Movies Released August 16, 2013

Friday, August 16

Kick-Ass 2 R

Red Mist develops his martial arts skills, while Hit Girl is adopted by a cop.
Evan Peters, Jim Carrey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Leguizamo, Morris Chestnut, Nicolas Cage, Jane Goldman, Chloë Grace Moretz
Action Comedy Sequel Superhero

Lee Daniels' The Butler PG-13

At the White House, Eugene Allen works for eight presidents, starting with Harry Truman in 1952 and ending in 1986 with Ronald Reagan.
James Marsden, John Cusack, Colman Domingo, Alex Pettyfer, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams, Melissa Leo, Hilary Shor
Drama Historical Biography True Story

Jobs PG-13

Steve Jobs goes from wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple, where he becomes one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of our time.
Dermot Mulroney, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Ashton Kutcher, Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lukas Haas, Joshua Michael Stern
Drama Biography
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Paranoia PG-13

A boss blackmails one of his young employees to spy on a rival company.
Liam Hemsworth, Julian McMahon, Robert Luketic, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Holloway, Alexandra Milchan
Drama Thriller Suspense

Austenland PG-13

A single, thirtysomething woman has a secret obsession with Mr. Darcy -- as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The obsession is ruining her love life because no real man can compare.
Jane Seymour, Jennifer Coolidge, Jerusha Hess, Stephenie Meyer, Keri Russell, Meghan Hibbett, Gina Mingacci, Shannon Hale
Comedy Romance Adaptation
97 mins

Ain't Them Bodies Saints R

A contemporary Bonnie And Clyde-esque picture.
Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, David Lowery, Cassian Elwes, Toby Halbrooks, Jay Van Hoy, Casey Affleck, Nate Parker
Drama

You Will Be My Son R

Paul de Marseul (Niels Aretrup) is the passionate, demanding proprietor of his prestigious family wine estate. But he has no faith in his son, Martin (Loran Deutsch), who works at the vineyard. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son—a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philip (Nicolas Bridet), the son of his dying estate manager (Patrick Chesnais). Can Paul turn against his own blood and turn Philip into the rightful heir of his family estate?
Gilles Legrand, Niels Arestrup, Patrick Chesnais, Anne Marivin
Drama
90 mins

Spark: A Burning Man Story

Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams. Spark takes us behind the curtain with Burning Man organizers and participants, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth. When ideals of a new world based on freedom and inclusion collide with realities of the "default world," we wonder which dreams can survive.
Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter
Drama Action Biography Documentary
New York / Los Angeles
5 / 5
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Cutie and the Boxer R

As a rowdy young Neo-Dadaist artist in Tokyo, Ushio yearned for international recognition, so in 1969 he set sail for New York City. Nineteen-year-old Noriko came to New York to study art, where she met and fell in love with Ushio, 21 years her senior. Putting her own artistic ambitions on hold, Noriko dedicated herself to supporting her husband's career. Over the course of their marriage, the roles of assistant and artist have slowly begun to transform. Now 80, Ushio, widely known for his boxing painting, is obsessed with establishing his artistic legacy, while Noriko is at last finding her voice as an artist with a series of drawings entitled “Cutie and Bullie,” depicting her own chaotic relationship with Ushio.
Zachary Heinzerling, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Patrick Burns
Documentary

Prince Avalanche R

Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, David Gordon Green, Lance LeGault, Lynn Shelton
Drama Comedy

Friday, August 16