Barbershop: The Next Cut, Criminal, The Jungle Book, The First Monday in May, The Syndrome, My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche)

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Criminal

The Jungle Book

The First Monday in May

The Syndrome

My Big Night (Mi Gran Noche)

Capsule reviews on the week in film:

Chef

You can't say Jon Favreau lacks for chutzpah.

Iron Man 3

Ask somebody who likes the "Iron Man" franchise what makes Iron Man a great character and I suspect he'll be at a loss for words. It's really not an especially interesting character; without the tremendous goodwill Robert Downey, Jr. brings to the table, Iron Man would be (ahem) leaden. And, as one who doesn't like the franchise, I'm here to report that Downey is again not enough. "Iron Man 3" is loud, dark, severely bloated at about two hours and twenty minutes, and not very much fun.