Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 10, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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VALID JUNE 8, 2012 - JUNE 14, 2012
THE Movies
BARRYMORE () Sun 12: 55
PROMETHEUS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE ( 14A)
( Gory Scenes, Brutal Violence, Not Recommended For
Children) Fri- Sun 11: 30, 2: 20, 5: 10, 8: 05, 11: 00;
Mon- Thurs 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 35, 10: 30
WAGNER'S DREAM ( STC) Sat 12: 55
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: FRANKENSTEIN
" ORIGINAL CASTING" ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children) Thurs 6: 45
THE LAST STARFIGHTER ( STC) Sat 11: 00
SILVERCITY ST. VITAL
110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 256- 3901
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 20, 3: 35, 6: 55, 10: 10; Mon- Wed
12: 30, 3: 45, 6: 55, 10: 10; Thurs 12: 30, 3: 45, 10: 20
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri- Sun 11: 50, 2: 15, 4: 40, 7: 05, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 2: 15,
4: 40, 7: 05, 9: 30
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
Fri- Thurs 12: 35, 3: 00, 5: 25, 7: 50, 10: 15
BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young Child.)
Fri- Sun 12: 00; Mon- Tue, Thurs 2: 00; Wed 1: 00
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not
Rec. For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun
1: 05, 1: 40, 4: 00, 4: 35, 6: 55, 7: 30, 9: 45, 10: 20; Mon-
Wed 1: 05, 1: 40, 4: 00, 4: 35, 6: 55, 7: 30, 10: 05, 10: 25;
Thurs 1: 40, 4: 00, 4: 35, 6: 55, 7: 30, 10: 05, 10: 25; Star
& Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 00
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Brutal
Violence, Gory Scenes) Fri- Thurs 1: 10, 4: 05, 7: 00, 9: 55
PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes,
Not Recommended For Children) Fri- Sun 1: 50, 4: 45,
7: 40, 10: 35; Mon- Thurs 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 35, 10: 30
THE DICTATOR ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Crude Content, Coarse Language, Sexual Content)
Fri- Sun 2: 55, 5: 05, 7: 20, 9: 35; Mon- Tue, Thurs 5: 05,
7: 20, 9: 35; Wed 4: 15, 9: 55
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING ( PG)
( Language May Offend, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri- Sun 11: 55, 2: 30, 5: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10; Mon- Wed 2: 30,
5: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10; Thurs 4: 35, 7: 10; Star & Strollers
Screening, Thurs 1: 00
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Alcohol
Abuse, Sexual Content, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Thurs 10: 00
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 12: 30
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Fright. Scenes, Not Rec. For
Young Children) Fri- Thurs 2: 55, 5: 25, 7: 55, 10: 25
GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS
1120 GRANT AVE. 453- 4084
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec.
For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri, Mon- Thurs
3: 40, 6: 55, 10: 05; Sat- Sun 12: 30, 3: 40, 6: 55, 10: 05
PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Gory Scenes, Brutal Violence) Stadium
Seating, No Passes. Fri, Mon- Thurs 4: 10, 7: 10, 10: 10;
Sat- Sun 12: 55, 4: 10, 7: 10, 10: 10
HYSTERIA ( PG) ( Mature Theme, Sexual Content) Fri,
Mon- Tue 4: 15, 7: 15, 9: 45; Sat- Sun 12: 50, 4: 15, 7: 15,
9: 45; Wed 4: 15, 9: 45; Thurs 4: 15
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ( PG) ( Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 55;
Sat- Sun 1: 00, 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 55
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 3: 45, 6: 30, 9: 30
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
No Passes. Fri- Thurs 3: 50, 6: 45, 9: 40
COSMOPOLIS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Violence, Sexual Content) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 55, 6: 40,
9: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 45, 3: 55, 6: 40, 9: 50
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 30, 6: 50, 10: 00; Sat- Sun
12: 20, 3: 30, 6: 50, 10: 00
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, Sexual
Content, Not Rec. For Young Children) No Passes. Thur 10: 15
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Sat- Sun 1: 05
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G) No
Passes. Sat- Sun 12: 40
CINEMA CITY MCGILLIVRAY
2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 269- 9981
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D ( G) Fri- Sun 12: 55, 3: 10,
5: 20, 7: 35; Mon- Thurs 1: 00, 3: 10, 5: 20, 7: 35
21 JUMP STREET ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Sexual
Content, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 25, 3: 00, 5: 35, 8: 05,
10: 35; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 35, 7: 05, 10: 05
