Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — For Movies Opening Aug.10
BIG BUDGET FILMS
Bourne Legacy (PG-13
for violence and intense
action sequences) Fourth
installment in the espionage
series stars Jeremy Renner
as a rogue spy who teams
up with an attractive
woman (Rachel Weisz) as
he tries to clear his name
while on the run from a
team of assassins dis-
patched by the CIA. With
Edward Norton, Stacy
Keach and Albert Finney.
The Campaign (R for
profanity ) Election year
comedy chronicling a cut-
throat political campaign
pitting a disgraced, North
Carolina
Congressman
(Will Ferrell) against a
naïve contender (Zach Gali-
fianakis) whose dirty tricks
are being financed by a cou-
ple of wealthy business-
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Hope Springs (PG-13 for
mature themes involving
sexuality) Midlife crisis
comedy about a couple
(Meryl Streep and Tommy
Lee Jones) who try to save
their 30-year marriage at a
week-long counseling ses-
sion led by a renowned rela-
tionship specialist (Steve
Carell). Ensemble cast
includes Jean Smart, Elisa-
beth Shue and Mimi
Rogers.
‘Red Hook Summer’
‘2 Days in New York’
Nitro Circus 3-D (PG-13
for profanity and depictions
of dangerous stunts) Big
screen version of the MTV
series featuring a series of
breathtaking, Jackass-level
stunts executed by a team of
adrenaline-addicted dare-
devils led by Travis Pas-
trana. With Jolene Van
Vugt, Tommy Passsemante
and Gregg Godfrey.
INDEPENDENT & FOR-
EIGN FILMS
2 Days in New York (R
for profanity, sexuality, drug
use and brief nudity) Chris
Rock and Julie Delpy co-
star in this cross-cultural
comedy as a couple cohabit-
ing in Manhattan whose
domestic bliss is destroyed
when her father (Albert
Delpy), sister (Alexia Lan-
deau) and ex-boyfriend
(Alexandre Nahon) arrive
from France unexpectedly.
With Kate Burton, Dylan
Baker
and
Malinda
Williams. (In English,
French and Italian with sub-
titles)
Almayer’s Folly (Unrat-
ed) Bittersweet drama
loosely based on Joseph
Conrad’s debut novel about
an ambitious Dutchman’s
(Stanislas Merher) futile
search for a buried treasure
for his half-Malaysian
daughter (Aurora Marion)
who means the world to
him. With Marc Barbe, Sol-
ida Chan and Sakhna Oum.
(In English, French and
Central Khmer)
Freelancers (R for nudity,
violence, drug use, graphic
‘Freelancers’
sexuality and pervasive pro-
fanity) Crime saga starring
50 Cent as the revenge-
minded son of a slain police
officer who joins the NYPD
and teams with his father’s
former partner (Robert De
Niro) in search of justice.
Cast
includes
Forest
Whitaker, Dana Delany and
Beau Garrett.
Red Hook Summer
(Unrated) Spike Lee wrote
and directed this coming-of-
age drama about a 13 year-
old boy (Jules Brown) from
Atlanta who spends his
summer vacation at a
Brooklyn housing project
with his Bible-thumping
grandfather (Clarke Peters).
Supporting cast includes
Nate Parker, Heather Simms
and Thomas Jefferson Byrd.
Goats (R for profanity,
nudity, sexuality, drug use
and underage alcohol con-
sumption) Culture shock
comedy about a freshman’s
(Graham Phillips) attempt
to adjust to life at an exclu-
sive, East Coast prep school
after being raised by his
flaky hippie mother (Vera
Farmiga) in the foothills of
Tucson, Arizona with the
help of a sage goat whisper-
er (David Duchovny) who
served as his surrogate
father. With Keri Russell,
Ty Burrell and Justin Kirk.
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