's penthouse stash

Tower Heist (Bill Wine)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

Tower Heist is a comedic caper thriller about a Wall Street swindler and the working stiffs who try to stiff him back. Ben Stiller stars as an apartment building manager in New York City who rounds up the employees at his luxurious, secure Central Park condominium as part of a plot to steal from one of the penthouse residents, a billionaire financier played by Alan Alda

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (Bill Wine)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

Wholesome holiday-season family entertainment, right? Well, not exactly. This sequel is very Harold and Kumar, very 3D, and very Christmas. But it's also surprisingly warmhearted and Christmas cheer-y in spite of itself. This third installment brings back John Cho and Kal Penn as the title characters in another slacker/stoner flick

A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

Here, the now 30ish men-boys hunt down a Christmas tree, mix it up with gangsters, briefly turn into animated versions of themselves, consort with virgins and meet Santa. Neil Patrick Harris returns for a Rockettes-style musical number, which has its moments

Like Crazy (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

Love is an endlessly renewable resource, yet the fuel's so seldom used wisely. 'Like Crazy' strives to capture that head-swiveling sensation of falling, and then falling out, and then back in again, as it pertains to the sense-defying, metaphysically boggling realm of time known as 'your 20s.'

The Skin I Live In (Bill Wine)

Fri, 4 November 2011 08:45:00 EST

"The Skin I Live In" is a pulpy horror film of sorts, one in a Frankenstein-like science fiction vein, but it's not designed to scare or frighten or amaze as much as to quietly shock and creep out and disturb and make you squirm. All of which it does. Antonia Banderas stars as a brilliant plastic surgeon who has developed a synthetic skin

The Rum Diary (Bill Wine)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

The Rum Diary is an adventure comedy-drama about the exotic misadventures of a newspaper reporter played by Johnny Depp. It's based on the 1961 novel, his second, of the same name by pre-gonzo Hunter S. Thompson

The Rum Diary (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

Johnny Depp plays Paul Kemp, a reporter in late-1950s Puerto Rico. Kemp falls in with the thrill-seeking lover (Amber Heard) of a ruthless American developer (Aaron Eckhart). Then the two men must test their ethics against each other. Though made by seasoned pros, the film lacks sophistication and perspective

In Time (Bill Wine)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

We're in a future where the aging gene has been switched off: everybody essentially stops aging at 25 and has a digital clock embedded on their forearm displaying just how long they will live. So time has become the currency people use to pay for everything

In Time (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

In this sci-fi thriller's future, time is the new currency, spent and borrowed like money. Each person's forearm is digitally stamped with a countdown clock, displaying the time they have left. Just before committing suicide, a stranger gifts Will (Justin Timberlake) 100 years. A lawman 'timekeeper' played by Cillian Murphy suspects Will of murder

Martha Marcy May Marlene (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

Nobody in the supple and unnerving feature 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' ever uses the word 'cult.' Even so, writer-director Sean Durkin immerses the viewer in a fluid state of psychological dissolution, keeping us very close to one woman's experience in a cult

Puss in Boots (Bill Wine)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

Named for a feline character who emerged from a 17th-century French fairy tale, Puss in Boots is a prequel starring Antonio Banderas, who provides both the voice and the persona of the swaggering, sword-wielding feline in this prequel to Shrek.

Puss in Boots (Roger Moore)

Fri, 28 October 2011 10:22:00 EST

DreamWorks' casting of silky Antonio Banderas as a swashbuckling cat pays off brilliantly in this film. This is no mere 'Shrek' sequel. Puss (Banderas) and his childhood pal Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifianakis) conspire to steal magic beans and the riches at the top of the beanstalk

Margin Call (Bill Wine)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

To call this movie timely in the era of Occupy Wall Street is to understate the case. 'Margin Call' is a vivid snapshot of a fictional Wall Street investment firm during the course of a day-and-a-half during the early stages of the financial crisis. Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, and Demi Moore star

The Three Musketeers (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

The Musketeers are forgettable kill machines, Milady de Winter is played by Milla Jovovich, and even an unfortunate Christoph Waltz turn as Cardinal Richelieu can't save a single scene. Clashing swords (3-D swords in your face!), purloined jewels and court intrigues no longer suffice in this one

Paranormal Activity 3 (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

Modest, low-fi horror continues to find a friend in the cheapo but very shrewd 'Paranormal' franchise. In this prequel, we get to know 'Toby,' the unseen demonic frenemy haunting a young family throughout their humble home. The cross-cutting between three surveillance camera set-ups is more aggressive than in the first two films

