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“TAG” (R) – Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. And by couriers, I mean a group of five man-child fools who have maintained a decades-long game of TAG, played one month of the year since they were kids, every year without fail. The last man tagged the previous year, Hoagie (Ed Helms) is on a mission to tag the game legend, Jerry (Jeremy Renner) – who has NEVER been tagged, and who is retiring because he is getting married. How far will a grown man go to tag another grown man? Pretty far, it seems. Also stars Jon Hamm, Jake Johnson and Hannibal Buress as more of the group that is based on a real-life pack of dudes from Spokane, Wash.
Candice Bergen stars in “Book Club.” (Paramount Pictures photo)
“Book Club” (PG-13) – Four women – played by Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen – are lifelong friends, book club members and classy ladies, each with her own particular romantic peculiarity: one recently widowed, one a dedicated independent woman, one in a stagnant marriage and one just plain out of luck. They choose the “Fifty Shades” series of books to discuss, and in doing so manage to reignite their sex drives, compelling them to pursue passions that had long remained dormant. It’s always impressive to see these ladies onscreen. So the plot’s a little ho-hum; it’s still good to see that rom-com doesn’t die at 30. Andy Garcia, Craig T. Nelson and Don Johnson support.
“RBG” (NR) – Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Tiny but mighty, and tough as nails, it’s no surprise this diminutive but dominating Supreme Court justice has been nicknamed “The Notorious RBG,” as her legal gangster reputation precedes her. This documentary is a delightfully informative life story, lovingly told by filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West. Covering the justice’s humble Brooklyn beginnings, her years at Harvard where she broke ground as a female student and member of the Law Review, and following career as a brilliant legal mind and shrewd jurist. She may be over 80, but she’s tenacious and does all that she does with dignity – it’s hard not to love her.
“A Kid Like Jake” (NR) – Claire Danes and Jim Parsons play a married New York couple with a 4-year-old son who likes Disney princesses and dress-up. In their journey to enroll him in a suitable primary school, one where he will be given the most opportunity to thrive, they are perhaps pressured to play up his “gender expansive” play. This film is more about competing influences in parenting – the preschool director (Octavia Spencer), the grandmother (Ann Dowd), the friend (Priyanka Chopra) – than it is about the boy himself, visible for all of five minutes.
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