“Inside Job”
This riveting, eye-opening, infuriating documentary presents a prosecutor’s brief against the culprits who engineered the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression. They made money — sometimes obscene amounts of it — while rigging a monetary meltdown that left middle-class taxpayers holding the bag. No dry economics lesson, this is a vital wakeup call. Watching it will make you better informed and very, very angry. PG-13. 1 hour, 20 minutes. Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune“Morning Glory”
This movie about a sunny, network morning show feels like . . . well, a sunny, network morning show. Afterward, you realize it tried to cram a whole lot of vapid stuff into one compact time frame — and you’re no better for having watched. Rachel McAdams is plucky, driven Becky Fuller, asked to help keep fourth- place “Daybreak” alive. Diane Keaton plays the breezy Colleen Peck, a former Miss Arizona; Harrison Ford plays a condescending former anchor making a comeback. Director Roger Michell’s film has its moments, and it makes Manhattan look radiant, but it rarely finds the charm of his other work. PG-13. 1 hour, 50 minutes. Christy Lemire, The Associated Press
“The Next Three Days”
Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks make no sense as a couple. Chalk it up to miscasting, a lack of chemistry, whatever. And that undermines our ability to become emotionally immersed in the life-threatening danger in which they find themselves. As a result, this thriller ends up feeling even more implausible than it might have. A couple of chase sequences, as well as one great scene involving Liam Neeson, unfortunately can’t salvage the whole endeavor. PG-13. 2 hours, 2 minutes. Christy Lemire, The Associated Press
