Rating: «« out of 4 stars

Running Time: 101 min.

Once again, what is funny to some is certainly not to others. A couple of weeks back, I saw a Zach Galifianakis comedy that I got a kick of out... it was strange, surreal, and brought a smile to my face. Less than a month later, he’s back in a completely different type of flick. However, this one just didn’t work for me. Keeping Up with the Joneses is predictable and comes across about as bland as its suburban sprawl setting.

Jeff Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis) is an affable human resources manager at a local tech firm, happily married to his interior designer wife Karen (Isla Fisher). However, with the kids off at summer camp, they...

Rating: «« out of 4 stars

Running Time: 118 min.

To be honest, I wasn’t that big a fan of Tom Cruise’s first foray as Jack Reacher, a tough-as-nails ex-Major who can’t help but find trouble wherever he wanders. Frankly, I can’t remember much about that movie, other than some particularly stiff, hard-boiled dialogue between the characters that just didn’t play.

Regardless, a new thriller has arrived in the form of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. It corrects a few of the issues I had with the previous installment and replaces them with new problems.

The story finds Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) stopping various crimes while traveling across the country to meet Major Susan Turner...