The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)

‘I Feel Pretty’ wittily engaging

- By Amy Longsdorf For Digital First Media

“I Feel Pretty” is a comedy that has something to say about the beauty myth.

Amy Schumer stars as a woman insecure about her appearance, who discovers newfound confidence when she’s accidental­ly conked on the head. Living her life fearlessly, she winds up netting her dream job and a dream guy (Rory Scoval).

Yes, it’s a bit overlong, but “I Feel Pretty” impresses on many levels. It’s funny, smart and full of great supporting turns by Michelle Williams and Aidy Bryant. It’s a real beaut. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu.

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Future World: Co-directed by and starring James Franco, this postapocal­yptic thriller proves that you don’t need a big budget to evoke the end-of-the-world blues. On Planet Earth medicine is in short supply, so a teenager (Jeffrey Wahlberg) leaves his safe haven in search of a cure for his ailing mother (Lucy Liu.) Along the way, he encounters a nasty warlord (Franco), a demented drug dealer (Milla Jovovich) and a surprising­ly soulful robot (Suki Waterhouse). Some of the fight sequences go on too long, but fans of “Mad Max” will enjoy this brutal actioner. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu. A Ciambra: Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, this powerful coming-of-age film from Italy follows a Gypsy teenager named Pio (Pio Amato) who descends further into crime after his brother and father are arrested and sent to prison. In addition to chroniclin­g Pio’s hardscrabb­le existence, director Jonas Carpignano (“Mediterran­ea”) also captures the complex social fabric of Southern Italy where Italians, Romani and African immigrants coexist in an uneasy tension. On Amazon, Google, iTunes, Movies Anywhere and Vudu. The Night of the Lepus: One of the silliest horror movies of the 1970s has not improved with age. In fact, this thriller about rabbits the size of wolves “and just as

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