The tennis tournament now known as the Western & Southern Open has existed in Cincinnati in one form or another for 112 years, which (arguably) makes it the oldest in the United States still played in its original city. Backed by its rich history and its placement as the main hard-court warm-up for the U.S. Open, the Cincinnati tournament has evolved into one the biggest and most important on the tennis landscape.  

Joe Johnston, the director of numerous effects-driven adventures over the years (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji and Jurassic Park III, to name a few), brings sleek efficiency to this 3-D adaptation of the latest Marvel Comics staple to make it to the big screen, which is a nice way of saying that Captain America is a competent if uninspired opening salvo in what Paramount hopes is its next mondo franchise. Grade: C.  

Looking for a unique, anti-summer-blockbuster cinematic option this weekend? Then head over to the Carnegie in Covington for Cincinnati World Cinema's latest offering, "Summer Shorts: Nine Nation Animation," which feature, yes, nine adult-oriented animated shorts from different countries across the globe.  

Andrew Rossi's fly-on-the-wall documentary focuses on whether traditional print media can survive in a world now dominated by 24-hour television news networks and the ever-expanding reach of the Internet. Grade: B.  

Miguel Arteta’s films have a specific sensibility, a whimsical yet grounded tone and feel that sets them apart from most everything else on the current cinematic landscape. The 45-year-old director’s work — from Chuck & Buck (2000) to Youth in Revolt (2010) — is no doubt informed by his status as a Puerto Rico native who moved to the U.S. to finish his education more than 25 years ago.  

Donald Ray Pollock's debut short-story collection, 2008's Knockemstiff, was something of an unexpected sensation — unexpected in that Pollock was a first-time author at age 53; a sensation in that the stories were driven by a visceral, sharp-edged prose style and an uncommonly artful narrative thrust as sensitive as it was savage. Pollock discusses his new novel 7 p.m. Thursday at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.  

Director Seth Gordon and a quartet of screenwriters seem uninterested in dosing this course comedy with even a trace of empathy or feeling. The trio of one-note, caricatured bosses fare worst of all. But that's not to say that 'Horrible Bosses' isn’t sporadically hilarious. Grade: C.  

Fifteen years after the publication of the powerful Push and two years after its successful screen adaptation, the Oscar-nominated Precious, Sapphire is back with a new novel, The Kid. A sequel of sorts to Push, The Kid gives voice to Abdul Jones, the son of Precious.  

The tennis tournament now known as the Western & Southern Masters and Women’s Open has existed in Cincinnati in one form or another for 112 years, which makes it the oldest tennis tournament  

Jennifer Thompson helped send Ronald Cotton to prison for a crime he didn't commit. And it wasn't just any crime — Thompson testified that Cotton had entered her dorm room as she slept and brutally raped her. After 11 years in prison, Cotton was released when DNA evidence proved his innocence. Most curious of all was Cotton and Thompson's collaboration on a moving memoir called Picking Cotton, in which the two to tell their harrowing stories of victimization.