"HOT TUB TIME MACHINE"
2 1/2 stars (MGM, '10) $29.98. 99 mins. Best buds flee the boring routine of their lives by escaping to a ski-resort where a hot tub transports them back to the '80s. With John Cusak, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry. R (strong crude and sexual content, nudity, drug use and pervasive profanity)
"THE CRAZIES"
2 1/2 stars (Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment, '09) $29.98. 101 mins. The sheriff of a small town in Iowa tries to figure out what is turning residents into homicidal zombies. With Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Justin Welborn, Larry Cedar. R (bloody violence and profanity)
"PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF"
2 1/2 stars (20th Century Fox, '10) $29.99. 120 mins. Soon after learning that he is the son of Poseidon, a teenager finds himself in the middle of a battle between the gods. With Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Kevin McKidd, Uma Thurman. PG (action violence and peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild profanity)
RATINGS:
4 stars: Excellent; 3 stars: Good; 2 stars: Fair; 1 star: Poor.
(Videos without stars were not reviewed.) MPAA ratings: Motion Picture Association of America ratings are included for titles that received them. If the title was reviewed by The Philadelphia Inquirer, further parental warnings (violence, nudity, etc.) are included.
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