To have and have not

Elysium

Crit

In a distant future, one political faction wants liberal immigration policy and universal health care, while another faction wants neither. This is a nearly brilliant superhero-supervillains video comic book with a socialist subtext.

Trailers

• Captain Phillips--Yes, I've blurbed a trailer for this already, commenting that it looked as if the film was going to be hard-pressed to avoid seeming racist. Apparently I'm not the only one to have noticed that problem, because in this version of the trailer, the lead pirate is humanized, becoming not just a scary African but a man pushed by circumstances to do something he doesn't want to do, not unlike Max in today's feature.
• Ender's Game--Superhero kids; I have the sense there's a sizable market to be drawn from lovers of the source novel.
• Escape Plan--Gosh I thought we'd never see Sly and Arnold together again.
• Last Vegas--I hope I'm wrong in thinking this looks like a criminal waste of a great cast.
• The Monuments Men--This, on the other hand, looks extremely promising, a sort of anti-Inglourious Basterds wherein the WWII good guys try to prevent destruction.