Click on the film stills for more details and reviews on this weekend's new releases and repertory screenings, which include Case 39, The White Ribbon, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Old Partner, The Chaser, The Muppet Movie, and Taxi Driver.
New Year's Weekend Movie Forecast: Um, Case 39 Anyone?
Weekend Movie Forecast: Crossing Over, An American Affair
Click on the film stills above for more reviews and details on this week's new releases and repertory selections. This week we're also looking at An American Affair, Dillinger is Dead, Examined Life, Birdsong, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freak out Featuring the Flaming Lips, and The Fly.
Weekend Movie Forecast: Hamlet 2 or Trouble the Water
You know summer's over when the biggest movie opening is Hamlet 2, a Sundance hit about a high school teacher's struggle to save the school's drama program by writing, directing, producing and starring in a zany time-travel musical. (Okay, there's also Death Race, which the Times calls "a supercharged junkyard apocalypse powered by an unabashed relish for brutal comeuppance and a flair for delirious vehicular mayhem.") British funnyman Steve Coogan – you know, the guy who was "always right there with the drugs" for Courtney Love – stars with Catherine Keener and Amy Poehler. Peter Howell at the Toronto Star was not amused: "As much as you want to tell yourself how funny this idea is, it comes across as such only in fits and starts – and mainly from the neglected supporting cast."

