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Bran Nue Dae This musical comedy is set in late '60s Australia, where a young man runs away from the religious school his mother sent him to and embarks on a road trip across the Outback.

I'm Still Here See Steven Rea's preview on H2.

Legendary See Steven Rea's preview on H2.

Resident Evil: Afterlife See Steven Rea's preview on H2.

Reviewed by critics Carrie Rickey (C.R.), Steven Rea (S.R.), and Tirdad Derakhshani (T.D.). W.S. denotes a wire-service review.

Lebanon An intensely powerful, frightening film, set on the first day of the 1982 Lebanon war, from the point of view - quite literally - of four young, inexperienced Israeli soldiers, packed and jostled inside a tank rolling through enemy terrain. 1 hr. 33 R (intense violence, profanity, adult themes) - S.R.

Animal Kingdom A razor-sharp Australian gangland drama about a suddenly orphaned teen who moves in with his three drug-dealing, gun-toting uncles and their wily, seemingly warmhearted mother. Deep, dark business ensues. With Guy Pearce as a police detective and a chilling Jacki Weaver as the protective matriarch. 1 hr. 52 R (violence, drugs, profanity, adult themes) - S.R.

Cairo Time Patricia Clarkson, as a New York magazine editor, and Alexander Siddig, as a charming native, star in this bittersweet and achingly beautiful story of two strangers who spend a few days together in the teeming Egyptian city and find themselves falling in love - perhaps. 1 hr. 29 PG (adult themes) - S.R.

Farewell A tense French spy thriller based on real events, fascinating not only for its glimpse into the machinations of government espionage agencies in the Cold War era of the early '80s, but for the toll such subterfuge takes on the men, and women, involved. With film directors-turned-actors Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica as the Frenchman and the Russian at the center of this top-secret business. 1 hr. 53 No MPAA rating (adult themes) - S.R.

The Kids Are All Right Deft social satire starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore as a lesbian couple whose teenage children find their Sperm Dad (Mark Ruffalo). Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson are the kids in Lisa Cholodenko's film, with five actors at the top of their games as five characters in search of what makes a family. 1 hr. 44 R (nudity, sexual content, drugs) - C.R.