Movie capsules: May 19-25

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Review on 3D. This animated expose reveals the real reason why those birds in that app you used to like are always so darn mad. Rated PG.

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Review on 4D. Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne return as the married couple must contend with the sorority that takes over the house next door. Zac Efron is back to give some pointers on how to deal with crazy young people. Rated R.

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Review on 4D. Two bumbling detectives (Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe) team up to investigate a kidnapping in this 1970s-era comedy. Rated R.

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Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer are back in the haircutting business, this time sharing the floor with a female stylist (including Regina Hall). Rated PG-13.

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The Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) takes on the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill) in this eagerly-awaited superhero extravaganza that will also introduce other famous DC Comics characters, including Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and the Flash (Ezra Miller). Rated PG-13.

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Angered by the greed of corporations and anticipating the housing bubble, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt set out to make the big banks pay. With Finn Whitrock, Marisa Tomei, Karen Gillan and Melissa Leo. Rated R.

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Melissa McCarthy reunites with director Ben Falcone (“Tammy”) for this comedy about a ruthless businesswoman trying to soften her public image. Rated R.

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In the 1950s, a young woman (Saoirse Ronan) leaves her mother and Irish homeland behind to pursue the American dream. Rated PG-13.

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Time to pick sides between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Tony Stark) as Marvel’s superheroes declare war on each other. The Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Vision (Paul Bettany) and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) all return, joined by newcomers Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland). Rated PG-13.

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Ryan Reynolds stars as the murderous anti-hero in a rare foray into R-rated territory by Marvel Comics characters. Rated R.

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Shailene Woodley and Theo James continue their fight in the latest installment in the dystopian sci-fi series, based on the young adult novels by Veronica Roth. Rated PG-13.

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Helen Mirren is a military officer overseeing a drone operation to find terrorists hiding in Kenya. Alan Rickman (in his final screen role) and Aaron Paul co-star for director Gavin Hood. Rated R.

Not reviewed. Punk rockers fight against skinheads in a battle to the death in writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s tense, violent drama, starring Patrick Stewart and Anton Yelchin. Rated R.

Not reviewed. Tom Hanks is an American businessman who travels to Saudi Arabia in this adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel, directed by Tom Tykwer. Rated R.

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Chris Hemsworth is still swinging his axe and Charlize Theron’s evil queen is back to cause more trouble, but Kristen Stewart’s Snow White is MIA in this sequel to the 2012 fantasy. Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain join the fray for first-time director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. Rated PG-13.

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Jon Favreau directs this live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel, starring Neel Sethi as Mowgli and Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson providing the voices for computer-generated beasties. There may be singing. Rated PG.

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Comedy Central’s Keenan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele try to pass for drug dealers in order to retrieve their adorable kitten. Rated-R.

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Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman provide the voices for the third installment in the adventures of the furry martial-arts master. Rated PG.

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The funeral of the British prime minister is the target of terrorists in this sequel to the 2013 hit “Olympus Has Fallen.” With Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman. Rated-R.

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Jennifer Garner stars as a mother searching for a cure for her daughter’s rare disease. Rated PG.

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Jodie Foster directs this thriller, set in real time, about a popular TV show host (George Clooney) taken hostage during a broadcast by a disgruntled viewer (Jack O’Connell). Julia Roberts is the producer scrambling to prevent tragedy. Rated R.

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Nearly 15 years after surviving her own tumultuous nuptial ceremony, Nia Vardalos returns for another, even Greek-ier wedding. Rated PG-13.

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The first Hollywood film shot on location in Havana since 1959, this drama centers on the relationship between a Miami newspaper reporter (Giovanni Ribisi) and the author Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). Rated-R.

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Leonardo DiCaprio is an early 19th-century frontiersman seeking revenge on the fur trapper (Tom Hardy) who killed his son in director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ferocious follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Birdman.” Rated R.

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John Carney, writer and director of “Once,” the little Irish movie that could, and did (and then did again as a hit stage musical), is back at the top of his game with this coming-of-age charmer. A shy 14-year-old Dubliner falls for an older girl and goes about trying to impress her by forming a band. It’s the mid-’80s, and the music of Duran Duran and The Cure are big, and so is the hair. Rated PG-13.

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Tina Fey stars as an American journalist who discovers the absurdity and adrenaline rush of serving in the war zones of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Based on the memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan” by Kim Barker. Rated-R.

Not reviewed. Rookie cop Judy Hopps — a bunny — teams with slick con-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve a mystery in Disney’s 55th animated feature. Voices by Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira. Rated-PG.

This story was originally published May 18, 2016 at 5:37 PM with the headline "Movie capsules: May 19-25."