New movies showing in Minneapolis
By Wendy Schadewald (Rating system: 4=Don’t miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it)
“Bad Moms” (R) (2)
[Sexual material, full frontal nudity, language throughout, and drug and alcohol content.] — After a part-time businesswoman at a Chicago coffee company and a full-time, burnt-out, fed-up mother (Mila Kunis), who has two children (Oona Laurence and Emjay Anthony), learns that her immature husband (David Walton) is cheating on her via the Internet in this silly, unevenly paced, sporadically funny, raunchy, star-studded (Jada Pinket Smith, Kesha, Wanda Sykes, Martha Stewart, Wendell Pierce, and Clark Duke), 101-minute comedy dominated by foul language, she rebels by hanging out with two mew friends (Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn), decides to run for PTA president against its current egotistical leader (Christina Applegate), and begins a relationship with a hunky widower (Jay Hernanderz).
“Ice Age: Collision Course” (PG) (2.5)
[Mild rude humor and some action/peril.] — While an acorn-obsessed squirrel (Chris Wedge) tries to hold on to its prized acorn after ending up flying in a spaceship and playing pool with the planets and revengeful flying dinosaurs (voiceovers by Nick Offerman, tephanie Beatriz, and Max Greenfield) search for their egg-stealing weasel nemesis (voiceover by Simon Pegg) in this colorful, family-friendly, meandering, star-dotted (voiceovers by Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael Strahan, Melissa Rauch, and Jessie J), 3D, 94-minute animated comedy, four wooly mammoths (voiceovers by Queen Latifah, Ray Romano, Keke Palmer, and Adam DeVine), two saber tooth tigers (voiceovers by Denis Leary and Jennifer Lopez), a weasel (voiceover by Neil deGrasse Tyson) two sloths (voiceovers by John Leguizamo and Wanda Sykes), and two possums (voiceovers by josh Peck and Sean William Scott) try to stop a gargantuan asteroid from hitting the Earth.
“Into the Forest” (R) (3)
[A scene of violence involving rape, language, and some sexuality/nudity.] — A suspenseful, creative, powerful, intense, well-acted, down-to-earth, star-dotted (Max Minghella, Wendy Crewson, and Michael Eklund), unpredictable, 101-minute, 2015 thriller based on Jean Hegland’s 1996 novel in which two strong-willed, resourceful sisters, a college student (Ellen Page) and a wannabe dancer (Evan Rachel Wood), who live with their kindhearted, widowed father (Callum Keith Rennie) in an isolated home in the woods of the Pacific Northwest find themselves struggling to survive after a long-term, massive power outage.
“Jason Bourne” (PG-13) (3)
[Intense sequences of violence and action, and brief strong language.] — Rapid pacing dominates this action-packed, riveting, violent, complicated, star-dotted (Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Riz Ahmed, Bill Camp, Robert Stanton, and Scott Shepherd), 123-minute thriller in which rogue, off-the-grid, globe-trotting CIA agent (Matt Damon) tries to uncover more about his convoluted past and who murdered his father (Gregg Henry) while trying to evade a skilled, tenacious, revenge-driven assassin (Vincent Cassell) hired by a crooked, duplicitous CIA director (Tommy Lee Jones).
“Stat Trek Beyond” (PG-13) (3)
[Sequences of sci-fi action and violence.] — When a power-hungry, revenge-driven, ruthless alien (Idris Elba) and his multitude of xenomorph henchmen attack the USS Enterprise heading to a planet in uncharted space to save a crew in this action-packed, fast-paced, wit-dotted, entertaining, 3D, 2-hour, sci-fi sequel highlighted by marvelous special effects, Captain James T. Kirk (Christ Pine), Bones (Karl Urban), Dr. Spock (Zachary Quinto), and Scotty (Simon Pegg) join forces with an alien (Sofia Boutella) to save the imprisoned Federation crew (Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Joe Taslim, et al.) and the lives of people (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jeff Bezos, et al.) at the United Federation of Planets headquarters.
