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Friday’s openings: 50 shades of bray

Dan Webster

Note: A late-received email caused a change in the original information contained in this post:

It appears that the last Oscar-nominated performance — that of Julianne Moore in "Still Alice" — will finally open this week in Spokane. Which is strange, since Moore is winning every Best Actress honor around. Ah, well. Better late than … whatever.

Following are Friday's scheduled openings:

"Still Alice": Moore plays a college professor who, gradually, loses herself to Alzheimer's. Oscar is singing.

"Fifty Shades of Grey": E.L. James' "erotic romance" finally comes to the big screen, courtesy of director Sam Taylor-Johnson. Make way for the soccer moms.

"Kingsman: The Secret Service": When an English street kid runs afoul of the law, he finds himself recruited by a secret intelligence service — which teaches him to drink his martinis shaken, not stirred.

And at the Magic Lantern:

Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts: Part one of two programs comprises two films: "“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” (U.S., :39), which involved counselors talking to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and “Joanna” (Poland, :40), which follows a dying woman experiencing her final days with her family. Bring hankies. Lots of them.

"Two Days, One Night": Picking up this Belgian-made drama, written and directed by the Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc), the Lantern will give us another chance to capture Marion Cotillard's Oscar-nominated performance.

So go. See a movie. Enjoy.