Skyfall
Daniel Craig’s James does feel grittier than some of the Bonds of yesteryear. And Skyfall doesn’t feel anything at all like light, flyaway entertainment. But perhaps that’s a good thing.
Lincoln
Was Honest Abe actually honest? That’s not the only question this Steven Spielberg-helmed biopic sets out to answer. But it does present us with a substantive start.
Flight
Denzel Washington dons a pilot’s cap and wings in this gripping-but-graphic drama about a man’s battle to land a stricken plane … and overcome his addictions.
The Man With the Iron Fists
You’ll need iron eyes and a heart of stone to make it through this blood- and death-obsessed martial arts miasma.
Fun Size
If your kids scream for this Halloween romp, you may want to dress them up as … smarter kids.
Cloud Atlas
From the makers of The Matrix comes an ambitious multi-century, multi-genre, multi-transgression story about the eternal conflict between freedom and oppression.
Silent Hill: Revelation
This survival horror sequel features lots of mutilated flesh and twitching baddies. Which is exactly how you’ll feel after watching it.
Paranormal Activity 4
Is it really already (so soon) time for another round of mysteriously moving doors, scary shadows, demons that go bump in the night … and the stationary cameras that creepily capture it all?
Alex Cross
Tyler Perry moves from playing a profane, overbearing grandma to a leaner, meaner action star. But is the determined crime-buster he portrays in this gritty, grisly thriller closer to Sherlock Holmes or Rambo?
Sinister
Scott Derrickson makes a maddening movie in which pervasive and all-powerful evil rules … as loving family after loving family dies.