Arts & Entertainment
Movie Reviews: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters', 'Planes', 'We're The Millers' and More
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Iowa City area, including "2 Guns" and "Elysium." Let Patch help you decide what you're going to see this weekend.
Movie information aggregated from moviefone.com
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
- Run Time: 106 mins.
- Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson
- Director: Thor Freudenthal
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"In Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, choosing the dumbest character is a colossal task." Connie Ogle, Miami Herald. Full Review
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We're The Millers
- Run Time: 110 mins.
- Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts
- Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
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"Get past the comedy and there's something almost weird at the movie's core - a deep cynicism about family and a longing for family, both at the same time." Mike LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle. Full Review
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2 Guns
- Run Time: 109 mins.
- Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton
- Director: Baltasar Kormákur
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"There’s nothing about 2 Guns that doesn’t feel prefab, like someone poured a packet of Insta-Movie into a glass of water." Gabe Toro, The Playlist. Full Review
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Elysium
- Run Time: 109 mins.
- Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley
- Director: Neill Blomkamp
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"Not perfect, but a much more satisfying Earth-in-ruins film than Oblivion or After Earth. It is a little more conventional than District 9 (what isn’t?), but confirms Blomkamp as one of the potential science-fiction greats of this decade." Kim Newman, Empire. Full Review
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Planes
- Run Time: 92 mins.
- Starring: Voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett
- Director: Klay Hall
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"What Planes lacks in novelty, it makes up for with eye-popping aerial sequences and a high-flying comic spirit." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly.
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The Smurfs 2
- Run Time: 105 min
- Starring: Christina Ricci , J.B. Smoove , Neil Patrick Harris , Brendan Gleeson , Hank Azaria
- Director: Raja Gosnell
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Claudia Puig, USA Today "This insipid, and sometimes awkward, blend of animation, computer generation and live action wastes a ton of talent and lacks a true sense of whimsy." Full Review
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The Wolverine
- Run Time: 136mins.
- Starring: Hugh Jackman , Will Yun Lee , Hiroyuki Sanada , Hal Yamanouchi
- Director: James Mangold
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"The flat hammerblows of The Wolverine bear little relation to the zing and pop of Matthew Vaughn's colourful treatment. Inconsistency is inevitable in a world that's constantly being dug up and done over, but it leaves us no time to fall in love with anything being flung at us." Henry Barnes, The Guardian. Full Review
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Red 2
- Run Time: 116mins.
- Starring: Bruce Willis , John Malkovich , Helen Mirren , Mary-Louise Parker , Lee Byung-hun
- Director: Dean Parisot
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"Not that it isn’t entertaining, but the film's premise is certainly well past its “use by” date, resulting in another passably palatable sequel distinguished by a lack of narrative and stylistic coherence that could potentially underpin a really viable franchise." Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter.
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The Conjuring
- Run Time: 112mins.
- Starring: Vera Farmiga , Patrick Wilson , Ron Livingston , Lili Taylor , Hayley McFarland
- Director: James Wan
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"Though The Conjuring claims to be based on a true story, in truth it's based on every horror film that's come before it." Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine. Full Review
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Grown Ups 2
- Run Time: 101mins.
- Starring: Adam Sandler , Kevin James , Chris Rock , David Spade , Salma Hayek
- Director: Dennis Dugan
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In that sense, “Grown Ups 2” may be the ultimate Adam Sandler film. It ain’t high art, as the running gag with the burpsnarts — better not to ask — deftly illustrates. But for what it is, gosh darn it, it works." Adam Graham, The Detroit News
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Despicable Me 2
- Run Time: 98 mins.
- Starring: Voices of Steve Carell , Russell Brand , Miranda Cosgrove , Steve Coogan
- Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
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"It falters in the middle and hesitates unnecessarily in setting up the love story, but Gru still has charm and kids will adore the Minions." Helen O'Hara, Empire. Full Review
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