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The Cove Louie Psihoyos' documentary thriller explores the Flipper effect, the trafficking in dolphins that has escalated in the wake of the 1960s television series about the affectionate bottlenose. The National Geographic photographer takes us from the local seaquarium to Taiji, a Japanese fishing village that harvests dolphins and may be harboring a killer secret. PG-13

    by Carrie Rickey | Columnist, Inquirer
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The Cove

Louie Psihoyos' documentary thriller explores the Flipper effect, the trafficking in dolphins that has escalated in the wake of the 1960s television series about the affectionate bottlenose. The National Geographic photographer takes us from the local seaquarium to Taiji, a Japanese fishing village that harvests dolphins and may be harboring a killer secret.

PG-13

Julie & Julia Yum. Like Nora Ephron's captivating film, Meryl Streep's performance as chef Julia Child is haute cuisine disguised as comfort food, a complex preparation yielding effects both broadly entertaining and subtly moving. Amy Adams is winsome as blogger Julie Powell, who finds herself by using Child's recipes for life. PG-13

(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