Harry Brown

Any fan of Michael Caine from his days in British crime films like Get Carter and The Ipcress File will be thrilled with Harry Brown. It pretty much gives Caine what Gran Torino gave Clint Eastwood: a chance to be old and a total badass. When the young punks who terrorize the South London housing project he lives in kill his best friend, Caine’s retired Royal Marine takes the law into his own hands.

Opens April 30th

Kick-Ass

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Featuring one of the most hilarious red-band trailers in recent memory, Kick-Ass looks to pick up the ball that was fumbled by the late ’90s comedy Mystery Men and actually be a funny super hero movie. Possibly even a hilarious super hero movie. A teenager decides to put on a costume and actually fight crime like in the comic books. He quickly runs afoul of the local mob boss and encounters a few more qualified super heroes on the way. Oh, and McLovin.

Opens April 16th

When You’re Strange: The Doors

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Though Oliver Stone and Val Kilmer did a pretty great job of bringing the Lizard King’s exploits to the big screen, there’s nothing like watching the real Jim Morrison. Using never-before-seen footage shot by Morrison’s friend and fellow film student at UCLA Paul Ferrara. The documentary explores the occasionally overblown mythology of The Doors while delving deeper into their music. Johnny Depp provides the narration.

Opens April 9th

Leaves of Grass

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Edward Norton plays opposite himself in what’s probably the funniest portrayal of identical twins since Nicholas Cage in Adaptation. As the brothers Kincaid, Norton plays both a straight-laced college professor and a small-time pot dealer. When the dealer gets in trouble, he lures the professor back to their Oklahoma hometown under the pretext that he’d been killed. There’s the inevitable culture clash, but also suspense, romance and the welcome return of Richard Dreyfuss.

Opens April 2nd

Red Riding Trilogy

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Set around the Yorkshire Ripper murders, the trilogy is made up of three films by three different directors set in three different years. Though it sounds disconnected, the overlapping cast gives it continuity. Exploring the rippling after effects of a series of serial killings, it’s like a few Law & Order episodes that go much, much deeper than whodunit.

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