LAWLESS (R)

Lawless (R)

There’s a have-your-cake-and-eat-it quality about tales of outlaws at the end of their crooked road. We get the atavistic thrill of identifying with the powerful men committing murder, mayhem and violent robbery, then the pious satisfaction of seeing them punished for their sins.

Celeste and Jesse Forever (R)

Celeste and Jesse Forever (R)

Women really need to stop expecting anything from their husbands if they want to be happy. Or so Celeste and Jesse Forever tells us. A misguided romantic comedy about a divorcing couple who can’t quite manage to go their own ways, the movie actually insults its target audience by suggesting — no, insisting — that Celeste (Rashida Jones of Parks and Recreation) is a witch because she wants her manchild husband Jesse (Andy Samberg of SNL and That’s My Boy) to get up off the couch and get a job. She even says she wants the father of her children to own a car. These people live in Los Angeles. This is not an outrageous expectation.

Trivia quiz

How much do you know about Marilyn Monroe?

Aug. 5 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe, blond bombshell and paramour of famous men of her day. There has been no shortage of information in the news about the life of the femme fatale who remains a cultural icon. Here we take a look at some of the ways her influence is still felt in today’s popular culture, among a generation without firsthand knowledge of her popularity while she was alive. Everyone seems to feel as though they’ve known her. See how well you know her.

PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE (PG-13)

Paul Williams Still Alive (PG-13)

In the ’70s, Paul Williams was everywhere. The diminutive songwriter (Evergreen, We’ve Only Just Begun, and many more) with the limp blond shag and tinted aviator glasses was a permanent fixture on television; a regular on game shows like The Gong Show and The Match Game and a frequent pop-in on TV series such as The Odd Couple, Police Woman, Baretta and The Love Boat. He was all over the talk shows, too, sometimes singing his songs in his slightly tinny voice, sometimes genially mocking his less-than-glamorous appearance. And then, suddenly, he was gone.

Judith Crist, influential film critic, dies at 90

Judith Crist, one of America’s most widely read film critics for more than three decades and a provocative presence in millions of homes as a regular reviewer on the “Today” show, died Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 90.

Total Recall (PG-13)

Total Recall (PG-13)

If humankind ever develops the technology to erase our memories, the way it does in Total Recall, I’ll happily pay to wipe out any number of errors in past judgment, including that Rush concert I went to and all the blue eye shadow I wore back in the ’80s. The technicians should also feel free to root through my hippocampus to eliminate any recollection of the last decade or so of Miami Dolphins drafts, and, while they’re at it, they can remove all traces of the reboot of Total Recall. Because there’s absolutely no reason to remember it.

Neil Young Journeys (PG) 1/2

‘Neil Young Journeys’ right into viewer’s faces in new concert film

Years ago Mick Jagger asked what could satisfy a fan’s insatiable need to know everything about the rock god up there on stage. “If I could stick my pen in my heart and spill it all over the stage, would it satisfy ya . . . ” he wondered in song.

TAKE THIS WALTZ (R)

Take This Waltz (R)

There is so much that is delicate and soft, so much that is hurtful and hard about love when filmmaker Sarah Polley gets her hands on it. She has done it yet again in Take This Waltz, which stars Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby and Seth Rogen in the story of the death of a marriage and the emotional dance that led to it.

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'True Grit' (PG-13)

Wordplay is the main draw in this talky but entertaining western

'Monsters' (R)

Resourceful but derivative low-budget effort doesn't quite cut it

'I Love You Phillip Morris' (R)

Fact-based story defies belief, but lacks a little tenderness

'The King's Speech' (R)

Exquisite acting and creative direction elevate this comic British drama