New Release Reviews - Celeste & Jesse Forever / Seven Psychopaths / Fire with Fire

Celeste & Jesse Forever

Directed by: Lee Toland Krieger

Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Elijah Wood, Emma Roberts

Celeste (Jones) and Jesse (Samberg) are a separated couple who remain friends and behave as though they're still head over heels for each other. They're on the verge of getting back together when Samberg learns he is to become a father after a one night stand.

New Release Review - Alex Cross

Directed by: Rob Cohen

Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Cicely Tyson

Homicide detective Alex Cross (Perry) tackles a serial killer (Fox).

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New Release Review - Trouble With the Curve

Directed by: Robert Lorenz

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard

A baseball scout suffering the onset of glaucoma is forced to reconcile his relationship with his daughter.

New Release Reviews - The Apparition / Citadel / Gut

The Apparition

Directed by: Todd Lincoln

Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton, Julianna Guill

New Release Review - Amour

Directed by: Michael Haneke

Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, William Shimell

The effects of a debilitating condition on an elderly couple.

New Release Reviews - Silver Linings Playbook / End of Watch / The Bay

Silver Linings Playbook
Directed by: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver, Julia Stiles

New Release Review - The Master

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern

WWII veteran Phoenix is taken under the wing of cult leader Hoffman.

New Release Review - Argo

Directed by: Ben Affleck

Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Chloe Duvall, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane

The true story of the extraction of American diplomats from revolutionary Iran.

New Release Reviews -Electrick Children / The Sapphires / Deadfall

Electrick Children

Directed by: Rebecca Thomas
Starring: Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aiken, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane

Like a companion piece to "Martha Marcy May Marlene", Thomas' movie similarly deals with a teenage girl escaping a religious community. It's star, Garner, actually featured in the former film as the newest recruit to John Hawkes' commune. Here she's a fifteen year old girl who lives in a strict Utah Mormon colony. After hearing a cover version of Blondie's "Hanging on the Telephone" on a mysterious audio cassette, her world-view is shattered. A few months later she becomes pregnant and claims it's an immaculate conception brought on by the cassette. Believing the singer to be the father, she flees the colony and heads to Las Vegas, presuming that a "city of electricity" like Vegas must be responsible for her situation.

New Release Review - Rust & Bone

Directed by: Jacques Audiard

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Bouli Lanners, Corinne Masiero

Amputee Cotillard embarks on a relationship with bare-knuckle boxer Schoenaerts.

New Release Reviews - Chained / Excision / Grassroots

Chained

Directed by: Jennifer Lynch 

Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio, Eamon Farren, Julia Ormond

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New Release Review - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Directed by: Benh Zeitlin

Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana

Magic realist tale of the life of a six year old girl (Wallis) in a flooded Louisiana bayou.

New Release Review - Wreck-It Ralph

Directed by: Rich Moore

Starring: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk

While there are many who would argue differently, 2012 has been a relatively good year for animation.  With "Brave", "Pirates! Band of Misfits" and "Frankenweenie" (among others), there's been plenty of appealing films for all ages.  And while "Wreck-It Ralph" looked somewhat less promising than the others in my eyes, it ended up being an absolute joy and one of the best of 2012.

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End of Year Preview

2012 got off to a promising start but suffered from a mediocre summer. With a raft of interesting films due out in the final two months, perhaps it's a year that's been saving the best till last? We take a look at the upcoming November/December* releases whetting our appetite.

New Release Review - People Like Us

Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D'Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass

When his record producer father dies, Pine discovers he has a sister he was previously unaware of.

New Release Reviews - Grave Encounters 2 / What Richard Did / The Girl

Grave Encounters 2
Directed by: John Poliquin
Starring: Richard Harmon, Sean Rogerson, Leanne Lapp

New Release Reviews - Smiley / Safety Not Guaranteed / Ginger & Rosa

Smiley 

Directed by: Michael Gallagher

Starring: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Shane Dawson

A throwback to nineties post-"Scream" horror, "Smiley" tells of an urban legend based on a killer who inhabits the internet and can be summoned by typing "I did it for the lulz" three times.