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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)

68 AMERICA: IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT HER, PG-13 Dinesh D'Souza's documentary look at an America under attack and a retrospective of the heroes who built the country: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, et al. (103 minutes)

86 BELLE, PG Inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed-race daughter of Adm. Sir John Lindsay, raised by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, whose lineage affords her certain privileges but whose status causes suitors to avoid her -- until she meets an idealistic young vicar's son bent on changing society, including ending slavery in England. (104 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)

90 CHEF, R Director Jon Favreau plays the title character, who, having suddenly quit his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, ends up in Miami teamed with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. (115 minutes)

71 DELIVER US FROM EVIL, R Eric Bana plays a New York cop struggling with his own personal problems who joins forces with an unconventional priest and exorcist (Edgar Ramirez) while investigating a series of disturbing and inexplicable crimes that could involve demonic possession. With Olivia Munn, Sean Harris, Joel McHale; directed by Scott Derrickson. (118 minutes)

85 EARTH TO ECHO, PG A trio of inseparable friends whose neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project discover that the strange signals they've been getting on their phones are coming from a small alien who has become stranded on Earth. With Teo Halm, Brian "Astro" Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Ella Linnea Wahlestedt; directed by Dave Green. (91 minutes)

83 EDGE OF TOMORROW, PG-13 In a near future in which an alien race has launched an unrelenting assault on Earth that no existing military unit in the world can fight, Tom Cruise plays an officer killed on a suicide mission who finds himself caught in a time loop that, as he repeats the same brutal combat, increases his skills. (113 minutes)

87 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, PG-13 Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort play extraordinary teenagers who meet and fall in love at a cancer support group, sharing an acerbic wit, a disdain for the conventional and a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey. (125 minutes)

87 THE GRAND SEDUCTION, PG-13 The mayor's plan to build a big, job-creating factory in a town devastated by fishing bans hinges on obtaining a doctor in residence, leading the whole town to, among things, take up cricket to make a prospect feel at home. (115 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)

89 IDA, PG-13 In 1962, young woman preparing to join the Polish convent where she's lived since she was orphaned as a child learns her only living relative, an aunt, is not only a former hard-line Communist but also a Jew. (120 minutes)

81 JERSEY BOYS, R Clint Eastwood directed this film version of the Tony-winning stage musical, the story of Frankie Valli and the three guys from Jersey with whom he formed the Four Seasons. (134 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 MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST, R Co-writer/director Seth MacFarlane plays a cowardly sheep farmer whose girlfriend left him after he backed out of a gunfight, who then falls for a mysterious and beautiful woman who helps him find his courage -- especially when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge. (116 minutes)

86 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN, PG Super-genius canine Mr. Peabody and his mischievous boy, Sherman, took all kinds of time-travel adventures, via their "Wabac" machine, on the old Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends show. But when Sherman and his friend Penny accidentally rip a hole in the universe, wreaking havoc on the most important events in world history, Mr. Peabody must come to their rescue. Animated. (90 minutes)

86 MUPPETS MOST WANTED, PG The Muppet gang, on a world tour and selling out grand theaters in several European capitals, find themselves entangled in an international crime caper headed by a master criminal who's a dead ringer for Kermit. (112 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)

88 OBVIOUS CHILD, R Jenny Slate plays an aspiring comedian who, finding herself dumped, fired and pregnant just in time for Valentine's Day, must navigate the murky waters of independent adulthood for the first time. With Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, David Cross, Gabe Liedman, Richard Kind; directed by Gillian Robespierre. (83 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)

89 SNOWPIERCER, R After a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the folks on a globe-traveling train, powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine and home to an evolving class system -- and a brewing revolution. With Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris; directed by Bong Joon-ho. (125 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. With Allison Janney, Gary Cole, Mark Duplass, Toni Collette, Nat Faxon, Dan Aykroyd, Kathy Bates; directed by Ben Falcone. (96 minutes)

71 THINK LIKE A MAN TOO, PG-13 This sequel brings back the couples from the first movie for a Vegas wedding, but romantic weekend plans go awry. (106 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)

83 22 JUMP STREET, R Now out of high school (for the second time), undercover officers (Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum) are now at a local college, where they have to not only crack the case but figure out if they can have a mature relationship. (109 minutes)

82 WORDS AND PICTURES, PG-13 A prep school English teacher and one-time literary star (Clive Owen) and a new art teacher square off in a war between, well, you can figure it out from the title. (111 minutes)

88 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, PG-13 The ultimate X-Men ensemble -- those from the original trilogy joining forces with their younger selves -- fights an epic battle for the survival of the species that must change the past to save the future. (131 minutes)

MovieStyle on 07/11/2014

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