“Wild Hogs”
**1/2 Slap William H. Macy in between slices of Hollywood ham named Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and John Travolta, and you’ve got a “Wild Hogs” sandwich, a genial Disney contribution to the motorcycle- movie genre, which has grossed nearly $170 million since its March release. Travolta, Macy, Lawrence and Allen show off their riding skills bopping around New Mexico in leather, often without helmets, in the guise of Cincinnati pals doddering into (or past) middle age. |PG-13 |96 minutes |Released today |Roger Moore
“Vacancy”
* This rancid little pseudo-snuff film tries to put lipstick on a pig by making us one step removed from an actual snuff film, but you can’t disguise the cynicism. Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale are a bickering couple who leave the interstate and check into an isolated, fleabag motel. They soon find that the horror tapes of brutal murders sitting on their VCR were filmed right in their own room, and that they are surrounded by cameras and psycho-killers who want to make a new movie. Of them. Once we understand that premise – and it’s in the trailers, even – then the rest is just 45 minutes of uninspired chasing.|R|80 minutes |Released today |Michael Booth
“Fracture”
** It’s a cat-and-mouse game, with Anthony Hopkins once again as the very smart mouse. Call it “Silence of the Cellphones,” a murder case more about lawyers than about serial crazies. Ryan Gosling, in his first highly visible role since being nominated for an Academy Award for the indie movie “Half Nelson,” plays a young district attorney prosecuting smug Hopkins over the attempted murder of Hopkins’ wife. A few interesting twists and turns, but a long, dull middle makes “Fracture” too much of a chore. |R|110 minutes |Released today|Michael Booth
