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The Counterfeiters ***½ This Oscar winner for best foreign film is based on the real-life story of concentration camp prisoners who had to devise a way to fund the Nazi War to stay alive. With August Diehl, Veit Stubner, Sebastian Urzendowsky. R (violence, atrocities, profanity, nudity, sex, adult themes) 99 mins.

My Brother is an Only Child ***½ Politics make for laughs when brothers in 1960s Italy are at odds over one becoming a Fascist and the other, a Communist. With Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio, Angela Finocchiaro, Luca Zingaretti. R (profanity, sexual candor) (In Italian with subtitles) 104 mins.

The Killing of John Lennon The mind of Mark David Chapman, who stalked and killed former Beatle John Lennon, is explored in this quasi-documentary. With Krisha Fairchild, Robert Kirk, Gunther Stern. Not rated. 115 mins.

Nim's Island *½ An 11-year-old girl leans on the reclusive author of her favorite books to help her father who is marooned at sea. With Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler. PG (mild profanity) 96 mins.

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