COMING ATTRACTIONS

Friday, May 24, 2013

(opening dates are tentative)

After Earth, PG-13 A teenager (Jaden Smith) embarks on a perilous journey to bring help to his critically injured father (Will Smith) after a crash landing strands them on Earth 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. May 31

At Any Price, R Despite the wishes of his ambitious magnate father that he help expand the family farming empire, a rebellious son is determined to become a professional race car driver until a high-stakes investigation into their business threatens their livelihood. With Zac Efron, Heather Graham, Dennis Quaid, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens; directed by Ramin Bahrani. May 31

I Do, not rated Immigration status splits families, both heterosexual and same-sex. With Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Alicia Witt, Maurice Compte, David W. Ross, Grant Bowler; directed by Glenn Gaylord. May 31

Not Today, PG-13 In this “first church-made film on an international issue,” Cody Longo plays a 20-year-old whose partying lifestyle in India takes a hit when his conscience afflicts him because he refused to help a starving man and little girl and he discovers the ugly world of human trafficking. With John Schneider, Shari Rigby, Walid Amini, Cassie Scerbo; directed by Jon Van Dyke. May 31

Now You See Me, PG-13 A super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists known as “The Four Horsemen” pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of an elite FBI squad that’s trying to nail them. With Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine; directed by Louis Leterrier. May 31

Renoir, R Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health at age 74 on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, gains a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world and becomes his last model and the fixation for his son, recuperating after being wounded in World War I. With Michel Bouquet, Vincent Rottiers, Christa Theret, Thomas Doret, Michele Gleizer; directed by Gilles Bourdos. May 24

MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 05/24/2013