On the screen
NEW FILMS TODAY BODY OF LIES — ** 1/2 — A sloppy, only modestly diverting spy thriller that boasts good performances from Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 128 minutes, R (violence, profanity, gore, torture, slurs, brief drugs, vulgarity)
BOOGIE MAN: THE LEE ATWATER STORY — *** — If anything, this enlightening documentary about the late Republican strategist is an argument for "cleaner" campaigning. Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 86 minutes, not rated, probable R (profanity, violence, slurs, vulgarity)
CITY OF EMBER — ** — This clunky science-fiction/fantasy film offers a lot of political and other commentary. But it's actually too heady. Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 96 minutes, PG (violence, mild vulgarity, brief drugs)
THE DUCHESS — *** — Keira Knightley is one of the best things about this handsome but inconsistent, biographical drama. Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 105 minutes, PG-13 (sex, vulgarity, brief nudity, mild profanity, violence)
FIREPROOF — ** — Melodramatic, made-for-TV schlock. Replace the Lifetime Channel with the Christian Broadcasting Network and you won't be far off. Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 122 minutes, PG (adult themes, violence) —Michael Hardy, The Boston Globe
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND — ** 1/2 — Some curious modern-day sensibilities detract from this imaginatively directed, well-acted European parable. With subtitles, Complete review in our online movie section, running time: 114 minutes, R (nudity, sex, violence, slurs, vulgarity, mild profanity)
QUARANTINE — A television crew is among those people locked inside a quarantined apartment building in this horror-thriller. To be reviewed next week, running time: 89 minutes, R (violence, gore, profanity)
MIDNIGHT MOVIES
THE EXORCIST — ** — Director William Friedkin's overblown, overrated 1973 horror film about demonic possession doesn't live up to its billing as "the scariest movie ever." Running time: 121 minutes, R (profanity, gore, violence, vulgarity, drugs) (Tonight and Saturday: Tower)
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