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Humpday Bros will be bros in Lynn Shelton's perceptive film about college friends, a conformist and a bohemian, who have drifted apart over the decade and seize upon an unusual way to reinforce their male bond: Though heterosexual, they will make a man-on-man porn film for a Seattle arts festival. A comedy in both the ha-ha and human senses of the word. R

    by Carrie Rickey | Columnist, Inquirer
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Humpday

Bros will be bros in Lynn Shelton's perceptive film about college friends, a conformist and a bohemian, who have drifted apart over the decade and seize upon an unusual way to reinforce their male bond: Though heterosexual, they will make a man-on-man porn film for a Seattle arts festival. A comedy in both the ha-ha and human senses of the word.

R

(500) Days of Summer The anatomy of a love affair, one in which the lover (Joseph Gordon Levitt) has more emotional investment than the beloved (Zooey Deschanel). Disarming and bittersweet, the film forsakes a chronological narration for a much livelier fast-forward and rewind through the best and worst days. PG-13

The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow's involving, unnerving account of U.S. bomb technicians in Baghdad is a high-stakes thriller about professionals who get addicted to the rush. R