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Love bulging biceps and ax-wielding? How about an undead romcom? Well, if so, you’re in luck: “Warm Bodies” and “Bullet to the Head” hit theaters this weekend.

Starring Nicholas Hoult, “Bodies” takes zombie tropes (flesh eating, slow, lurching walks) and gives it a twist: romance. It’s a “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired tale of forbidden love between a beautiful human

Three very diverse films will be released at the box office this Friday.

First up is “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.” Here, 15 years after that traumatic gingerbread debacle, the titular twosome (Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton) are playing bounty hunters out for blood instead of breadcrumbs.

But if you’re looking for less fantastical action, check out “Parker.” Based on the series of bestselling crime novels by Donald E. Westlake, the film follows… Continue reading Weekend Movie Reviews: 'Hansel & Gretel,' 'Parker' and 'Movie 43' Hit Theaters

The Last Stand

A border town sheriff pulls out the heavy artillery to prevent an escaped drug kingpin from blasting his way into Mexico in t… Read More

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For one of the better box office weekends in January, three — (count ‘em three!) — films will be released this Friday.

Arnold Schwarzenegger gets back in the leading man saddle with “The Last Stand.” The action flick from… Continue reading Weekend Movie Reviews: 'The Last Stand,' 'Broken City' And 'Mama' Hit Theaters (PHOTOS)

  • ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2′ (Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine)

    “If anything, this series has gotten dumber and more inert as it has progressed, <a href=”http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/movie-review-twilight-breaking-dawn-part-2.html”>with this last one finally reaching over into an extended wallow in camp</a>.”

  • ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ (Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail)

    “Beasts of the Southern Wild marks <a href=”http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/beasts-of-the-southern-wild-an-uncompromising-celebration-of-the-strange/article4410613/”>one of the most auspicious American directorial debuts in years.</a>”

  • ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ (Justin Chang

  • Jack Reacher

    The Usual Suspects’ Christopher McQuarrie brings Lee Child’s Jack Reacher character to the big screen with this Paramount Pic… Read More

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    This weekend Tom Cruise attempts to launch another action movie franchise with “Jack Reacher,” the first adaptation (shockingly) of the beloved, best-selling Jack Reacher novels by British author Lee Child (it was based on a book called “One Shot”).

    Reacher is a former military… Continue reading 'Jack Reacher' Reviews: The Pros And Cons Of Tom Cruise's New Action Movie

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