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Based on the true story of convicted contract killer Richard Kuklinski, Ariel Vromen’s "The Iceman" gives Michael Shannon the opportunity to prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, why he is one of the most talented performers working today.

This film is so amped up it could fly right into the fourth, fifth, and sixth dimensions, were they available. As it is, "Gatsby" has to content itself with a magnificent foray into 3D.

A pretty entertaining little thriller about a group of friends partying in Chile when an earthquake tears the city apart and leaves them scrambling to stay alive.

Barbra Streisand IS Fanny Brice; first in the 1968’s beloved musical film and in every other part of her life too: a somewhat homely, working-class New Yawk girl with a magnificent set of lungs who becomes an overnight theatrical sensation.

Norman Jewison’s 1973 film, now in its 40th anniversary re-release, cast Ted Neeley as the white, hippie prophet in the last days of his life, told from Judas’ point of view (after all, the story wouldn’t exist without him).

A broken-family melodrama with a minimum of histrionics, Scott McGehee’s and David Siegel’s "What Maisie Knew" begins from scenes that will be familiar to most viewers who’ve witnessed a custody battle.

A group of friends attempt to discuss life in Brooklyn at a 30th birthday party. .

His life story is tough, loving, humorous and a proud one and so similar in numerous ways to a generation of people in the fight for gay rights and a generation of people lost to the disease of AIDS.

"Something in the Air" isn’t about selling out; it’s about feelings faded away. It’s about the Occupy Wall Street-er’s who’ll end up working for Bank of America. It’s about a moment that passed.

It’s a nice vacation, but not one I’d want to pay $12 to take.