• NEW ON THE SHELF “ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER,” starring Benjamin Walker and Rufus Sewell. Another history/monster mash-up, this patently ridiculous but admirably straight-faced action-horror provides exactly what the title promises: A chance to watch Honest Abe (Walker) fight a bunch of bloodsuckers led by a very game Sewell, whose plot to take over the […]

Just as the book imparted a story of cosmic solidarity, karmic responsibility and spiritual unity, so does the film adaptation.

Opening: “Cloud Atlas” / “Silent Hill: Revelation” / “Fun Size” / “Chasing Mavericks”

Opening: ‘Alex Cross’ / ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ / ‘Butter’ / ‘Legend of Aahhhs’

Tyler Perry tackles one of the few roles he hasn’t tried yet in his wide-ranging career – action hero – in the new thriller ‘Alex Cross.’

The actor keeps raising the bar on himself as a director, and he’s done it again – this time to near perfection – with the edge-of-your-seat ‘Argo.’

Opening: ‘Argo’ / ‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’ / ‘Chicken with Plums’ / ‘Here Comes the Boom’ / ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ / ‘Seven Psychopaths’ / ‘Sinister’ / ‘Hypnagogic’

Opening: ‘Taken 2’ / ‘Frankenweenie’ / ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ / ‘Killer Joe’ / ‘Lunafest’

Director Tim Burton is at his oddball best.