Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012

New this Week - Act of Valor

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

“ACT OF VALOR” (R): Enough with all the pretty-boy actors posing as heroic super-soldiers. Real-life Navy SEALs, still on active duty, star in this action-thriller about a worldwide manhunt to stop a terrorist plot, inspired by actual events.

“GONE” (PG-13): Amanda Seyfried stars in this thriller about a young woman who comes home to discover her sister has been kidnapped by the same nut job who kidnapped her exactly one year prior. What are the chances? No, seriously. What are the chances? (Not screening for critics.)

“TYLER PERRY'S GOOD DEEDS” (PG-13): Tyler Perry sets aside the drag routine to play a successful businessman preparing to marry his fiancé (Gabrielle Union) whose life is changed when he falls for a single mother (Thandie Newton). (Not screening for critics.)

“WANDERLUST” (R): Delayed from last year (uh-oh), this comedy from director David Wain (“Role Models”) stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a stressed-out Manhattan couple who check out of the rat race and check into a free-love commune.