12 YEARS A SLAVE Steve McQueen's follow-up to Shame and Hunger sounds even less enjoyable than both Shame and Hunger, which makes me terrified for whatever he's going to come up with next. Alison joins the long list of critics who're calling it an extraordinary film.
ENDER'S GAME The 1985 classic science fiction novel finally hits the big screen, and the results are... totally adequate! (Keep in mind that I've loved the book since I was like 12 or 13, so I might be a bit too whiny about the changes they made. But still.)
ABOUT TIME Elinor could not fucking wait to see this movie—she believes that Love Actually, from the same director, is a "perfect film"—and then it was a total letdown. Way to destroy dreams, guy who made Love Actually.
LAST VEGAS Ha, this movie looked terrible! So I made Zac go see it! Guess what! It was terrible! In related news, make sure to check out Movie Masochist, Zac's new Blogtown column about the terrible movies I send him to!
THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI Boxing enthusiast Marjorie checked out this documentary about the Muhammad Ali that few people knew. She wrote a really beautiful review about it, and I'm not just saying that because she is a boxing enthusiast.
There's more, as ever, in Film Shorts, and here are your Movie Times. For cheap movies this week, I recommend The Sting, playing at the Academy Theater:
