REEL TIME: Meryl turns out a snorefest and Dolly gets upstaged

This week's new releases may include big-screen heavy-hitters like Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Mark Wahlberg, but you should be leery about letting the big-name hype draw you toward the ticket booth. Today, with the help of our critics, we're charting the six new releases from most- to least-worthy of your time and hard-earned dollar bills.

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REEL TIME: Meryl turns out a snorefest and Dolly gets upstaged

POSTED: Friday, January 13, 2012, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies

4. Drew Lazor only gives Baltasar Kormákur's action-thriller, Contraband, a "C." But it stars mega-hotties Ben Foster and Mark Wahlberg, so we'd see it for the boner-potential alone. Or you could wait for the DVD. Read the rest of Drew's review here. (Pearl, UA 69th Street, UA Grant, UA Riverview)

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