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'Premium Rush' provides modest thrills, while 'Compliance' is manipulative and 'The Apparition' is a silly tale of possession.
'Cosmopolis' is a cerebral and chilly collaboration between David Cronenberg and Don DeLillo, while 'The Expendables 2' is about as ridiculous as you're likely expecting it to be.
'The Bourne Legacy' and 'Hope Springs' are enjoyable summer fare, but 'Red Hook Summer' and 'The Campaign' are hit and miss.
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'The Watch' is mediocre Hollywood summer fare, 'Ruby Sparks' is an inventive romantic comedy and 'Killer Joe' is an enjoyably trashy noir.
Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight Rises' ends the Batman trilogy on a good note, but it doesn't compare to the second film in the series.
'The Amazing Spider-man' is uncalled for, but amusing, while Oliver Stone's 'Savages' is energetic, but unfocused.
Pixar's 'Brave' and Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love' are charming and fun, but 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is a misguided attempt at revisionist entertainment.
'Rock of Ages' is more American Idol than Billy Idol and 'That's My Boy' is a train wreck.
Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" is a thought provoking sort-of prequel to "Alien."
'The Dictator,' 'Battleship' and 'Beyond the Black Rainbow' are mediocre, but 'Polisse' is a gripping police drama.
'The Avengers' is a well-made comic book picture and 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' relies on the charms of its able cast.
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'The Five-Year Engagement,' 'Bernie' and 'Sound Of My Voice' are all solid, but 'The Raven' is an average thriller.
'American Reunion' has its charms, but is mostly unnecessary.
'The Hunger Games' and 'The Deep Blue Sea' are well worth seeing, while 'The Raid: Redemption' is a mixed bag.
'John Carter' and 'Silent House' miss the mark, but 'Footnote' is a clever film on academia and family dynamics.
Two new films - 'Project X' and 'This Is Not a Film' - make the worst and best, respectively, of the home movie format.
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"This Means War" and the "Ghost Rider" sequel fall flat, while the austere "Michael" is disturbing, but unclear in its intentions.
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Meryl Streep's performance carries "The Iron Lady," while "A Separation" and "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" explore the nature of truth.
What's in theaters this weekend?
David Fincher's "The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo" is spellbinding and Cameron Crowe's "We Bought a Zoo" is charming.