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AAIC: Goya - Visions of Flesh and Blood (2016)

An up-close look at the sometimes troubled life and sometimes troubling work of the Spanish master painter. (NR)

None stars

AAIC: St. Peter's and The Papal Basilicas of Rome (2016)

Go on pilgrimage to the Catholic basilicas of Rome from the comfort of your local theater. (NR)

None stars

Aanandam (2016)

Ganesh Raj writes and directs a college road-trip film. In Malayalam. (NR)

None stars

Just when one thought Jenny Slate (Obvious Child, My Blind Brother, Gifted) had impeccable taste in projects, here comes this disorganized formation of cliches surrounding mental illness. Like a John nervously compensating his hooker, unkempt mental patient Josh (Zachary Quinto, or is it Jason Schwartzman with a hellish hair-comb?) unpockets ... (PG-13)

0.0 stars — Scott Marks

Abandon (2002)

Directorial debut of Stephen Gaghan, "Oscar-winning" screenwriter of Traffic. An unmoored, becalmed suspense film about a missing-person case on a college campus. Every now and then he does a scene, or a shot, in blue or gold (more often blue), and every now and then he jiggles the camera -- ... (PG-13)

0.0 stars — Duncan Shepherd

The Abandoned (2016)

Eytan Rockaway directs Louisa Krause and Jason Patric as security guards at an abandoned building. Wait, what? (NR)

None stars

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Frankenstein's monster gets his name in the title, but Lon Chaney's Wolfman and Bela Lugosi's Dracula are here, too. As the trailer notes, the laughs are MONSTERous! (PG)

None stars

ABCD 2 — Any Body Can Dance 2 (2015)

Bollywood dancing in a Las Vegas hip-hop dance competition, courtesy of Disney. (NR)

None stars

Abduction (2011)

A young man finds his baby photo plastered across a missing persons website. A solid foundation for a thriller wasted on still another attempt to renew interest in director John Singleton’s faded reputation, this time via a Taylor Lautner vehicle. From *Boyz n the Hood* to a boy made of ... (PG-13)

1.0 stars — Scott Marks