* “BROOKLYN’S FINEST” 3 stars – Years of service on the mean streets of New York push three cops to consider protecting and serving themselves, not their community. With Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes. Rated R (bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive profanity)
* “A SINGLE MAN” 2.5 stars – A closeted gay professor internally mourns the sudden death of his lover during the biased ’60s. With Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult. Not rated.
* “THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO” – A computer hacker aids a journalist in his investigation of a 40-year-old murder. With Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube. Not rated.
* SESAME STREET: PRESCHOOL IS COOL! ABCS WITH ELMO – Professor Grover guides Elmo and viewers through the alphabet and its sounds. Not rated.
RATINGS – 4 stars: Excellent; 3 stars: Good; 2 stars: Fair; 1 star: Poor. (Videos without stars were not reviewed.)
– The Philadelphia Inquirer