‘Grey’ pits Neeson, wolf pack

“The Grey”: Liam Neeson is a soul-torn sharpshooter in the Alaskan outback, trying to lead a band of fellow plane crash survivors across snowbound, subzero terrain, when a pack of wolves descend. They’re not wearing Team Jacob T-shirts, but they’re snarling and mean. (1:57, R for violence/disturbing content including bloody images, and for pervasive language) • • 1/2

“Red Tails”: George Lucas produces a simplified, heavy-on-the- aerial-combat account of the all-African-American Tuskegee Airmen’s triumphs in World War II – in the air, where they shot down Nazis, and on the ground, where they shot down the institutional racism of the military. Cartoonish, but the dogfights are exhilarating. (2:00, PG-13 for some sequences of war violence) • • 1/2

“This Means War”: Unbeknownst to lovelorn Reese Witherspoon, the men she is dating (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine) are both CIA agents and best friends embroiled in a race for her affections. Intermittently amusing, this is a bromantic comedy in the clothes of a romantic one. (2:00, PG-13 for sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language) • • 1/2

“The Woman in Black”: Daniel Radcliffe stars in this pallid Victorian ghost story. Slow-moving, old-fashioned and not terribly scary. (1:35, PG-13 for thematic material and violence/disturbing images) • •