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American Ultra
80 R Jesse Eisenberg plays a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) is turned upside down when he discovers that he's actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation, forcing him to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive. With Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Stuart Greer, Tony Hale; directed by Nima Nourizadeh. (95 minutes)
End of the Tour
91 R Rolling Stone reporter and novelist David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) conducts a five-day interview with David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel) after the 1996 publication of Wallace's novel, Infinite Jest, which he resurrected after Wallace's 2008 suicide. With Becky Ann Baker, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, Ron Livingston; directed by James Ponsoldt. (106 minutes) See review on blooddirtangels.com in New Movies.
Hitman: Agent 47
47 R An elite assassin, genetically engineered to be the perfect killing machine and is known only by the last two digits on the bar code tattooed on the back of his neck, targets a mega-corporation that plans to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. With Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann; directed by Aleksander Bach. (96 minutes)
The Love Affair
Not rated. A lawyer ends her partnership and decides to focus on herself with help from a new man. With Bea Alonzo, Richard Gomez, Dawn Zulueta, Eda Nolan, Tom Rodriguez; directed by Nuel C. Naval. In Tagalog and Filipino with English subtitles. (125 minutes)
Sinister 2
78 R A protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon) and her 9-year-old twin sons (Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked for death as the evil spirit of Buhguul continues to spread. With James Ransone, Lea Coco; directed by Ciaran Foy. (97 minutes)
The Stanford Prison Experiment
87 R Billy Crudup plays a Stanford University professor who, in 1971, cast 24 student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system; participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. With Ezra Miller, Olivia Thirlby, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, Thomas Mann, Moises Arias; directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. (122 minutes)
MovieStyle on 08/21/2015