MIRROR MIRROR ( G) Fri- Thurs 2: 00, 7: 05
THINK LIKE A MAN ( PG) Fri- Thur 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 00
AMERICAN REUNION ( 18A) ( Sexual Content, Crude
Content) Fri- Thurs 4: 30, 9: 30
SAFE ( STC) Fri- Sun 12: 15, 2: 40, 5: 05, 7: 25, 9: 50;
Mon- Thurs 2: 30, 5: 05, 7: 25, 9: 50
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D ( PG)
( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 9: 45
TITANIC 3D ( 14A) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 00,
4: 00, 8: 00; Mon- Thurs 1: 00, 4: 50, 8: 40
THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( Not
Recommended For Children, Coarse Language, Sexual
Content) Fri- Thurs 1: 15, 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 55
THE LUCKY ONE ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri- Sun 12: 30, 2: 55, 5: 15, 7: 40, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs
2: 10, 4: 50, 7: 40, 10: 15
CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE
1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 334- 6234
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX ( G) Fri 6: 40; Sat- Sun 1: 40,
4: 10, 6: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 50
21 JUMP STREET ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Sexual
Content, Violence) Fri 6: 50, 9: 20; Sat- Sun 1: 10, 4: 20,
6: 50, 9: 20; Mon- Thurs 5: 00, 7: 50
WRATH OF THE TITANS ( 14A) ( Violence) Fri- Sun 9: 30;
Mon- Thurs 8: 10
MIRROR MIRROR ( G) Fri 7: 00; Sat- Sun 12: 55, 3: 40,
7: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 10
AMERICAN REUNION ( 18A) ( Sexual Content, Crude
Content) Fri- Sun 9: 00; Mon- Thurs 8: 00
SAFE ( STC) Fri 7: 30, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 1: 50, 4: 50, 7: 30,
9: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 30
THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( Not Rec. For
Children, Coarse Language, Sexual Content) Fri 6: 30,
9: 10; Sat- Sun 12: 50, 3: 50, 6: 30, 9: 10; Mon- Thurs
4: 50, 7: 30
THE LUCKY ONE ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri 7: 20, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 1: 20, 4: 40, 7: 20, 9: 40; Mon-
Thurs 5: 20, 8: 20
ROWDY RATHORE ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Violence) ( Hindi W/ E. S. T.) Fri 7: 40; Sat- Sun
12: 40, 4: 00, 7: 40; Mon- Thurs 4: 40, 7: 40
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE ( STC) Fri 7: 10, 9: 30; Sat-
Sun 1: 30, 4: 30, 7: 10, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 00
FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE
1555 REGENT AVE. W. 663- 2166
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri 6: 40, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 12: 20, 3: 20, 6: 40, 9: 40;
Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 20
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri 7: 10, 9: 30; Sat- Sun 12: 30, 2: 50, 5: 00, 7: 10, 9: 30;
Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 8: 20
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not
Rec. For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri 6: 50,
9: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 40, 3: 40, 6: 50, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs
5: 30, 8: 30
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Fri 7: 00, 10: 00; Sat- Sun
12: 50, 3: 50, 7: 00, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 40
THE HUNGER GAMES ( 14A) ( Violence, Adverse Psych.
Impact, Not Rec. For Children) Fri 6: 30, 9: 30; Sat- Sun
12: 30, 3: 30, 6: 30, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 30
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri 7: 20, 9: 50; Sat- Sun 1: 00, 4: 00,
7: 20, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 5: 50, 8: 10
SILVERCITY POLO PARK
815 ST. JAMES ST. 774- 1001
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri- Sun 1: 05, 6: 55; Mon- Thurs 12: 50, 7: 15
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 00, 3: 25, 7: 35, 10: 50; Mon- Thurs
2: 00, 5: 00, 8: 15
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri- Sun 11: 35, 2: 00, 4: 25, 7: 20, 9: 45; Mon- Tue, Thurs
2: 00, 4: 25, 7: 20, 9: 45; Wed 4: 25, 7: 20, 9: 45; Star &
Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 00
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
Fri- Sun 12: 50, 3: 15, 5: 40, 8: 05, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs
12: 55, 3: 15, 5: 40, 8: 05, 10: 30
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not
Rec. For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri 1: 10,
1: 55, 4: 10, 4: 50, 7: 10, 7: 50, 10: 10, 10: 50; Sat 11: 00,
1: 25, 2: 05, 4: 10, 4: 50, 7: 10, 7: 50, 10: 10, 10: 50; Sun
1: 00, 1: 55, 4: 10, 4: 50, 7: 10, 7: 50, 10: 10, 10: 50; Mon-
Tue 1: 10, 1: 35, 4: 05, 4: 35, 7: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10, 10: 30;
Wed 1: 10, 1: 35, 4: 05, 4: 25, 7: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10, 10: 30;
