 Rating: 1 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy
Run Time: Not Available, Rated R Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Andy Samberg Written and Directed by Maggie Carey (feature-film debut) Raunchy, sloppy, stupid and mostly unfunny, The To Do List (now playing) exists as a proverbial list of what not to do when attempting to construct an enjoyable comedy.
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Read it on: https://www.axs.com/news/movie-review-fruitvale-station-is-both-tragic-and-timely-99470  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Run Time: 2 hours, 6 minutes, Rated PG-13 Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rila Fukushima, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Will Yun Lee, Famke Janssen Directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day, 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, Cop Land) Fans of the X-Men films and the character of Wolverine will love the latest Marvel Comics film, The Wolverine (opening today). It's a super-hero movie that doesn't quite feel like one, featuring one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe.  Rating: 2 out of 5 starsGenre: Comedy
Run Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes, Not Rated Starring: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andres Silva, Jose Miguel Silva, Agustin Silva Written & Directed by Sebastian Silva (Old Cats, The Maid) Be careful what you wish for. For those that saw the recent comedy, This Is the End, one of the highlights of the film was the image-shattering performance by Michael Cera - playing himself - as a coked-up sexual deviant roaming around a house party. If you were hoping to see more of Cera in this sort of role, you're in luck...kind of. In the small, independent film, Crystal Fairy (opening today), Cera returns as a similar character, but in a film that is not nearly as inviting. Or half as effective as a comedy.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Documentary
Run Time: 1 hour, 29 minutes, Rated R Featuring: Ice T, Quincy Jones, Betty Beck, Snoop Dogg, Bill Duke Directed by Jorge Hinojosa (feature-film debut) There's no denying that the subject of the documentary, Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (available today on VOD), is a fascinating one. The famous pimp, Iceberg Slim - also known as Robert Beck - turned from his controversial street life and became a renowned author. His 1967 autobiographical novel, "Pimp: The Story of My Life," , made him a legend and opened up the eyes of mainstream society to the truths of pimping.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsRating: 3 out of 5 stars
Read it on: https://www.axs.com/news/movie-review-girl-most-likely-an-enjoyable-but-disposable-dramedy-99467  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes, Rated R Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Tom Burke, Sahajak Boonthanakit Written and Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Valhalla Rising, Bronson, Bleeder, Pusher) Never has a film's title been so appropriate. In the ultra-violent revenge film, Only God Forgives (opening today), director Nicolas Winding Refn creates an erotic, poetic, near-masterpiece that pulls no punches in creating what will surely be a polarizing film.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Animation, Family
Run Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes, Rated PG Starring (voices of): Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena, Samuel L. Jackson, Luis Guzman, Bill Hader, Snoop Dogg, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez Directed by David Soren (feature-film debut) Conceptually speaking, Turbo (opening today) seems built for some serious box office speed. It features a traffic jam of A-list voice-talent like Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson, Snoop Dogg and Bill Hader, it looks great in 3D and it barrels full-steam ahead at a breakneck pace sure to excite most adrenaline-junkies or NASCAR fans.. But not so fast: For all of Turbo's ferociousness, it travels upon roads that we've been down many times before, in better films, from A Bug's Life to Cars to countless others.  Rating: 4 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama
Run Time: 1 hour, 42 minutes, Rated R Starring: Ali Suliman, Evgenia Dodena, Reymond Amsalem, Uri Gavriel Based on the novel by Yasmina Khadra Co-Written & Directed by Ziad Doueiri (Lila Says, West Beirut) The Attack (opening today) is a compelling and timely film, focusing on a husband’s quest to discover the truth about his wife and his own marriage. It’s a gripping story – perhaps one of the most intriguing premises of the year – that disappoints in its inability to build into something more than just your run-of-the-mill drama.  Rating: 3 out of 5 starsGenre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Run Time: 1 hour, 58 minutes, Rated R Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Caleb Landry Jones, Sam Riley, Thure Lindhardt Written and based on the play by Moira Buffini Directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins, Breakfast on Pluto, Ondine) Man does it suck to be a vampire. But give the new film, Byzantium (opening today), some credit: It is a vampire tale with a beating heart. Like most folk who tend to live forever though, it sort of outstays its welcome. |
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