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ideas in an elaborate psychological gam- bit known as “extraction.” Cobb has worked mostly with businesses engaged in super-complicated corporate espio- nage. But rather than steal an idea, a cli- ent named Saito (Ken Watanabe) hires Cobb to plant one in the mind of Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy), the would-be heir to an energy conglomerate, in a proc- ess called “inception.” It’s a tough job, and Cobb proceeds to assemble a crack team of dream-weavers to help him pull it off, including a wily forger named Eames (Tom Hardy), a chemist named Yusuf (Di- leep Rao) and a young architect named Ariadne (Ellen Page). (PG-13, 148 minutes) Contains sequences of violence and action. Area theaters.
BBBTHE KARATE KID
The new “Karate Kid” brings fresh life and perspective to the classic tale of perseverance and cross-generational friendship. As Dre Parker, who with his mother, Sherry (Taraji P. Henson), has just moved to Beijing, Jaden Smith brings a soulful, searching sense of vul- nerability to a kid who comes under at- tack from bullies on his first day in town. After a particularly brutal beat- down, Dre is defended by his apartment house caretaker, a quiet introvert named Mr. Han (Jackie Chan). When Han — who turns out to be a kung fu master — goes up against the kids who have been terrorizing Dre, he does so largely with defensive moves that wind up literally tying the belligerents into knots. While the filmmakers invite viewers to wince and cheer during the film’s increasingly painful fight scenes, they make sure to soften the blows with wise tutorials in self-discipline, re- spect and balance. (PG, 132 minutes) Con-
tains bullying, martial-arts action violence and some mild profanity. At Regal Country- side and University Mall Theatres.
BBBTHE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT — A.H.
This is the perfect midsummer movie, a comedy about a flawed-but-functional family that captures the drama of growth and separation in all its exhilaration and heartache. Eighteen-year-old Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and her little brother, Laser (Josh Hutcherson), are pretty typical teens growing up in Southern California today: They’re good kids, even if they roll their eyes at their overprotective mother. Actually, make that mothers: Joni and La- ser have two moms, one a doctor named Nic (Annette Bening), the other a dreamer named Jules (Julianne Moore). They’ve clearly formed a close, healthy family, which makes it all the more disruptive when Laser persuades Joni to find their biological father, Paul, a bedroom-eyed underachiever. Paul is the last guy anyone would consider a threat, but when Joni and Laser undertake to find out about him, his presence shakes the family. (R, 106 minutes) Contains strong sexual con- tent, nudity, profanity and teen drug and alcohol use. Area theaters.
BBBKNIGHT AND DAY
Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) is, in his own words, good at what he does. A master of hand-to-hand combat who can put a bul- let exactly where he wants it, he’s also unfailingly polite. It’s no wonder June Ha- vens (Cameron Diaz) falls for him when they meet on a flight. He’s cute, charm- ing, smart and almost freakishly compe- tent. Too bad that trouble, in the form of gun-toting government agents and an arms dealer’s ruthless henchmen, is fol-
— A.H.
lowing him — and now her — all over the globe. The film follows Roy and June as they bounce from country to country, all while Roy is trying to protect a nebbishy inventor and keep his top-secret invention out of the wrong hands. As an ordinary woman caught up in a world of jet-setting espionage, Diaz makes a delicious co- medic and romantic foil to Cruise’s Roy. Yes, at first she’s a little freaked out by the people dropping like flies all around him, but she soon shows herself to be a capable partner. (PG-13, 109 minutes) Con- tains action violence, mild obscenity and brief suggestive humor. At University Mall Theatres.
BTHE LAST AIRBENDER — A.H.
Noah Ringer plays the title role of Aang, a messianic child with the power to manip- ulate all four elements. Meant to be something akin to the young Dalai Lama, Aang is still an avatar in training. Having run away from the monastery where he was being groomed for his role, Aang left before he had mastered control of water, earth and fire. His only real expertise is in the “bending” of air. That means he can stir up mini-tornadoes with his hands, and blast people with puffs of strong wind. Katara and Sokka (Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone), a teenage earthbend- er and her brother, team up with Aang to do battle with firebender Zuko. Zuko is hoping to capture Aang so that his peo- ple, known as the Fire Nation, can sup- press the Earth, Air and Water tribes. He has been banished by his father, the Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis), until he returns with the prize. (PG, 95 minutes) Contains martial arts and mildly violent action. At AMC Hoffman Center and AMC Potomac Mills.
— M.O.
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BBLIFE DURING WARTIME — M.O.
This film opens with a scene of a woman in tears, crying her way through a dinner date with her bemused husband. Mo- ments later, Joy’s sister Trish laughs man- ically during a blind date with Harvey (Mi- chael Lerner). Fans of Todd Solondz’s cin- ema-of-discomfort will recognize Joy and Trish as characters from his 1998 film “Happiness,” in which a New Jersey fami-
ly grappled with sibling rivalry and sundry forms of sexual compulsion. His latest film catches up with the Jordan sisters 10 years later. Joy (Shirley Henderson) is still married to the troubled Allen (Michael Kenneth Williams). Trish (Allison Janney) now lives in Florida with her two kids; Trish’s husband, Bill (Ciarán Hinds), who
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