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“Angel Has Fallen” (PG-13) – Following a drone attack on President Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) – code name “Angel” – is the lone remaining survivor, save the president. And while POTUS lingers unconscious in a hospital bed, Banning makes a perfect patsy for the attack. Malicious forces are afoot, but Banning is never down for long. He escapes to enlist some off-the-grid help to take back his good name and, of course, protect the president. It’s nothing you haven’t seen before and all that you expect out of the third installment of this action flick series. I will, however, give double high fives for Nick Nolte’s crazy supporting performance.
Cate Blanchett in “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” (Ascot Elite Entertainment photo)
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” (PG-13) – The eponymous Bernadette (Cate Blanchett) is a functional agoraphobic who once was a celebrated architect, full of life and big ideas. Now she spends her time feuding with a pretentious neighbor (Kristen Wiig), abhorring the unimaginative busybodies at daughter Bee’s (Emma Nelson) school and planning a family trip to Antarctica with a dubious online personal assistant. But then Bernadette disappears, launching her own voyage of discovery to reclaiming her former creative urges. It’s left to Bee to find out where she went and why. Directed by Richard Linklater.
“Don’t Let Go” (R) – David Oyelowo stars as L.A. cop Jack Radcliffe, who discovers the slaughtered bodies of his niece Ashley (Storm Reid) and her parents. But then four days later, he gets a phone call. From Ashley. From the past. Using this crack in the time-space continuum (paging Dr. Emmett Brown, anyone?), the pair must work together to keep the girl’s murder from occurring in the first place. Although Oyelowo gives a wonderful performance, it’s just too much to keep up with, and I personally let go about halfway through the film.
“Official Secrets” (R) – In a riveting political drama ripped from the history books, Keira Knightley leads the cast as Katharine Gun, a British intelligence officer who comes by a piece of information so shocking, she is unable to keep it secret: The U.S. is attempting to gather information on Security Council members that would sway their vote to authorize a war against Iraq. Director Gavin Hood serves up a story that is tightly wound, with a courageous hero who unceremoniously does the right thing at considerable cost to herself and her family. Matthew Goode, Matt Smith and Ralph Fiennes also star.
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