MOVIE SHORTS: Sept. 5-11
ONGOING ”And So it Goes” – (Romantic comedy, PG-13, 94 minutes) Grade: C, Roger Moore. A curmudgeon (Michael Douglas) battles, flirts with and annoys a woman (Diana Keaton).
“As Above, So Below” – (Horror, R, 100 minutes) Grade: C-, Jordan Mintzer. Treasure hunters find themselves at what’s purported to be the gates of hell. ”Boyhood” (Drama, R, 162 minutes) Grade: A, Roger Moore. Director Richard Linklater follows a boy (played by Ellar Coltrane) over 12 years.
“Calvary” – (Drama, R, 100 minutes) Grade: B+, Roger Moore. A priest is threatened as payback for another priest’s misdeeds.
“Cantiflas” – (Drama, PG, 96 minutes) Grade: B+, Rick Bentley. The untold story of Mexico’s greatest and most beloved comedy film star.
“Chef” – (Dramedy, R, 114 minutes) Grade: A-, Michael O’Sullivan. A chef loses his position and takes his talents to a food truck.
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” – (Action adventure, PG-13, 130 minutes). Grade: B+, Rick Bentley. A nation of apes is threatened. by a band of human survivors.
“Deliver Us From Evil” – (Horror, R, 118 minutes). Grade: D, Roger Moore. A New York City police officer joins with a priest to investigate demonic possessions.
“Edge of Tomorrow” – (Action adventure, PG-13, 113 minutes). Grade: C+, Roger Moore. A soldier finds himself caught in a time loop as he wars with an alien race.
“The Expendables 3” – (Action, PG-13, 126 minutes) Grade: C-, Peter Bradshaw. An ever- increasing gang of old-timer action stars go through their paces.
“The Fault in Our Stars” – (Drama, PG-13, 125 minutes). Grade: C, Cary Darling. Teenagers meet at a support group and fall in love.
“Ghostbusters” – (Comedy, PG, 105 minutes) A team of scientists become embroiled in a supernatural take over of New York City.
“The Giver” – (Sci-fi, PG-13, 94 minutes). Grade: C+, Roger Moore. An all-too familiar Orwellian future turns out one rebellious boy who may be destined to save the future.
“Guardians of the Galaxy” – (Sci-fi comedy, 121 minutes, PG-13) Grade: B, Roger Moore. A mismatched band of outsiders go on a quest to save the universe.
“The Hundred-Foot Journey” – (Comedy, PG, 121 minutes) Grade: C, Roger Moore. A culinary battle between owners of an honored French restaurant and an Indian restaurant in a little French village.
“If I Stay” – (Drama, PG-13, 103 minutes) Grade: C+, Roger Moore. A teen is critically injured and in a coma. She (or her spirit) must decide whether to stay or move on.
“Into the Storm” – (Action adventure, PG-13, 89 minutes) Grade: C, Roger Moore. Really bad weather happens and a cadre of witless voyeurs find themselves in the middle of it all.
“Let’s Be Cops” – (Comedy, R, 104 minutes). Grade: D, Roger Moore. Two losers pretend to be police officers.
“Lucy” – (Action adventure, R, 149 minutes) Grade: C+, Roger Moore. A woman becomes the unwilling courier of a new drug, one that gives her access to her entire brain.
“Magic in the Moonlight” – (Romance, PG-13, 97 minutes) Grade: C, Richard Roeper. An Englishman (Colin Firth) is brought in to debunk a psychic (Emma Stone).
“Maleficent” – (Action adventure, PG, 97 minutes). Grade: B-, Rick Bentley. A fairy curses an infant princess.
“Most Wanted Man” – (Thriller, R, 120 minutes) Grade: A, Roger Moore. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a German spy tasked with avoiding another 9/11.
“The November Man” – (Thriller, R, 108 minutes) Grade: D, Roger Moore. A humorless, muddled, bloody thriller about an ex-agent sucked back into The Business.
“Planes: Fire and Rescue” – (Animation, PG, 143 minutes). Grade: C+, Roger Moore. Dusty learns to be a firefighting plane.
“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” – (Action noir, R, 104 minutes) Grade: C, Roger Moore. Rehash of bullets and beatdowns from “Sin City.”
“Tammy” – (Comedy, R, 97 minutes). Grade: C+, Roger Moore. A woman hits the road with her grandmother after catching her husband cheating.
“Transformers: Age of Extinction” – (Sci-fi, PG-13, 157 minutes). Grade: C-, Clarence Tsui. An automobile mechanic and his daughter make a startling discovery.
“When the Game Stands Tall” – (Sports drama, PG, 115 minutes) Grade: D, Roger Moore. A high school football team with a 151-game winning streak must deal with the fallout when they finally lose.
“X-Men: Days of Future Past” – (Action adventure, PG-13, 135 minutes). Grade: B+, Roger Moore. The X-Men send Wolverine into the past to head off potential disaster
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