KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Lael Loewenstein and Charles Solomon join Larry to review the week’s new film releases including How Do You Know, Tron: Legacy, Yogi Bear, Casino Jack, Rabbit Hole, among others. TGI-FilmWeek!
Guests:
Claudia Puig, film critic for USA Today
Lael Loewenstein, film critic for Variety
Charles Solomon, animation critic, author and historian for amazon.com
Films Reviewed
How Do You Know
Former athlete Lisa Jorgenson finds herself having to choose between two men vying for her affections.
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson and Jack Nicholson
Written and Directed by: James L. Brooks
Rated: PG-13
Sony Pictures
Tron: Legacy
In this follow up to the 1982 TRON film the son of a missing man is pulled into the same digital world that his father has been trapped in for the last 20 years.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde
Written by: Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Rated: PG
Disney
Rabbit Hole
After their son dies in an accident, a husband and wife cope with grief in markedly different ways and struggle to hold on to their marriage.
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Sandra Oh
Written by: David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell
Rated: PG-13
LIONSGATE
Yogi Bear
Picnic basket stealing Yogi Bear and Boo Boo join forces with their archenemy, Ranger Smith to save Jellystone Park before the Mayor shuts it down.
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris
Written by: Jeffrey Ventimilia, Joshua Sternin and Brad Copeland
Directed by: Eric Brevig
Rated: PG
Warner Bros
Casino Jack
Inspired by the life of lobbyist and businessman Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack follows the rise and fall of a DC lobbyist and his protégé.
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper and Jon Lovitz
Written by: Norman Snider
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Rated: R
Sony Pictures
Touching Home
Long-time alcoholic Charlie Winston tries to maintain a relationship with his twin sons as they strive to become professional baseball players.
Starring: Ed Harris, Brad Dourif and Ishiah Benben
Written and Directed by: Logan and Noah Miller
Rated: PG-13
California Film Institute
Alien Girl
A gang of thugs must retrieve a rival gang-member’s sister from the world of sexual slavery to prevent him from naming names in a mob trial.
Starring: Natalia Romanycheva, Evgeni Tkachuk and Kirill Poluhin
Written by: Vladimir Nesterenko, and Sergei Sokolyuk
Directed by: Anton Bormatov
Not Rated
Paladin
Little Rose
A famous writer’s mysterious and beautiful young wife turns out to be a secret agent.
Starring: Andrezej Seweryn, Magdalena Boczarska and Robert Wieckiewicz
Written by: Jan Kidawa-Blonski and Maciej Karpinski
Based on the Pawel Jasienica's autobiography
Directed by: Jan Kidawa-Blonski
Not Rated
Monolith Films
Ward No. 6
Based on the Anton Chekhov story of the same name, Ward No. 6 follows a doctor’s decent into madness – turning him into a patient at the mental asylum at which he once worked.
Starring: Vladimir Ilin, Aleksey Vertkov and Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Written and Directed by: Aleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov
Not Rated
Seagull Films
DVD Releases
Despicable Me
Starring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Russell Brand
Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Nanny McPhee Returns
Starring: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ralph Fiennes
Directed by: Susanna White
The A-Team
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
The Other Guys
Starring: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Derek Jeter
Directed by: Adam McKay
Legend of the Guardians
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Exit through The Gift Shop
Starring: Banksy, Theirry Guetta and Space Invader
Directed by: Banksy