In this week's long review, Ben Sachs looks at two indie dramas featuring name actors—Gambit, with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz; Blood Ties, with Clive Owen and Billy Crudup—that went begging for distribution and ultimately wound up at your friendly neighborhood Redbox. We've also got new reviews of: As It Is in Heaven, an indie drama about a religious sect in rural Kentucky whose latest member claims to be a prophet; Colette, a Czech drama adapted from Arnost Lustig's novel The Girl From Antwerp; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the second installment in the sci-fi franchise reboot; The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden, a documentary about strange events on a Pacific island in the 1930s; and A Run for Your Money, a 1949 British comedy about two Welsh coal miners traveling to London to collect a sweepstakes prize.…
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