Thriller
Rod Lott
If Mickey Rourke keeps taking roles like the jazz trumpeter Nate in "Passion Play," he'll find his post-Oscar nominee career comeback over as quickly as Burt Reynolds'.

Comedy
Rod Lott
In my tween days, 1981’s “The Cannonball Run” played HBO so often, one would think the cable channel had been taken over by Dom DeLuise. My brothers and I watched it with seemingly every airing.

Action
Rod Lott
“Bunraku” gets its name from a form of traditional Japanese puppetry, but it may as well be called “Cowboys and Samurai” or something equally generic. The sophomore effort of director Guy Moshe raises hopes for something special in its animated opening credits, which depict violence throughout civilization, but there’s simply too much going on here for a rather simple revenge story.