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On December 3, 2010, former Washington lobbyist, kingmaker, huckster, and felon was released from federal prison after serving nearly four years of a six-year sentence for fraud and corruption of public officials. A few days later, Casino Jack movie opened in limited North American release: The consummate con man and his complicated movie are out on the streets. "Casino Jack movie attempts to dramatize Jack Abramoff's epic manipulation and exploitation of Native American gaming officials and his systematic corruption of two White House officials, a Congressman, and nine other lobbyists and Congressional staffers. Abramoff took millions from the gaming nations, and he redistributed hundreds of thousands among the folks who walk Washington's corridors of power. The difference, of course, was just his fee."The problem is that epic scandals do not easily reduce to pulp fiction fare. Casino Jack is one of those ripped-from-the-headlines movies that proves both Truth's capacity for growing stranger than fiction and a good story's capacity for becoming too big even for the big screen. The culture of corruption in Washington, DC is just too complicated to unravel in one single plot thread, and the character of "Casino Jack" Abramoff is just a little too kaleidoscopically complex and quirky to demystify in just an hour and a half. Kevin Spacey, however, brings all of his training, talent, and one-of-a-kind intensity to the role of Abramoff. Even if the story does not always make perfect sense, nevertheless Spacey and associates recreate the look and feel of "an almost impossibly rich historical record of scandal, ambition, double dealing and ideological grandstanding."

Sucker Punch movie makes five girls the somewhat reluctant heroines of an epic action fantasy drawn from the main character's imagination. Baby-Doll has been wrongly confined in a mental institution, but she uses her powers of mind to escape her grim circumstances. When her dreams and fantasies no longer console her, Baby-Doll persuades four other girls to join in her attempt to escape captivity. Emily Browning stars as Baby-Doll; Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Abbie Cornish complete the well-chosen ensemble cast. The five of them leave no doubt about the meaning of "girl power.""Director Zack Snyder describes Sucker Punch as "Alice in Wonderland with machine guns." In the course of their adventures, the girls engage everything from samurais to serpents in fantastic warfare, drawing from a robust virtual arsenal. The five sisters-in-arms face difficult choices about how much feel willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. Wiseman, however, gives sage guidance, always suggesting that if the girls survive, their journey will set them free. Co-director Deborah Snyder brings the flight of fantasy back down to earth, saying, "In the end, it's about this girl's survival and what she needs to do to be able to cope."

After it wrapped in November, 2009, Season of the Witch, an old-school horror movie starring Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman, went into a strange suspended animation. In November, 2010, the studio finally distributed a trailer with very little fanfare, and setting a release date in mid-January, 2011. Cinephiles with exquisite powers of observation detected changes in the credits for key production roles, expressing their concern about the project's integrity. The pre-release buzz registered only lukewarm, and a few long-time fans used the unfortunate phrase "paycheck movie" to describe Cage's efforts."Reminiscent of Beowolf with more horror and gore, the story draws admirably from all the traditions of medieval storytelling, ultimately pitting the two courageous crusaders against a dark force that threatens to rule the world."Returning from the Crusades, a noble night finds his homeland ravaged by the black plague. Church officials blame sorcery for the pestilence, and they have captured the witch they hold responsible. They command the knight to transport the alleged witch to an abbey where the monks specialize in exorcising demons. The knight enlists the help of a priest, a grieving comrade-in-arms, a disgraced vagabond, and an arrogant young would-be night. Together, they battle hostile and horrible wilderness, making their way to the abbey where the witch's terrible secret is revealed and literally all hell breaks loose.

Rango" movie goes into the record books as the first feature-length film by special-effects wizards Industrial Light and Magic. You may remember them from little films like "Star Wars"—all of the "Star Wars." The animated feature breaks new ground for household pets, moving bravely into the reptile kingdom and starring a chameleon as Rango, the film's titular character. In his cloistered little terrarium, done-up nicely in contemporary Southwestern style, Rango always has imagined himself a hero. Through few twists of reptilian fate, Rango finds himself in the Old West town of Dirt, surrounded by a bunch of mean-faced critters who take no liking to heroes and good guys. Rango's finest chameleon skills do nothing to help him fit in among the renegade villains from early Clint Eastwood films. Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, and Timothy Olyphant lend their vocal talents to "Rango," the story of ordinary lizard turned hero. Trivia fans may want to keep their eyes peeled for a CGI character who bears a striking resemblance to the late Hunter S. Thompson, father of "gonzo" journalism.

The Warrior's Way" challenges: Can you survive the love to get to the action?... Who wouldn't want to see Kate Bosworth playing a bad-girl knife thrower in a ninja movie? After all, late adolescent boys can live on reruns of "Blue Crush" for only so long. In "The Warrior's Way" movie, Dong-gun Jang stars as a ninja assassin—reputedly "the world's greatest swordsman"-- grown weary of his deadly craft. When the assassin turns down an assignment, his warrior clan expresses its displeasure by ordering him killed. Naturally, the swordsman seeks sanctuary in the American badlands, where the locals will hardly notice a Korean newcomer in town. Just as naturally, the newcomer falls in love with the knife-thrower and befriends the town drunk—happens every day in the Dakotas. Naturally, the three of them save the swordsman and their town, and audiences may assume they Ginsu happily ever after. After pre-release screenings of "The Warrior's Way" movie audiences generally agreed with the reviewer who said, "If you can bear the hour of 'love story' and the bad acting that goes with it, you can get to some really fun action scenes. Some awesome effects and fighting will jolt you from much of the boredom." When it's all over, "The Warrior's Way" leaves the average guy wondering, "How much do I really like Kate Bosworth?"

