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Opening This Week - August 16
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Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Director:Jeff Wadlow |
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The Buzz: I admired Kick-Ass for uncouth dopiness and eagerness to entertain. Do we need the sequel? Original distributor Lionsgate didn't seem to think so, making room for Universal to step in with an expanded cast and cheaper writer/director in Jeff Wadlow (Cry_Wolf/Never Back Down).
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The Butler (2013)
An African-American's eyewitness accounts of notable events of the 20th century during his tenure as a White House butler.
Director:Lee Daniels |
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The Buzz: In a time when a filmmaker's success can be measured almost exclusively by the amount of online chatter their work generates, Lee Daniels seems aware that, ultimately, and in the name of longevity, it's about audiences to actually see your movie. So it wasn't a surprise to hear that the Precious director, whose rise leveled off after no one really cared enough to see The Paperboy, would next train his wild style to a real-life character of cultural import. Early reports direct from co-star Terrence Howard indicate there could be a few whoa-moments (you've heard about his sex scene with Oprah?) in what might be a standard-bucking take the historical biopic.
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Paranoia (2013)
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Director:Robert Luketic |
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The Buzz: No slick Wall Street hair in this contemporary thriller that burbles with wicked corporate espionage, just a nice buzz cut for Harrison Ford and a Romney-ish 'do for Gary Oldman. And it's back to straight-shooting genre work for 21 director Robert Luketic after the ill-conceived Killers (which derailed Katherine Heigl's career).
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Jobs (2013)
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Director:Joshua Michael Stern |
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The Buzz: Career re-shaper, Razzie-bait, or the Infamous of Steve Jobs biopics?
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Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) - [Limited]- Drama
The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Director:David Lowery |
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The Buzz: Terrence Malick has posse. And a lot of its members are making films of their own, including David Lowery, who has earned strong praise and direct comparisons to his apparent idol for his art-heavy, narrative-lite drama. Lowery also edited Shane Carruth's Upstream Color, further stoking Saints's target audience, the die-hard art-house patron.
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Austenland (2013) - [Limited]
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and Prejudice", a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Director:Jerusha Hess |
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The Buzz: Guess what? All the dowdy dudes who schlub from one film festival to another don't like this movie. But female reviewers on that circuit admit that Jerusha Hess's latest - a project the Napoleon Dynamite writer co-scripted with novelist Shannon Hale - has a sugary yet unsatisfying consistency. Ultimately, will such reviews matter? This is a critic-proof crowd-pleaser to its core.
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Cutie and the Boxer (2013) - [Limited]
This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband's assistant, Noriko finds an identity of her own.
Director:Zachary Heinzerling |
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The Buzz: It's been a strong year for documentary portraiture, and Zachary Heinzerling's look at the enmeshed lives of a renowned artist, his dutiful wife, and her creative emergence should rank as one of the year's best received. We're looking forward to see how Heinzerling brought Cutie's illustrations to life via an animation effect similar to the one Jessica Yu used in In the Realms of the Unreal.
In Theaters Now - Box Office Top Ten
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Elysium (2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director:Neill BlomkampBox Office:Weekend: $30.40M, Gross: $30.40M |
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We're the Millers (2013)
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Director:Rawson Marshall ThurberBox Office:Weekend: $26.56M, Gross: $38.04M |
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Planes (2013)
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
Director:Klay HallBox Office:Weekend: $22.53M, Gross: $22.53M |
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
In order to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters to find the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Director:Thor FreudenthalBox Office:Weekend: $14.60M, Gross: $23.46M |
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2 Guns (2013)
A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.
Director:Baltasar KormákurBox Office:Weekend: $11.13M, Gross: $48.52M |
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The Smurfs 2 (2013)
The Smurfs team up with their human friends to rescue Smurfette, who has been kidnapped by Gargamel since she knows a secret spell that can turn the evil sorcerer's newest creation - creatures called the Naughties - into real Smurfs.
Director:Raja GosnellBox Office:Weekend: $9.50M, Gross: $46.60M |
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The Wolverine (2013)
Wolverine, in the midst of a mid-life crisis, pays a visit to an old comrade in Japan and finds himself in the midst of a power struggle.
Director:James MangoldBox Office:Weekend: $8.00M, Gross: $111.99M |
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The Conjuring (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Director:James WanBox Office:Weekend: $6.70M, Gross: $120.75M |
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Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Box Office:Weekend: $5.75M, Gross: $338.31M |
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.
Director:Dennis DuganBox Office:Weekend: $3.70M, Gross: $123.80M |
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