Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings. Ratings range from zero to four stars.
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“Incendies”Reviewed on Page 6D
“Meeks Cutoff” Reviewed on Page 6D
“Bridesmaids” Reviewed on Page 6D
“Everything Must Go” Reviewed on Page 4D
“Circo” Reviewed on Page 4D
“13 Assassins” Reviewed on Page 4D
“Priest 3D” Unavailable for advance critic screenings; check .
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Here are selected mini-reviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.
“African Cats”Documentary G. An engrossing and often moving film built around the fierce instincts of a lioness and a cheetah. (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel) 89 minutes
“Atlas Shrugged”Drama PG-13. It’s 2016 in an alternative retro-future. Society is on the verge of collapse because of the jackals of mediocrity baying at the heels of entrepreneurs. (Cary Darling, McClatchy Newspapers) 102 minutes
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”Documentary G. A French cave containing spectacular prehistoric artwork that was closed off to the outside world more than 20,000 years ago because of a rock-face collapse. (Christy Lemire, Associated Press) 90 minutes
“The Conspirator”Historical drama PG-13. Robert Redford’s film about the rushed justice dealt Mary Surratt, proprietor of the boarding house where John Wilkes Booth plotted to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. (Kennedy) 122 minutes
“Fast Five”Late-model sequel PG-13. The fifth installment of the revving Vin Diesel-fueled franchise begins with a wink to Butch and Sundance for good reason: We love our outlaws. (Kennedy) 130 minutes
“The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”Documentary PG-13. A look at the extent to which we are marketed to during every moment we’re awake. (Chris Hewitt, St. Paul Pioneer Press) 90 minutes
“Hanna”Action PG-13. Saoirse Ronan is ferocious and touching as the titular heroine in this fairy tale of innocence and treachery. (Kennedy) 105 minutes
“Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”Animated fairy tale PG. This takes the characters from the story of Red Riding Hood and casts them in an action-film plot. (Jake Coyle, Associated Press) 85 minutes
“In a Better World”Moral drama R. A bullied boy and his angry young champion are the anguished heart of this Oscar winner for best foreign-language film. It’s a bold if flawed undertaking, rife with empathy but also hobbled by privilege. (Kennedy) 113 minutes
“Jumping the Broom”Meet-the-parents comedy PG-13. American slaves had a clandestine marriage ritual: a couple jumped over a broom to signify the start of a shared journey. Sabrina (Paula Patton) and Jason (Laz Alonso) are about to say their “I dos” on Martha’s Vineyard. His mother wants them to use an heirloom broom. Her mother isn’t having it. (Kennedy) 140 minutes
“Prom”Tween catnip PG. Good girl Nova is saddled with bad-sad-and- dreamy guy Jesse in this Disney-manufactured trifle aimed at the Justin Bieber base. (Kennedy) 104 minutes
“Rio”Animated comedy G. Domesticated Blu, a cerulean macaw, and free-spirited bird Jewel must travel to Rio to mate. (Christy Lemire, Associated Press) 96 minutes
“Something Borrowed”Pre-nuptials comedyPG-13. “Something Borrowed” made us blue. Based on Emily Giffin’s bestseller, this grating comedy follows the tribulations of Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) once she sleeps with best friend Darcy’s (Kate Hudson) fiance. The movie twists itself into a knot trying to make the betrayal OK. It can’t. (Kennedy)90 minutes
“Soul Surfer”Inspirational surfing PG. In this Christian-leavened family film, local light AnnaSophia Robb portrays pro surfer Bethany Hamilton, who in 2003 lost her arm in a shark attack. (Kennedy) 106 minutes
“Source Code”Thriller PG-13. Afghanistan war hero Capt. Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) is part of a clandestine operation that puts him on a doomed train. (Kennedy) 93 minutes“There Be Dragons”Drama PG-13. A Spanish Civil War tale that tells the story of the controversial founder of the Catholic Opus Dei organization. (Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel) 119 minutes
“Thor”PG-13. It’s hammer time as the titular Norse diety, portrayed with humor by Aussie Chris Hemsworth, is banished to Earth by dad Odin (Anthony Hopkins). Sadly, the electricity between Thor astrophysicist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) is static at best.(Kennedy) 90 minutes
“Water for Elephants”Big-top drama PG-13. An engaging two hours of old-fashioned narrative rhythms and starshine, with Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz. (Kennedy) 120 minutes
“Winter in Wartime”Drama R. In the desperate final phase of World War II, a British plane crashes in the woods outside a village in occupied Holland. 13-year-old Michiel intercepts a map that was meant for the resistance and discovers an injured pilot, Jack, clutching a gun in an underground hideout. (Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 103 minutes
