New and Noteworthy: Movies

The Identical Blake Rayne stars as twins separated at birth - one becomes a rock-and-roll celeb, the other doesn't, but music keeps tugging at his soul. A song-driven, faith-based melodrama with Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, and Seth Green. PG

Forrest Gump A 20th-anniversary Imax theater rerelease of Robert Zemeckis' Oscar-winning yarn about a big-hearted dim bulb and his fateful encounters with mid-20th century figures of great fame and import. One of the defining roles of Tom Hanks' career, whether you like it or not. Adapted from the Winston Groom novel. PG-13

The Last of Robin Hood Kevin Kline puts on a rakish mustache to play a downward-sloping Errol Flynn, smitten by a blond chorus girl (Dakota Fanning, in '50s sweater sets) whose show-biz mom (Susan Sarandon) doesn't want to lose control. R

  Innocence A teen discovers that the women who run her school are hiding a dark and bloody secret.

A Letter to Momo A Japanese child embarks on an adventure in her new home following the death of her father in this animated feature.

Reviewed by critics Steven Rea (S.R.), Tirdad Derakhshani (T.D.), and David Hiltbrand (D.H.). W.S. denotes a wire-service review.

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Boyhood Richard Linklater's unassuming masterpiece follows a Texas kid (newcomer Ellar Coltrane) from grade school to college dorm, reconvening cast and crew (including Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke as the parents) a few weeks every year for 12 years, and its carefully observed series of small moments take on quiet, metaphoric power. The faces and features of the actors, children and adults, change, and good stuff, bad stuff, the funny, the sad, the transformative, the banal, all happen in real time. Because, for once in the movies, time is real. 2 hrs. 46 R (profanity, sex, adult themes) - S.R.

Calvary Brendan Gleeson stars as a good priest in a bad world - in the beautiful west country of Ireland - in John Michael McDonagh's stormy whodunit. A furious, darkly funny look at the nature of faith, and the nature of man. 1 hr. 40 R (violence, profanity, adult themes) - S.R.

A Most Wanted Man One of Philip Seymour Hoffman's last performances is also one of his greatest - as the rumpled, chain-smoking chief of a covert antiterrorist unit in modern-day Hamburg. The actor lives and breathes the role. A taut thriller, adapted from John le Carré's 2008 novel, full of tradecraft and moments of quiet terror, with a stellar supporting cast. 2 hrs. R (profanity, violence, adult themes) - S.R.

   The Giver *** A seemingly utopian society, its citizens devoid of memories or feelings, gets shaken up when a young charge (Brenton Thwaites) is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories from the time before "Sameness." Jeff Bridges is the gravel-voiced old-timer who imparts a bygone civilization's flashbacks of war and tumult, but also of happiness and beauty. And so a veritable can of worms is opened in this solid adaptation of Lois Lowry's much-read children's novel. 1 hr. 34 PG-13 (violence, adult themes) - S.R.

Guardians of the Galaxy *** Chris Pratt rounds up a team of outer-space misfits. Their mission: Does it matter? This breezy comic-book adaptation is the first sci-fi movie to spoof itself. 2 hrs. 2 PG-13 (violence, profanity) - D.H.

If I Stay **1/2 Chloë Grace Moretz stars as a high school girl, a cello prodigy with a hot new boyfriend and a chance to go to Juilliard, when a family drive turns tragic. In a coma in a hospital bed, she flashes back on key moments in her childhood and adolescence, and considers whether to fight for her life or move on. From Gayle Forman's top-selling Y.A. novel. 1 hr. 43 PG-13 (profanity, sex, adult themes) - S.R.

Let's Be Cops Two buddies who dress up as cops for a party wind up getting sucked into doing real police work in this comedy that stars Jake Johnson and Damon Wayans Jr. Not Previewed

Life of Crime ** A kidnapping goes bad in this uneven adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel The Switch, with John Hawkes, Mos Def, Tim Robbins and a clueless Jennifer Anniston. 1 hr. 39 R (nudity, profanity, adult situations, adult themes, violence, smoking) - D.H.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ** Uninspired reboot of the jokey '90s franchise, with Megan Fox as intrepid news reporter April O'Neil, friend to those adolescent, anthropomorphic reptiles schooled in the martial arts. Will Arnett and William Fichtner also show up. 1 hr. 41 PG-13 (violence, adult themes) - S.R.

When the Game Stands Tall *1/2 Jim Caviezel stars as a high school football coach coming off a record winning streak whose faith allows him to face adversity with equanimity. A solemn, saintly take on a true story. 1 hr. 55 PG (Violence, smoking) - D.H.