So we’re back at the cinema, and what does it deliver this week? It’s not not a bad week. Really, even though 22 Jump Street lurks down the bottom of the page. They even seem to have bribed some critics to like it (can that score really be right?). I’m still getting over what Jonah did to poor Ryan. The Tubs did not deserve that type of treatment, and we stand in solidarity with him and will never see that movie! Otherwise, the critics don’t like Grace of Monaco, despite the big names involved, so Fruitvale station seems to be the best? See all the details below.

Fruitvale Station – The purportedly true story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

Director: Ryan Coogler
Writer: Ryan Coogler
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer

Metacritic – 85

The Dirties – Two best friends are filming a comedy about getting revenge on the bullies at their high school. One of them isn’t joking.

Director: Matt Johnson (as Matthew Johnson)
Writers: Josh Boles (story), Matt Johnson,
Stars: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Padraig Singal

Metacritic – 60

When I Saw You – 1967. The world is alive with change: brimming with reawakened energy, new styles, music and an infectious sense of hope. In Jordan, a different kind of change is underway as tens of … See full summary »

Director: Annemarie Jacir
Writer: Annemarie Jacir (screenplay)
Stars: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri

Metacritic – 71

Cheap Thrills – A scheming couple put a struggling family man and his old friend through a series of increasingly twisted dares over the course of an evening at a local bar.

Director: E.L. Katz
Writers: David Chirchirillo, Trent Haaga
Stars: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton

Metacritic – 64

Grace of Monaco – The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.

Director: Olivier Dahan
Writer: Arash Amel (screenplay)
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, André Penvern

Metacritic – 21

22 Jump Street – After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.

Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Michael Bacall (screenplay), Oren Uziel (screenplay)
Stars: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube

Metacritic – 78