'Casino Jack' ★★★
(2010, Fox; 108 minutes) This film sledgehammers the cozy love triangle involving lobbyists, lawmakers and money. Kevin Spacey gives an exact and not entirely unsympathetic performance as Jack Abramoff, the convicted Capitol Hill lobbyist. Rated R. (Roger Ebert)
'Little Fockers' ★½
(2010, Universal; 98 minutes) "Meet the Parents" from 2000 was a tolerable trifle and 2004's "Meet the Fockers" was a bloated bore. But "Little Fockers" is tasteless trash, filled with abysmally unfunny gags involving vomit, enemas, erectile dysfunction and the like as Robert De Niro's Byrnes clan and Ben Stiller's Focker family stumble through another mindless reunion. Rated PG-13. (David Germain, AP)
'Tron: Legacy' ★★★
(2010, Disney; 125 minutes) Twenty years after he leaves his son at bedtime and steps out for a spin on his motorcycle, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) summons him mysteriously to a portal into the software program he invented — and now inhabits. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) is needed to help his dad and the beautiful Quorra (Olivia Wilde) to ward off an evil cabal that wants to conquer the Internet and/or the world. The plot is impenetrable, but Jeff Bridges is solid in three roles (younger, older and digital), and the visuals are a sensational sound and light show, cutting edge in the tradition of the 1983 film. Rated PG-13. (Ebert)
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'I Love You Phillip Morris' ★★★ 1/2
(2010, Lionsgate; 98 minutes) Jim Carrey in the true-life story of outrageous con man Steven Russell, who impersonated doctors, lawyers, FBI agents and corporate executives. He convinced prison officials he had died of AIDS, successfully faked a heart attack and escaped from jail four times (always on Friday the 13th). Ewan McGregor plays his cellmate Phillip Morris, whom Steven falls in love with. Thereafter his life consists of trying to get Steven out of jail, or trying to escape to be with him. Audacious. Jim Carrey's mercurial personality was almost necessary to even make this movie. Rated R. (Roger Ebert)

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