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and now they’re stuck in there with it. Rated R. 89 minutes. Regal Stadium 14, Santa Fe. (Not reviewed) ST. VINCENT Bill Murray plays Vincent, a surly alcoholic old-timer who is tasked with taking care of the child ( Jaeden Lieberher) of the single mother (Melissa McCarthy) who lives next door, so he teaches the kid how to fight and totes him along to the racetrack. Vincent has to satiate his gambling addiction, but no regular moviegoer would bet against the eventual reveal that this hermit has a heart of gold. Rated PG-13. 102 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Robert Ker) THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING A movie about Stephen Hawking ought to be bursting with ideas, exploding like the Big Bang, expanding like the universe. What director James Marsh has come up with is a nicely crafted, watchable, but conventionally structured romantic biopic. It has, however, one extraordinary feature that lifts it above the level of Lifetime entertainment and gives it wings. Eddie Redmayne is brilliant in his transformation into the gnarled, twisted physical wreck of the Hawking we know, body confined to a wheelchair, voice produced by a machine, mind soaring through time and space. What we miss is the excitement of Hawking’s mind. Rated PG-13. 123 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. ( Jonathan Richards) WHIPLASH Miles Teller plays teenage jazz drummer Andrew Neiman, whose dreams of becoming one of the greats hinge on surviving elite music instructor Terence Fletcher (a riveting J.K. Simmons), the sort of teacher who’s more likely to throw a chair at his student’s head than say “please” when requesting a drumroll. This indie-drama by Damien Chazelle won two major awards at Sundance and compellingly explores the ways in which the power dynamics of a mentoring relationship can turn a teacher’s obsession into a student’s compulsion. Rated R. 107 minutes. Regal DeVargas, Santa Fe. (Loren Bienvenu)