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Non-Stop 74 PG-13 Liam Neeson plays an air marshal faced with cryptic text messages demanding that the government transfer $150 million into an offshore account; until it happens, every 20 minutes a passenger on his flight will be killed. With Julianne Moore, Nate Parker, Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy; directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. (106 minutes)
The Past 90 PG-13 When an Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland, she starts a new relationship and confronts her husband with it when she asks for a divorce. Subtitled. With Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis; directed by Asghar Farhadi. (130 minutes) See review at blooddirtandangels.com
Repentance R A man who nearly killed himself in a drunk-driving accident has reinvented himself as a therapist/spiritual adviser and best-selling author. But he discovers that the client he’s taken on for a little simple life coaching has some deeper issues, involving kidnapping and murder. With Forest Whitaker, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Anthony Mackie, Nicole Ari Parker; directed by Philippe Caland. (90 minutes)
Son of God PG-13 Diogo Morgado plays Jesus in this expansive bio-pic that spans his humble birth, his teachings and his crucifixion and resurrection. With Greg Hicks, Adrian Schiller, Amber Rose Revah, Roma Downey; directed by Christopher Spencer. (138 minutes)
Stalingrad 77 R A band of determined Russian soldiers becomes deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living in a strategic building they’ve been fighting to hold in their devastated city, besieged during World War II for more than a year by the ruthless German army. With Thomas Kretschmann, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Maria Smolnikova, Yanina Studilina; directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. (131 minutes)
MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 02/28/2014