REEL TIME: City Paper's weekend movie reviews, April 13

With the help of City Paper film critics, Josh Middleton counts down this weekend's eight new movie releases, from lowest- to highest-graded.

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REEL TIME: City Paper's weekend movie reviews, April 13

POSTED: Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:00 PM

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THE KID WITH A BIKE [ A- ] From its title to the sideways tracking shots that follow [the main character's] headlong flight, The Kid With a Bike is embedded in homage to Bicycle Thieves and The 400 Blows, but the deeply Christian Dardenne brothers are more concerned with redemption than tragic romance. There’s a way out, but it’s earned with blood, and it doesn’t lead where anyone might wish. Read the rest of Sam Adams' review here.

CITY PAPER REVIEWS OF OTHER FILMS PLAYING IN PHILLY THIS WEEK: 21 Jump Street, The Artist, Boy, Crazy Horse, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Footnote, Friends with Kids, Hunger Games, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Mirror, Mirror, Raid: The Redemption, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, The Salt of Life, Wrath of the Titans

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