Movie Reviews: 'The Great Gatsby', 'Iron Man 3', 'Oblivion' and More

Movie information aggregated from MovieFone.com

The Great Gatsby (also in 3D)

• Run Time: N/A
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio , Tobey Maguire , Carey Mulligan , Isla Fisher , Joel Edgerton
• Director: Baz Luhrmann
• Trailer

"Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is the first must-see film of Hollywood’s summer season, if for no other reason than its jaw-dropping evocation of Roaring ’20s New York — in 3-D, no less." Lou Lumenick, New York Post. Full Review

"The acting is really good, particularly Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby. But boy, with a running time of nearly 21/2 hours and a near-constant bombardment of visual overstimulation, it’s exhausting." Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic. Full Review

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Iron Man 3

• Run Time: 130mins.
• Starring: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr.
• Director: Shane Black
• Trailer

"Besides rehabbing a hero who overcomes anxiety to save the world and defeat the terror-industrial complex by the simple matter of cloning his body armor, the movie proves that there’s still intelligent life on Planet Marvel. As you’re propelled out of the theater on IM3′s hydraulic lift of pleasures, you’re likely to say, “That is how it’s done.” Richard Corliss, Time.

"Given the keys to the franchise and a role in the writing, Black has massively upped the verbal sparring and kept the broad inventiveness of comic-book malleability in mind. “I’m a mechanic,” Stark says to the boy in a moment of self-doubt. That’s 100% Black, that line, a tidy code of craft, and the jitters pass." Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York.

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Pain & Gain

• Run Time: 129mins.
• Starring: Mark Wahlberg , Dwayne Johnson , Anthony Mackie , Ed Harris ,Rob Corddry
• Director: Michael Bay
• Trailer

"This is easily Bay’s best movie, the work of a filmmaker with a cracked sense of humor that he is able to share with the audience." Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald.

"Yes, the canon invoked for this film is that of the Three Stooges, but it’s still not as magnificently berserk as they can be. Set your expectations carefully for this one." Louis Black, Austin Chronicle.

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Oblivion

• Run Time: 126mins.
• Starring: Tom Cruise , Olga Kurylenko , Morgan Freeman , Andrea Riseborough , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
• Director: Joseph Kosinski
• Trailer

"The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice. Full Review

"A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments along the way." Justin Chang, Variety. Full Review

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42

• Run Time: 88 mins.
• Starring: Chadwick Boseman , Harrison Ford , Christopher Meloni
• Director: Brian Helgeland
• Trailer

"One of the all-time great sports movies — primarily because it's one of the all-time great sports stories." Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times.

"42 is competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful — but it rarely rises above standard, old-fashioned biography fare. It’s a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man." Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times.

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The Croods (3D)

• Run Time: 98mins.
• Starring: Nicolas Cage , Ryan Reynolds , Emma Stone , Catherine Keener , Clark Duke
• Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders
• Trailer

"This Chris Sanders fellow knows how to craft a heart-warming animation, and if not for a few minor problems this would have had a legitimate shot at the best animated movie of 2013." Laremy Legel, Film.com

"The movie is at its most interesting and amusing when riffing on how cavemen might have reacted to new experiences and ideas, like fire and shoes. Whether the kiddies will appreciate that is unclear, but they’ll certainly like the voice work done by Emma Stone as Eep." Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times.

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Any of these catch your fancy? 

All or most of these movies should be at theaters in the Iowa City area this weekend. Here are Iowa City movie show times from Google. 

Marcus Sycamore Cinema

Marcus Coral Ridge Cinema

For other suggestions, try the Bijou Theater (University of Iowa)