In this science fiction series, time travel enables refugees from dystopian 2149 to resettle the Earth of 85 million years in the past. Our story focuses on an exiled detective who keeps the peace as he learns his way around Terra Nova, the colony established in the dinosaur-filled world.

Grade: A-.

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This mind-bending science fiction thriller hits all the right targets — an engrossing story about a man who steals secrets by invading dreams, a thick sense of danger at every turn, uncountable layers of intrigue, rich and nuanced world-building, and a talented cast that brings it all to life.

Grade: A+.

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Four separate stories converge in this dark crime drama inspired by an ancient Chinese proverb. The four stories include that of a desperate bank employee (Forest Whitaker), an insightful enforcer (Brendan Fraser), a sad pop starlet (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a smitten doctor (Kevin Bacon), and a ruthless mobster (Andy Garcia).

Grade: B.

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A group of hot young Australians are conveniently away on from their small hometown on a camping trip when a large hostile military force invades their country. This goofy, juvenile war fantasy takes its entire playbook from Red Dawn. It was far better the first time around in the eighties.

Grade: C.

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Billy Crudup stars in this sleepy road trip drama as Cal, an unlikeable Manhattan architect who bails on his son’s third birthday to drink, chase skirt, and eventually seek out his long-lost father. Despite a talented cast and wonderful cinematography, this character study takes too long to get moving.

Grade: C.

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Aaron Eckhart, Elizabeth Banks, Logan Lerman, and Jessica Alba deliver hilarious performances in this comedy about a guy looking to find himself in the wake of his wife’s infidelity. As Eckhart’s character, Bill, starts to put his broken life back together again, it’s very hard not to cheer him on.

Grade: B+.

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This small independent drama about two former classmates–one a liberal activist and the other a conservative Republican–brings plenty of sexual tension between the two leads on opposite sides of the political divide against the backdrop of the Republican Convention in New York but fumbles a clunky infuriating ending.

Grade: C+.

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This documentary invites us into the lives and treatments of several people who suffer from the controversial chronic strain of Lyme Disease. The filmmakers take some of the leading medical gatekeepers in the field to task, many of whom seem to make medical policy decisions despite serious conflicts of interest.

Grade: B.

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Sam Jaeger is Thom, an unlicensed cab driver in New York, who gets evicted right as troubled Claire, played by Sam’s wife, Amber, solicits a ride to California to see her estranged father. This slow-paced character drama tells a beautiful, funny, enjoyable story and was quite a pleasant surprise.

Grade: A-.

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Michael (Joseph Fiennes), an ex-cop, turns his obsession with the Darwin Awards to figuring out the victims and trying to prevent more stupid deaths. He teams up with Siri (Winona Ryder), an insurance specialist, to investigate these stories. Creative reenactment of urban legends almost makes this irreverent comedy worthwhile.

Grade: C.

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