The third Iron Man movie is a lackluster effort that hammers maybe three good ideas into the ground for more than two hours. If you're a fan, you'll ... I can't say you'll be "satisfied," or "you'll have a good time," but you probably won't come out angry--unless you paid extra for the worthless 3D. But why don't you expect more?

A deservedly saintly presentation of the Jackie Robinson story occasionally wields narrative as a blunt instrument, just to make sure no one misses Robinson's struggles and dignity. A fine cast and a laid back style that feels as retro as the period setting help craft a film that's a likable history lesson.

Admission has a strong cast and the admirable goal of making an adult movie about adult things, but the plot is implausible, and there's a slackness to the entire affair that's never quite overcome, despite a lot of individually nice elements.

Stoker is not a satisfying moviegoing experience, which isn't to say that it's a bad piece of cinema. If you go to the movies expecting a story (and I generally do), you might feel underserved. But if you're moved by style, performance and mood for their own sake, there's much to like in this off-key, slow boil tale of suspense.

Interesting look at postwar Japan and how an American general investigated whether to hang Emperor Hirohito for war crimes or paper over the ugliness to better rehabilitate Japan. While we know how that worked out, and while the nature of the general's investigation might be slightly fictionalized (and a romance angle entirely invented, it seems), the film is still an interesting, sober portrait of a rarely considered historical moment.

Giants Beware is a polished piece of cartooning that reads like its writer was raised by sitcom reruns. Any kid will love it, while adults might find the charm wearing as thin as a "Friends" marathon. Which is not to deny its definite charms, or undercut my hopes that this writer and artist do more work together, and soon.

"The Martian Confederacy" is two volumes, so far, of light sci-fi entertainment set on a trailer-park Mars and populated with scoundrels, good-hearted thieves, villains, small children, a sexy robot and a talking bear. There is, in other words, something for everyone in these breezy, self-contained adventure-comedies.

Royden Lepp's Rust: Visitor in the Field, has a dreamlike feel. There's the sepia color scheme, retro jetpacks and battle robots, and a slow-motion pacing that hobbles, but doesn't quite defeat, the work.

Zero Dark Thirty is a procedural thriller that follows one committed--and difficult--CIA officer whose investigative obsession leads to the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Short on character or broader thoughts on international terrorism, it's a compelling piece of first-hand reportage.

"King's Speech" director Tom Hooper opens up the beloved stage melodrama, bringing the play's 17th century Paris to life. Yet he also makes it more intimate, adding a wrenching power to key songs. Hugh Jackman leads a strong cast, which Anne Hathaway totally blows outta the water.

Bill Murray is a skirt-chasing FDR in this mannered drama about the late president's summer affair with a cousin. Fine actors and famous figures frump and frolic in a biopic about a brief, awkward affair that's probably the least interesting part of Roosevelt's life. A series of fine moments do not gel to create a truly fine film.

Like Christopher Nolan, Sam Mendes takes a colorful and unrealistic hero and examines the darkness within, sometimes at the expense of that which makes the character any damned fun at all. Still, an exploration of James Bond's dark and barely existent inner world make for an occasionally interesting exception in the long-running series. And Javier Bardem has fun channeling a lighter version of Heath Ledger's Joker.