Friday September 19 to Thursday September 25, 2014

 Half the movies in existence don't depend on audiences wondering what will happen but how it will happen. This is the case with at least 99 percent of romantic comedies. The F-Word doesn't break any new ground in love stories, but something about it feels fresh all the same.

“The dynamic duo of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return for another highly entertaining round of travel and food porn in “The Trip to Italy,” a most welcome sequel to 2010’s “The Trip” that follows our intrepid armchair gastronomes on a tour of Italy.

Writer-director John Michael McDonagh's follow-up to The Guard is a superbly written, darkly funny and powerfully moving mystery with a terrific supporting cast and a magnificent central performance from Brendan Gleeson.

El Camino de Santiago is a footpath, 500 miles long, winding across Spain to Santiago de Compostela, where, if the stories can be believed, St. James the Great is buried. Not that the truth matters. As one walker, Jack Greenhalgh, says, "If you go to Santiago seeking Him, you will not find Him, unless you take Him with you." Jack seems to understand the Camino best and need it least.

At age 86, “The Amazing” James Randi has charisma to spare. Possessed of twinkling eyes, a quicksilver wit and a veteran showman’s way with a story, he makes you want to believe and surrender to him, even if everything he’s telling you is part of the act.