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Now-a-Dollar Aug 3

Posted By on August 2, 2012, 10:28 AM

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Agents J and K are back -- and going back in time -- in the big-ticket movie coming to local discount theaters this weekend. ---

Men in Black III reunites director Barry Sonnenfeld, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones (the latter albeit briefly) in a story about an angry alien assassin headed into the past to kill the younger version of Agent K (a great Tommy Lee Jones impression by Josh Brolin). The tale has some fun with the retro setting and the set pieces are suitably goofy, but it doesn't really hit the character notes it seems to be straining awfully hard to hit.

Hitting some effective character notes of its own is People Like Us, a drama about a slick salesman (Chris Pine) who learns upon the death of his estranged father that he has a half-sister (Elizabeth Banks) and nephew that he never knew about. What follows is a unique sort of "love story" -- one about a growing connection between siblings, effectively played by both performers.

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 Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy,... more

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