Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 17, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba
C M Y K PAGE A13
VALID JUNE 15, 2012 - JUNE 21, 2012
THE Movies
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: FRANKENSTEIN
" ORIGINAL CASTING" ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children) Sat 12: 30; Thurs 6: 45
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
WWE: NO WAY OUT ( STC) Sun 7: 00
RESERVOIR DOGS ( R) ( Graphic Violence, Language
Warning) Mon 7: 00
THE IRON GIANT ( STC) Sat 11: 00
SILVERCITY ST. VITAL
110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 256- 3901
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri- Thurs 4: 45, 10: 30
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri- Sun 1: 40, 7: 35; Mon- Thurs 1: 00, 6: 50
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri- Sun 11: 50, 2: 15, 4: 40, 7: 05; Mon- Wed 2: 15, 4: 40,
7: 05; Thurs 4: 40, 7: 05 ( Star & Strollers Screening,
Thurs 1: 00)
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
Fri- Sun 12: 35, 3: 00, 5: 25, 7: 50, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs
12: 40, 3: 00, 5: 25, 7: 50, 10: 15
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not
Rec. For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs
1: 05, 4: 00, 6: 55, 9: 45
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Rec. 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: 40, 4: 30, 7: 20, 10: 15
THE DICTATOR ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Crude Content, Coarse Language, Sexual Content)
Fri- Thurs 9: 30
THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) Fri- Sat 11: 45, 2: 25, 5: 10, 7: 55,
10: 40; Sun 11: 45, 2: 25, 5: 10, 7: 55, 10: 40; Mon- Thurs
2: 10, 4: 55, 7: 45, 10: 30
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual
Content, Alcohol Abuse, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri- Sat, Mon- Wed 1: 40, 4: 35, 7: 30, 10: 25; Sun 1: 40,
4: 35, 7: 30, 10: 25; Thurs 4: 35, 7: 30, 10: 25 ( Star &
Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 00)
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 1: 40, 4: 20, 10: 10
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 2: 10, 8: 00
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 5: 00, 10: 45; Mon-
Thurs 4: 15, 10: 10
GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS
1120 GRANT AVE. 453- 4084
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence, Not
Rec. For Young Children, Fright. Scenes) Fri, Mon- Thurs
3: 35, 6: 30, 9: 30; Sat- Sun 12: 20, 3: 35, 6: 30, 9: 30
PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( Gory Scenes, Not
Recommended For Children, Brutal Violence)
NO PASSES Fri- Thurs 3: 40, 6: 50, 9: 55
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ( PG) ( Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 55, 6: 55, 9: 50;
Sat- Sun 1: 00, 3: 55, 6: 55, 9: 50
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Rec. For YoUng Children) Fri- Thurs 4: 15, 7: 10, 10: 10
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
NO PASSES Fri- Thurs 3: 50, 6: 40, 9: 35
COSMOPOLIS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Violence, Sexual Content) Fri, Tue, Thurs 4: 10, 7: 15,
10: 15; Sat- Sun 12: 45, 4: 10, 7: 15, 10: 15; Mon, Wed
4: 10, 10: 15
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri- Thurs 3: 30, 6: 35, 9: 45
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual
Content, Alcohol Abuse, Not Rec. For Young Children)
NO PASSES Fri, Mon- Thurs 4: 00, 7: 00, 10: 05; Sat- Sun
12: 55, 4: 00, 7: 00, 10: 05
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Sat- Sun 12: 15
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Gory Scenes, Not Recommended
For Children, Brutal Violence) Sat- Sun 12: 25
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Sat- Sun 12: 40
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Sat- Sun 12: 35
CINEMA CITY MCGILLIVRAY
2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 269- 9981
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D ( G) Fri- Sun 12: 20, 2: 30,
4: 40, 6: 50; Mon- Thurs 2: 30, 4: 40, 6: 50
BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young
Children) Fri- Thurs 1: 20, 4: 10, 7: 00, 9: 50
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3D ( G) ( Violence)
Fri- Sun 12: 55, 3: 10, 5: 20, 7: 35, 9: 45; Mon- Thurs 2: 10,
4: 50, 7: 35, 9: 45
