Just in time for the holidays - comas, orphans, and second chances in "The Descendants," "Hugo"

THE DESCENDANTS

directed by Alexander Payne
starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer

GRADE: B+



HUGO

directed by Martin Scorsese
starring Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jude Law, Christopher Lee, others

GRADE: B+

Reviews to come

Mad visions, visionary madness blur in "Take Shelter," "Martha"

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

written and directed by Sean Durkin
starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy

GRADE: B+/A-


TAKE SHELTER

written and directed by Jeff Shelton
starring Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain

GRADE: B+

Reviews to come