Dvd release date: 04/23/2013

Starring: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and-if he has his way-every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: * (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

Dvd release date: 03/12/2013

Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan
Director: Ang Lee
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG

Director Ang Lee (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor… a fearsome Bengal tiger. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ***1/2 (out of four)

Overall: ***1/2 (out of four)

Dvd release date: 03/05/2013

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas
Director: Dan Bradley
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG-13

In “Red Dawn”, a city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky – shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

Dvd release date: 02/12/2013

Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem
Director: Sam Mendes
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG-13

Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in “Skyfall”, the 23rd installment of the longest-running film franchise in history. In “Skyfall”, Bond’s loyalty to M (Oscar(R) Winner Judi Dench) is tested as her past returns to haunt her. 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. When Bond’s latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows – aided only by field agent Eve (Naomie Harris) – following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ***1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ***1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

Dvd release date: 01/15/2013

Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen
Director: Olivier Megaton
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG-13

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, the ex-CIA operative who stopped at nothing to rescue his daughter from sadistic kidnappers. When the father of one of the kidnappers swears revenge, it is Bryan and his wife who find themselves “taken” hostage in Istanbul. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his heavily-armed foes one by one. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: * (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)