REEL TIME: Bratty kids, badass bitches and a full-weight Christian Bale

With the help of City Paper critics, Josh Middleton counts down the weekend's six new film releases, from least- to most-worthy of your precious time and hard-earned dollar bills.

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REEL TIME: Bratty kids, badass bitches and a full-weight Christian Bale

POSTED: Friday, January 20, 2012, 4:37 PM

Filed Under: Movies

No. 1: This week's highest-rated new release is The Man Nobody Knew, Carl Colby's "carefully researched" documentary about his father, William Colby, who was CIA director from 1973 to'76. Critic Cindy Fuchs says Colby's involvement with the "coup that killed Nhu and Diệm Ngô, the Phoenix Program in Vietnam ... and the CIA's assassinations" is told alongside family stories, including his wife's questionable decision to "overlook" his fishy involvements. Read the rest of Cindy's review here. (Ritz at the Bourse)

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: A Dangerous Method, Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, Carnage, Contraband, The Descendants, The Devil Inside, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Iron Lady, Joyful Noise, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, My Week with Marilyn, Pariah, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, War Horse

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