21 JUMP STREET ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Sexual
Content, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 25, 3: 00, 5: 25, 7: 55,
10: 20; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 40, 7: 50, 10: 20
MIRROR MIRROR ( G) Fri- Thurs 1: 40, 6: 55
THINK LIKE A MAN ( PG) Fri- Thurs 1: 30, 7: 10
AMERICAN REUNION ( 18A) ( Sexual Content, Crude
Content) Fri- Thurs 4: 10, 9: 20
SAFE ( STC) Fri- Thurs 4: 20, 10: 00
TITANIC 3D ( 14A) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 9: 00
THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( Not
Recommended For Children, Coarse Language, Sexual
Content) Fri- Thurs 1: 15, 4: 00, 7: 05, 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: 20, 5: 15, 7: 40, 10: 15
CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE
1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 334- 6234
DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX ( G) Fri 7: 20; Sat- Sun 2: 30,
4: 50, 7: 20; Mon- Thurs 5: 20
BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young
Children) Fri 7: 30, 10: 35; Sat- Sun 1: 30, 4: 30, 7: 30,
10: 35; Mon- Thurs 4: 50, 7: 40
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS ( G) ( Violence) Fri
7: 10, 9: 20; Sat- Sun 2: 20, 4: 30, 7: 10, 9: 20; Mon- Thurs
5: 10, 8: 00
21 JUMP STREET ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Sexual
Content, Violence) Fri 7: 50, 10: 20; Sat- Sun 2: 50, 5: 20,
7: 50, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 30
MIRROR MIRROR ( G) Fri 7: 10; Sat- Sun 2: 10, 7: 10;
Mon- Thurs 4: 55
AMERICAN REUNION ( 18A) ( Sexual Content, Crude
Content) Fri- Sun 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 7: 30
SAFE ( STC) Fri- Sun 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 8: 20
THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( Not
Recommended For Children, Coarse Language, Sexual
Content) Fri 7: 00; Sat- Sun 1: 40, 4: 20, 7: 00; Mon- Thurs
4: 55
THE LUCKY ONE ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri
9: 40; Sat- Sun 4: 40, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 7: 30
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE ( STC) Fri 7: 40, 10: 10; Sat-
Sun 2: 40, 5: 10, 7: 40, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 10
DESI ROMEOS ( STC) ( Punjabi W/ E. S. T.) Fri 6: 50, 10: 00;
Sat- Sun 3: 00, 6: 50, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 4: 40, 7: 50
FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE
1555 REGENT AVE. W. 663- 2166
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
FRi 6: 50, 9: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 30, 3: 30, 6: 50, 9: 50;
Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 20
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri 7: 30, 9: 55; Sat- Sun 12: 15, 2: 40, 5: 05, 7: 30, 9: 55;
Mon- Thurs 6: 10, 8: 40
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Fri 7: 25, 10: 10; Sat- Sun
1: 35, 4: 30, 7: 25, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 30
THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) Fri 7: 40, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 2: 20,
5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 8: 40
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual
Content, Alcohol Abuse, Not Rec. For Young ChIldren)
Fri 7: 15, 10: 05; Sat- Sun 1: 25, 4: 10, 7: 15, 10: 05;
Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 15
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri 7: 55, 10: 20; Sat- Sun 12: 30,
2: 55, 5: 25, 7: 55, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 5: 50, 8: 25
SILVERCITY POLO PARK
815 ST. JAMES ST. 774- 1001
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri- Sat 4: 30, 10: 35; Sun 3: 35, 10: 50; Mon 3: 40, 9: 55;
Tue- Wed 4: 00, 9: 55; Thurs 3: 30, 9: 55
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( Fright. Scenes) Fri-
Sat 1: 45, 7: 40; Sun 1: 10, 7: 40; Mon- Thur 1: 10, 7: 05
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Fri- Sun 11: 55, 2: 20, 4: 45, 7: 10, 9: 35; Mon- Thurs
2: 25, 4: 50, 7: 20, 9: 45
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
Fri- Sun 12: 40, 3: 05, 5: 30, 7: 55, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs
12: 55, 3: 15, 5: 40, 8: 05, 10: 30
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( Violence,
Not Rec. For Young Children, Fright. Scenes) Fri- Sun
