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Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) is condemned to repeat the past in "Vacation," a sort-of-sequel to the 1983 film that starred Chevy Chase as Rusty’s father, Clark.
Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) is condemned to repeat the past in "Vacation," a sort-of-sequel to the 1983 film that starred Chevy Chase as Rusty’s father, Clark.

Vacation

66, R: Billed as a "sequel" to National Lampoon's Vacation, but pretty much a remake: Ed Helms plays grown-up Rusty Griswold, who, remembering the "fun-filled" cross-country excursion he took as a kid to Walley World, America's greatest amusement park, comes up with the perfect surprise: to re-create the trip for his wife (Christina Applegate) and two sons. With Skyler Gisondo, Steele Stebbins, plus appearances by original Vacation stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo; directed by Jonathan Goldstein. (99 minutes) Opened Wednesday

Aloft

83, R: A young journalist (Melanie Laurent) brings about an encounter between a renowned artist and healer (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), a peculiar falconer, who have been torn apart by an accident in their past. Directed by Claudia Llosa. (112 minutes)

Infinitely Polar Bear

85, R: Mark Ruffalo plays a manic-depressive father living off his family's wealth while hunting mushrooms, cooking elaborate meals or working on one of his many half-completed projects, who, despite his illness, must become primary caregiver to his two young daughters while his his wife (Zoe Saldana) works on the MBA that may guarantee them all a better life. With Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide, Beth Dixon, Keir Dullea; directed by Maya Forbes. (90 minutes)

Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation

79, PG-13: Despite the disbanding of the Impossible Mission Force by vengeful Washington bureaucrats (Alec Baldwin as the CIA chief), Tom Cruise, et al., take on the Syndicate, an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are. With Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris; directed by Christopher McQuarrie. (131 minutes)

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

87, PG: A 10-year-old cartographer getting an award from the Smithsonian for inventing a perpetual motion machine, without telling his cowboy father and scientist mother, hops a freight train and heads for Washington. With Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Maillet, Judy Davis; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. (105 minutes)

MovieStyle on 07/31/2015

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