Movie previews, February 8

CREATED Feb. 8, 2013

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 Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy square off, plus there's a medical thriller this week at theaters.  Bob Richards takes a look.

Identity Thief – Universal – Rated R
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy lead the cast of Identity Thief, a comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name after his identity is stolen by a woman who is using his bank account to fund her shopping spree. Before his world implodes, he heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. It also stars Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, and Robert Patrick, it’s rated R.

Side Effects – Open Road Films – Rated R
Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum star in
Side Effects – an R rated thriller about a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug intended to treat anxiety has unexpected side effects.

And at The Flicks…

Any Day Now – Music Box Films – Rated R

Alan Cumming stars in R rated Any Day Now, based on the true story of two gay men who try to adopt a homeless boy with Down's Syndrome.