On DVD
“Bratz” (PG) (2.5)
[Thematic elements.] [DVD only] — A predictable, lightweight, 110-minute, 2007 comedy, which is based on the bestselling dolls and geared for pre-teenage girls, about the obnoxious, spoiled, and egotistical daughter (Chelsea Staub) of a high school principal (Jon Voight) who tries to break up the friendship of four best friends, including a fashion-loving brainiac (Janel Parrish), a poor soccer player (Skyler Shaye), a cheerleader (Logan Browning), and a stage-fight-prone singer (Nathalia Ramos), when they do not fit into one of the school’s many cliques and undermine her bought popularity.
“Come Early Morning” (R) (2)
[Language and some sexual situations.] [DVD only] — A somber, lackluster, 96-minute, 2006 film about an Arkansas construction worker (Ashley Judd) who spends her days building foundations and her nights slugging beers and bedding strangers, but when she meets a decent man (Jeffrey Donovan) for whom she has feelings, she ends up sabotaging the relationship.
“Daddy Day Camp” (PG) (2)
[Mild bodily humor and language.] [DVD only] — An optimistic day care center owner (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) and his partner (Paul Rae) have their hands full in this silly, slapstick, family-friendly. 93-minute, 2007 comedy when they buy a rundown summer camp to prevent the arrogant owner (Lochlyn Munro) of the posh camp next door from seizing the property and a former army colonel (Richard Gant) and a greenhorn aide (Josh McLerran) help take charge of the rambunctious kids (Spencir Bridges, et al.).
“Rush Hour 3” (PG-13) (2.5)
[Sequences of action violence, sexual content, nudity, and language.] [DVD only] — When an assassin (Hiroyuki Sanada) shoots the Chinese ambassador (Tzi Ma) who is committed to taking down the infamous Triad society in front of the chairman (Max von Sydow) and delegates at the world criminal court in this quip-filled, action-packed, stunt-laden, 91-minute, 2007 comedic sequel, a Chinese inspector (Jackie Chan) and a L.A. detective (Chris Tucker), who has been demoted to a traffic cop, head to Paris to honor a promise made to the ambassador’s daughter (Jingchu Zhang) and with the help of an American-hating French cab driver (Yvan Attal), they search for a secret list that identifies the thirteen heads of the Chinese Triad.
“Stardust” (PG-13) (3.5)
[Some fantasy violence and risqué humor.] [DVD only] — Ian McKellen narrates this highly entertaining, original, imaginative, and humorous, 127-minute, 2007 fantasy fairytale that is suitable for all ages about an English shop clerk (Charlie Fox) who searches for a shooting star (Claire Danes) to give to the beautiful woman (Sienna Miller) he thinks he loves and when he crosses the mysterious wall like his father (Nathaniel Parker) once did into a magical kingdom, he encounters a flamboyant pirate (Robert DeNiro) flying with his motley crew, a dark witch (Michelle Pfeiffer) trying to regain her youth and beauty, and feuding brothers (Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett, Mark Strong, Adam Buxton, et al.) looking for the heir to their father’s (Peter O’Toole) throne.
“Starter for Ten” (PG-13) (2.5)
[Sexual content, language, and a scene of drug use.] [DVD only] — When an encyclopedia-savvy English student (James McAvoy) at Bristol University is attracted to a smart, comely blonde (Alice Eve) and a liberal, protest-loving student (Rebecca Hall) in this quirky, 92-minute, 2006 romantic British comedy, he tries to impress both women and his working-class, widowed mom (Catherine Tate) by doing a bang up job with his other scholarly team members (Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Elaine Tan) on the “University Challenge” televised quiz show in 1985.
“Underdog” (PG) (2)
[Crude humor, mild language, and action.] [DVD only] — When a widowed security guard (Jim Belushi) brings home an English-speaking beagle (voiceover by Jason Lee) with superpowers to his school-skipping son (Alex Neuberger) in this family-friendly, 84-minute, 2007 comedy, a mad scientist (Peter Dinklage) and his lackey (Patrick Warburton) try desperately to find the mutt.
“When the Road Bends: Tales of a Gypsy Caravan” (NR) (3)
[Partially subtitled] [DVD only] — Gypsy music, flamenco dancing, and songs about happiness, sadness, tradition, and culture dominate this colorful, fascinating, informative, and intimate 110-minute, 2006 documentary that tries to dispel common misconceptions and myths about gypsies as it follows a group of gypsies from Romania, Macedonia, Spain, and India on a 6-week concert tour that takes them from Florida to California.
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