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‘Obvious Child’ bravely takes on abortion, focuses on passion and pathos

You’re reading this because Paramount wouldn’t show me “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering there’s virtually no way Michael Bay’s latest toy catalog could be as distinctive or surprising as the indie comedy, “Obvious Child.”

 
Opening Friday: Autobots, abortion and EDC

Here’s a look at this week’s new movies: “The German Doctor,” “Obvious Child,” “Transformers: Age of Extinction” and “Under the Electric Sky.”

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NBC’s ‘Taxi Brooklyn’: Don’t hail this cab

An NYPD detective teams with a French cabdriver to solve crimes. This is something that really exists on an American TV network.

FX’s ‘Tyrant’: What’s the matter with kids today

The new Middle Eastern drama, debuting at 10 p.m. Tuesday, has a few problems, most alarmingly the presence of the main character’s teenage children.

That’s the fangs we get? ‘True Blood’ wends weirdly toward end

When last we saw Bon Temps — that seemingly sleepy Louisiana town that’s chock-full of more weirdness per square foot than Venice Beach and Hollywood Boulevard combined — “True Blood” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO) had jumped ahead six months.

Not every actor wants to party on the Strip

When he’s in Las Vegas, “Think Like a Man Too” star Romany Malco says he prefers “a really nice turndown service” to a night in the clubs.

 
‘Jersey Boys’ fails to deliver excitement of stage version

In “Think Like a Man Too,” Friday’s other big release, one of the characters suggests that, instead of a wild bachelor party, everyone should make better use of the Strip and just go see “Jersey Boys.” Smart man.

 
Bishop Gorman grad steals ‘22 Jump Street’

“22 Jump Street” is a bit of a mixed bag, but some of the movie’s biggest laughs come from Jillian Bell, who’s a breath of hilariously hostile air as she riffs, improv-style, about old Jonah Hill’s undercover cop looks.

 
Buddy-action enough for ‘22 Jump Street,’ but some gags fall flat

“22 Jump Street” doesn’t exactly break the fourth wall. It runs headfirst into the fourth wall, falls down, sees those little cartoon birds circle its head. And the plot isn’t just thin, it’s borderline anorexic.

Bond with your dad in front of the TV

The “Father’s Day Bond-A-Thon,” a full day of 007 movies, kicks off Sunday morning on EPIX.