At area theaters
77 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2, PG-13 Only Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city, including Electro (Jamie Foxx), as Spidey comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp. (142 minutes)
72 AND SO IT GOES, PG-13 Michael Douglas plays a willfully obnoxious real estate agent whose dreams of selling one last house and retiring in peace and quiet end when his estranged son suddenly drops off a 9-year-old granddaughter (Sterling Jerins) he never knew existed. Will pawning her off on on his determined and lovable neighbor (Diane Keaton) be sufficient or will he have to eventually open his heart? (94 minutes)
89 BEGIN AGAIN, R College sweethearts and songwriting partners decamp for New York, but when he lands a deal with a major label, she's at loose ends until a disgraced record label exec stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage. (101 minutes)
71 BLENDED, PG-13 After a disastrous blind date, single parents (Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore) agree on only one thing: They never want to see each other again. Then they discover they've signed up for a family vacation with their kids at a luxurious African safari resort and are stuck together for a week in the same suite. (117 minutes)
87 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, PG-13 When a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), who has been living quietly in Washington, D.C., and trying to adjust to the modern world, must join forces with Black Widow and the Falcon against the Winter Soldier. (136 minutes)
89 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, PG-13 A band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier face off against the growing nation of genetically evolved apes on the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. (130 minutes)
77 GET ON UP, PG-13 Chadwick Boseman plays James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," in this bio-pic. With Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Jill Scott, Dan Aykroyd; directed by Tate Taylor. (138 minutes)
87 GODZILLA, PG-13 Everybody's favorite post-nuclear monster, Godzilla, battles malevolent creatures that are bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance. (123 minutes)
90 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, PG-13 Another Marvel marvel: A brash human adventurer (Chris Pratt), after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe, to sidestep an unrelenting bounty hunt joins up with a quartet of disparate misfits to ... yep, you guessed it ... guard the galaxy. With Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, Benicio del Toro, Nathan Fillion; directed by James Gunn. (121 minutes)
87 HERCULES, PG-13 In this revisionist take on the classic Greek myth, from the graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars, Hercules (Dwayne Johnson), having completed his 12 labors and haunted by a sin from his past, has become the leader of a band of mercenaries. But when the benevolent ruler of Thrace and his daughter seek his help to defeat a savage and terrifying warlord, he must once again become the hero he once was and embrace his own myth. (98 minutes)
88 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2, PG Heroic Viking Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless must protect the peace and save the future of men and dragons from the power-hungry Drago. Animated. (105 minutes)
75 LUCY, R Scarlett Johansson plays a woman who, when an experiment turns her into a merciless warrior beyond human logic, turns the tables on her captors. (90 minutes)
83 MALEFICENT, PG In this prequel/remake of Sleeping Beauty from the villain's point of view, Angelina Jolie plays the title role of a beautiful young woman who, after a ruthless betrayal turns her pure heart to stone, becomes bent on revenge and places a curse upon the newborn infant of her persecutor's successor. (97 minutes)
88 A MOST WANTED MAN, R A British banker and a young lawyer are drawn into the intrigue involving a tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man who arrives in Hamburg's Islamic community looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune and the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit. (121 minutes)
82 NEIGHBORS, R After the birth of their baby, a young couple suffering from arrested development battle the next-door fraternity house. (96 minutes)
71 PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE, PG World-famous air racer Dusty (voice of Dane Cook) learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, shifts gears and enters the world of aerial firefighting, joining a dynamic crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfire -- including spirited super scooper Dipper (voice of Julie Bowen). (83 minutes)
75 THE PURGE: ANARCHY, R On the one night a year in which all crime, including murder, is legal for 12 hours, a man intent on killing thugs as revenge for his son's death ends up rescuing a stranded couple. (103 minutes)
75 RIO 2, G Our animated animal heroes, trying to fit into the Amazon wilds after being hurtled out of the big city, encounter a vengeful rival and worse -- an unpleasant in-law. (101 minutes)
67 SEX TAPE, R With their love flame dimming after 10 years and two kids, a couple (Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz) decide to kick things up a notch by trying -- on video -- every position in The Joy of Sex in one marathon three-hour session. Then it turns out their private video is no longer private ... (94 minutes)
80 TAMMY, R Melissa McCarthy plays a woman whose personal problems have mounted to the point where she's ready to quit town but, broke and without wheels, her only option is a road trip to Niagara Falls with her grandma Pearl (Susan Sarandon) riding shotgun. (96 minutes)
82 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, PG-13 As humanity picks up the pieces after an epic battle that destroyed a great city but saved the world, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history and an ancient, powerful new menace puts Earth in its cross hairs. (157 minutes)
82 WISH I WAS HERE, R Director Zach Braff plays a struggling actor, father and husband who at 35 is still trying to find his identity -- and maybe finds it when he starts home-schooling his two kids. With Kate Hudson, Josh Gad, Mandy Patinkin, Ashley Greene, Jim Parsons, Donald Faison. (114 minutes)
MovieStyle on 08/08/2014