11: 35, 2: 30, 5: 20, 8: 10, 11: 00; Mon- Thurs 1: 10, 4: 05,
7: 05, 10: 10
PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Fri, Sun 12: 45, 3: 50,
6: 55, 10: 00; Sat 11: 00, 12: 45, 3: 50, 6: 55, 10: 00;
Mon- Thurs 12: 55, 3: 55, 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- Sun 11: 40, 1: 50, 4: 10, 6: 30,
8: 50, 11: 00; Mon, Wed 1: 30, 3: 45, 10: 25; Tue
1: 30, 3: 45, 5: 55, 8: 10, 10: 25; Thurs 1: 30, 3: 45,
5: 50, 10: 25
THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) Fri- Sun 12: 00, 2: 40, 5: 25,
8: 10, 10: 55; Mon- Thurs 1: 45, 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 20
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual
Content, Alcohol Abuse, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri- Sun 1: 55, 4: 50, 7: 45, 10: 40; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 40,
4: 40, 7: 45, 10: 40; Wed 4: 40, 7: 45, 10: 40 ( Star &
Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 00)
DARK SHADOWS ( 14A) ( Violence) Fri- Sat 11: 30, 4: 20,
9: 30; Sun 4: 20, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 4: 30, 9: 40
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING ( PG)
( Language May Offend, Not Rec. For Young Children)
Fri 12: 00, 2: 40, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 45; SAt 2: 40, 5: 20,
8: 00, 10: 45; Sun 12: 00, 2: 40, 5: 20, 10: 45; Mon- Thurs
2: 05, 4: 45, 7: 30, 10: 05
BLAZING SADDLES ( STC) Sun 1: 00
MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not Rec.
For Young Children) Fri 1: 50, 7: 55; Sat 12: 00, 7: 55;
Sun 1: 00, 8: 05; Mon 1: 10, 7: 10; Tue- Wed 1: 20, 7: 10,
7: 15; Thurs 1: 00, 7: 10, 7: 55
MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Rec. For Young Children) Fri, Sun 5: 00, 10: 50; Sat
11: 15, 5: 00, 10: 50; Mon- Thurs 4: 25, 10: 25
MOONRISE KINGDOM ( PG) ( Tobacco Use/ Promotion,
Language May Offend) Fri- Sun 1: 00, 3: 25, 5: 50,
8: 10, 10: 35; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 55, 4: 20, 7: 10, 9: 35;
Wed 4: 20, 7: 10, 9: 35 ( Star & Strollers Screening,
Wed 1: 00)
CHERNOBYL DIARIES ( 14A) ( Violence, Gory Scenes,
Coarse Lang.) Fri- Sat 2: 05, 7: 05; Sun 7: 05;
Mon- Thur 2: 10
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 Recommended For Young
Children, Brutal Violence, Gory Scenes) Daily 7: 00, 9: 45
Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15, 4: 00
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G)
Daily 7: 00, 9: 15 Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15
MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G)
Sat- Sun Mat 4: 00
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes)
Daily 6: 40, 9: 40 Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 3: 45
ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Sexual Content, Substance & Alcohol Abuse)
Daily 6: 45, 9: 30 Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 3: 30
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
THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) Daily 7: 00, 9: 40 Sat- Sun Mat
1: 00, 3: 45
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
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
MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT ( 14A)
( Not Recommended For Children, Nudity) Evenings
7: 10, 9: 30; Sat, Sun Mats 1: 10, 3: 30
DEEP BLUE SEA ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Sexual Content, Mature Theme) Evenings 7: 20, 9: 40;
Sat, Sun Mats 1: 20, 3: 40
IMAX THEATRE
3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 956- 4629
DARK SHADOWS: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE ( 14A)
( Violence) Fri 7: 30; Sat 2: 15, 8: 30; Sun 3: 30; Mon 7: 30
TO THE ARCTIC 3D ( G) Fri 10: 00 AM, 6: 15; Sat 12: 00,
5: 45, 7: 15; Sun 12: 00, 2: 15, 5: 45; Mon 11: 30 AM,
6: 15; Tues 1: 30
BORN TO BE WILD 3D ( G) Tues 11: 15 AM, 2: 45; Wed
1: 30
CORAL REEF ADVENTURE ( G) Fri 12: 15
THE HUMAN BODY ( G) Fri 3: 00; Thurs 11: 00 AM
SPACE STATION ( G) Fri 11: 00 AM; Sat- Sun 1: 00
PULSE: A STOMP ODYSSEY ( G) Mon 10: 15 AM
TORNADO ALLEY 3D ( G) Wed 10: 00 AM
AMAZON ( G) Tues 12: 15
BEARS ( G) Wed 12: 15
HUBBLE 3D ( G) Thurs 12: 00
CINEMATHEQUE WINNIPEG FILM GROUPS
100 ARTHUR ST. 925- 3456
FORKS OVER KNIVES Fri, Sat, Sun, Wed 7: 00
SOUND IT OUT Fri, Sat, Thurs 9: 00
ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES A13 SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 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
