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As fizzy as a freshly poured glass of Perrier-Jouët, though considerably less complex, writer-director Alexis Michalik’s “Cyrano, My Love” . Part fancifully fictional account of the play’s conception, and part “Waiting for Guffman”-style depiction of the wild antics behind its first production, “Cyrano” was released in France earlier this year, and its undemanding immersion into flashy Belle Époque settings and farcical hijinks with the thinnest topcoat of literary credibility could well earn it an audience Stateside.

According to Michalik’s telling, twentysomething playwright Edmond Rostand (Thomas Solivérès) is a talented wordsmith who nonetheless couldn’t be more out of step with the theatrical tastes of 1890s Paris. Fastidiously mustachioed, stubbornly highbrow and eternally agitated, we’re introduced to him as his latest play has just folded, with a passer-by helpfully identifying him to a companion as “a young poet who writes flop plays.”

A few years later, Edmond...

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“3 Days to Kill,” which is rated “PG-13” and opens on Feb. 21, 2014, also stars Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis, Richard Sammel, Marc Andréoni, Bruno Ricci, Jonas Bloquet and Eriq Ebouaney from director McG and writers Luc Besson and Adi Hasak.

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Based on the screenplay by Soucy and Jeff O'Brien, the movie is set to star Jean-Pierre Martins, Marc Andréoni, Khalid Maadour, Mouss Diouf, and Jean-Christophe Bouvet. Is it just me, or does it smell of Splinter?

"At the dawn of the summer, four young surfers in a jeep and a family in their camping caravan take the same road to Morocco. They both happen to stop for a break on the way at a resting place isolated in the heart of the desert. Rapidly night falls, the vehicles won't start, and a strange, invisible creature terrorizes and attacks them savagely, using a dangerous escaped psychopath to get to them. With the help of a mysterious Berber, only the strongest of them will survive this nightmare..."

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