The Skin I Live In (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

Antonio Banderas plays a formidable plastic surgeon whose wife died in an auto accident. In the years since, Dr. Ledgard has pushed the boundaries of cellular therapy in the hopes of creating new skin for his patients. In his home laboratory, he keeps a close eye on his most cherished case, a beautiful young woman (Elena Anaya)

Johnny English Reborn (Bill Wine)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

Rowan Atkinson brings his amusing Johnny English character to the slapstick party in Johnny English Reborn, the spoof sequel to 2003's Johnny English, a fairly funny comedy that introduced Atkinson's bumbling British secret agent, a James Bondian Johnny

The Mighty Macs (Bill Wine)

Fri, 21 October 2011 09:48:00 EST

It's the story of plucky Cathy Rush, the coach of the first dominant team in women's basketball. She wasn't much older than her players, and was later inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame after leading Immaculata College to the status of a national powerhouse

The Big Year (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

Divorcee Brad (Jack Black) dreams of besting the birding record-holder, a contractor (Owen Wilson) who once identified 732 separate species in a 'big year.' Steve Martin enters the mix as a competitive industrialist.

The Big Year (Bill Wine)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

While The Big Year isn't for the birds, it's about the birds to a fault. Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Jack Black play bird watchers trying to win the prestigious North American competition and be named, 'The Best Bird Watcher in the World'

Footloose (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

This remake of '80s classic misses a few steps. The leads, in the form of Kenny Wormald as Ren and Julianne Hough as Ariel, simply don't pop onscreen. Relocated to rural Georgia, the local kids dance to rebel against Rev. Shaw (Dennis Quaid).

Footloose (Bill Wine)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

It's a reboot of the popular 1984 teen dance drama that made a star of Kevin Bacon. Kenny Wormald inherits the Bacon role, the rebel-with-a-cause protagonist and gifted dancer from Boston who comes to the small town of Bomont, Tennessee. Dennis Quaid takes over the antagonist role, played in the original by John Lithgow, as the stern minister who is passionately opposed to public dancing

The Thing (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

A paleontologist played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead is recruited to join a research team in Antarctica that has made a significant discovery in the annals of UFOs. Which is to say, they've found one. Director Matthijs van Heijningen remakes John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic rather well

Blackthorn (Betsy Sharkey)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

Spanish filmmaker Mateo Gil's lightly rendered reimagining of the later days of Butch Cassidy expands on the rumors that the legendary outlaw and the Sundance Kid did not die in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia.

Trespass (Bill Wine)

Fri, 14 October 2011 09:01:00 EST

Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman play upscale marrieds living in a seemingly secure mansion in Louisiana with their teenage daughter. When three masked thugs who gain entrance by impersonating cops take them hostage, they demand that Cage open his elaborate wall safe and extract the fortune in diamonds

The Way (Bill Wine)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

'The Way' is an inspirational drama starring Martin Sheen as a bereaved father, who comes to France to collect the remains of his son, played in flashbacks and visions by Emilio Estevez who has been killed during a storm in the Pyrenees while walking on a Christian pilgrimage route in Spain

The Ides of March (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

In this political suspense film, Ryan Gosling stars as a spokesman for a governor (George Clooney) seeking the nomination for president. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the campaign's manager; Paul Giamatti plays his counterpart.

The Ides of March (Bill Wine)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

"The Ides of March" is an absorbing drama as well as an ends-and-means morality tale about integrity and loyalty, soul-selling and seduction, compromise and corruption, and betrayal. And that's just before lunch. Ryan Gosling stars as the strategist for the charismatic governor of Pennsylvania (George Clooney), who is vying to win the crucial presidential primary in Ohio

Real Steel (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

This genre mash-up stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie, ex-fighter and deadbeat. It's 2020. Human boxing is no longer; robot boxing rules. Circumstances dump his preteen Max (Dakota Goyo) into Charlie's lap at a low point in his career.

