A new star and director fail to give the fourth film in the series enough freshness to keep it exciting.
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Indie Film: Film details a legal ordeal that seems inspired by Kafka
‘Give Up Tomorrow’ will be screened Wednesday as part of the Portland Public Library’s Summer Documentary Film Series.
At the Movies
Opening: ‘Total Recall’ / ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’ / ‘Safety Not Guaranteed’ / ‘Hope Springs’ / ‘Nitro Circus’
The Movies: Nowhere fast
The action almost never stops in this remake of the Arnold vehicle ‘Total Recall,’ but that (and Kate Beckinsale) is about all it’s got going for it.
At the Movies
Opening: ‘The Watch’ / ‘Step Up Revolution’ / ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ / ‘The Intouchables’
Paranoia in the burbs can be pretty funny
The four actors at the center of ‘The Watch’ don’t hold back in trying to top each other for laughs.
Hero loses heart
A lack of emotional depth in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ makes it hard to care much about Batman or his friends and enemies.
At the Movies
Opening: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ ‘Fixing the Future,’ ‘Your Sister’s Sister’
A howler about a stuffed bear? It’s true. It’s ‘Ted’
Whoever said there are only 10 basic plots overlooked this one.