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Bridge of Spies Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance star in Steven Spielberg's taut Cold War thriller, a based-on-true-events spy-swap yarn set in New York and Berlin, steeped in paranoia and period detail. PG-13

In this image released by Disney, Tom Hanks, from right, Mark Rylance and Billy Magnusson appear in a scene from the film, "Bridge of Spies."
In this image released by Disney, Tom Hanks, from right, Mark Rylance and Billy Magnusson appear in a scene from the film, "Bridge of Spies."Read moreJaap Buitendijk/DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures via AP
    by Steven Rea | Columnist, Inquirer
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Bridge of Spies Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance star in Steven Spielberg's taut Cold War thriller, a based-on-true-events spy-swap yarn set in New York and Berlin, steeped in paranoia and period detail. PG-13

Grandma Lily Tomlin is at the top of her game in the title role of Paul Weitz's rich, biting character study, playing a lesbian, a feminist, a prize-winning poet, and a failure as a nurturer. And then her high-school-age granddaughter (Julia Garner) shows up in dire need of help. A terrific group of actors (Judy Greer, Marcia Gay Harden, Sam Elliott) contribute, terrifically. R

He Named Me Malala Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim's rightly admiring documentary of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for her insistence that she - and all girls - had the right to an education. A polished and inspiring piece of advocacy filmmaking. PG-13