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• Title: Max Payne
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This video game adaptation stars Mark Wahlberg as a DEA agent out for revenge after the murder of his family and Mila Kunis as an assassin after the same people for the murder of her sister.  Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Donal Logue, Ted Atherton, and Kate Burton also star.  The film got some positive hype at Comic-Con, but video game flicks like this usually don’t translate too well on film (Shitman, Duum).  Check out the official site.  The bloodbath begins everywhere on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

• Title: What Just Happened?
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Robert De Niro stars as a Hollywood producer on the downside of his career struggling to get his latest movie made in this new Barry Levinson comedy.  Stanley Tucci, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Moon Bloodgood, and Robin Wright Penn also star – plus Bruce Willis and Sean Penn show up to play themselves.  Check out the official site.  The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

• Title: Morning Light
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In this documentary from Mark Monroe fifteen young sailors, aged 18 to 23, train aboard the Morning Light for six months to win the 44th Annual Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu.  Check out the official website.  The film opens in limited release in select cities on Friday.  Larger trailer available in the Full Diagnosis.

• Title: Body of Lies
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The latest from Ridley Scott finds an asset (Leonardo DiCaprio) pressured by a CIA agent (Russell Crowe) to find an Al Queda leader in Jordan.  Mark Strong, Carice van Houten, and Oscar Isaac also star.  The story was adapted from the David Ignatius’ spy thriller .  Check out the official site.  We’ve seen it and we’ll have the review when the film opens in theaters on Friday.