I Love You, Phillip Morris movie takes a cop out of the closet and directly to jail—a love story…Jim Carey plays Steven Russell, happily married and safely closeted local law enforcement officer devoted to clean Christian living and keeping up appearances in the neighborhood. As "I Love You, Phillip Morris" opens, officer Russell culminates his spare-time search for the mother who gave him up at birth; mom kept his older and younger siblings. Mom wants nothing to do with him, and adding injury to the insult, Russell suffers a terrible car crash. The one-two punches inspire him to abandon his former life, and Russell embraces the gay lifestyle with zest and gusto. Discovering gay extravagance comes with big price tags, Russell discovers his proficiency as a con man…until he ends up in jail, where he meets Phillip Morris. Ewan McGregor brilliantly plays Phillip Morris, the love of Russell's life. And, then, the drama begins. Dealing unabashedly with homosexuality, "I Love You, Phillip Morris" might have inspired boycotts, protests, and a great deal of unpleasantness. Thanks to Carey's and McGregor's sensitive, poignant portrayal of the characters and the script's ample good humor, "I Love You, Phillip Morris" is just a really good movie about a couple of men in love.

A light-hearted romantic comedy produced for Christmas-season audiences, "How Do You Know?" movie has all the right stuff for gentle laughter and wistful sighs. Reese Witherspoon stars as Lisa Jorgensen, twenty-seven year old former athlete, who feels past her prime and out of synch with the timeline for love, family, and happily ever after. Tougher and edgier than the usual Reese Witherspoon heroine, Lisa is both a perfect complement and an ideal foil for her radically contrasting would-be boyfriends. Legions of twenty-something professional women readily will identify with Lisa" Thinking about her friends getting married and having babies, Lisa worries, "I don't know if I have what it takes for everybody's regular plan.""Of course, the plot in "How Do You Know?" develops from the standard love triangle—Lisa stands at the apex, perpetual romantic cutie Paul Rudd playing troubled corporate guy at one vertex, and perpetual gotta-love-him dude Owen Wilson playing baseball guy at the other vertex. Under the skillful direction of Academy Award winner James L. Brooks of "As Good As It Gets" fame, "How Do You Know?" becomes a delicious holiday confection with a generous soupcon of Jack Nicholson thrown-in for flavor and spice."

The filming studio of Scream 4 says, "Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer." Until the Scream 4 hits theaters on April 15, 2011, no one reveals anything more than that one cryptic sentence. The trailer does make it clear, however, Wes Craven has no intention of reinventing the formula for fun family fear. Scream movie-series sage Wes Craven says of his genre, "There is something about the Disneyesque [American] dream of the beautifully trimmed front lawn, the white picket fence, mom and dad and their happy children, God-fearing and doing good whenever they can. [Look at] and the flip side of it, the kind of anger and the sense of outrage that comes from discovering that's not the truth of the matter--that gives American horror films kind of an additional rage." The Ghostface Killer always has "crawled like a viper through the suburban streets," and the fourth in the series shows lots more of the same; why mess with success? Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette prove you're never two old to feel terrified, but a whole new generation of horrified hotties has learned to scream and scream until goodness prevails. Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere lead "a new generation of terror."

James Cameron returns to the sea, showing in three dimensions how a deep-sea cave-diving team descends into a previously unexplored cave system—the largest, most beautiful, most complex, and least accessible on Earth. There, explorers suddenly face the challenge to become survivors. Adapted from the real-life adventure of the screenplay's co-writer, Andrew Wight, Sanctum movie pays homage to the ocean's sublimity before it tears the mask off its monumental power. Richard Roxburgh, suitably daring and dashing, plays expedition leader Frank McGuire, who skillfully leads the team through months of exploration until a tropical storm cuts-off their exit, forcing them deeper into the caves in search of an escape. Struggling against raging water, short supplies, and inchoate terror, McGuire, his son Josh, and prominent financier Carl Hurley must make their way through a magnificent and menacing maze hoping against hope they will survive. Cameron had to work his magic on a relatively modest $30million budget, but director Alister Grierson and cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin bring out the best in the fine ensemble cast and make the most of Mother Nature's dramatic setting.

Liam Neeson stars in Unknown movie, an action thriller focused on a tale of mistaken identity and sinister intrigue. Horror film parvenu Jaume Collet-Sera directed Unknown movie, this time working to develop suspense rather than terror. Neeson plays Dr. Martin Harris, who comes back into consciousness after a Berlin traffic accident, discovering his wife no longer recognizes him, and a mystery man apparently has purloined his identity. Among the unknowns in the movie's pre-release buzz: what it is about Dr. Harris that makes his identity so valuable. Whatever his exceptional value, assassins stalk the genuine Dr. Harris while authorities refuse to believe or assist him. Naturally, Dr. Harris grows more desperate as he discovers just how completely alone and bereft of resources or plans he really us. "Aided by an unlikely ally," as the studio says, Dr. Harris intrepidly digs into the mystery, sometimes questioning his sanity, and frequently testing the limits of his endurance and conscience. January Jones of "MadMen" fame plays his wife; Diane Kruger plays "the taxi driver."