RAMPART (2011)

You look at Rampart and see a case study in how to take a familiar genre blueprint—the crooked cop on the edge—and explode it into something loose and primal.

THIS MEANS WAR (2012)

Can you file a restraining order against the CIA?

THE VOW (2012)

Thanks to the leads, it’s easy to forgive, if not forget, the soggier side of this Valentine’s Day weepie.

ADDICTION INCORPORATED (2011)

You half expect the talking DNA strand from Jurassic Park to make an appearance.

CHRONICLE (2012)

Relentless bullying and the pressures of a dysfunctional home life awaken the raging Vader inside this adolescent Anakin.

THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012)

Like Dracula rising from the grave, Hammer Horror lives.

THE INNKEEPERS (2011)

West stingily metes out the scares at irregular intervals.

Sleeper: THE BIG YEAR (2011)

How did a carpe diem buddy comedy starring Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson become the biggest wide-release flop of 2011?