3 1/2 STARS
Mud - Mysterious Matthew McCounaughey lives in the woods and enlists two kids to help him reconnect with the woman he loves. Coming of age thriller and really really good
42 - Stirring recreation of baseball legend Jackie Robinson's entrance into the big leagues
Quartet - Maggie Smith moves into a home for retired musicians. Downton Abbey with music
3 STARS
Iron Man 3
Pain and Gain (R) - Hilarious crime story with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as bodybuilders
The Sapphires - Winning story of Aborgine girl group who tour Vietnam during the war
The Place Beyond the Pines (R) - Father/son drama with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper
The Croods - 3D animated comedy about prehistoric family leaving their cave. Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone do the voice work
Oz the Great and Powerful - Story before the story of the Wizard of Oz
2 1/2 STARS
Trance (R) - Over the top but eye popping crime thriller
Admission - Tina Fey has a work crisis and a personal crisis. With Paul rudd and Lily Tomlin
2 STARS
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Disconnect (R) - Internet stories intertwine
Big Wedding - Robert DeNiro presides over a dysfuntional wedding. Big names, small laughs
Oblivion - Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller hard to follow
GI Joe: Retaliation - Reboot of the series based on teh Hasbro boy toy
1 STAR
Arthur Newman - Colin Firth has a mid-life crisis, fakes his death and takes a road trip with Emily Blunt. I pass
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