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Elle

90 R A video game- company CEO ( Isabelle Huppert) tries to learn the identity of the man who raped her. With Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel, Judith Magre, Jonas Bloquet; directed by Paul Verhoeven. ( 2 hours, 10 minutes)

The Founder

83

PG- 13 Michael Keaton plays McDonald’s “founder” Ray Kroc, who created a billion- dollar fast- food empire out of a smalltime burger operation he bought in the 1950s. With Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Laura Dern, Linda Cardellini, B. J. Novak, Patrick Wilson, Justin Randell Brooke; directed by John Lee Hancock. ( 1 hour, 55 minutes)

Resurrecti­on of Gavin Stone

83 PG Brett Dalton plays a washed- up former child star forced to do community service at a local church, pretending to be Christian so he can play Jesus in their annual Passion Play — then discovers the most important role of his life is far from Hollywood. With Anjelah Johnson- Reyes, Neil Flynn, Shawn Michaels, D. B. Sweeney; directed by Dallas Jenkins. ( 1 hour, 32 minutes)

Silence

86

R The lives of two 17thcentur­y Portuguese missionari­es ( Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver) on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor ( Liam Neeson) are at risk if caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai. With Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Issei Ogata, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Yosuke Kubozuka; directed by Martin Scorsese. ( 2 hours, 41 minutes)

Split

85

PG- 13 James McAvoy plays a man who has shown 23 personalit­ies to his psychiatri­st ( Betty Buckley) — plus one that remains submerged and is set to dominate all of the others. With Anya Taylor- Joy, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson, Brad William Henke, Sebastian Arcelus; directed by M. Night Shyamalan. ( 1 hour, 57 minutes)

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

PG- 13 Vin Diesel returns as daredevil operative Xander Cage, who, after coming out of selfimpose­d exile, recruits a new set of thrill- seeking cohorts in a race against time to recover a sinister weapon known as Pandora’s Box, a device that controls every military satellite in the world. With Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Toni Collette, Ruby Rose, Nina Dobrev, Tony Jaa, Kris Wu, Samuel L. Jackson; directed by D. J. Caruso. ( 1 hour, 47 minutes)

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