Arts & Entertainment
Opening This Week — Sept. 14
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BIG BUDGET FILMS
Finding Nemo (G) 3-D rere-
lease of the much-beloved animat-
ed adventure about a timid
clownfish (Albert Brooks) who
summons up the courage to
embark on a perilous transoceanic
trek to rescue a son (Alexander
Gould) left trapped in a bowl in a
dentist’s office after being netted
by fishermen near the Great Barri-
er Reef. Voice cast includes Ellen
DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Brad
Garrett, Allison Janney and Geof-
frey Rush.
Resident Evil: Retribution (R
for pervasive graphic violence)
5th installment in the grisly, sci-fi
franchise finds Milla Jovovich
reprising her role as an intrepid
defender of the planet and forging
new alliances in a high body-count
fight against legions of flesh-eat-
ing zombies. With Boris Kodjoe,
Oded Fehr, Sienna Guillory,
Michelle Rodriguez and Bingbing
Li.
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thriller as the philandering manag-
er of a sinking hedge fund who
implicates a friend of the family
(Nate Parker) in the death of his
mistress (Laetitia Casta) rather
than risk damaging his marriage
and reputation. With Susan Saran-
don, Brit Marling and William
Arbitrage (R for profanity, drug
use and violent images) Richard
Gere stars in this Wall Street
Barfi! (Unrated) Romance
drama about the love triangle
which develops when a woman
(Ileana D’Cruz) has second
thoughts about rejecting a hearing
and speech-impaired suitor (Ran-
bir Kapoor) after he falls for a
mentally-challenged
maiden
(Priyanka Chopra). (In Hindi with
subtitles)
Finding Nemo
devoted
member
(Joaquin
Phoenix) of a burgeoning religious
cult who gradually grows suspi-
cious of the motivations of its
charismatic founder. With Amy
Adams, Laura Dern and Jesse Ple-
mons.
The Stand Up (Unrated) New
lease on life drama about a come-
dian (Jonathan Sollis) who retires
Reed Wexler.
Step Up to the Plate (Unrated)
Haute cuisine documentary about
renowned, French chef Michel
Bras decision to hand over the
reins of his three-star restaurant to
his long-time assistant, his son,
Sebastien. (In French with subti-
tles)
Francine (Unrated) Oscar-win-
ner Melissa Leo (for The Fighter)
plays the title character in this
introspective portrait of an ex-con
adjusting back to civilian life in a
rural region of upstate New York
after paying her debt to society.
With Victoria Charkut, Dave
Clark and Keith Leonard.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
10 Years (PG-13 for profanity,
sexuality, drug use and alcohol
abuse) Skeletons-out-of-the-closet
dramedy about the shocking con-
fessions shared by five best
friends (Channing Tatum, Justin
Long, Chris Pratt, Oscar Isaac and
Max Minghella) upon returning to
their hometown for their 10th high
school reunion. Ensemble cast
includes Rosario Dawson, Antho-
ny Mackie, Jenna Dewan-Tatum,
Ari Graynor, Kate Mara and Ron
Livingston.
I’m Carolyn Parker: The
Good, the Mad, and the Beauti-
ful (Unrated) Oscar-winner
Jonathan Demme (for Silence of
the Lambs) directs this post-Katri-
na documentary chronicling the
valiant struggle of a feisty, retired
resident of New Orleans’ Lower
Ninth Ward to rebuild her home
left devastated by the hurricane.
I’m Carolyn Parker
Friedkin.
Bait 3-D (R for profanity, graph-
ic violence and grisly images) Dis-
aster flick about the residents of a
beachfront community who find
themselves surrounded by a
swarm of great white sharks after
a tsunami leaves them trapped
inside a submerged grocery store.
Cast includes Xavier Samuel,
Julian McMahon and Phoebe
Liberal Arts (Unrated) Roman-
tic dramedy about a just-jilted 35
year-old bachelor (Josh Radnor)
who falls for a teenaged college
student (Elizabeth Olsen) upon
returning to his alma mater to
attend one of his professor’s
(Richard Jenkins) retirement
party. Cast includes Zac Efron,
Allison Janney, Kate Burton and
Elizabeth Reasor.
The Master (R for profanity,
sexuality and graphic nudity)
Philip Seymour Hoffman handles
the titular role of this tale of disil-
lusionment, set in the wake of
World War II, revolving around a
Resident Evil: Retribution
after the tragic death of his girl-
friend (Julia Dennis) only to get a
second chance at love when he
takes a job as a kindergarten
teacher at a grammar school where
he develops a crush on a cute col-
league (Margarita Levieva). Sup-
porting cast includes Aidan Quinn,
Jennifer Mudge and Jonathan
Stolen (R for violence and brief
profanity) Nicolas Cage stars in
this crime thriller about a recently-
paroled master thief’s frantic
search for a daughter (Sami
Gayle) kidnapped for a ransom he
can’t raise. With Malin Akerman,
Josh Lucas and Danny Huston.
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