THE UPSIDE
(STX) Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Julianna Margulies, Aja Naomi King, Tate Donovan. Directed by Neil Burger
An ex-con newly released from prison and fighting to get custody of his son back answers an ad for employment. He doesn’t expect to get hired, only to get proof that he applied. However, he ends up getting hired to be the attendant for a quadriplegic billionaire. The two men will find that the other is indispensable for finding each of their way back into the light. Based on a true story, this was first filmed as one of the all-time French box office hits Les Intouchables.
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Release Formats: Standard
Genre: True Life Dramedy
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG-13 (for suggestive content and drug use)
A Dog’s Way Home
(Columbia) Ashley Judd, Bryce Dallas Howard (voice), Edward James Olmos, Wes Studi. A young man’s beloved dog gets lost and must make a 400 mile journey to get back home.
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Release Formats: Standard
Genre: Family
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG (for thematic elements, some peril and language)
Replicas
(Entertainment Studios) Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz. After a brilliant scientist loses his entire family in a car crash, he is determined to find a way to bring them back. Even if he can surmount the laws of nature, he’ll have to contend with a government-controlled lab and a police task force if he is to get his family back again.
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Release Formats: Standard
Genre: Science Fiction
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material, violence, disturbing images, some nudity and sexual references)
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The Upside