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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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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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