Movie Reviews: 'Oblivion', '42', 'The Croods' and More

Movie information aggregated from MovieFone.com

Oblivion

• Run Time: 126mins.
• Starring: Tom Cruise , Olga Kurylenko , Morgan Freeman , Andrea Riseborough , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Director: Joseph Kosinski
• Trailer

"The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice. Full Review

"A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments along the way." Justin Chang, Variety. Full Review

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42

• Run Time: 88 mins.
• Starring: Chadwick Boseman , Harrison Ford , Christopher Meloni
• Director: Brian Helgeland
• Trailer

"One of the all-time great sports movies — primarily because it's one of the all-time great sports stories." Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times.

"42 is competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful — but it rarely rises above standard, old-fashioned biography fare. It’s a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man." Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times.

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Scary Movie 5

• Run Time: N/A
• Starring: Lindsay Lohan , Ashley Tisdale , Charlie Sheen , Regina Hall , Anthony Anderson
• Director: Malcolm D. Lee
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"Somehow, it actually looks cheaper than "Paranormal Activity." It's less funny, too." Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly. Full Review

"This latest installment of the horror movie spoof franchise is mainly notable for its Charlie Sheen/Lindsay Lohan cameos." Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter.  Full Review

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Jurassic Park 3D

• Run Time: 127mins.
• Starring: Sam Neill , Laura Dern , Jeff Goldblum , Richard Attenborough , Bob Peck
• Director: Steven Spielberg
• Trailer

"One great monster movie. [11 June 1993, Daily Notebook, p.C1]" Mike LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle.

"The suspense and technical wizardry are the only reason to watch Jurassic Park. In a summer movie, that's more than enough, of course. But screenwriter Michael Crichton, adapting his popular novel with David Koepp, slashes almost everything that made the book an entertaining read." Desson Thomas, Washington Post.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation

• Run Time: 110mins.
• Starring: Dwayne Johnson , Channing Tatum , D.J. Cotrona , Adrianne Palicki , Ray Stevenson
• Director: Jon M. Chu
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"It's not enough to call this the rare franchise action movie to bring the goods; it's the even rarer one whose creators seem to understand what the goods even are." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice.

"The directive behind this sequel, clearly, was non-stop action. Let's think about that phrase a second. Do we really want our action movies to deliver action that does not stop? Ever? I get a little tired of action sequences that won't stop." Michael Phelps, Chicago Tribune.

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The Croods (3D)

• Run Time: 98mins.
• Starring: Nicolas Cage , Ryan Reynolds , Emma Stone , Catherine Keener , Clark Duke
• Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
• Trailer

"This Chris Sanders fellow knows how to craft a heart-warming animation, and if not for a few minor problems this would have had a legitimate shot at the best animated movie of 2013." Laremy Legel, Film.com

"The movie is at its most interesting and amusing when riffing on how cavemen might have reacted to new experiences and ideas, like fire and shoes. Whether the kiddies will appreciate that is unclear, but they’ll certainly like the voice work done by Emma Stone as Eep." Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times.

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Olympus Has Fallen

• Run Time: N/A
• Starring: Gerard Butler , Morgan Freeman , Aaron Eckhart , Angela Bassett , Melissa Leo
• Director: Antoine Fuqua
• Trailer

"While Olympus Has Fallen breaks no major new ground in the political thriller genre, Fuqua has directed a sharp, very taut adventure that keeps you engrossed from start to finish." Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times.

"Perhaps every generation gets the movie stars it deserves. “Olympus” has quite a bit to say about the current state of our country. Intentions aside, not all of it is entirely flattering." Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News.

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