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. 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 Gen. 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 �
FORKS OVER KNIVES
Cinematheque. G
A food documentary that doesn't wave its revolutionary flag
around in the fashion of some increasingly tiresome cinematic
doc- iconoclasts. ( We're looking at you, Morgan Spurlock.) But
it does have the potency of a quiet revolution in its thesis that a
global health crisis could be averted if people eschewed meat
and animal products in favour of chewing vegetables and whole
foods. �s �s �s �
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 )
MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT
Globe. 14A
Matthew Akers directs this documentary portrait of the Serbian
performance artist as she stages her first major retrospective
at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. While the
movie maintains an unspoken reverence for its subject, it also
helps us understand her work by immersing us in the experience
- as well as the mindset. Always interesting, regardless
of what you think of the art itself, the doc offers an elegant
poem spoken entirely in body language. �s �s �s � ( Reviewed by
Katherine Monk )
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
MOONRISE KINGDOM
Polo Park. PG
Wes Anderson's latest follows a pair of young teen runaways
( Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman) in love, tracing the ripples
of their blossoming, forbidden love affair among a scout leader
( Edward Norton), a lonesome lawman ( Bruce Willis) and the
girl's bickering lawyer parents ( Bill Murray and Frances
McDormand). In the foreground, the movie is a celebration
of youthful passion and purpose, but lurking behind that, the
adults in the cast offer a wistful, sad forecast of estrangement,
doubt and compromise to come. �s �s �s �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 prequel to Alien in which
a space crew ( including Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron and
Michael Fassbender) travel to a distant planet that promises
to explain the source of humanity. It may lack Alien's primal
terror and no- frills narrative, but it is weirdly rich in biblical
imagery and tantalizing subtext, enough to justify a second
viewing. �s �s �s �s
ROCK OF AGES
Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG
The Broadway jukebox musical plays the rock anthem hits
of the ' 80s against a backdrop of a tawdry, on- the- edge- ofbankruptcy
club where rock god Stacee Jaxx ( Tom Cruise) has
scheduled his band's last gig and a couple of young musicians
( Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta) are falling in love. Rock of
Ages is not so much an organic movie musical but a calculated
two- pronged effort to grab a demographic of middle- aged former
metalheads and Glee fans. Yet it is not without its unlikely
pleasures, including Cruise bringing his star quality to bear on
the dissipated rock god. �s �s �
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
Grant Park, 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 sombre 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 IT OUT
Cinematheque. G
This portrait of the very last surviving vinyl record shop in
Teesside, England from director Jeanie Finlay, suggests the act
of running this particular store is a heroic pursuit. In the age
of the anonymous digital download, the outlet is a social centre,
obliging its loner customers to go out into the world to hook up
with the music they love. �s �s �s �
THAT'S MY BOY
Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. 18A
Adam Sandler's new movie is a gross- out comedy of witless
penis and poop jokes that nonetheless seems to delight his fans.
He plays a wasted man who had a son from an affair with his
junior high teacher and now wants to reunite with him. The
idea of child abuse is just one of the gags. �s ( Reviewed by Jay
Stone )
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
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 best- selling guide of the same name. For a movie that tries
so hard to click with audiences based on common human experience,
this is a weirdly alienating ordeal. �s �
MOONRISE KINGDOM
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