Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Liev Schreiber star in this adaptation of the W Somerset Maugham novel about a epidemiologist fighting a cholera epidemic in China, his unfaithful wife, and her lover, a British consul. The backdrop, shot on location in China, is gorgeous and the acting performances first-rate.

Grade: A-.

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JJ Abrams reboots the Star Trek saga in this exciting adventure that chronicles the early backstory of James T Kirk and the inaugural voyage of the original USS Enterprise. Chris Pine leads a brilliant cast as the iconic Kirk. This new imagining is full of humor, action, and menacing villains.

Grade: A.

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Toby Jones leads an exquisite cast in this sadly overlooked drama about Truman Capote’s research on In Cold Blood, which was released on the heels of the Oscar-winning masterpiece Capote. Sandra Bullock turns in a surprisingly confident performance as Harper Lee. This engrossing telling is well worth a look.

Grade: B+.

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Peter O’Toole is picture perfect in this generation gap comedy about a famous, but elderly actor, Maurice, who becomes enamored with his best friend’s great-niece, who exploits his affection for her as they become friends. Newcomer Jodie Whittaker plays Jessie, providing a vulgar, common counterbalance to the cultured thespian.

Grade: B+.

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In this short-lived science fiction series, an alien object appears over a ship in the Atlantic, causing unexplainable effects. A secret government organization, led by plucky Dr. Molly Caffrey and her quirky team, leads an investigation to figure out the extraterrestrial contact and an effort to contain its effects.

Grade: B.

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Simon Pegg stars in this fish-out-of-water comedy about an ascerbic culture writer who takes a job in a high-profile New York celebrity gossip magazine and pursues a famous starlet. Pegg’s character, Sidney Young, hilariously finds every conceivable way to annoy everybody, from colleagues to A-Listers.

Grade: B+.

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Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Wilkinson star in this adaptation of an Oscar Wilde play about a New York socialite who spends the summer trying to attract the attentions of an English aristocrat on the Amalfi Coast during the 1930s. The high society drama make this period peace trudge.

Grade: C.

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Ryan Bingham is a middle-aged consultant hired by companies to travel around the country and lay off employees. He is tasked with showing young Natalie the rules of the road. George Clooney and Anna Kendrick lead a beautiful cast, bringing this wonderful story of loneliness and redemption to life.

Grade: B+.

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Kevin Smith wrote and directed this hilariously raunchy comedy, filled with a cast recognizable from Judd Apatow’s movies. Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are best friends who live together in abject poverty. They decide to solve their money problems by directing a porn film, with side-splitting mishaps.

Grade: A-.

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In this melancholy film set on the Palouse region of Northern Idaho, a depressed teenager at odds with his dysfunctional family meets a troubled girl, who is almost as morose as he is. While the acting was solid enough, given the moping script, the pessimism and hopelessness here is inescapable.

Grade: C.

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