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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

contains strong language, brief

nudity and drug use.)

 THE LION KING

Photorealistic CGI animation adds

visual heft and emotional

resonance to the tale. (PG, 118

minutes, contains sequences of

violence and peril, and some

mature thematic elements.)

 LUCE

The title character of this

frustratingly ambiguous drama is a

high school golden boy who may be

hiding a dark secret. (R, 109

minutes, contains crude language

throughout, sexuality, nudity and

some drug use.)

 MAIDEN

The tale of the first all-woman crew

to sail the Whitbread Round the

World Race thrills and educates.

(PG, 93 minutes, contains strong

language, mature thematic

melements and brief smoking

images.)

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tepid comic-book-based crime

drama. (R, 103 minutes, contains

violence, strong language

throughout and some sexuality.)

 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN

SAN FRANCISCO

Winner of a directing prize at

Sundance is a poetic look at male

friendship and personal

mythmaking. (R, 120 minutes,

 HONEYLAND

Award-winning documentary is

both fly-on-the-wall anthropology

and an ecological fable. (Unrated,

87 minutes, contains some crude

language. In Turkish, Bosnian and

Macedonian with subtitles.)

 THE KITCHEN

Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy

and Elizabeth Moss star in this

language.)

 GOOD BOYS

This R-rated comedy about 12-year-

old boys is raunchy, vulgar, funny —

and surprisingly sweet. (R, 89

minutes, contains strong crude

sexual content, drug and alcohol

material and crude language

throughout, all involving tweens.)

mild mature themes.)

 APOLLO 11

The documentary has a wealth of

sensory experiences for audiences.

But the story is actually told

through mundane details. (G, 93

minutes, contains smoking.)

 THE ART OF RACING IN

THE RAIN

Kevin Costner plays a dog in this

sappy tear-jerker. (PG, 109

minutes, contains strong

language, mild violence and a bad

dog going to the bathroom where it

shouldn’t.)

 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT

This ode to Springsteen and the

power of music may be the feel-

good movie of the summer. (PG-13,

114 minutes, contains mature

thematic material and strong

language, including some ethnic

slurs.)

 BRITTANY RUNS A

MARATHON

Jillian Bell plays a misfit millennial

struggling to get her life back on

track. (R, 104 minutes, contains

coarse language throughout,

sexuality and some drug material.

The movie is distributed by Amazon

Studios. Amazon chief executive

Jeff Bezos owns The Washington

Post.)

COLD CASE

HAMMARSKJOLD

This disturbing yet oddly delightful

documentary about Dag

Hammarskjold may blow your mind

(Unrated, 115 minutes, contains

some mature thematic material. In

English, French, Swedish, Bemba

and Danish with subtitles.)

 DON’T LET GO

A cop communicates with his

murdered niece via cellphone.

That’s some data plan. (R, 103

minutes, contains violence, bloody

images, and strong language.)

 DORA AND THE LOST

CITY OF GOLD

This live-action version of

Nickelodeon’s animated TV series

is all over the map. (PG, 102

minutes, contains action and

some impolite humor.)

THE FAREWELL

A Chinese family hides the truth

from a dying relative in the name of

compassion. (PG, 98 minutes,

contains mature thematic material,

brief strong profanity and some

smoking. In English and Mandarin,

with subtitles.)

 FAST & FURIOUS

PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW

The action spinoff hits the sweet

spot between the silly and the

satisfying. (PG-13, 137 minutes,

contains prolonged sequences of

action and violence, suggestive

material and some strong

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Movies

VINCE VALITUTTI/PARAMOUNT PICTURES

From left, Eugenio Derbez, Nicholas Coombe, Jeffrey Wahlberg, Madeleine Madden and Isabela Moner star in “Dora and the Lost City of

Gold,” a reboot of the beloved animated Nickelodeon series that is all over the map.

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES

Featuring the voices of John Oliver as Zazu, James Earl Jones as Mufasa and JD McCrary as Simba,

Disney’s “The Lion King” is a remake of the animated film, shot using photorealistic CGI animation.

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