“The Big Year”
**½ | Beware the comedy that heralds its cast as “the Dream Team.” Because as good as Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson can be, the trio doesn’t elevate this tale of three birders trying to outdo one another by sighting the most species in a year to the heights one would hope or expect. The male-crisis comedy is based on former Denver Post reporter Mark Obmascik’s nonfiction best seller, a more swooping and soaring work of obsession and bird love. PG. 1 hour, 44 minutes. Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
“Dream House”
Hotshot book editor Daniel Craig decides to retire from his lush Manhattan publishing job to write a novel and spend more time at home with wife Rachel Weisz and their two young daughters. They learn that their new house had been the site of a murder. PG-13. 1 hour, 31 minutes. Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
“Drive”
***½ | Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding create a high-performance vehicle fueled with an unlikely mixture: part existential crime thriller, part John Hughes teen flick. When stunt driver/wheelman Driver (Gosling) falls for neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son, “Drive” hugs some harrowing curves. Albert Brooks and Bryan Cranston add serious torque. R. 1 hour, 44 minutes. Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
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