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Scott Bowles, USA Today

  1. Assassin's Bullet 2012 Think the Bourne franchise meets the Bond franchise, without the wit or action. full review
  2. Blue Like Jazz 2012 Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith. full review
  3. Butter 2012 Butter is a film more enamored of its premise than interested in making it work. full review
  4. The Hunger Games 2012 Like the select participants of its savage sport, The Hunger Games stands triumphant, if scarred and a bit wobbly from the contest. full review
  5. Marley 2012 Sprinkled with riffs, concert footage and home videos, the family-authorized documentary does what the artist usually did: When in doubt, return to the beat. full review
  6. Side by Side 2012 Alas, if you're someone who enjoys movies as, say, a two-hour escape, you may find this documentary on the death of film at digital's hands a bit too inside baseball. full review
  7. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning 2012 Universal soldiers, it seems, never die, even if they deserve a slow and deliberate farewell. full review
  8. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 2011 That Never doesn't work as a biopic isn't a surprise. Bieber's too young to paint a picture with much context. full review
  9. The Company Men 2010 It's simple stuff, but the movie's heart is in the right place. full review
  10. You Kill Me 2007 Surely there aren't many emotionally fragile mobster stories left in the Hollywood arsenal. But at least Kill is a pretty good shot with the laughs. full review