Every Friday, The Takeaway looks at the weekend’s new releases. Opening this weekend: “The Debt,” an American remake of a 2007 Israeli thriller, starring Helen Mirren. We’ll also talk about films to see this fall, including the haunting film “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” and the 3-D family adventure film “Hugo.” Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer, co-hosts of The Takeaway Movie Date podcast, give their recommendations on this weekend’s new movies.
Here’s the trailer for “The Debt:”
And the trailer for “Martha Marcy May Marlene:”
And for “Hugo:”
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