A compelling World War II drama and surprising take on an oft-overlooked American president top our reviews this week.

Here’s the roundup.

“Nuremberg”: Old-fashioned storytelling that spotlights an important historical event and also serves as a needed reminder to not let history repeat itself might be considered passe in some quarters. But there is a welcome space for intelligent, epic filmmaking that entertains and sounds a warning bell. James Vanderbilt’s World War II-era film does both quite capably. Based on Jack El-Hai’s book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist,” “Nuremberg” concentrates on the interactions between confident Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley (Oscar winner Rami Malek) and Hitler’s slithery-as-an-eel right-hand man Hermann Göring (Oscar winner Russell Crowe). Vand

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