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13 Assassins

***1/2

The Seven Samurai times two and minus one.

City of Life and Death

***1/2

A harrowing and visceral war story.

Jayne Eyre

***1/2

Solid retelling of Ms Bronte抯 classic.

Incendies

***1/2

A saga of Middle East misery realized in Canada.

Project Nim

***1/2

Docu about sign language chimp of the 70s is touching and scary.

Tree of Life

***1/2

Hypnotic and a conversation starter.

Buck

***

The real life horse whisperer.

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

***

Herzog goes back to the stone age.

Contagion

***

Outbreak with a bite.

Everything Must Go

***

Ferrell does well as a Carver anti hero.

Forks Over Knives

***

Go vegan docu, is food for thought.

Killer Elite

***

Nothing to do with the Peckinpah version, about real killer spooks.

La Rafle

***

France抯 stain from WWII.

Lincoln Lawyer

***

Jagged Edge part 2.

Meek抯 Cutoff

***

Godot as a western.

Melancholia

***

Lars Von Trier抯 take on the end of the world.

Of Gods and Men

***

Bio-pic about monks among Muslims.

Rise of Planet of the Apes

***

The series gets new life.

Saviors in the Night

***

Fresh true-life take on the Holocaust.

Scream 4

***

The wit makes for the lay off.

Super 8

***

J. J. Abrams cloes ET by way of Cloverfield.

Trust

***

Hard Candy with a reality edge.

Viva Riva!

***

City of God light in the Congo.

Warrior

***

The Fighter goes MMA.

X-Men First Class

***

Better than the last few X installments.

The Beaver

**1/2

Gibson acts his rear off, but dark comedy lacks consistency.

Bellflower

**1/2

Dark and made with style but over the top silly.

Born to be Wild

**1/2

Born Free lite.

Captain America

**1/2

Evans is wooden, but the Marvel story has grit.

Casino Jack

**1/2

Spacey anchors Abramoff bio-pic.

The Conspirator

**1/2

The lawyer who defends one of Lincoln抯 assassins.

Cowboys and Aliens

**1/2

Cool idea, great cast, but far too many FX to keep it plausible.

Desert Flower

**1/2

Heartfelt biopic of Somali refugee turned super model.

Devil抯 Double

**1/2

Quirky take on Uday before Iraq got toppled.

Glee 3D

**1/2

Fun fluff for the fans.

Hanna

**1/2

Hip spy thriller needed more legs.

Hesher

**1/2

Dark coming of age tale with a fab cast.

I Saw The Devil

**1/2

Korean gore fest wears out early.

Horrible Bosses

**1/2

Good sophomoric goofiness for the Something About Mary crowd

Mars Needs Moms

**1/2

Great animation, silly premise.

Midnight in Paris

**1/2

Owen Wilson and Woody swing and miss in gayee Pairee.

Miral

**1/2

A muddled tale of Middle East unrest.

Mr. Poppers Penguins

**1/2

Carey gets nuts with 6 tuxedoed birds.

Our Idiot Brother

**1/2

3 sisters and a dope (smoker) barely passes the laugh test.

Rio

**1/2

Animated birdy affair could have used a bit more color.

Source Code

**1/2

Cool premise but big holes in the plot.

Stakeland

**1/2

Just what we need another Vamp flick ala The Road.

Super

**1/2

Page steals this dark super hero wanabe flick.

Thor

**1/2

Too much CGI nonsense, but fun.

Unknown

**1/2

A solid ride even if it frays in the end.

Water for Elephants

**1/2

Popular novel does better as a movie.

Wimpy Kid 2

**1/2

We need more Rowley!

The Adjustment Bureau

**

Modernization of Dick抯 angel yarn needed some tweaks.

Another Earth

**

Meta sci-fi melodrama.

Atlas Shrugged

**

Ambitious, admirable and on a low budget, but no go.

Battle: Los Angeles

**

Military rah-rah beat back of invading aliens.

Cars 2

**

Less gas than the 1st one.

Chasing Madoff

**

Madoff chaser seems almost as arrogant as his quarry.

Fast Five

**

The fumes are getting thinner.

The Green Hornet

**

A svelte Rogan equals an unfunny bore.

Hobo with a Shotgun

**

Hauer plays a homeless Mad Max of sorts.

Madea抯 Big Happy Family

**

More life lessons from Perry in drag.

The Mechanic

**

Stratham is no Bronson.

Sucker Punch

**

Loud, sexy and inane.

Troll Hunter

**

Blair Witch POV and Norwegian government cover up.

Big Mommas

*1/2

Round three for Lawrence an all the make up

The Dilemma

*1/2

Male sad sacks behaving badly.

The Roommate

*1/2

Single White Female 2?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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