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Bachelorette

87 R Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan play dysfunctional friends serving as bridesmaids at the wedding of a girl they mocked mercilessly in high school. With James Marsden; directed by Leslye Headland. (87 minutes)

Dredd 3D

77 R Karl Urban plays the comic book character that Sylvester Stallone first brought to the screen, the fearsome urban cop/judge/jury/executioner, the only semblance of order in a chaotic, irradiated wasteland that used to be the East Coast, whose new challenge is to rid the city of a dangerous drug. With Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey; directed by Pete Travis. Review at blooddirtandangels.com (95 minutes)

End of Watch

R Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena play young cops patrolling the meanest streets of southcentral Los Angeles. With Anna Kendrick, Frank Gillo, America Ferrera; directed by David Ayer. Review at blooddirtangels. com.(109 minutes)

For a Good Time Call ...

R Two former college rivals (Lauren Anne Miller, Ari Graynor) sharing a New York apartment out of mutual need team up to start a lucrative and sexually oriented business. Review at blooddirtangels.com. With Justin Long, Mark Webber, Nia Vardalos; directed by Jamie Travis. Review at blooddirtandangels.com (86 minutes)

Heroine

Not rated A voyeuristic, behindthe-scenes look at the life and times of a “Bollywood” superstar. With Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Emraan Hashmi, Divya Dutta, Lillete Dubey; directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. (140 minutes)

House at the End of the Street

PG-13 A recent divorcee (Elisabeth Shue) seeking a fresh start and her daughter (Jennifer Lawrence) find the small-town house of their dreams, which, of course, also houses a chilling secret. With Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows; directed by Mark Tonderai. (101 minutes)

Toys in the Attic

87 Not rated This stop-motion animated film is set in the attic of a Prague home divided into the land of happy toys in the West and the Land of Evil in the East, where the despotic ruler (voice of Douglas Urbanski) and his band of sinister minions, insects and rotted vegetables have kidnapped a beautiful doll (voice of Vivian Schilling). To the rescue: teddy bear (voice of Forest Whitaker), a mechanical mouse (voice of Joan Cusack) and marionette puppet (voice of Cary Elwes). Directed by Jiri Barta. (76 minutes)

Trouble With the Curve

86 PG-13 Clint Eastwood plays an ace baseball scout with whom age is starting to catch up, but he refuses to be benched for what may be the final innings of his career. The one person who might be able to help is also the one person he’d never ask: his high-powered lawyer daughter (Amy Adams). With Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Matthew Lillard; directed by Robert Lorenz. Review at blooddirtandangels.com (111 minutes)

2 Days in New York

86 R Writer/director/actress Julie Delpy follows up her 2007 film 2 Days in Paris with a tale of a happy couple (Delpy and Chris Rock) who find their comfortable relationship put to the test. With Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau. Review at blooddirtandangels.com (96 minutes)

MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 09/21/2012

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