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September 8

• MOVIE TAKES •

Morning Sentinel Staff

• THE AMERICAN • CATS AND DOG: REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE • CHARLIE_ST._CLOUD • DESPICABLE_ME • GET LOW •  THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE • GOING THE DISTANCE •  INCEPTION •   THE LAST EXORCISM  • MACHETE • THE OTHER_GUYS • PIRANHA_3D • SCOTT_PILGRIM_vs._THE_WORLD • THE_SWITCH • TAKERS • VAMPIRES_SUCK • WINTER'S_BONE

 

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“The American”
103 Minutes (R)

As an assassin, Jack (George Clooney) is constantly on the move and always alone. After a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, Jack retreats to the Italian countryside. He relishes being away from death for a spell as he holes up in a small medieval town. While there, Jack takes an assignment to construct a weapon for a mysterious contact, Mathilde (Thekla Reuten).

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“The Last Exorcism”
90 Minutes (PG-13)
A conniving priest’s faith is tested when he faces the devil in one last exorcism of a young girl. With Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell. Written by Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland. Directed by Daniel Stamm.

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“Machete”

105 Minutes (R)

He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out tot be Machete (Danny Trejo), a legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.

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ENDS THURSDAY

"Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore”
100 Minutes (PG-13)
In the age-old battle between cast and dogs, one crazed feline has taken thing a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization Meows, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but tak down her former kitty comrades and make the workd her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves and their humans.

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"DESPICABLE ME"

95 Minutes (PG)

An evil villain's plans to steal the moon are upended when he encounters a trio of orphaned girls. With the voices of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove and Julie Andrews. Written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. Directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. WATCH TRAILER

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“Get Low”
100 Minutes (PG-13)
 Robert Duvall delivers another ineffable and slightly nutty performance as an ornery old hermit in backwoods Tennessee. This handsome, down-home, Depression-era tale also boasts Bill Murray, quietly crafty as a funeral parlor director, and Sissy Spacek as a widow with a fateful connection to Duvall’s character. The film mixes homespun humor and tragedy with surehanded evenhandedness.

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ENDS THURSDAY

“The Girl Who Played with Fire”
129 Minutes (R)
In “The Girl Who Played With Fire” the second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” — Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex-trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander. If you saw the riveting “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” or are a reader of this amazing trilogy, you don’t need to be urged to come to “The Girl Who Played With Fire.” If not, now’s the time to start: you’ll be as hooked as the rest of us! Why are we so enthralled? For one thing, “Lisbeth is as compelling as any movie character in recent memory.”

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“Going The Distance”
97 Minutes (R)
A bicoastal couple navigate the pitfalls of a long-distance relationship for the sake of their careers. With Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Charlie Day, Ron Livingston, Jim Gaffigan and Christina Applegate. Written by Geoff LaTulippe. Directed by Nanette Burstein.

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“The Other Guys”
107 Minutes (PG-13)
NYPD detectives Christopher Danson and P.K Highsmith (Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson) are the baddest and most beloved cops in New York City. They don’t get tattoos — other men get tattoos of them. Two desks over and one back, sit Detectives Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg. You’ve seen them in the background of photos of Danson and Highsmith, out of focus and eyes closed. They’re not heroes — they’re “The Other Guys.” But every cop has his or her day and soon Gamble and Hoitz stumble into a seemingly innocuous case no other detective wants to touch that could turn into New York City’s biggest crime. It’s the opportunity of their lives, but do these guys have the right stuff?

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ENDS THURSDAY

“Piranha” 3D
100 minutes (R)
The presence of director Alexandre Aja bodes well for this tale of Lake Victoria spring breakers who become dinner for scores of man-eating fish.

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“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”
112 Minutes (PG-13)
A jobless musician must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil ex-boyfriends to win her heart. With Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Brandon Routh and Jason Schwartzman. Screenplay by Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright. Directed by Wright. WATCH TRAILER

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“The Switch”
100 minutes (PG-13)
 This comedy stars Jennifer Aniston as a single woman who decides to become a mother via a sperm donor. Jason Bateman is her best friend who, seven years after the fact, reveals a shocking secret. WATCH TRAILER

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ENDS THURSDAY

“Takers”
107 Minutes (PG-13)
 A group of bank robbers’ perfectly executed crimes are interrupted by a hell-bent hardened detective. With Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, Chris Brown and Hayden Christensen. Directed by John Luessenhop.
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“Vampires Suck”
82 minutes (PG-13)
Send-up of “Twilight” film series by screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer whose previous films include “Scary Movie,” “Date Movie” and “Meet the Spartans.”

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ENDS THURSDAY

“Winter’s Bone”
100 minutes (R)
A spare, powerful mystery set in the Missouri Ozarks, about a 17-year-old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) who goes looking for her father, and runs into meth dealers and wary, ornery kin in the process. WATCH TRAILER