THE GATEKEEPERS 4 stars. Dror Moreh's Oscar-nominated documentary finds six former heads of Israel's counterterrorism agency speaking with striking candor, and with no little regret, about the decisions that backfired, the iron-fisted policies that brought about more violence, more bloodshed, not less. If there's a way out of the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict, these men may have the answer. 1 hr. 37 PG-13 (violence, adult themes) - Steven Rea.

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD 2 stars. Bruce Willis, smooth-pated and smirky, is back as John McClane, the wisecracking New York cop, who wings it to Russia to get his estranged son (Jai Courtney) out of a jam - only he doesn't know his son is a CIA spy. The duo bond over bullets and bombs, but this fifth in the series is, despite all the well-orchestrated mayhem, kind of a dud. 1 hr. 37 R (violence, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON 3 1/2 stars. Bill Murray disappears beneath the pince nez and the presidential fedora, playing FDR during one fascinating summer weekend in 1939 when he and his wife host the King and Queen of England, and when a distant cousin (Laura Linney) falls in love with the polio-hobbled commander in chief. A charming, wistful film. 1 hr. 34 R (sex, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea

IDENTITY THIEF 2 1/2 stars. Jason Bateman is the mark whose identity - and credit line - is appropriated by a plus-size, potty-mouthed con artist, played with a (literal) punch by Melissa McCarthy, in this cheesy comedy. When he uncharacteristically goes after her, an odd-couple slapstick road movie ensues. 1 hr. 52 R (profanity, violence, sex, adult themes) - Steven Rea

THE IMPOSSIBLE 3 1/2 stars. A family caught in the unbelievable carnage of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami - unbelievable, but true - with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and the remarkable young actor Tom Holland. A chilling, but thrilling account of survival, visceral and inspiring. 1 hr. 54 PG-13 (violence, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea

JACK REACHER 1 1/2 stars. Tom Cruise stars as the hero of Lee Child's book series about an ex-Army investigator tough guy. In this case, Reacher heads for Pittsburgh to find out who was behind the apparently random murder of five strangers by a sniper. Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and David Oyelowo also star. 2 hrs. 10 PG-13 (violence, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea

JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 2 1/2 stars. Bryan ("X-Men") Singer tackles the old fairy tale about a land of human-eating giants and the beanstalk that gets the young hero up there. In this case, to rescue a beautiful princess. Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson are the teenage heroes, Ewan McGregor is a valiant knight, and Stanley Tucci is the trusted royal advisor who turns out to be, well, villainous and vile. 1 hr. 54 PG-13 (slobbering ogres, violence, scares, adult themes) - Steven Rea

KILLING THEM SOFTLY 3 1/2 stars. Brad Pitt is a hitman called in to clean up after a messy mob-protected card game robbery, in Andrew Dominik's jolting, suspenseful, bloody and bloody entertaining crime pic, adapted from a vintage George V. Higgins' novel. With Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and a band of shifty mugs. 1 hr. 37 R (violence, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea

THE LAST STAND 2 stars. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a border-town sheriff who has to stop a drug cartel kingpin escaped from the Feds and gunning his ZR1 straight for Mexico. South Korean hitmaker Kim Jee-woon directs, Forest Whitaker is the FBI guy barking orders into the phone. 1 hr. 47 R (violence, profanity, adult themes) - Steven Rea