Our critic's selections

The Bling Ring Sofia Coppola's entertaining take on the real-life escapades of a band of San Fernando Valley teens who robbed houses of the rich and famous, coming away with millions of dollars' worth of designer goodies. A comedy, of sorts, if what it says about our obsession with celebrity culture weren't so depressing. R

Fruitvale Station Michael B. Jordan gives a deeply nuanced performance as Oscar Grant, the 22-year-old Oakland, Calif., man who was shot and killed by a transit policeman in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2009. Writer/director Ryan Coogler reconstructs - in some instances, reimagines - the events of the day and night leading up to this tragic episode. R

Pacific Rim Guillermo del Toro's thunderous, thumping monsters-vs.-robots throwdown fuses a modern-day, apocalyptic sense of dread with the crazed spirit of vintage Japanese sci-fi featuring Godzilla, Gorgo, and the like. A nuclear-powered mixed martial arts match. PG-13