REEL TIME: Reese Witherspoon releases a stinker and Ralph Fiennes gives us horny feelings

With the help of City Paper film critics, Movies editor Josh Middleton counts down the weekend's six new-movie releases, from least- to most-worthy of your precious time and hard-earned dollar bills.

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REEL TIME: Reese Witherspoon releases a stinker and Ralph Fiennes gives us horny feelings

POSTED: Friday, February 17, 2012, 4:30 PM

Filed Under: Movies

No. 1: Ralph Fiennes has our hearts all aflutter. As if his rustic good looks weren't enough, he turns up this week in an adaptation of Shakespeare's "oft-overlooked" Coriolanus, in which he not only stars but offers an impressive directorial debut. Set in a "vaguely-Balkan locale" Fiennes smartly blends his mostly British cast with Bosnian locals to, as critic Sam Adams puts it, "position the film neatly between specificity and timelessness." Wow, he can casting direct, too? *squeal*. Read the rest of Sam's review here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: A Dangerous Method, A Separation, Albert Nobbs, The Artist, Carnage, Chronicle, Contraband, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Grey, The Iron Lady, Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animated, Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action, My Week with Marilyn, Red Tails, Safe House, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Underworld: Awakening, The Vow, W.E., The Woman in Black

(josh.middleton@citypaper.net) (@justjoshfunk1)

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