Review: ‘Song One’
It's common Hollywood practice to follow an Oscar win with a trip to big budget land, where the paychecks, the trailers and the impact on the culture are potentially huge....
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Review: ‘The Humbling’
We have forgotten how subtle Al Pacino could be, pre-"Hooah!" Something about his Oscar-winning turn in "Scent of a Woman" unleashed the beast, a performer as big, broad and puffed...
Review: ‘Spare Parts’
"Spare Parts" is a pleasant enough run-of-the-mill outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy in the "Race the Sun" mold. It's about undocumented high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition and make a...
Review: ‘The Wedding Ringer’
"The Wedding Ringer" is "Wedding Crashers Redux," a "Hangover Lite" that softens manic funnyman Kevin Hart's persona into someone almost as funny, but more sentimental than abrasive. That helps "Ringer"...
Review: ‘The Gambler’
Mark Wahlberg takes on his most ambitious acting job ever in "The Gambler," a gritty remake of a 1974 film that starred James Caan. And the new gambler doesn't embarrass...
Review: ‘The Hero of Color City’ ★ 1/2
"The Hero of Color City" is a computer-animated cartoon that looked good enough on paper to attract the voice talents of Owen Wilson, Craig Ferguson, Christina Ricci, Rosie Perez and...
Review: ‘Take Me to the River’ ★★ 1/2
There have been earlier and better movies about "The Memphis Sound," with the documentary "Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story" among the best. And there have been recent and better...
Review: ‘No Good Deed’ ★1/2
Screen Gems ignores the Ray Rice controversy and national conversation about violence against women with "No Good Deed," a brutal thriller about, you guessed it, a "malignant narcissist" committing all...
Review: ‘Let’s Be Cops’ ★ 1/2
The laughs are loud, lewd and low in "Let's Be Cops," a spoof of cop "buddy pictures" that is pretty much the definition of an August comedy. The last month...
Family guide to new movie releases
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence Summary: New York is menaced by the Foot Clan, with only these mysterious hard-shelled smart-aleck vigilantes to stop them. Kid...