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Adore Trying to be provocative with wholesale mens gold bracelet a capital P, 's drama undermines itself by provoking unintended laughs. This Australian film has a hot button subject two adult women friends have affairs with each other's sons and two appealing stars wholesale gold and enamel bracelets in and , but there's no way to take it as seriously as it wants to be taken. Rated R. 111 minutes.

Afternoon Delight Kathryn Hahn finally gets a star turn and delivers a bravura performance as a housewife trying to find fulfillment both intellectually and sexually. This drama with comic elements represents a new 21st century genre for women the empowerment movie. Rated R. 99 minutes.

Blue Jasmine Set in San Francisco and New York, this story of a woman who goes from fabulous wealth to destitution provides with her best role and represents another jewel in the crown of , who continues to experience a renaissance in his 70s. Rated PG 13. The villains are corporate CEOs and the heroes are the bounty hunters who kill them. In a multiplex world of grim, troubled action heroes, it isn't a bad thing to blow an hour and a half on a film where everyone including and seems to be having a good time. Rated R. 92 minutes.

Closed Circuit Terrorists wage war against British government officials who are almost as evil, in this thriller starring as a barrister defending a man accused of a horrific crime. The film is steeped in details about English law, which lends authenticity. With and . Rated R. 96 minutes. M. LaSalle

The Conjuring This horror movie by "Saw" director is artfully crafted from the first scares to the closing credits, with a classic vibe that includes a 1972 setting that will remind fans of "The Exorcist." Wan relies on practical effects and other retro touches, but still packs the movie with tension and fright for modern audiences. Rated R. 111 minutes.

Despicable Me 2 There is plenty of humor, and very little story, in this sequel to the 2010 supervillain comedy. The directors could have shuffled the storyboards like a deck of cards, and the movie wouldn't have suffered much. The 8 year olds in the audience would still be laughing nonstop at the slapstick overkill. And the parents next to them would still be thankful that the theater has air conditioning. Rated PG. 98 minutes. Drinking Buddies Olivia Wilde and were never better than in this smartly directed and scripted film about a woman who works in a brewery and her ambiguous friendship with one of her male colleagues. It's a good, honest, well observed slice of life that's enjoyable every minute. Rated R. 90 minutes. M. LaSalle

Elysium Life on Earth in 2154 is a little like 2013, only a lot worse, with as an average guy trying to make it to Elysium an Earth colony for rich and powerful people so he can get medical treatment. plays the icy Elysium defense secretary. The film provides an intelligently imagined future world from Neill Blomkamp, the director of "District 9." Rated R. 109 minutes.

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Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Story Brad Bernstein's portrait of maverick children's book illustrator and antiwar artist Tomi Ungerer traces his life to its roots in Nazi occupied France. The moment Ungerer speaks, he starts to turn this slick documentary into an copy hermes bag price list unforgettable self portrait. His artwork peppers the film, but he comes off as the masterpiece. Not rated. 98 minutes.

A dramatic and highly effective rendering of the last day of , a young man killed by a BART policeman on New Year's Day 2009, this movie plays loose with some facts but by no means deifies Grant. It's a film about the importance of a single individual in people's lives and the ramifications of a crime. Rated R. 85 minutes. M. LaSalle

Getaway Plot is secondary maybe tertiary in this forgettable low budget action movie with as a former pro race car driver completing tasks to save his kidnapped wife. Director aims for a lightweight car chase film, but any guilty pleasure potential is ruined by a pestilence of quick edits, close ups, blurring and other action filmmaking shortcuts. Rated PG 13. 90 minutes. The Grandmaster Wong Kar Wai clearly had epic ambitions for his long awaited film on influential martial arts master Ip Man, who trained . The movie is beautiful but troubled, achieving in stretches the director's signature dreamy mood but dragged down by narrative confusions. Some of the martial arts set pieces are remarkable, and there are good lead performances by and . Rated PG 13. 108 minutes. In Cantonese and Mandarin with English subtitles. W. Addiego

Hannah Arendt A cerebral but emotionally grounded look at the crisis and peak of the political philosopher's career, with as Arendt in the period in which she covered the trial and weathered the backlash her observations caused. Rated PG 13. 105 minutes. In English and German with English subtitles. M. LaSalle

I Give It a Year This romantic comedy starring and Rafe Spall as newlyweds trying to make a go of it is like one of those British movies that leave you with a silly grin on your face when you walk out of the theater, not really knowing why you're smiling but feeling satisfied with the outcome. Rated R. 97 minutes.

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In a World . Lake Bell writes, stars in and directs this story of a young woman who wants to break into the voice over business, in commercials and movie trailers, and the result is an engaging and funny debut feature that shows a filmmaker with freedom and good instincts. Rated R. 93 minutes. M. LaSalle

Instructions Not Included This Mexican comedy drama is about a man who raises a daughter left on his doorstep as an infant, only to face complications when the birth mother suddenly returns. Not reviewed. Rated PG 13. 115 minutes. In Spanish and English with English subtitles.

Jobs This biopic of the career of has a lot going for it a complicated lead character, a fascinating story and an actor () who turns out to be just right for the role. But the movie concentrates too much on Jobs' mid career and not enough on the drama of his life and accomplishments in the 21st century. Rated PG 13. 125 minutes. M. LaSalle

Kick Ass 2 The second in this series, about an average high school kid who decides to become a superhero, has an appealing harshness in its comedy but a disturbing harshness in its violence. And as the movie wears on, the violence takes over. Rated R. 107 minutes. M. LaSalle

' The Butler Supposedly based on the life of a long serving African American White House butler, Lee Daniels' film really is a fictional piece that uses the butler () as a witness to historical Civil Rights events. The script is clumsy and obvious, and the casting of the presidents is so ridiculous ( as Reagan?) as to be laughable. Rated PG 13. 132 minutes. M. Almost everyone else will see a bad movie, with too much exposition, ridiculous dialogue, an unsympathetic heroine and a love triangle that goes nowhere. Sometimes movies shouldn't be faithful to the book. Rated PG 13. 130 minutes. One Direction: This Is Us Fans will enjoy this promotion for the boy band One Direction, but it's not a good film, even grading on the curve of the self produced infomercials disguised as musical biopics that we've seen in recent years. It's aimless, seemingly deceptive and spreads a poor message: That it's OK to act far less mature than your age, as long as you have millions of sycophants who think it's cute. Rated PG. 95 minutes. Pacific Rim "The Lone Ranger's" chief competitor for worst film copy hermes clutch bags of the year, this is pretty much horrible with protracted scenes of computer generated robots fighting computer generated dinosaurs, to the accompaniment of a deafening soundtrack. Rated PG 13. 131 minutes. M. LaSalle

Planes After a trying first act, this DisneyToons release finds a nice cruising altitude, embarking on a world tour that yields some pleasant surprises. Dusty Crophopper is a cropduster that wants to be a racing plane. The main story arc is predictable, with several themes reaching inevitable conclusions. But the smaller details remain fresh. "Cars" and "Cars 2" fans be warned: There are almost no references to those films. Rated PG. 92 minutes.

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