Capsule reviews of new movie releases  This film image released
by Fox Searchlight Pictures shows Mia Wasikowska, left, and
Matthew Goode in a scene from "Stoker." (AP Photo/Fox
Searchlight Pictures) — AP  "Jack the Giant Slayer" - A big-
budget, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may
seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer
and writer Christopher McQuarrie, but this ends up being smart,
thrilling and a whole lot of fun. Singer and McQuarrie's
collaborations include, most famously, the twisty crime mystery
"The Usual Suspects" and the Hitler assassination drama
"Valkyrie," featuring an eye patch-wearing Tom Cruise. They've
sort of been all over the place together over the past couple
decades - why not reinterpret a classic fairy tale? "Jack the
Giant Slayer" is cheeky without being cutesy. While the look is
medieval, the vibe seems more current, but it's not so
anachronistic as to be subversive along the lines of a "Shrek,"
for example. It actually ends up being pleasingly