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Friday’s openings redux: Disney, horses and Hart

Dan Webster

Looks as if we have a pair of mixmaster genre offerings on Friday, each of which should offer some bit of mainstream entertainment, along with a couple of Magic Lantern openings. The week's scheduled offerings are as follows:

"Finding Dory": A sequel to 2003's "Finding Nemo," this animated film picks up when the memory-challenged blue tang Dory (voice by Ellen Degeneres) decides that she needs to find her family. She's helped by the clown fish Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence). Another Pixar-Disney offering, blending family entertainment, comedy and adventure.

"Central Intelligence": Ironic title aside, this Kevin Hart comedy teams the diminutive comic with the oversize Dwayne Johnson as mismatched partners involved in crime-fighting. Or something. The blend here is action, "comedy" (if you find Hart funny) and comic intrigue.

And at the Magic Lantern (in addition to a second-run screening of "The Lobster"):

"Dark Horse": The true story of the horse Dream Alliance, a race horse bankrolled by a group of ordinary people in hopes of striking it rich. No fair checking Google to see the plot spoilers.

I'll update as needed.