At the Movies: Don Jon & Grudge Match
Don Jon
A funny yet earnest psychological comedy-drama about a womanizer named Jon Martello who earns the nickname “Don Jon” for his ability to charm beautiful women, but remains unable to forge a meaningful connection with the opposite sex due to his all-consuming Internet porn addiction. Meanwhile, as Jon struggles to free himself from the realm of virtual debauchery, he connects with two disparate women, who separately try to teach him the true value of intimacy. Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Cast :Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Brie Larson.
Rated: R.
Time: 1:29.
Grudge Match
Two retired boxers decide to settle a long-standing beef by heading back into the ring in this sports comedy. Back in the day, Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp were the two biggest bruisers in the Pittsburgh boxing scene. Their fierce rivalry drawing nationwide attention, Razor and The Kid were deadlocked for the title of overall champion when the former announced his retirement just before the decisive 1983 match that would have determined the supreme champion. Three decades later, enterprising boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr. lures the aging pugilists back into the ring for the fight that everyone has been waiting for. Meanwhile, when Razor and The Kid see each other for the first time in 30 years, the cameras are rolling as tempers suddenly flare. In no time that unscheduled scuffle goes viral, prompting both fighters to resume their intensive training in a bid to be the one who delivers the knockout blow during the highly anticipated bout. Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, and Jon Bernthal costar.
Director: Peter Segal. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin, Kevin Hart.
Rated: PG-13.
Time: 1:53.
A fictional period crime drama about a reckless FBI agent who recruits a con man and his alluring partner into a scheme to ensnare corrupt politicians and gangsters.
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Two veterans of the Bosnian War — one American, one Serbian — find their unlikely friendship turn tense. In Belgrade, Serbia, former Scorpions soldier Emil Kovač meets his informant to retrieve a file on American military veteran and former NATO operative Colonel Benjamin Ford.
Captain Richard Phillips and his crew are carrying freight around the Horn of Africa when four Somali pirates forcefully take over their ship, the MV Maersk Alabama.
An American ex-Mafia boss and his family are transplanted to France through the Witness Protection Program, but draw the attention of underworld figures who are determined to see them dead in this darkly humorous action comedy starring Robert De Niro, and directed by Luc Besson.