Short Takes: Condensed movie reviews

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Condensed from Daily News movie critic Gary Thompson's reviews, unless noted otherwise.

INTERSTELLAR. Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway seek new home for humanity in Chris Nolan's sci-fi spectacle. Great fun, but 3-hour runtime calls for extrahuman endurance. (PG-13) B

BIG HERO 6. New, fun Disney-Marvel cartoon has student engineers fighting the creep who steals their inventions. From the animators who brought you "Wreck it Ralph" and "Frozen," and nobody sings! (PG) B+

LAGGIES. In offbeat comedy, Keira Knightley is a panicked twentysomething who moves in with a teenager. With Sam Rockwell. (R) B-

FORCE MAJEURE. Cannes Film Festival jury award winner is bleakly funny look at man who leaves his family in the lurch during an avalanche. (R) B

NIGHTCRAWLER. Jake Gyllenhaal plays memorable creep in hair-raising horror movie about man who sells crime-scene footage to TV news. (R) A-

THE GUEST. In moody horror movie, Dan Stevens stars as mysterious Afghan War vet offering to help a grieving family. A gloriously cheesy Halloween funhouse. (R) B+

BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP. Nicole Kidman wakes up each day with no memory in movie that's completely forgettable. With Colin Firth, Mark Strong. (R) C

THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA. First work in 14 years by Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki. Worth the wait. (PG) A+ Reviewed by Daily News wire services.

CITIZENFOUR. In documentary, Edward Snowden provides chilling account of surveillence. Did you know that many hotel and business phones can be converted remotely into "hot mics" to record conversations? (R) B+

ART AND CRAFT. Documentary profiles serial art forger Mark Landis. (Not rated) B

JOHN WICK. Keanu Reeves stars as hitman who kills the mobsters who killed his dog in action movie with a sense of humor and a stuntman's heart: real fights, no robots, muscle cars. (R) B

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE. Writer-director Justin Simie takes his popular Youtube video and Twitter feed and turns it into a canny, complex, funny campus comedy about racial identity. (R) B

BIRDMAN. Michael Keaton plays a washed up movie star trying to prove himself on Broadway, alongside Ed Norton. It's technically daring, a brilliant feat of acting - and funny, too. (R) B+

WHIPLASH. J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller are terrific as abusive teacher and suffering pupil in jazz-driven drama. (R) A-

OUIJA. Duller-than-dull dead-teenager flick. (PG-13) F Reviewed by Daily News wire services.

FURY. Violent, literally visceral story of World War II tank crew (led by Brad Pitt) on what amounts to a suicide mission. (R) B+

ST. VINCENT. Winning comedy stars Bill Murray as disreputable old man put in charge of innocent kid, nicely played by local actor Jaedon Lieberher. (PG-13) B

THE BOOK OF LIFE. Dazzling, Mexican-accented kids' cartoon is so colorful it almost reinvents the art form. (PG) A- Reviewed by Daily News wire services.

ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY. In wholesome comedy, family slapsticks together through thick and thin. (PG) B

GONE GIRL. Intricate thriller about husband (Ben Affleck) suspected of killing his wife. (R) B