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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A13 VALID JUNE 22, 2012 - JUNE 28, 2012 THE Movies MAGIC MIKE ( 14A) ( SEXUAL CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) THURS 10: 00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: FRANKENSTEIN " ORIGINAL CASTING" ( 14A) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) SAT 12: 30 MOONRISE KINGDOM ( PG) ( TOBACCO USE/ PROMOTION, LANGUAGE MAY OFFEND) FRI- SUN 12: 55, 3: 20, 5: 45, 8: 10, 10: 35; MON- THURS 1: 55, 4: 15, 7: 10, 9: 35 PROMETHEUS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE ( 14A) ( GORY SCENES, BRUTAL VIOLENCE, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) FRI, SUN- WED 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 35, 10: 30; SAT 11: 30, 2: 20, 5: 10, 8: 05, 11: 00; THURS 12: 50, 3: 40, 10: 30 WE'RE BACK! A DINOSAUR'S STORY ( STC) SAT 11: 00 SILVERCITY ST. VITAL 110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 256- 3901 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI- THURS 12: 30, 3: 45, 7: 05, 10: 20 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G) FRI- SUN 12: 00; MON- THURS 2: 25 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G) FRISUN 2: 25, 4: 50, 7: 15, 9: 40; MON- THURS 4: 50, 7: 15, 9: 40 BRAVE ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) FRITHURS 2: 00, 4: 30, 7: 00, 9: 30 BRAVE 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) FRITHURS 12: 15, 2: 45, 5: 15, 7: 45, 10: 15 SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRITHURS 1: 30, 4: 35, 7: 30, 10: 30 PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) FRI- SUN 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 40, 10: 35; MON- THURS 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 35, 10: 25 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) FRI- SUN 12: 05, 2: 35, 5: 05, 7: 35, 10: 10; MON- THURS 12: 20, 2: 50, 5: 20, 7: 55, 10: 30 THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) FRI- THURS 1: 20, 4: 05, 6: 50, 9: 35 ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SEXUAL CONTENT, ALCOHOL ABUSE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI- SUN 1: 40, 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 25; MON- THURS 1: 40, 4: 35, 7: 45, 10: 25 BOLSHOI BALLET: RAYMONDA LIVE ( STC) SUN 1: 00 MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI- SAT, MON- THURS 12: 15, 2: 50, 5: 25, 8: 00, 10: 30; SUN 5: 25, 8: 00, 10: 30 TOWNE CINEMA 8 301 NOTRE DAME AVE. 947- 2848 BRAVE 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) DAILY 7: 00, 9: 15 SAT- SUN MAT 1: 00 GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS 1120 GRANT AVE. 453- 4084 SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI, MON- WED 3: 35, 6: 35, 9: 35; SAT- SUN 12: 20, 3: 35, 6: 35, 9: 35; THURS 3: 35, 6: 35 PROMETHEUS 3D ( 14A) ( GORY SCENES, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, BRUTAL VIOLENCE) FRITHURS 4: 05, 7: 15, 10: 05 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ( PG) ( NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI, MON- THURS 3: 55, 7: 05, 9: 55; SAT- SUN 1: 00, 3: 55, 7: 05, 9: 55 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) FRI- THURS 4: 15, 7: 10, 10: 15 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G) FRITHURS 4: 10, 7: 00, 9: 30 BRAVE 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) NO PASSES FRI- THURS 3: 45, 6: 45, 9: 50 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI, MON- TUE, THURS 3: 30, 6: 40, 9: 45; SAT- SUN 12: 15, 3: 30, 6: 40, 9: 45; WED 3: 30, 9: 45 ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SEXUAL CONTENT, ALCOHOL ABUSE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI, MON- THURS 3: 50, 6: 55, 10: 10; SAT- SUN 12: 40, 3: 50, 6: 55, 10: 10 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G) SAT- SUN 12: 55 MAGIC MIKE ( 14A) ( SEXUAL CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) THURS 10: 00 NO PASSES ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) SAT- SUN 12: 25 PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( GORY SCENES, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, BRUTAL VIOLENCE) SAT- SUN 12: 35 BRAVE ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) NO PASSES SAT- SUN 12: 45 CINEMA CITY MCGILLIVRAY 2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 269- 9981 DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX 3D ( G) FRI- SUN 12: 20, 2: 30, 4: 40, 6: 55, 9: 05; MON- THURS 2: 20, 4: 40, 6: 55, 9: 05 BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI- THURS 1: 20, 4: 10, 7: 05, 9: 50 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS ( G) ( VIOLENCE) MONTHURS 5: 30 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS 