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Also new this week: "Cop Out" and "The Losers"
Thursday, July 22, 2010
' Cop Out'

1 1/2 stars = Bad
Ratings explained
Kevin Smith directs Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare and mint-condition baseball card coveted by a memorabilia-obsessed gangster. They obviously never met a buddy cop movie they didn't love, want to rip off or pay homage to, and even have Mr. Morgan imitate a series of cinematic cops as he interrogates a suspect. It's not that funny and neither is anything else about this movie, which also features a high body count in keeping with its R rating.

' The Losers'

2 1/2 stars = Average
Ratings explained
Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo comic book series, it's about a special forces team sent to a Bolivian jungle and double-crossed as it tries to do the humane thing and rescue children being used as drug mules. The road to redemption is paved with many twists, deceptions, bloodless deaths, explosions, and a couple of nifty stunts, one of which involves a giant magnet. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans lead the cast.

TV on DVD: "Being Human: Season 1"; "Cartoon Network Hall of Fame: Courage the Cowardly Dog, Season One"; "Look Around You: Season One"; "Matlock: The Fifth Season"; "My Boys: The Complete Second and Third Seasons."


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First published on July 22, 2010 at 12:00 am