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Ice Age: Dawn of Fox the Dinosaurs
By THELMA ADAMSOPENS: WEDNESDAY 7/1
3Stars
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In the third kids’ flick about the prehistoric posse (the first two made a total of $372 million!), mammoths Manny (voice of Ray Romano) and pregnant Ellie (Queen Latifah) concentrate on feathering their nest, but ignore lonely sloth Sid (John Leguizamo) — who acts out, stealing three dinosaur eggs and getting the gang into trouble. This 3-D follow-up appeals to children and adults with sharp one-liners from a cast of ad-libbing pros. One recurring problem? Rude adult zingers, such as when weasel Buck (Simon Pegg), a new character, claims to have used a clamshell to “turn a T. Rex into a T. Rachel.”

Public Enemies
Johnny Depp dazzles, but the crime flick disappoints
By THELMA ADAMSOPENS: WEDNESDAY 7/1
2.5Stars
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Before the FBI gunned him down at age 31 in 1934, the dapper John Dillinger (a charming Johnny Depp) robbed banks across the country in Robin Hood-esque style. If Michael Mann’s gangster film just focused on the celeb bandit and his romance with a coat-check girl (the marvelous Oscar winner Marion Cotillard), it would be a success. But the movie bogs down when following a federal agent, played by Christian Bale, who acts with the same beady-eyed intensity he dis played in The Dark Knight and Terminator Salvation. (Note to Bale: More range, please!) Plus, the episodic script — overstuffed with burglaries and escapes — sacrifices the rhythm that characterized Mann’s best movies (Heat, The Insider). The uneven biopic’s pulled in so many directions, it loses the audience along the way.

The Hurt Locker
By THELMA ADAMSOPENS: FRIDAY 6/26
3.5Stars
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A soldier (Jeremy Renner) leaves his baby-mama (Evangeline Lilly, in a minor role) stateside to defuse street bombs in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004 — and discovers he’s most alive when facing down death. Still, the adrenaline junkie’s risks endanger the lives of his squad. Director Kathryn Bigelow has crafted a well-acted war film that’s as harrowing as it is unsentimental.

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