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Friday’s openings: Marvel us with vengeance

Dan Webster

After a couple of weeks with ample choices, the local movie scene has slowed a bit. But you still should be able to find something worth seeing, no matter your viewing tastes.

Friday's openings are as follows:

"Avengers: Age of Ultron": Our team of heroes faces its most fearsome foe, the remnants of a peacekeeping program that Tony Stark unwittingly powers up. Perhaps the year's biggest blockbuster to date (sorry "Furious 7"). Simply Marvel-ous.

"The Water Diviner": Mourning the reported deaths of his three sons at the World War I Battle of Gallipoli, an Australian man goes to Turkey to retrieve their bodies — and receives surprising news. Starring and directed by Russell Crowe.

"Clouds of Sils Maria": Juliette Binoche stars as an actress asked to take a role in a revival of stage play that, adapted as a film 20 years earlier, had sparked her career. This new casting forces her to face up to some unpleasant truths. What, that Russell Crowe is directing?

And at the Magic Lantern:

"Seymour: An Introduction": Ethan Hawke directed this documentary look at the octogenarian pianist and inspirational teacher Seymour Bernstein.

That's it. Find something. Go see it. And enjoy.