Thurs 1: 10, 1: 35, 4: 05, 4: 35, 7: 05, 7: 45, 10: 10, 10: 30
PIRANHA 3DD 3D ( 18A - Violence, Sexual Content,
Gory Scenes) Fri- Sun 10: 45; Mon- Tue, Thurs 10: 05;
Wed 10: 30
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 45, 3: 50,
6: 55, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 12: 50, 3: 50, 7: 00, 10: 00
PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes,
Not Recommended For Children) Fri- Sun 1: 15, 4: 20,
7: 25, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 2: 15, 5: 15, 8: 20
THE DICTATOR ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Crude Content, Coarse Language, Sexual
Content) Fri- Sat 11: 40, 1: 50, 4: 10, 6: 30, 8: 50, 11: 00;
Sun 4: 10, 6: 30, 8: 50, 11: 00; Mon- Wed 1: 30, 3: 45,
5: 55, 8: 10, 10: 25; Thurs 1: 30, 3: 45, 10: 25
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse,
Sexual Cont., Not Rec. For Young Children) Thur 10: 00
DARK SHADOWS ( 14A) ( Violence) Fri, Sun 11: 40,
2: 20, 5: 05, 7: 50, 10: 40; Sat 5: 05, 7: 50, 10: 40; Mon-
Tue 1: 55, 4: 40, 7: 25, 10: 10; Wed 4: 10, 10: 10; Thurs
1: 25, 4: 10, 6: 50; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 00
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING ( PG)
( Language May Offend, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri- Sun 12: 00, 2: 40, 5: 20, 8: 00; Mon- Tue, Thurs 2: 05,
4: 45, 7: 30; Wed 2: 05, 4: 20
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Fright. Scenes, Not Rec. For Young
Children) Fri- Sun 4: 15, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 3: 55, 10: 30
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 05, 5: 40,
8: 15, 10: 55; Mon- Thurs 1: 45, 4: 25, 7: 10, 9: 55
BLAZING SADDLES ( STC) Wed 7: 00
CHERNOBYL DIARIES ( 14A) ( Violence, Gory Scenes,
Coarse Language) Fri- Wed 1: 15, 3: 30, 5: 45, 8: 00,
10: 20; Thurs 1: 15, 3: 30, 10: 20
TOWNE CINEMA 8
301 NOTRE DAME AVE. 947- 2848
PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Daily 6: 45, 9: 30
Sat- Sun Mat 1: 00, 3: 45
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Brutal
Viol., Gory Scenes) Daily 7: 00, 9: 45 Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15, 4: 00
MADAGASCAR 3 3D ( G) Daily 7: 00, 9: 15 Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15
MADAGASCAR 3 ( G) Sat- Sun Mat 4: 00
CHERNOBYL DIARIES ( 14A) ( Violence, Gory Scenes,
Coarse Lang.) Daily 7: 15, 9: 15 Sat- Sun Mat 1: 00, 3: 30
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Daily 6: 40, 9: 40 Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 3: 45
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Not Recommended For
Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Daily 7: 15, 9: 40
Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Frightening Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat 3: 45
BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Wed Eve 7: 00, 9: 45 Thur Eve
7: 00 Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 4: 00
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Not
Recommended For Young Children, Frightening Scenes,
Violence) Daily 6: 45, 9: 30 Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 3: 30
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children,
Sexual Content, Substance & Alcohol Abuse) Thur 10: 00
GLOBE CINEMA
3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 694- 5623
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ( PG) ( Not
Recommended For Young Children) Evenings 7: 00,
9: 45; Sat Sun Mats 1: 00, 3: 45
DEEP BLUE SEA ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Children, Sexual
Content, Mature Theme) Eve. 7: 15, 9: 40; Sat Sun Mats
1: 15, 3: 40
THE SOUND OF MY VOICE ( 14A) ( Language May
Offend, Mature Theme) Evenings 7: 30, 9: 30; Sat Sun
Mats 1: 30, 3: 30
IMAX THEATRE
3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 956- 4629
WRATH OF THE TITANS THE IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE
( 14A) ( Violence) Fri 8: 30; Sat 2: 30, 8: 30; Sun 3: 00
TO THE ARCTIC 3D ( G) Fri 1: 30, 5: 45, 7: 15; Sat 12: 00,
5: 45, 7: 15; Sun 12: 30, 5: 00, 6: 30; Mon 11: 15 AM; Tues
10: 45 AM; Wed 3: 00, 6: 00; Thurs 2: 15, 7: 45
BORN TO BE WILD 3D ( G) Fri 12: 15; Mon 10: 00 AM;
Tues 9: 30 AM
BORN TO BE WILD 3D IN FRENCH ( G) Mon 1: 30
DOLPHINS & WHALES 3D ( G) Wed 11: 15 AM, 8: 00;
Thurs 10: 45 AM
THE HUMAN BODY ( G) Mon 12: 15
SPACE STATION ( G) Wed 12: 30, 4: 00, 7: 00; Thur 11: 45 AM
EGYPT 3D ( G) Tues 1: 15
TORNADO ALLEY 3D ( G) Fri 11: 00 AM; Sat 1: 15; Sun
1: 45; Tues 12: 00; Wed 1: 45; Thurs 1: 00, 6: 30
CINEMATHEQUE WINNIPEG FILM GROUPS
100 ARTHUR ST. 925- 3456
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE Fri, Sat,
Sun, Wed, Thurs 7: 00
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967- 1975 Fri, Sat,
Thurs 9: 00; Sun 2: 00
ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES A11 SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012
The following movies have been previously reviewed by Free Press movie critic Randall King, unless otherwise noted.
