Gravity
(Warner Bros., $29)
“You can’t exactly call Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity the best film of its kind, because it has no kind,” said the Charlotte, N.C., Observer. As astronauts stranded in space, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney ably carry the drama, yet the 3-D imagery “goes beyond dazzlement.”
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Nebraska
(Paramount, $29)
Granted “the best role of his career,” Bruce Dern proved “nothing short of magnificent” as a deluded codger determined to collect a sweepstakes prize, said the Chicago Sun-Times. Nebraska’s quixotic road trip paints a “hauntingly beautiful portrait” of a dying way of life.
Muscle Shoals
(Magnolia, $27)
For fans of old-time rock and soul, this “hugely entertaining” documentary is mandatory viewing, said the San Francisco Chronicle. It revisits two studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., that wound up recording “an astounding number of top acts”—from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones.
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