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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)

John Dies at the End

Cross “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” with “Men in Black” and you have a rough idea of what to expect. Two slackers stumble upon a

Monk

In the 17th century Spain, a baby is abandoned on the steps of a monastery and grows up a devoted priest and inspirational speaker (!)…until

Dead Man Down

You know when a movie trailer looks one way, but the movie is a whole different thing? Bingo! Colin Farrell broods as he

Oz the Great & Powerful

This prequel explains the Wizard’s backstory. After an enchanting opening title sequence, a scruffy traveling magician (James Franco, who’s kinda bland) gets blown into a

Koch

This is a doc about Ed Koch, a strong-willed, outspoken mayor of New York City. In addition to excerpts from interviews with him and his

Stoker

The movie starts at the funeral for Mr. Stoker. That leaves his introverted teenage daughter (Mia Wasikowska), his troubled wife (Nicole Kidman) and Uncle Charlie