Movies opening Friday
City of Ghosts (R) A documentary following activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS.
The Dark Tower (PG-13) The Gunslinger (Matthew ÂMcConaughey) roams an Old West-like landscape in search of the fabled Dark Tower. Based on the Stephen King series.
Detroit (R) Amid the chaos of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, three young men are murdered at the Algiers Motel.
Endless Poetry (not rated) The youthful years of Chilean artist Alejandro Jodorowsky.
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (PG) A follow-up to 2006's "An Inconvenient Truth" that shows how close we are to an energy revolution.
Kidnap (R) A mother (Halle Berry) stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
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