The third in the haunted-house thriller series meets the standard set by the original: less gore, more scare
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Texas Killing Fields: Drenched in the Stench of Death
Avatar’s Sam Worthington and every film’s Jessica Chastain star in a creepily atmospheric true-crime thriller
The Skin I Live In: Almodóvar’s Human Centipede
The great Spanish filmmaker casts Antonio Banderas as a mad-love surgeon, in a surgical thriller designed to make your flesh crawl
Footloose: A Remake That’s Hokey But Heartfelt
Hokey but heartfelt, this remake of the old musical preaches that teens can dance their way out of the Recession
The Big Year: Not Just for the Birds
Big stars Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black go small and score in an unexpectedly sweet comedy.
Real Steel Review: Babes in Mad Max Land
Despite the presence of Hugh Jackman, this futurist drama gets mired in ‘bot-dom, which leads to boredom
The Ides of March: Ladies and Gentlemen, President George Clooney
The crinkly liberal icon stars with Ryan Gosling in a savory, skeptical drama about political dreams and how to shatter them
Scorsese’s George Harrison Doc: Within Him Without Him
Living in the Material World is a fitting, sonorous tribute to the pop idol, movie producer, spiritual searcher and constant gardener
Dream House: You Wouldn’t Want to Live There
Director Jim Sheridan is just going through the motions in this misfiring psychodrama
Are You There, Audiences? It’s Me, Margaret
Anna Paquin is spectacular in Kenneth Lonergan’s long-delayed follow-up to You Can Count On Me
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50: Cancer Lite
This comedy doesn’t live up to its killer premise and affecting backstory, despite the lead actor’s beautifully judged performance
What’s Your Number?: Neither a Bridesmaid nor a Bride
Even the gifted Anna Faris can’t elevate this dopey rom-com
Dolphin Tale: The Winter of Our Heart’s Content
An all-ages tribute to a differently abled dolphin