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Noisy, derivative and thoroughly preposterous even by the standards of 21st-century action movies, this sci-fi tinged thriller pits a pair of ordinary folks against a disembodied voice that orders them to do very bad things. Read more>>

Between Shia LaBeouf’s now-standard likable loser role and D.J. Caruso’s bombastic direction, “Eagle Eye” feels so much like a Michael Bay production that I kept waiting for a cameo from Optimus Prime. Read more>>

In this timely if pedantic thriller, a Muslim police officer is forced to confront racism and religious intolerance when he’s chosen to head up the investigation of a police shooting in the London Underground. Read more>>

In this World War II drama, Spike Lee turns his attention to the revisionist story of African-American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines in Tuscany. Read more

Fine performances can’t disguise the fact that this three-hankie weeper, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (THE NOTEBOOK, A WALK TO REMEMBER, MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE), is a shameless puddle of romantic slop. Read more>>

From novelist Nicholas Sparks (”The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle”) comes another romantic drama, a passionate story about love, family and forgiveness, a tearjerker about how one long weekend can change the lives of two people. Read more

Icelandic filmmaker Olaf de Fleur Johannesson’s uneasy documentary/fiction hybrid — he likes the term “visiomentary” — was inspired by the life of Raquela Rios and other Filipino “ladyboys” — transgendered men who live as women but retain their male anatomy. Read more>>

The film shows in no uncertain terms that if we continue to abuse our water supply, Earth will become uninhabitable and humankind will become extinct. The investigation points fingers at water companies such as Nestle, Vivendi, Thames, Suez, Coca Cola and Pepsi. Read more>>

Director Irena Salina talks about her new documentary, “FLOW: For Love of Water,” about the problems of contamination and scarcity in water systems throughout the world. Read more>>