Hall Pass

1 1/2 stars

Christopher Kelly of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes: Ever since their 1998 modern classic "There's Something About Mary," writers and directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly have struggled to recapture lightning in a bottle and conjure up yet another raunchy comedy with a heart of gold. Their latest effort is "Hall Pass," starring Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as a pair of married suburban men yearning for the freedom of youth. What follows is yet another slapdash bromance in which overgrown children must learn to finally become men. Rated R

Battle: Los Angeles

2 1/2 stars

Cary Darling of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes: War is hell. And so is alien invasion. That's the long and short of "Battle: Los Angeles," a distillation of grunt's-eye-view, war-movie clichés with nasty, insectlike extraterrestrials standing in for every enemy the Marines have ever faced. Aaron Eckhart stars as a Marine staff sergeant whose new platoon takes on the enemy when Earth is attacked. Rated PG-13

Red Riding Hood

2 1/2 stars

Rick Bentley of the Fresno Bee writes: Catherine Hardwicke's latest film, "Red Riding Hood," is … almost the same thing as "Twilight." The updated take on the fairy tale follows a brooding young girl, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), who's being wooed by two mysterious hunks. The only thing that could get in the way of true romance is a werewolf. Rated PG-13

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

2 stars

Mike Hale of the New York Times writes: Since new school vs. old school is one of the plot-generators (as opposed to ideas) floating around in the amiable, schlocky family comedy "Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son," it seems fair to point out that of all the cross-dressing comedies of recent decades, none has channeled "Some Like It Hot" quite so thoroughly. Martin Lawrence plays Big Momma, his FBI-agent-in-drag character, for the third time, now with the addition of a rapping stepson (Brandon T. Jackson). Some narrative nonsense involving a murder and an FBI mole sets the scene for Lawrence and Jackson to don fat suits, fake breasts and plus-size women's clothes and hide out in a girls high school. Rated PG-13

Kill the Irishman

3 stars

Based on the real-life exploits of a Cleveland gangster, "Kill the Irishman" contains many elements that will be familiar to fans of crime movies. Vincent D'Onofrio and Paul Sorvino play Italian gangsters – of course they do (of course they should) – and you will recognize more than a couple of faces from "Goodfellas" and "The Sopranos." But what makes this film special and memorable is the character of Danny Green, who is not the usual neighborhood hoodlum you see in movies, the kind who gets in deep and gradually loses his soul. Danny is played by Ray Stevenson ("Rome"), hardly a household name, and "Kill the Irishman" may not turn him into one. Yet within the film industry, people will take note of Stevenson's confidence and presence, and the fact that he seems to have enough testosterone to power a city block. Rated R

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