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New in Theaters: ‘Out of the Furnace’

Christian Bale and Zoe Saldana in ‘Out of the Furnace’

Now that December’s here, the Oscar race can begin in earnest. One of the first out of the barrel is Out of the Furnace, which was a Ridley Scott / Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle sometime back but was later (probably fortunately) retooled by Scott Cooper (2009′s Jeff Bridges crusty heartwarmerCrazy Heart) into a self-consciously gritty blue-collar revenge tale with a whole roster of boldface names.

Out of the Furnace is opening this week in limi...