Movies opening Aug. 21

August 15, 2015 at 7:00PM

Movies Opening Friday

Hitman: Agent 47 (R) A genetically engineered assassin battles a corporation trying to create an army of super killers.

Diary of a Teenage Girl (R) A teenager looking for love falls into an affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend — drama and comedy ensue.

American Ultra (R) A stoner (Jesse Eisenberg) learns he's a lethal sleeper agent in the middle of a government operation.

Sinister 2 (R) This sequel finds a protective mother and her 9-year-old twin sons moving into a rural house that's, gasp, marked for death.

Listen To Me Marlon (Unrated) The very private Marlon Brando left a vast archive of personal recordings that reveal a surprising portrait of the legendary actor in this documentary.

Phoenix (PG-13) Disfigured during World War II, a German-Jewish singer undergoes reconstructive surgery, emerging with a new face that her former husband doesn't recognize. Now disguised, she tries to figure out if the man she loved was the one who betrayed her to the Nazis.

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