Capsule reviews, by Standard-Examiner movie critic Steve Salles, of next Tuesday's releases:
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 ** 1/2 (PG-13) Some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and brief sensuality. Harry and company must save the world from the all-powerful and evil Lord Voldemort. But instead, they decide to go camping and search their feelings. It's bookend action with a soft, hollow center. 146 minutes.
COUNTRY STRONG ** (PG-13) Thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content. Gwyneth Paltrow proves she can sing country, but then so do Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester. Surprisingly, Tim McGraw is not asked to sing, and he's the real deal. What gives? Simple: good music, bad script. 116 minutes.
* * *
Also being released:
HARVEST (R) Profanity, sexual situations. A self-absorbed college student finds himself reluctantly forced to grow up when he returns home to bid farewell to his grandfather in this drama starring Robert Loggia and Arye Gross. 103 minutes.
HEARTLESS (Not rated) An alienated fellow enters into a sinister pact that threatens to push him into psychopathic territory in this brutal thriller. 114 minutes.
Steve Salles can be reached at films@standard.net.
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