Drama, Romance
The Mexican

Trust the rating on this one, not the light-hearted TV ads. Audiences primed for a rollicking romantic comedy will find …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Be Cool

A decade later, John Travolta returns as former mob collector Chili Palmer in this tepid, trashy sequel to ‘Get Shorty.’

Comedy
Big Momma’s House

FBI agents stake out the home of a plump southern matriarch to catch bank robbers in ‘Big Momma’s House’—a middling …

Action/Adventure, Drama
Kung Fu Hustle

Mix one part Roadrunner cartoon, two parts Bruce Lee, a drop of Three Stooges and a pinch of ‘West Side …

Drama, Horror
Pulse

Japanese horror once again jumps to the American screen (remember ‘The Ring’ and ‘The Grudge’?), and producers believe it’s the …

Comedy, Romance
And So It Goes

Weighed down by foul language, inappropriate talk and sexuality unconnected to marriage, And So It Goes is neither as beautiful …

Drama
A Most Wanted Man

One of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final acting turns, A Most Wanted Man, is a mature, measured look at the modern …

Comedy, Drama, Mystery/Suspense, Romance
Magic in the Moonlight

This is tricky territory to be sure, often more smoke and mirrors than serious substance.

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Lucy

Evolution, brain-pumping drugs, superpowers, gangland shoot-’em-ups … and Scarlett Johansson. Another Avenger’s pic? Not even close.

Comedy
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Don Ready moves used cars so well he could sell ice to a penguin who’s looking for a pre-owned snowmobile. …

Drama, Mystery/Suspense
Vantage Point

An assassination attempt is documented from six different perspectives in this frantically paced thriller. Imagine a whole season of ’24’ …

Action/Adventure, Comedy
The Rundown

The Rock plays an L.A. bounty hunter sent into the Amazon jungle to retrieve a young fortune-seeker. Soon the hunter …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
I Am Number Four

High school’s hard enough—what with algebra, bullies, romantic entanglements and all—without having to fend off an evil race of aliens …

Drama, Sports
Bring It On

Wealthy suburban Rancho Carne High School has a football team that can’t win a game to save its life. But …

Comedy, Kids
How to Eat Fried Worms

This big-screen adaptation of a popular 1973 children’s novel majors on juvenile gross-out humor while delivering a strong anti-bullying message.