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Freeze Frame: “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3” (PG-13), “Love Again” (PG-13), “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” (Not rated)

The newest chapter in the wildly popular "Guardians of the Galaxy" series has arrived and... it's out of this world. "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3" is an imaginative and surprisingly moving comic adventure that provides the emotional backstory for Rocket, the weapons-master raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper. There’s just the...

Freeze Frame: “Beau is Afraid” (R), “Chevalier” (PG-13), “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” (R), “Ghosted” (PG-13), “To Catch a Killer” (R)

Be afraid. Be very afraid. The off-putting phantasmagorical horror comedy "Beau is Afraid" is a psychologist's nightmare. Joaquin Phoenix is excellent as a middle-aged man with mommy issues who goes on a terror-filled journey to his mother's funeral. Ari Aster's 3-hour epic is alternately brilliant and frustrating. “Beau is Afraid” is...

Freeze Frame: “Renfield” (R), “Mafia Mamma” (R), “Suzume” (PG), “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” (R)

In the grisly, over-the-top vampire comedy "Renfield," Nicholas Cage plays Dracula and gets to chew the scenery as well as a lot of jugular veins. Nicholas Hoult plays his reluctant servant Renfield who gets some help from cop Aquafina to try to take down the blood sucker. It's often clever but doesn't...

Freeze Frame: “Air” (R), “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (PG), “Whaam! Blam! Roy Lichtenstein and the Art of Appropriation” (Not rated)

When is an inspirational sports movie not a sports movie? When it's the stirring Ben Affleck-directed opus, "Air." Matt Damon stars in the absorbing true story about the people from Nike who were the upset winners in the race to sign Michael Jordan to a basketball shoe endorsement contract. It's...