THE AVENGERS
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG
Superhero franchises assemble! This witty, thrilling comic
book movie from writer- director Joss Whedon elegantly
combines four existing Marvel movie franchises - Iron Man
( Robert Downey Jr.), Thor ( Chris Hemsworth), Captain America
( Chris Evans) and The Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo) - for an action
spectacle that still manages to be smart and savvy. �s �s �s �s
BATTLESHIP
St. Vital, Towne. PG
Alien spaceships take on an armada of earthly warships in a
movie is based on a game by Hasbro, the folks who brought you
Transformers I- III . It may be a glitzy paean to American military
might, but rather than being a knock- off of the Transformers
empire, Battleship ' s director Peter Berg actually shows how
it's possible to make a big summer- visual- effects- movie- basedon-
a- toy without bringing embarrassment to all concerned.
�s �s �s
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Globe. PG
The cream of elder English actors ( Judi Dench, Maggie Smith,
Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson) play retirees who travel to India to
take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel,
only to discover their new home is less luxurious than advertised.
This movie would have been little more than an episode
of Fantasy Island with English accents, but thanks to great
detail work from the cast and a gentle hand from director John
Madden, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel proves you're never too old
to bloom. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Katherine Monk )
CHERNOBYL DIARIES
Polo Park, Towne. 14A
A group of American tourists takes a trip to the radioactive
wasteland surrounding the Ukrainian disaster site where they
encounter threats not commonly found in nature. While the
idea of an abandoned city and unchecked genetic mutation has
promise, this low- budget effort amounts to endless shots of jiggling
flashlights in the darkness and shadowy figures emerging
from faux fog. �s � ( Reviewed by Katherine Monk )
COSMOPOLIS
Grant Park. 14A
Dreamboat actor Robert Pattinson shifts gears as a young
billionaire largely confined to a luxury limousine crawling its
way through New York streets on a weird obsessive mission to
get his hair cut at his old neighbourhood barber shop. Director
David Cronenberg has fared better filming supposedly unfilmable
novels such as Naked Lunch and Crash because of his
willingness to inject his own creative DNA into the projects.
But this feels more like an exercise in cinematic transcription
of Don DeLillo's cult novel. The actors do what they can, and
Pattinson's efforts are heroic, but this remains a movie without
a real life of its own. �s �s �
DARK SHADOWS
Polo Park. 14A
The Gothic soap opera of the ' 60s gets cinematic courtesy of
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, who plays Barnabas Collins, an
18th- century vampire released from entombment to reunite
with the Collins clan in the future wonderworld of 1972. The
movie's best comedy is purely visual. Blocking actors in soap
opera style gives Burton the opportunity to pose his cast- like
figures from an Edward Gorey storybook in a perverse blend of
Gothic with macram� owls, beanbag chairs and shag carpeting:
Kitsch relics dwelling among the kitsch relics. �s �s �s
THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Globe. PG
Terence Davies adapts Terence Rattigan's stage play starring
Rachel Weisz is the wife of a high court judge in 1950s London
who chucks it all to move in with the young RAF pilot ( Tom
Hiddleston) with whom she has fallen in love. Beautifully photographed
and directed, Davies evokes all the desperation and
romance of the era. �s �s �s � ( Reviewed by Katherine Monk )
THE DICTATOR
Polo Park, St. Vital. 14A
Sacha Baron Cohen plays General Admiral Haffaz Aladeen,
the titular despot of the North African country Wadiya, who
finds himself beardless and alone in New York after his uncle
( Ben Kingsley) stages a coup. Cohen displays the chutzpah of
Borat and director Larry Charles ( Religulous ) offers up satire
with teeth, yet the movie is as impossible to love as the hateful
character of the title. �s �s �
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE
Cinematheque. PG
This Canadian documentary focuses on a Ukrainian woman
named Olga Nenya raising 27 children - mostly foster kids of
mixed race - in the Ukraine, where the challenges ( including
some ugly racism) are matched only by Olga's formidable determination.
