At the Movies: Dallas Buyers Club, August: Osage County and Lovely Molly
Dallas Buyers Club
An imperfect man fights for survival during an uncertain time in America.
Dallas Buyers Club
An imperfect man fights for survival during an uncertain time in America.
Son of God
This major motion picture event — an experience created to be shared among families and communities — brings the story of Jesus’ life to audiences through compelling cinematic storytelling that is both powerful and inspirational.
Sarah a young Carmelite nun, collapses in pain, dazed and spouting a nonsense phrase. Concurrently, a great distance away, her identical twin sister, Gaëlle, in prison, wakes up to find her cell in flames.
Philomena
The title character is an elderly Irish woman who, as a teenager, gave birth while she was working at a convent.
The story of how Walt Disney courted P.L. Travers into letting him option the rights to Mary Poppins is brought to the screen in this non-fiction drama.
6 Souls
Second-generation forensic psychiatrist Dr. Cara Jessup, has made her career as an expert witness based on her firm testimony that so-called “multiple personality disorder” is a hoax or a myth — and does not really exist.
Don Jon
A funny yet earnest psychological comedy-drama about a womanizer named Jon Martello who earns the nickname “Don Jon” for his ability to charm beautiful women, but remains unable to forge a meaningful connection with the opposite sex due to his all-consuming Internet porn addiction. Meanwhile, as Jon struggles to free himself from the realm of virtual debauchery, he connects with two disparate women, who separately try to teach him the true value of intimacy. Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Cast :Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson.
Rated: R.
Time: 1:29.
Grudge Match
Two retired boxers decide to settle a long-standing beef by heading back into the ring in this sports comedy. Back in the day, Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp were the two biggest bruisers in the Pittsburgh boxing scene. Their fierce rivalry drawing nationwide attention, Razor and The Kid were deadlocked for the title of overall champion when the former announced his retirement just before the decisive 1983 match that would have determined the supreme champion. Three decades later, enterprising boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr. lures the aging pugilists back into the ring for the fight that everyone has been waiting for. Meanwhile, when Razor and The Kid see each other for the first time in 30 years, the cameras are rolling as tempers suddenly flare. In no time that unscheduled scuffle goes viral, prompting both fighters to resume their intensive training in a bid to be the one who delivers the knockout blow during the highly anticipated bout. Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, and Jon Bernthal costar.
Director: Peter Segal. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Kevin Hart.
Rated: PG-13.
Time: 1:53.