Toy Story 3 (2010)

The third “Toy Story” doesn’t have the resonance of “Up” or the imagination of “Where the Wild Things Are.” It is just cute, nothing more, nothing less, the middle half an endless prison break. Plus, the filmmakers go for too many “Is Ken gay?” jokes.

d: Lee Unkrich | imdb.com | trailer | Made for each other.
Play time. | Tea party. | Switch him back. | Welcome to Sunnyside

The A-Team (2010)

Like “Charlie’s Angels,” this action-comedy is the rare movie based on a television series that honors the source material, having fun without making fun. Bradley Cooper delivers charm and smarm and director Joe Carnahan the action, including a flying tank.

d: Joe Carnahan | imdb.com | trailer | Face | Murdock | Flying tank

Winter’s Bone (2010)

Jennifer Lawrence gives a breakthrough performance as Ree Dolly, a 17-year-old Ozark Mountain girl looking for her missing father. She is an everyday American hero, fighting for her life and against the antiquated social mores of her extended family.

d: Debra Granik | imdb.com | trailer

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010)

The documentary follows Joan Rivers in her 76th year — at her best and worst. She wins “Celebrity Apprentice,” endures a Comedy Central roast, opens for Don Rickles, but her play bombs. Rivers will take any gig, anywhere. She is show business.

d: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg | imdb.com | trailer | I hate ...

Get Him to the Greek (2010)

Russell Brand’s portrayal of Aldous Snow — the British rocker from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” — as both outlandish satire and human being is pitch-perfect in a wild road picture with Jonah Hill and Sean Combs, who plays a music industry executive.

d: Nicholas Stoller | imdb.com | trailer | Seattle? | Chocolate Daddy
Your last album ... | Lars Ulrich | I love this game. | Adrenaline

Splice (2010)

Biochemists and lovers Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley genetically engineer an impressive human hybrid — part human, part all sorts
of animals — with myriad results, including a bizarre love triangle. It’s a B movie that delivers on some high aspirations.

d: Vincenzo Natali | imdb.com | trailer