Movie Reviews Reviews of new movies, classic and art films, foreign films, and popular movies. Featuring Bob Mondello, Kenneth Turan, David Edelstein, and Mark Jenkins.
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In The East, Ellen Page (left) and Alexander Skarsgard play members of an anarchist eco-terrorist collective. Fox Searchlight hide caption
Jesse Eisenberg plays J. Daniel Atlas, part of a team of thieving illusionists, in Now You See Me. Barry Wetcher, SMPSP/Courtesy Summit Entertainment hide caption
Brit Marling plays Sarah, a former FBI agent working for a private intelligence agency in The East. Shiloh Fernandez plays Luca, a member of the environmentalist vigilante group that Sarah infiltrates. Myles Aronowitz/Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption
Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough star in Shadow Dancer, a thriller set in Belfast. Courtesy Magnolia Pictures hide caption
The Kings Of Summer stars (from left) Gabriel Basso as Patrick, Moises Arias as Biaggio and Nick Robinson as Joe. The three teenagers escape from their constrictive parents to build a house of their own in the woods. Courtesy Toy's House Productions hide caption
Will Smith (left) and Jaden Smith star in After Earth, an unfortunately humorless film. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures. hide caption
Dazed And Confused (And Just Plain Lazy): Zach Galifianakis (center), with Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper, is back for a third Hangover film. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy reprise their roles as Jesse and Celine in Before Midnight, the latest in Richard Linklater's series about a couple's relationship over the years. Despina Spyrou/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Two New Stories With A New-Wave Vibe
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Hot Pursuits: Agents Hobbs and Riley (Dwayne Johnson and Gina Carano) enlist Dom and his gear head crew to combat a something something terrorist something skidding explosions muscles. Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures hide caption
But Could He Cook, Too? Journalist, raconteur, bon vivant and bona fide literary force, Paris Review founder George Plimpton — pictured here photographing birds on a trip to Africa — is the subject of an admiring documentary. Freddy Plimpton/Laemmle Zeller Films hide caption
Still Talking: After 18 years, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) apparently have plenty left to hash out. Despina Spyrou/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Source material: As a virtual prisoner these days, he doesn't supply much in the way of fresh information — but WikiLeaks overlord Julian Assange is very much at the center of Alex Gibney's documentary We Steal Secrets. Jo Straube/Universal Pictures hide caption
Domestic drama: Among the ultra-Orthodox world of Tel Aviv's Haredi Jews, Rivka (Irit Sheleg, left) and her daughter Shira (Hadas Yaron, second from left, with Hila Feldman and Razia Israeli) are confronted with a dilemma after a death in the family. Karin Bar/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption