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Monday, June 29, 2009

New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD

12 Rounds (2009) *½ Noisy, cut into a head-snapping blur with little room for wrestler John Cena to even try showing emotion, this film is an occasionally exciting but always empty experience.

Dark Streets (2008) *½ The film has its shallow pleasures, but once it becomes obvious that that’s all it has going for it, the affected performances and forced tough-guy speak stop feeling playful and start to become oppressive.

The Education of Charlie Banks (2009) ** There’s enough sweetness, and enough just-under-the-surface intelligence, in this film to suggest that Fred Durst may have a future as a filmmaker.

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009) ** It’s no mystery that the target audience for this G-rated bubblegum fantasy is tweens, parents of tweens and the occasional pervert. They’ll be so pleased. Anything for the rest of humanity? Not so much.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) ½* Even with the low expectations this film engenders, it still somehow manages to be a letdown.

Two Lovers (2009) *** A small, delicate concoction of moods and moments, far quieter than all the recent Joaquin Phoenix-related hoopla. But his heartbreaking performance may incline audiences to think of him in a new light, or at least return to thinking of him in the old one.

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