Real Steel (Bill Wine)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

What hath Transformers wrought? Oh, well: to each his own robotic gladiator. 'Real Steel' is a robo-boxing science fiction thriller is about a down-on-his-luck promoter played by Hugh Jackman, his son, and the robot thatunites them in the American heartland in the year 2020

Puncture (Robert Abele)

Fri, 7 October 2011 09:10:00 EST

The moody legal thriller 'Puncture' stars Chris Evans ('Captain America: The First Avenger') as scrappy Houston lawyer Mike Weiss, a guy with a sharp mind, persuasive patter and reckless addiction to coke and prostitutes

What's Your Number (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

Ally (Anna Faris) has been dumped 19 straight times. A magazine article sends her into a panic: If she's had twice the national average (10.5) of sexual partners, does that mean she's unmarryable? Thus begins Ally's film-long rummage through her roster of exes, with the help of the sensitive Lothario across the hall, played by Chris Evans

50/50 (Bill Wine)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

Anna Faris the thirtysomething who reads a magazine article that dooms any woman with over 20 past lovers to spinsterhood. So she decides to head for Ex-Boyfriend Lane, where she can retrace her romantic steps to see if her soulmate might be a member of that particular fraternity. Chris Evans plays her handsome new neighbor

50/50 (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

Though it's a cancer film, the tender and funny '50/50' addresses its subject with a refreshing lack of melodrama, making it honest enough to transcend the usual. Based on the true story of Will Reiser, a comedy writer and friend of Seth Rogen's, the movie follows Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who gets diagnosed with the C-word

What's Your Number? (Bill Wine)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

Sadly, actor-writer Seth Rogen's buddy, screenwriter Will Reiser, was diagnosed with spinal cancer at age 25. So Rogen did what any of us would do under the tragic circumstances: he started developing a big-screen comedy about it. Say what? Yep, it's the little c, comedy, taking on the big C, Cancer

Machine Gun Preacher (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

'Machine Gun Preacher' comes off like a morally unreliable story in which Gerard Butler saves Africa from itself. 'Some kind of African Rambo' is how he's described, inaccurately (he's American, after all), but it's accurate in spirit. The events of the movie may be a little bit true, or a lot, but hardly any of it plays that way

Machine Gun Preacher (Bill Wine)

Fri, 30 September 2011 10:30:00 EST

Machine Gun Preacher tells the true story of Sam Childers, a violent ex-con who has a spiritual awakening and turns his life around. Gerard Butler stars as Childers, who, when he's released from prison, immediately returns to his violent ways. Then, after a near-death experience, he is born again and responds to a new calling

Moneyball (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

'Moneyball' is based on the true story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, played remarkably by Brad Pitt. Somewhat of a renegade, Beane bucked the norm and employed a new statistical way of analyzing players called 'sabermetrics,' winding up in the playoffs with the second-lowest payroll in baseball

Moneyball (Bill Wine)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

'Moneyball' is a biographical baseball flick that addresses the statistics-oriented approach to assembling a baseball team. Brad Pitt stars as trailblazing Billy Beane, who becomes the general manager of the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics. Beane employs a new strategy under the guidance of his assistant general manager, an economics whiz from Yale, played by Jonah Hill

Abduction (Roger Moore)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

Taylor Lautner makes his debut as Nathan, a teen who has his world upended and finds himself on the run when enemy agents attack his home and the people he knew as his parents aren't who they say they are. A class project with his neighbor (Lily Collins) leads them to an online photo of toddler Nathan, reported as a missing child

Dolphin Tale (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

This heartwarmer based on a true story follows the tailless dolphin Winter through all sorts of adversity alongside its human protectors, notably the troubled 11-year-old Sawyer (Nathan Gamble). What the film lacks in digital effects prowess, it makes up for with some ambitious storylines and, of course, Morgan Freeman as a prosthetics specialist

Dolphin Tale (Bill Wine)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

'Dolphin Tale' is about coping with disability and loss, and is based on a true story about the friendship between a shy and lonely 11-year-old boy and a seriously injured bottlenosed dolphin. As the film opens, the dolphin, named Winter becomes tightly entangled in a crab-trap line and consequently loses her tail

Love Crime (Michael Phillips)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

The sleek French thriller 'Love Crime' accomplishes a staggering amount, without much fuss, in its first two minutes. A swank Paris apartment, evening. Christine, the upper-echelon agribusiness executive played by Kristin Scott Thomas, is going over plans for the upcoming Cairo meeting with her fastidious assistant, Isabelle, played by Ludivine Sagnier

Killer Elite (Bill Wine)

Fri, 23 September 2011 09:40:00 EST

Killer Elite is a gritty action thriller about an assassin who has retired after a crisis of conscience. Jason Staham stars as highly skilled mercenary Danny Bryce, a retired Navy SEAL. Hunter, a veteran soldier-of-fortune is played by Robert De Niro has been kidnapped by an exiled, revenge-seeking Dubai sheik. Clive Owen plays a former SAS officer

Drive (Michael Phillips)