Muppets With the help of a few die-hard fans, the Muppets reunite to save their theater from being destroyed by an oil tycoon. Opens Wednesday
My Week With Marilyn A young crew member for the film The Prince and the Showgirl develops a relationship with one of its stars, Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams). Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench, and Kenneth Branagh also star. Opens Wednesday
Reviewed by critics Carrie Rickey (C.R.), Steven Rea (S.R.), and Sam Adams (S.A.). W.S. denotes a wire service review. The Descendants George Clooney in one of the most satisfying performances of his career - angry, sad, vulnerable, loving, foolish, comically discombobulated - as a Hawaiian lawyer coping with a family crisis and a daunting inheritance. From Alexander Payne, of Sideways and About Schmidt fame. Satisfying on every level. 1 hr. 55 R (profanity, drugs, adult themes) - S.R.
The Ides of March George Clooney is a presidential candidate who seems too good to be true, and Ryan Gosling is the true believer running his campaign in this brilliantly realized political drama - directed by Clooney. With Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jeffrey Wright. 1 hr. 56 R (profanity, sex, adult themes) - S.R.
Martha Marcy May Marlene A star-making turn from Elizabeth Olsen as a woman who escapes a creepy commune and tries to put the pieces of her life back together in the lakeside house of her sister and brother-in-law. Unnerving, in a beautiful, accomplished, haunting way. 2 hrs. R (violence, nudity, sex, drugs, adult themes) - S.R.
