Movies: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Coriolanus

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, opens nationally this Friday, January 20. Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Max von Sydow, James Gandolfini and Thomas Horn star in this story of a nine-year-old searching New York for the lock opened by a key belonging to his father, who died on 9/11. A movie tie-in edition is available from Mariner ($14.95, 9780547735023).

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Coriolanus, a modern reimagining of Shakespeare's play, opens this Friday, too. Ralph Fiennes directs and stars as the title character, a Roman soldier banished from the city for his extreme political views. Also stars Gerard Butler, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain. The official companion is Coriolanus: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Press for It Books, $19.95, 9780062202574), which includes the screenplay, a foreword by Fiennes, introduction and scene notes by screenwriter John Logan and 21 film stills and behind-the-scenes photos.

 

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