New in Theaters: ‘Joe’

Once upon a time, Nicolas Cage was an actor of some repute, if not always solid decision-making skills. A few years of Bruckheimer extravaganzas and brooding big-budget misfires, not to mention the occasional Satanic comic-book movie, killed most of that promise. However, in David Gordon Green’s new Southern noir,Joe, Cage makes anhonest attempt to get back into that thing they call acting.

Joeis opening thisFridayin a few theaters, and should expand wider soon. My review is atFilm Journal Int...