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August 28, 2011

Movies

Apollo 18 Unearthed footage of a secret moon mission gives graphic evidence in this sci-fi thriller of why we stopped going there.

Attack the Block A group of London teens defend their block from an alien invasion.

Chasing Madoff See Steven Rea's preview on H2.

The Debt See Steven Rea's preview on H2. Opens Wednesday

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy A group of 30-year-old friends throw a big sex-filled bash.

Griff the Invisible See Steven Rea's preview on H2.

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Shark Night 3D Friends gather for a weekend of fun at a lake house, only to discover that the lake is infested with rare freshwater sharks.

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

The Tree of Life Terrence Malick contemplates the universe and nature, grace and grief and love - and the lives of a family in 1950s Texas - in his beautiful, kind of nutty masterpiece. With Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, and yes, CG dinosaurs, too. PG-13 (violence, adult themes) - S.R.

The film is full of heart, passion, and human longing - but also a good dose of Existentialism. Think of it as Sartre's Being And Nothingness-meets-Dr. Seuss. 1 hr. 40 No MPAA rating (mature themes, profanity, smoking, bourgeois hypocrisy) - T.D.

Midnight in Paris A lark, a souffle, a delightful shaggy-dog story with Owen Wilson as its shaggy hero. What's he doing in a Woody Allen movie about a B-list screenwriter who time-travels from the present to the Jazz Age? Disarming the audience with his wistful joie de vivre, that's what. With Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, and Michael Sheen. 1 hr. 34 PG-13 (sexual references) - C.R.

Point Blank In the tradition of Tell No One (and starring Gilles Lellouche, who played one of its most colorful characters), this French thriller about a hardworking hospital nurse forced into action-hero mode is jolting, ricocheting stuff from the first scene to the last. 1 hr. 24 No MPAA rating (violence, intense action, profanity, adult themes) - S.R.

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