Film capsules by Gary Brandt and Richard von Busack.
NEW MOVIES Chernobyl Diaries (R; 93 min.) Irradiated mutants return in this horror film about American teens who take an “extreme” adventure tour into the Chernobyl ruins. (GB)
First Position (NR; 90 min.) New documentary from Bess Kargman follows a group of young dancers in preparation for the Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition. (GB)
Men in Black 3 (PG-13; 106 min.) Agent J (Will Smith) travels back in time to 1969 to save a young Agent K (Josh Brolin)—and the planet—in third installment of hit sci-fi comedy. Also stars Tommy Lee Jones. (GB)
Monsieur Lazhar (PG-13; 94 min.) An Algerian immigrant recovering from a personal tragedy fills in for a classroom whose former teacher committed suicide. See review, adjacent page.
ALSO PLAYING The Avengers (PG-13; 142 min.) Marvel Studios rounds up characters from recent hits for an ensemble superhero thriller directed by Joss Whedon. Stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Samuel L . Jackson and Scarlett Johansson. (GB)
Battleship (PG-13; 131 min.) The Navy takes on aliens in the Pacific after a beacon to a newly discovered planet brings a fleet of petulant extraterrestrials to Hawaii. (GB) Bernie (R; 104 min.) Richard (Slacker, School of Rock) Linklater’s latest stars Jack Black as Texas mortician, choir leader and murderer Bernie Tiede. Based on a true story. Co-stars Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. (GB)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG-13; 124 min.) John Madden (Shakespeare in Love) directs an all-star cast playing British retirees in India in adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s novel These Foolish Things. (GB)
Chimpanzee (G; 78 min.) Disneynature’s fourth original documentary follows an abandoned chimp and his adoption by a new mother in Africa’s Ivory Coast jungle. Coproduced by the Jane Goodall Institute and narrated by Tim Allen. (GB)
Coriolanus (R; 122 min.) Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in adaptation of Shakespeare’s final political tragedy about a banished Roman hero who joins forces with the city’s enemy. With Vanessa Redgrave, Gerard Butler and Brian Cox. (GB)
Dark Shadows (PG; 113 min.) Tim Burton’s
comic take on the ’60s–’70s cult soap opera stars Johnny Depp as the vampire Barnabas Collins who, unearthed, returns to his manor to find it overrun with troubled relatives. (GB)
Darling Companion (PG-13; 103 min.) Lawrence Kasdan (The Big Chill) directs Kevin Kline and Diane Keaton in a comedy about a couple who engage the services of a psychic to find their lost pooch. (GB)
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The Dictator (R; 83 min.) A deposed dictator (Sacha Baron Cohen) adjusts to his new life in New York City while awaiting the chance to return to power in the fictional nation of Wadiya. Ben Kingsley and Anna Faris co-star. (GB)
The Five-Year Engagement (R; 124 min.) Jason Segel and Emily Blunt co-star in romcom about a couple whose relationship suffers after their wedding is endlessly postponed. Directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and produced by Judd Apatow (Bridesmaids). (GB)
The Hunger Games (PG-13; 142 min.) Droolingly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling young adult novel about a dystopian future where teens kill teens in annual rated-PG-13 bloodsports. (GB) The Lucky One (PG-13; 101 min.) After
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Marley (PG-13; 144 min.) Bio-doc from Kevin MacDonald (Last King of Scotland) on the life of reggae legend Bob Marley features interviews with Marley’s family and top reggae artists. (GB)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (PG; 88 min.) Aardman Animations (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit) returns with feature based on books by British author Gideon Defoe. With the voices of Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven. (GB) Sound of My Voice (R; 85 min.) A cult leader who believes he’s from the future has unexpected sway over a journalist and his girlfriend in this psychological thriller and indiefilm-fest favorite. (GB)
Think Like a Man (PG-13; 120 min.) After learning their wives are soaking up the advice in Steve Harvey’s real-life self-help book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, four men try to turn the tables on their mates. From director Tim Story (Barbershop). (GB)
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (PG-13; 110 min.) Ensemble romcom about five expecting couples stars Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid and Chris Rock. (GB)
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