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Studio: Castle Rock/Warner
Plot: Frank Darabont’s big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a gentle giant working miracles on death row — and a mouse.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, James Cromwell, Bonnie Hunt.
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ****
Plot: Billionaire industrialist Tony Stark builds a high-tech suit of armor and leads a double-life as the superhero, Iron Man.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Allison McAtee, Stacy Stas
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ***
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Plot: A veteran cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife is implicated in the death his former partner.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Cedric the Entertainer, Terry Crews, Hugh Laurie, Naomi Harris, Common, Jay Mohr, The Game
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***1/2
Studio: Lionsgate
Plot: A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father she’s never met and meets her dad’s raucous family.
Cast: Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross, Sofía Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Irma P. Hall
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **1/2
From basketball superstar to emerging actor, Rick Fox keeps his eye on the prize and his ego in check to score big every time.
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Plot: Eight strangers with eight different points of view try to unlock the one truth behind an assassination attempt on the president of the United States.
Cast: DennisQuaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Edgar Ramirez, Zoe Saldana
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: *1/2
Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson is trying to bring his life story to the big screen and says he wants Jamie Foxx to step into the title role.
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Plot: A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere.
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Max Thieriot
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: *1/2
Studio: Universal Pictures
Plot: A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South.
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Mo’Nique, Mike Epps, Michael Clarke Duncan, James Earl Jones, Margaret Avery, Cedric the Entertainer, Nicole Ari Parker, Joy Bryant
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ***1/2
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Plot: A high school student is forced to leave her private school and return to her old, crime-filled neighborhood where she re-kindles an unlikely passion for the competitive world of step dancing.
Cast: Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Tre Armstrong, Kevin Duhaney, Keyshia Cole, DeRay Davis
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: **12