Based on The Evil Dead (1981) by Sam Raimi
Written by: Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
Directed by: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci
US Release Date: Friday, April 5, 2013�
In Short: A bloody and messy, yet enjoyable, reimagining of a classic.
Recommended: Yes, for fans and non-fans alike.
MIA: You’re all going to die tonight.
Five friends venture to a family cabin to help Mia (Jane Levy) kick her drug habit. Things seem off from the start, and only get more bizarre after a few morbid discoveries in the basement – including a flesh covered book covered …

Based on the comic character created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby
Written by: Drew Pearce, Shane Black
Directed by: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Jon Favreau, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Ty Simpkins, the voice of Paul Bettany
In Short: Tony Stark faces his (and the country’s) demons.
Recommended: Hell, yes!
TONY: You know, it’s moments like these when I realize how much of a superhero I am.
The Marvel Universe is one of my very favorite vacation spots, but after the mind-blowing awesome that was Joss …

Based on the folk tales Jack the Giant Killer and Jack and the Beanstalk
Story by: Darren Lemke, David Dobkin
Written by: Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie, Dan Studney
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Nicholas Hault, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy
US Release Date: Friday, March 1, 2013
In Short: A guy called Jack slays giants.
Recommended: Yes and no.
[Jack hesitates while jumping from the beanstalk]
CRAWE: Wanna know a little trick? When I’m afraid I imagine a big piece of cake floating right in front of me.
JACK: Brilliant. Thanks.
CRAWE: Like a reward, …

Based on the Oz series by L. Frank Baum
Written by: Mitchell Kapner, David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz
In Short: A less-wicked origin story, but less interesting.
Recommended: Kind of – this movie is best served on DVD.
OSCAR: I might not actually be a wizard.
GLINDA: Yes, but they don’t know that.
The Wizard of Oz is all about magic, and ingenuity and a sense of childlike wonder. Even with the other side of the MGM classic: that “not family-friendly” version where adults watch it on mute …

Story by: Chad Kultgen, Tyler Mitchell
Written by: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Directed by: Don Scardino
Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey
US Release Date: Friday, March 15, 2013
In Short: An amusing diversion, but nothing special.
Recommended: Yes, but only as a rental.

GRAY: It’s natural for a dying leaf to be frightened by the autumn wind.
Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) are aging magicians with a popular act on the Vegas strip. Despite being friends for decades, they are clearly growing irritated with each other. After a run-in …

Written by: Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp
Directed by: John Moore
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch
In Short: Avoid if at all possible!
Recommended: Die first.
JOHN McCLANE: You wanna hug?
JOHN GENARRO: We’re not a hugging family.
JOHN McCLANE: Damn straight.
In case you’ve been on another planet since 1988, A Good Day To Die Hard is the fifth Bruce-Willis-as-New-York-cop-John-McClane movie. The same cop who in every one of the five movies just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time (or right place/right time) whenever there’s a worldwide nutcase psychopath bad guy planning …

Based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Written by: Richard LaGravenese
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Emmy Rossum, Emma Thompson
US Release Date: February 14th, 2013
In Short: Ethan Wate’s quaint southern lifestyle is forever changed when a new girl with mysterious powers moves to town.
Recommended: Not really.
LENA: You don’t know anything about me. You don’t know who I really am inside. I don’t know who I’ll be.
As much as I love the growing trend of Young Adult novels making it to the big screen, Beautiful Creatures didn’t …

Written by: Tommy Wirkola
Directed by: Tommy Wirkola
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala
In Short: Hansel and Gretel live out their logical conclusion after the candy house incident.
Recommended: Yes – on DVD only.
HANSEL: One thing this job has taught me over the years: don’t eat the fucking candy.
Dear Hollywood,
Clearly, you have made it your mission to ensure that we can’t have nice things. Why can’t we have these things that are nice? Because you take movies with potential and then ruin them for me by destroying the only things …

Based on the novel by Isaac Marion
Written by: Jonathan Levine
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry
US Release Date: Friday, February 1, 2013
In Short: This Romeo and Juliet adaptation follows a zombie as he falls in love with a human girl.
Recommended: Yes!
R: What am I doing with my life? I’m so pale. I should get out more. I should eat better. My posture’s horrible. I should stand up straighter. People would respect me more if I stood up straighter. What’s wrong with me? I just want to connect. …

AKA Vs.
Written by: Jason Trost
Directed by: Jason Trost
Starring: Jason Trost, Lucas Till, James Remar, Sophie Merkley, Lee Valmassy
In Short: It’s Mean Guns meets that Die Hard with Samuel L. Jackson in it – with superheroes.
Recommended: Yes, actually. A lot.
CHARGE: I have a plan. If he thinks I’m still playing, he won’t know what I’m doing.
“Written by, Directed by and Starring” can be some of the most terrifying words in film. Even Woody Allen, the poster boy for this kind of monomania, has happily lopped one of those off his resume …