It’s a family affair at the box office this weekend as new films feature family members of famed actors/performers that are on their way to making a name for themselves. James Franco’s brother, Dave, stars in a magical crime thriller while Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet’s daughter, Zoe Kravitz, joins the real life father and son team of Will and Jaden Smith in a futuristic adventure film.
A young man struggles to step out from behind his father’s shadow in After Earth. The PG-13 film is set in the future where all of mankind has moved to another planet, Nova Prime. When an aircraft carrying an accomplished general and his son crashes into Earth, the two must work together to survive the unbearable climate change and predators that have now taken over. With his father injured from the crash, the teenager is forced to step up and search for the rescue beacon that can save their lives. The action/adventure film is directed by M. Night Shyamalan and stars Will Smith and Jaden Smith. It’s running for one hour and forty minutes in conventional and IMAX theaters.
Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Dave Franco and Common star in the suspense thriller Now You See Me. In the PG-13 film, a group of illusionists called “The Four Horsemen” double as robbers, using their magic to allude the cops. During their shows, they steal money and hand it out to their audience. The crime thriller plays for one hour and fifty-six minutes.
A former FBI agent questions her morality after joining an elite private intelligence agency that protects high powered corporations in The East. On a mission to infiltrate a group set out to seek retribution against corporate criminal activity, Sarah Moss finds herself believing in the things she’s sent there to stop. The PG-13 dramatic thriller stars Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page and Patricia Clarkson. It’s running in limited theaters for one hour and fifty minutes.
Three teens build a house in the woods to get away from their families in Kings of Summer. In this coming of age story, the young men learn the value of friendship and how to live on their own. The one hour and thirty-three minute drama is playing in limited theaters. It’s rated R for language.
A single mother in the IRA chooses between life in jail and spying on her family in Shadow Dancer. Following a failed bomb attempt in London, Collette decides to join the MI5 and head back to Belfast to leak her brother’s secret terrorist plans in order to protect her son. The limited released thriller stars Clive Owen and Gillian Anderson. It runs for one hour and forty-four minutes and is rated R for language and violence.
Based on real events, Hannah Arendt takes a look at the life of the German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist of the same name. Arendt was a controversial reporter for the New Yorker, known for covering the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in 1961. The unrated, one hour and fifty-three minute biopic is available in limited theaters.
A medical student broke and fed up with doctors turns to underground surgeries in American Mary. Her new venture changes her outlook as she goes to extreme measures to get the clients what they want. The limited released horror film runs for one hour an forty-three minutes. It’s rated R for violence, language and gore.
There’s nothing funny about the films that hit theaters this week as dramas and thrillers took over. Next week, things lighten up with the release of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s new comedy The Internship.
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