BLUE VALENTINE (12/29/10; Drama) Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Maryann Plunkett SCR: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis DIR: Derek Cianfrance MPAA: R for strong graphic sexual content, language and a beating. 2 hours BOX: $9,691,675 This searing low-budget drama is a difficult film to get warm and fuzzy about. It cuts  [ Read More ]

GROWN UPS (6/25/10; Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek Pinault, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph SCR: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf DIR: Dennis Dugan MPAA: PG-13 for crude material including suggestive references, language and some male rear nudity. 1 hour 42 mins BOX: $162,001,186 Fortysomthings reunite to honor their middle  [ Read More ]

COUNTRY STRONG (12/22/10; Drama, Music) Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Leighton Meester, Garrett Hedlund SCR/DIR: Shana Feste MPAA: PG-13 for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content. 1 hour 52 mins BOX: $19,817,182 Paltrow plays Kelly Canter, an alcoholic wreck of a country singer recently sprung from rehab by her manager-husband James (McGraw). She’s  [ Read More ]

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (12/22/10; Comedy, Fantasy) Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Catherine Tate, Chris O’Dowd SCR: Joe Stillman, Nicholas Stoller DIR: Rob Letterman MPAA: PG for brief rude humor, mild language and action. 1 hour 25 mins BOX: $42,607,452 (US), $169,800,691 (Oveseas) God-awful opus uses the title of Swift’s classic novel  [ Read More ]

AND SOON THE DARKNESS (12/17/10; Thriller) Karl Urban, Amber Heard, Odette Yustman, Gia Mantegna, Adriana Barraza, Michel Noher SCR: Marcos Efron, Jennifer Derwingson DIR: Marcos Efron MPAA: Rated R for some violence and brief torture. 1 hour 31 mins Two beautiful American girls are separated, while vacationing in Argentina, but not after attracting attention because,  [ Read More ]

HOW DO YOU KNOW (12/17/10; Romantic Comedy) Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson SCR/DIR: James L. Brooks MPAA: PG-13 for sexual content and some strong language. 1 hour 56 mins BOX: $30,212,620 Witherspoon is a career softball player kicked off the team because she’s 31. Rudd is a recently-dumped financial whiz being set  [ Read More ]

CASINO JACK (12/17/10; Comedy, Drama) Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Graham Greene, Jon Lovitz, Rachelle Lefevre, Maury Chaykin / SCR: Norman Snider DIR: George Hickenlooper MPAA: R for pervasive language, some violence and brief nudity. 1 hour 48 mins BOX: $857,000 Ripped-from-the-headlines satire recounts the tale of disgraced Washington, D.C. lobbyist and businessman Jack  [ Read More ]

CRAZY HEART (12/16/09; Drama, Music) Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant SCR: Scott Cooper; based on the novel by Thomas Cobb DIR: Scott Cooper MPAA: R for language and brief sexuality. 1 hour 52 minutes BOX: $39,225,262 Bridges finally won his Academy Award for his portrayal of Bad Blake, a hard-drinking  [ Read More ]

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, THE: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (12/10/10; Fantasy, Family, 3D) Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Will Poulter, Ben Barnes, Liam Neeson (voice) SCR: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni DIR: Michael Apted MPAA: PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action. 1 hour 53 mins BOX: $102,563,814 (US), $396,994,954 (Worldwide)  [ Read More ]

FIGHTER, THE (12/10/10; Drama, Sports) Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Frank Renzulli, Mickey O’Keefe SCR: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson DIR: David O. Russell MPAA: R for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality. 1 hour 55 mins BOX: $93,571,803 It’s probably a good thing that the trailer  [ Read More ]