"The Cabin in the Woods"
AFX Studios
1 hour, 35 minutes

"21 Jump Street"
Columbia Pictures
1 hour, 49 minutes

Channing Tatum, despite my best efforts, is starting to grow on me. As an actor, he still strikes me as a bit of a lug -- slow-witted and thick, but little by little my perception is changing. He took a big step in the right direction with this week's mostly funny, but ultimately disappointing cop show remake "21 Jump Street."

"Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance"
Columbia Pictures
1 hour, 35 minutes

I think maybe Nicholas Cage just lapped himself. The actor made a name for himself playing wild and/or weird characters in movies like "Raising Arizona," "Kiss of the Vampire," or "Moonstruck." The movies were fun, and Cage just seemed like the kind of guy who could or would do anything. Then he got stuck in the leading man/hero niche and did those movies for years. Pretty straight performances -- flat, even. And the movies just got worse and worse.

"Chronicle"
Film Afrika Worldwide
1 hour, 24 minutes