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Street Kings The clichés and laughably hammy dialogue are scattered about just as liberally as the spent bullet casings in Street Kings, an ultraviolent but tired bad-cop yarn—and that's surprising and disappointing given that it comes from a story by LA Confidential writer James Ellroy, who also co-wrote the script. Read More Overall Ratings

Smart People Smart People isn't as smart as it thinks it is, despite some wickedly snappy dialogue. Novelist-turned-screenwriter Mark Poirier gives the capable, eclectic cast some real zingers to play with, but he also loads his script with some plot contrivances that are simply too hard to accept. Read More Overall Ratings

The Visitor As an actor, Tom McCarthy has been very much a supporting and bit player. As a filmmaker, he has knack for elevating other gifted supporting actors into lead roles that make the most of their overlooked talents. Read More Overall Ratings

Leatherheads George Clooney's Leatherheads plays everything safe, offering up all the solid defensive moves it needs. Read More Overall Ratings

21 The movie's a morality play preaching sophomoric ethics — avarice, bad, clean living and hard work, good. Yet in doing so, the only interesting thing 21 holds up to the light is the gluttony the movie eventually decries — money, booze, fast living, the sheer intemperance of making a killing, Vegas-style. Read More Overall Ratings