Author Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium Trilogy” winds to a close with The Girl Who Played with Fire, director Daniel Alfredson’s adaptation of the bestselling novel following punky protagonist Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) as she fights to prove that she’s innocent of committing multiple murders. As Lisbeth lies in intensive care, the corrupt officials in high office [...]

A Roman soldier (Michael Fassbender) leads a small band of troops on a mission to rescue a key Roman general after becoming trapped in the territory of their sworn enemies in this period action-adventure film from director Neil Marshall (The Descent, Doomsday). The year is A.D. 117: despite the growing strength of the Roman Empire, [...]

When Sweatpea Beauty is banished to the forest thanks to Queen Blueberry’s jealousy, she manages to avoid a stark fate by teaming up with a band of minstrels, and seven helpful snow peas. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi [more]

A satirical workplace comedy with a slick action twist, Fouad Mikati’s Operation: Endgame explores the violence that erupts when the organization charged with protecting America implodes, and the employees turn their guns on each other instead of their enemies. Somewhere beneath Washington, D.C., an intense rivalry is heating up between two opposing teams of government [...]

Taking its cue from old John Woo films and Sam Raimi’s early indie-horror outings, God of Vampire tells the tale of Chinese vampires and their bloodthirsty rise to the top of the food chain. Shot on weekends over an 8-year period of time, director Rob Fitz realized a dream by finishing the film, taking it [...]

A man seeking to find a way back home and reconnect with old friends assumes the role of a samurai, attempting to strike a delicate balance between his old and new lives in this independent drama featuring Bruce Glover, John Savage, Leila Arcieri, and “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka. Written, directed by, and starring Peter McGennis. ~ [...]

Kevin Costner stars as a father who moves his pair of kids to an isolated farm only to find his daughter’s changed behavior might have something to do with a burial ground near his property in Luis A. Berdejo’s The New Daughter. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide [more]

Cameras were there when Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong re-teamed for their Light Up America comedy tour — culminating in this Weinstein Co. documentary. The two split up over two decades before coming back together to perform new and old material to sold-out shows across the country. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide [more]

An Ivy League classics professor becomes mixed up in his lawless identical twin’s drug dealings after receiving word that his brother has been murdered, and returning to Oklahoma to discover he’s been hoodwinked. To say that Bill Kincaid (Edward Norton) is ashamed of his upbringing is an understatement at best. Turning his back on his [...]

A man learns too well that one shouldn’t promise more than he can actually deliver in this independent thriller. Charlie (Joseph McKelheer) lives in Alaska with his wife, Rebecca (Jessica Ward), and young son, James (Ben Loosli). Charlie makes a modest living as a preacher and faith healer, but he’s come to question his faith, [...]