Without a strong narrative, however, it's challenging
for the viewer to follow their individual stories. Director Julia
Ivanova might have fared better by focusing on fewer subjects;
but, like Olga, she wants to include more children. �s �s �s ( Reviewed
by Melissa Leong )
THE HUNGER GAMES
Kildonan Place. 14A
Jennifer Lawrence is the best reason to see this otherwise
disappointing, tepid adaptation of the beloved bestseller, bringing
poignance, grit and grace to the heroine Katniss Everdeen,
a young woman who finds herself in a battle to the death in a
dystopian future where young teens are obliged by a despotic
government to participate in a cruel televised spectacle. �s �s �
HYSTERIA
Grant Park. PG
A likable contrivance with none of the heat its subject suggests.
Hugh Dancy stars as Dr. Mortimer Granville, the Victorian
physician who invented the vibrator, and Maggie Gyllenhaal
plays an early feminist to whom he is drawn. It's a sexual history
lesson for the whole family. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Jay Stone )
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. G
An animated film that's vertiginous, explosive, ridiculous,
frantic, and anti- Canadian ( they joke about our " work ethic.")
Inspired 3- D and non- stop silliness make this the most fun you
can have at the movies so far this summer. �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by
Jay Stone )
MEN IN BLACK 3
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG
Will Smith rejoins the summer movie circus in this franchise
entry featuring a time- travel plot, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh
Brolin as a much younger, ' 60s- era Tommy Lee Jones. It may
come in 3- D, but this is very much the same eccentric, wideangle
approach as the previous entries, with the added value of
Brolin's comic flair in a deft impersonation of Jones. �s �s �s
PIRANHA 3DD
Polo Park. 18A
This sequel to the 2010 exploitation hit is an across- the- board
downgrade wherein the co- owner ( Danielle Panabaker) of a
water park attempts to close the place down when she realizes
a species of prehistoric piranha is threatening to chow down on
her customers. Sleazy, dirty and stupid, this is about as organic
a sequel as a breast implant. All guilt, no pleasure. �s
PROMETHEUS
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, Polo Park IMAX, St.
Vital, Towne. 14A
Director Ridley Scott returns to the sci- fi realm that put him on
the map, culture- wise, with this unofficial prequel to Alien in
which a space crew ( including Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron
and Michael Fassbender) travel to a planet that promises to
explain the source of humanity, but delivers something else
entirely. This is a top- shelf science- fiction film that isn't content
to simply blow up stuff and show gore. It has real ideas rattling
around its make- believe chassis, and that ambition alone is
enough to make it worthwhile. �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Katherine
Monk )
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG
The storybook heroine Snow White ( Kristen Stewart) gets made
over as a kick- ass warrior princess taking arms against an evil
queen ( Charlize Theron) with the aid of the huntsman ( Chris
Hemsworth) who has been assigned the task of killing her. The
somber Lord of the Rings - meets- The Brothers Grimm tone is
preferable to earlier ninny burlesque Mirror Mirror , but the
pace is cumbersome and Kristen Stewart lacks both the classical
beauty and the gravitas to qualify as the fairest of them all...
although we might accept her as the fairest of the mall. �s �s �s
SOUND OF MY VOICE
Globe. 14A
Brit Marling writes, produces and stars in this eerie story of a
time traveller who ends up in Los Angeles. When two documentary
filmmakers try to decipher the mystery for themselves,
they end up wearing white gowns and sitting around in a suburban
basement as new recruits. Because Marling and director
Zal Batmanglij have a good feel for making the insane accessible,
this film spins a decent spell for the duration. �s �s �
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
Grant Park, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG
A painful multi- plotted comedy- drama about four women
( Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Anna Kendrick)
and their rocky journey to motherhood, adapted from the
bestselling guide of the same name. For a movie that tries so
hard to click with audiences based on common human experience,
this is an weirdly alienating ordeal. �s �
PROMETHEUS
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