YOGI BEAR - C

Dan Akyroyd, Justin Timberlake, Tom Cavanagh
If you’ve enjoyed Scooby-Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks and other recent CG updates of classic cartoons, you’ll likely enjoy this tame and generally harmless update. Really, though, this no more than a standard kiddie affair with surprisingly poor animated effects.

SKYLINE - C-

Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel
Considering its rumored $10 million budget, the effects in this sci-fi spectacle are surprisingly decent. A lot less successful is the film’s aimless and generally dull story, which follows a group of friends after an alien invasion and really seems to have no clue where it is going.

127 HOURS - B+

James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn
Yes, this is the true life story of mountain climber Aron Ralston, who cut off his own arm in order to survive. But as vibrantly directed by Danny Boyle and passionately acted by James Franco, it is so much more than that one scene – it is a portrait of a man stripped raw by circumstance.

KNIGHT AND DAY - B-

Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard
Tom Cruise’s real-life activities may have overshadowed his work over the last few years, but he’s at his grinning, happy-go-lucky best in this lively if overlong action comedy. Cameron Diaz is a great comic partner, even if her character takes a couple of eye-rolling turns in the last act.

CONVICTION - B

Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver
Based on a true story about a woman who went to law school just to overturn her brother’s murder conviction, this is the kind of story that Hollywood loves to slap into a conventional framework. But the film commendably handles everything with restraint instead of histrionics.

TAMARA DREWE - C

Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Dominic Cooper
Stephen Frears has been able to make compelling films about subjects such as Queen Elizabeth II (The Queen) and record store employees (High Fidelity), so it is surprising to see just how low-energy this British comedy is. The screenplay is unfocused and the characters are all ciphers.

ROMANTICS, THE - C-

Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel
The Romantics’ obvious inspiration is The Big Chill, but there is no chance anyone will be referencing this tiresome and self-conscious drama decades from now. Paquin is an unlikeable pill, Holmes lacks passion and Duhamel – supposedly torn between the two – is overly distracted.