 Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy, Drama
Run Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes, Rated PG-13 Starring: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins Based on the play and screenplay by Ronald Harwood Directed by Dustin Hoffman (feature-film directorial debut) Quartet marks the directorial debut for 75-year old, long-time actor, Dustin Hoffman. Cut from the same cloth as last year's The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Quartet is a film featuring a talented cast of "senior" British actors, centering on the idea that there can still be enjoyment and excitement in life, even in one's golden years.
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 Rating: 1 out of 5 starsGenre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hour, 58 minutes, Rated R Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins Jr., Patti LuPone, Bobby Cannavale Written by John J. McLaughlin (Black Swan), based on the novel "Flashfire" by Richard Stark Directed by Taylor Hackford (Love Ranch, Ray, Proof of Life, The Devil's Advocate, An Office and a Gentleman) Parker is one of the worst, low-brow examples of so-called "entertainment" to hit theaters in quite a while. It's equivalent to sitting a young kid in front of the TV for a show like OogieLoves, where you know that there is no redeeming value. It's a time-waster that tries to entertain with flashes of color, sound and visual stimulation. Parker is sure to please those who go into the theater, clapping and laughing at the screen, with no intention of actually engaging their senses into something remotely meaningful.  Rating: 1 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy
Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, Rated R Starring: Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Terrence Howard, Common, Charlie Saxton, Seth McFarlane, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Chris Pratt, J.B. Smoove, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Jack McBrayer, Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Kristen Bell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Gerard Butler, Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Halle Berry, Stephen Merchant, Elizabeth Banks, Josh Duhamel Written by Steve Baker, Will Carlough, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Matt Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro Directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken Have you ever had somebody tell you not to do something, but you just had to do it anyways? Imagine someone is in an accident, they get a horrible scar and you are just so curious that you have to see it. They tell you it's gross, that it isn't worth seeing and that it may have an adverse affect on how you see them thereafter. You brace yourself and say, that's OK, I'm good...I'm ready  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hour, 49 minutes, Rated R Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper, Kyle Chandler Screenplay by Brian Tucker Directed by Allen Hughes (As part of "The Hughes Brothers:" Menace II Society, Dead Presidents, From Hell) It should be the case with all movies, but Broken City is one in particular that demands your utmost attention. Don't try getting up during the movie for a bathroom break or a refill if you plan on understanding just what the heck is happening.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama
Run Time: 1 hour, 34 minutes, Rated R Starring: Common, Michael Rainey Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Meagan Good Screenplay by Sheldon Candis & Justin Wilson Directed by Sheldon Candis (Young Cesar) LUV opens with a young African-American boy reaching for a gun from a dresser drawer in his room and then pointing it at the mirror. It's a shocking start, but when he pulls the trigger he reveals that it is just a water pistol.  Rating: 2 out of 5 starsGenre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hour, 47 minutes, Rated R Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman, Johnny Knoxville, Eduardo Noriega, Jaimie Alexander Directed by Jee-woon Kim (I Saw the Devil, A Tale of Two Sisters) I have to admit that the premise for The Last Stand actually sounded cool for a shoot-em-up action flick: An escaped bad guy has outran the FBI and is heading for Mexico. A local sheriff (Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his first starring role in nearly a decade) of a small hick town and the common townsfolk are the last hope of stopping the crook before he disappears across the border. They dig in, and an action-packed stand-off is under way. Can they apprehend the villain? Can they hold him off at least, until the feds can come to their rescue? A cool premise, right?  Rating: 1 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy
Run Time: 1 hour, 26 minutes, Rated R Starring: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, David Koechner, Cedric the Entertainer, Nick Swardson Screenplay by Marlon Wayans & Rick Alvarez Directed by Michael Tiddes (feature-film debut) There is smart stupid and then there is just plain stupid. Then there is A Haunted House, which blazes its way into a whole new category of stupid: Painfully, epically stupid. Other descriptive words and phrases that come to mind? Immature. Hard to sit through. Unfunny. Straight to video.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama, Romance, Foreign
Run Time: 2 hours, Rated R Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Celine Sallette Co-Written and Directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Read My Lips, See How They Fall) Rust and Bone is a French-Belgian love story based on a short story collection by author Craig Davidson. The lovely Marion Cotillard stars as Stephanie, a killer whale trainer who falls in love with Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts). Ali has a young son, Sam (Armand Verdure) in his keep and they move in with Ali's sister while Ali tries to find work.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Action, Crime, Drama
Run Time: 1 hours 53 minutes, Rated R Starring: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Mackie Written by Will Beall, from Paul Lieberman's book, Gangster Squad Directed by Ruben Fleischer (30 Minutes or Less, Zombieland) Gangster Squad is the type of film that you leave feeling like it should have been better, given the talented A-list cast.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Action, Drama
Run Time: 2 hours 37 minutes, Rated R Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler Written by Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Point Break, Blue Steel) Many critics are already lauding Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty as the best movie of the year and one of the best war movies ever. It did just land a Best Picture nomination at this year's Oscars (although director Kathryn Bigelow was snubbed) and was also the recipient of several year-end critic society awards. |
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He also is the featured film critic appearing on WXYZ Channel 7 Action News in Detroit,
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