Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: May 8-10, 2015
Wide (United States)
The D Train
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Hot Pursuit
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Limited (United States)
5 Flights Up
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A demonstration by a long-married couple of what it means to truly be in sync with each other.
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: There is little suspense in where “5 Flights Up” is headed, but Keaton and Freeman’s movie marriage is a good investment.
Kenji Fujishima @ Slant Magazine
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: It’s hard to think of a more agreeable couple to spend a little sentimental movie time with than the wonderful Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton.
I Am Big Bird
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Four years after “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey” promoted the idea that a Muppet character embodied love, along come the documentarian duo Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker to reinstate the legacy of Sesame Street’s original star.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
Maggie
- Excerpt: Plus a few words on ULTRON.
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: With its imagined horrors, “Maggie” celebrates life.
Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: Maggie is a creative attempt to fashion a low budget, indie film about emotional and physical collapse with just a splash of zombie gore which never takes off; it stumbles and plods along as a stereotypical zombie would.
Noble
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: The true story of charity founder Christina Noble’s empathy in action.
2015 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
5 to 7
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
About Elly
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: An unmistakable takeaway of Asghar Farhadi’s masterful thriller is to make it abundantly clear to American viewers that, guess what, Iranians are a lot like us.
The Age of Adaline
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Amira & Sam
Avengers: Age of Ultron
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Big Game
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Game on…
Black Souls
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Boy Meets Girl
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smarter, warmer, more honest depiction of human sexuality than this roundrobin of emotion and attraction. I love this movie.
Closer to the Moon
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: A Romanian cast would have given the movie more depth and credibility, but these stars, ably supported by some fine character actors, keep it dancing, against a melancholy undercurrent.
The Duke of Burgundy
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Far from the Madding Crowd
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Furious 7
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Get Hard
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Goodnight Mommy
Hyena
Iris
Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Splashy and stylist, just like Iris, who dubs herself “a geriatric starlet.”
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
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Kung Fu Killer
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
- Excerpt: Above all, Kung Fu Killer is a love letter to Hong Kong martial arts movies.
The Lazarus Effect
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Marie’s Story
Misery Loves Comedy
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: If you’re fascinated by what makes comedians tick, you’ll learn something, and enjoy the moments, or some of them anyway, as they tick slowly by.
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: If you want to be a comedian, see this enlightening, amusing — and a bit scary — documentary first.
Of Horses and Men
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Pitch Perfect 2
Playing It Cool
Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan surely brighten the film in spots and make it watchable, but despite some light laughs, how “Playing It Cool” plays it isn’t original, sharp, or charming enough.
Preggoland
Still
The Tribe
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Unfriended
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Welcome to New York
Don Lewis @ Consequence of Sound
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
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2014 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Big Eyes
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Big Hero 6
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Boyhood
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Concerning Violence
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A meditation on Frantz Fanon’s plea to oppressed people to use violence against their colonial oppressors.
Fury
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Gone Girl
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
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Rosewater
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Top Five
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Violette
Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Una biopic interesante y muy bien actuada, que nos muestra a uno de esos personajes secundarios de la historia sobre los que debiéramos saber más.
2015 Films (Coming Soon)
In Transit
Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Peace Officer
La Sapienza
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: In the end it’s all about space and light, form and meaning, passion and ideals. We’re never too old to learn, and never too young to know.
