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Jack Reacher (review)

This was going to be Tom Cruise’s new franchise, based more than a dozen popular novels. The obvious difference: in the books Reacher is 6’5″,

This Is 40 (review)

Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd (reprising the characters they created in “Knocked Up”) turn 40 and deal with complications in their marriage, family and careers.

Hyde Park On Hudson (review)

The title refers to Franklin Roosevelt’s personal home, where he sought solitude and escape from his Presidential duties. It’s here that the first English king

The Impossible (review)

A vacationing family (headed by Naomi Watts & Ewan McGregor) is ripped apart and struggles to survive the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. From the jarring

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (review)

This reboot picks up where the original left off: The only survivor is a baby, who returns as an adult to claim her heritage. After

On the Road (review)

In this adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s novel, a young author travels America on writing adventures, while obsessing about his best friend/muse, Dean Moriarty. Thanks to

Zero Dark Thirty (review)

The CIA’s search for Osama bin Laden is detailed, particularly thru the efforts of one fervent woman (Jessica Chastain). The trail starts with the torture

Rust and Bone (review)

Marion Cotillard stars as a whale trainer who loses her legs (thanx to some impressive CGI) and Matthias Schoenaerts plays a street fighter (and father

Last Stand (review)

A Mexican crime lord escapes from the FBI and it’s up to a small town sheriff (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and to stop him. There are some

Olympus Has Fallen (Review)

Gerard Butler saves the President and the country

Ginger & Rosa (review)

The only thing to recommend this is Elle Fanning’s compelling performance.

Evil Dead (review)

This remake doesn’t come close to the originals.

G. I. Joe: Retaliation (review)

The new G.I. JOE is a jumbled mess.

The Call (review)

A 911 call rings up a wild ride

Like Someone In Love

This is painful on every level. Read if you wanna share my pain.

Any Day Now (review)

It’s 1979 and Alan Cumming’s character is making his meager living as a drag performer. He quickly meets a shy closeted hunk (Garret Dillahunt) and

Broken City

Mark Wahlberg plays a hardened NYC cop (is there any other kind?), who turns private detective after an on-duty controversy. He’s hired by the city’s

Barbara

European in so many ways.

Mama

For 5 years, 2 little girls are raised in the woods by a ghostly specter. When they’re returned to civilization, they move in with their

Jack the Giant Slayer

Yet another Hollywoodization of a classic tale. The titular character gets his beans and a princess to rescue from the land of giants. It gets

Phantom

Ed Harris stars as a washed-up Russian submarine captain (is there any other kind in movies?). His final mission includes a KBG agent (David Duchovny)