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Iron Man 2 / *** (PG-13)
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"Iron Man 2" (PG-13, 124 minutes) is a polished, high-ozone sequel, not as good as the original but building once again on a quirky performance by Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The zillionaire is near death with a failing energy source, and protecting his Iron Men from a covetous defense department and a jealous rival (Sam Rockwell). The rival hires a bitter Russian genius with a score to settle (Mickey Rourke), Stark is faithful Pepper Pots (Gwyneth Paltrow) holds the empire together, Stark's comrade Rhodey Rhodes (Don Cheadle) stands at his side, and an enigmatic warrior woman (Scarlett Johansson) creates mystery. Not as good as the original, but it gets the job done. Three stars
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Please Give / ***1/2 (R)
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"Please Give" (R, 91 minutes). Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt play a Manhattan couple who have a daughter and run an antique store and live next to a mean-tempered old lady (Ann Morgan Guilbert) . When she dies, they can buy her apartment. The old lady has two granddaughters, played by Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet. When the couple invites everyone over for dinner, events are set in motion that are true, funny, and ruefully observant. Writer-director Nicole Holofcener is so perceptive about women whose lives are not defined by men; that's rare in the movies. Three and a half stars
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Vincent: A Life in Color / ***1/2 (Unrated)
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"Vincent: A Life in Color" (Unrated, 96 minutes). Chicagoans often see a man in outrageous Technicolor suits who likes to wave his coats of many colors at tour boats passing under bridges of the Chicago River. This documentary recounts the unexpected history of Vincent P. Falk, an orphan, legally blind, a onetime deejay in gay discos, a longtime expert computer programmer for Cook County, and a man whose coat rack requires dark glasses. Born with the odds against him, Vincent has used an unquenchable spirit to bring happiness into the world. Directed by Jennifer Burns. Three and a half stars
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Babies / *** (PG)
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"Babies" (PG, 79 minutes). Babies. Wonderful babies. From Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and America. No narration. Not lots of dialogue by parents. Babies, nursing, playing, dozing, poking kittens, and happily hitting each other. Lovely, although toward the end it begins to feel like unpaid babysitting. Three stars.
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The Good Heart / *1/2 (R)
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"The Good Heart" (R, 98 minutes). Oh. My. God. A story sopping wet with cornball sentimentalism, wrapped up in absurd melodrama, and telling a Rags to Riches story with an ending that is truly shameless. That fine actor Brian Cox and that good actor Paul Dano and that angelic actress Isild Le Besco cast themselves on the sinking vessel of this story and go down with the ship. One and a half stars.
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