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“Ready or Not” (R) – Wedding traditions are nothing new; people have been observing them for years. But the Le Domas family, rich and eccentric as they are, have taken the ritual far beyond “something borrowed, something blue” to something dark and dangerous. Blushing bride Grace (Samara Weaving) is feted by new husband Adam (Mark O’Brian) at his family’s estate, where each new addition is initiated with a game. Grace’s is hide and seek, and she quickly finds out that it’s kill or be killed before sunup. Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody and Henry Czerny co-star in a terrifically unapologetic black comedy.
Ansel Elgort in “The Goldfinch” (Warner Bros. photo)
“The Goldfinch” (R) – Ansel Elgort (and Oakes Fegley, playing the younger years) stars as Theodore Decker, a young man whose mother dies in an explosion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Theo survives, and retains as a palpable reminder of this event, a painting called “The Goldfinch.” His resulting journey – his homes and relationships collected along the way – are always colored by the loss of his mother and the retention of the painting. It’s based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, but boiled down, it lacks the depth of Donna Tartt’s 800 pages.
“Killerman” (R) – Moe Diamond (Liam Hemsworth) has a couple of problems. First, he’s a sleazy money launderer who got caught up with some dirty cops in a deal gone wrong. Second, he has amnesia and doesn’t know he’s a sleazy money launderer who got caught up with some dirty cops in a deal gone wrong. All he does know is that he’s got a pile of cash and drugs and a whole lot of trouble. It is shot in a 1970s haze that feels authentically gritty, but the whole business could have been handled in less than 70 minutes, while director Malik Bader stretches it out to nearly 120.
“The Parts You Lose” (NR) – A young deaf boy (Danny Murphy) finds an injured stranger (Aaron Paul) in the snow. Despite his rough exterior, the boy helps him hide, brings him food and allows him to heal. The criminal – how could he be anything but – warms to the youngster, and teaches him some life lessons about triumph, loss and how to handle a bully, be it a classmate or a parent. When the law comes to call, the boy must make choices that put him on the road to becoming a man. Also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the boy’s compassionate mother.
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