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Jupiter Ascending

The planet Earth holds a secret: humanity was seeded on its surface by a race of aliens who plan to eventually return to "harvest" us for their own nefarious purposes. Jupiter Jones (Kunis) lives a seemingly ordinary life until she is attacked by aliens who seem intent on targeting and killing her. She is saved by Caine (Tatum), a former soldier, and is led to discover her destiny as the heiress of an unbelievably ancient alien noble line. With alien rivals out to take her life, and their destructive industry threatening the entire planet, Jupiter teams up with Caine to save Earth.

Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski. Stars: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth. 2015. 127 min. Sci-fi.

 

Focus

Nicky Spurgeon (Smith) is an accomplished con man who agrees to mentor Jess (Robbie), an inexperienced grifter, after he easily sees through her attempts to con him. As they work closely together, a romantic relationship develops between them, troubling Nicky, who's always believed that he should never get involved with someone he works with. Ultimately, he breaks off the relationship and sends her away. Several years later, Nicky takes on a job from a wealthy businessman and discovers that Jess is his new boss's girlfriend. While he works on pulling off a dangerous con, he also finds that his romantic feelings towards Jess are being rekindled.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa. Stars: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Adrian Martinez, Gerald McRaney, Rodrigo Santoro. 2015. 105 min. Comedy.

 

Camp X-Ray

A young woman from small-town America (Stewart) joins the army in the hopes of becoming something bigger than herself, and is placed as a guard at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay. There, she's surrounded by aggressive and jaded squadmates and jihadists, but her convictions begin to waver when she and one of the detainees begin to develop a deep friendship.

Director: Peter Sattler. Stars: Kristen Stewart, Cory Michael Smith, Peyman Moaadi. 2014. 117 min. Drama..