This 'Hangover' is easy to sleep off
Slow, sentimental and somewhat sedated, the third "Hangover" movie isn't so much exhausted of outrageous "Oh no, they DIDN'T!" ideas as it is spent of energy. And they knew it, too. The only raunchy moment is stuffed into the closing credits, a "we forgot to do that" afterthought. They know they're done. They just want to make sure we know. Grade: C-
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‘Epic’ doesn’t quite live up to its title
Derivative as all get out and plainly concocted by a committee, “Epic” is a children’s animated film that is more entertaining and emotional than it has any right to be. Characters make sacrifices and die, miss their parents and mourn. And we’re touched. At least a little. Grade: C+

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Don’t watch ‘At Any Price’ (well, maybe free)
North Carolina hasn’t produced so many directors that we can afford to blow any of them off – especially when their work has been as fresh and original as Ramin Bahrani’s. (His “Goodbye Solo,” about an African cab driver trying to acclimatize himself to life in Winston-Salem, made my top 10 list in 2008.) So I went into “At Any Price” with hopes high. Grade: C-

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