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Friday’s openings: Spies, spooks and talking emojis

Dan Webster

Looks like blonds, emoticons and ghostly spirits are on the movie menu for Friday. Here's what we expect to open in local theaters:

"Atomic Blonde": Charlize Theron brings the graphic-novel character to life in a scenario that has her battling to discover who is killing her fellow MI6 spies. #notjamesbond (And maybe that's a good thing.)

"The Emoji Movie": Here's the IMDB description: "Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji." Well, they've made a couple of hit movies about Legos, so …

"A Ghost Story": This Sundance favorite features Rooney as a woman haunted by the specter of grief. Literally.

And at the Magic Lantern (along with a second-run opening of "Paris Can Wait"):

"Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All": Never has a title better described what the documentary film is about: a look at the life of Indian Swami Srila Prabhupada