3D ( G) ( VIOLENCE) FRISUN 12: 55, 3: 10, 5: 20, 7: 35, 9: 45; MON- THURS 1: 10, 3: 15, 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 1: 50, 5: 05, 7: 50, 10: 20 THE HUNGER GAMES ( 14A) ( VIOLENCE, ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) FRI- THURS 1: 00, 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 55 MIRROR MIRROR ( G) FRI- SUN 12: 30, 2: 55, 7: 40; MONTHURS 2: 00, 7: 40 THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, COARSE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT) FRI- THURS 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 00 THE LUCKY ONE ( PG) ( NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI- SUN 5: 15, 10: 15; MON- THURS 5: 00, 10: 15 CHERNOBYL DIARIES ( 14A) ( VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES, COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI- SUN 1: 15, 3: 15, 5: 30, 7: 45, 10: 05; MON- THURS 2: 15, 4: 45, 7: 45, 10: 05 CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE 1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 334- 6234 DR. SEUSS' THE LORAX ( G) FRI 7: 50; SAT- SUN 1: 20, 3: 30, 5: 40, 7: 50; MON- THURS 6: 20 BATTLESHIP ( PG) ( VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 6: 50, 9: 45; SAT- SUN 1: 00, 3: 50, 6: 50, 9: 45; MON- THURS 5: 40, 8: 50 THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS ( G) ( VIOLENCE) FRI 7: 30, 9: 35; SAT- SUN 1: 10, 3: 20, 5: 25, 7: 30, 9: 35; MONTHURS 6: 10, 8: 40 21 JUMP STREET ( 14A) ( COARSE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT, VIOLENCE) FRI- SUN 10: 10; MON- THURS 9: 00 THE HUNGER GAMES ( 14A) ( VIOLENCE, ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT, NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN) FRI 6: 55, 10: 00; SAT- SUN 12: 45, 3: 45, 6: 55, 10: 00; MON- THURS 5: 20, 8: 30 MIRROR MIRROR ( G) FRI 7: 10; SAT- SUN 1: 40, 7: 10; MON- THURS 5: 50 THE FIVE- YEAR ENGAGEMENT ( 14A) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, COARSE LANGUAGE, SEXUAL CONTENT) FRI 9: 40; SAT- SUN 4: 20, 9: 40; MONTHURS 8: 20 CHERNOBYL DIARIES ( 14A) ( VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES, COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI 7: 40, 9: 50; SAT- SUN 1: 15, 3: 25, 5: 30, 7: 40, 9: 50; MON- THURS 6: 30, 9: 10 DESI ROMEOS ( 14A) ( VIOLENCE) ( PUNJABI W/ E. S. T.) FRI 6: 45, 9: 55; SAT- SUN 12: 45, 3: 45, 6: 45, 9: 55; MON- THURS 5: 30, 8: 30 BORN TO LOVE YOU ( STC) FRI 7: 00, 9: 30; SAT- SUN 1: 25, 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 30; MON- THURS 6: 00, 8: 25 FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE 1555 REGENT AVE. W. 663- 2166 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI 6: 50, 9: 50; SAT- S UN 12: 10, 3: 30, 6: 50, 9: 50; MONTHURS 5: 20, 8: 20 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G) FRI 7: 20, 9: 40; SAT- SUN 12: 20, 2: 40, 5: 10, 7: 20, 9: 40; MONTHURS 6: 00, 8: 10 BRAVE ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) FRI 7: 30, 10: 00; SAT- SUN 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 30, 10: 00; MONTHURS 5: 30, 8: 00 THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) FRI 7: 40, 10: 15; SAT- SUN 2: 20, 4: 50, 7: 40, 10: 15; MON- THURS 5: 40, 8: 30 ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SEXUAL CONTENT, ALCOHOL ABUSE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 7: 10, 10: 05; SAT- SUN 1: 50, 4: 30, 7: 10, 10: 05; MON- THURS 5: 40, 8: 25 MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 7: 50, 10: 20; SAT- SUN 12: 30, 2: 50, 5: 20, 7: 50, 10: 20; MON- THURS 5: 50, 8: 15 SILVERCITY POLO PARK 815 ST. JAMES ST. 774- 1001 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI- SUN 1: 00; MON- TUE, THURS 1: 25; WED 12: 50 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRI- SAT 4: 25, 7: 40, 11: 00; SUN 4: 25, 7: 40, 10: 35; MON- TUE, THURS 4: 40, 8: 00; WED 3: 50, 9: 30 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED ( G) FRI 11: 30, 1: 55, 4: 20; SAT- SUN 11: 40, 2: 05, 4: 30; MONTHURS 2: 00, 4: 20 MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED 3D ( G) FRISUN 12: 15, 2: 40, 5: 05, 7: 30, 9: 55; MON- THURS 12: 50, 3: 10, 5: 30, 7: 55, 10: 15 BRAVE ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) FRI- SUN 11: 30, 2: 00, 4: 30, 7: 00, 9: 30; MON- TUE, THURS 1: 40, 4: 20, 7: 00, 9: 30; WED 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 30; STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, WED 1: 00 BRAVE 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) FRISUN 12: 15, 2: 45, 5: 15, 7: 45, 10: 15; MON- THURS 2: 25, 5: 05, 7: 45, 10: 15 SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( VIOLENCE, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES) FRISUN 1: 20, 4: 20, 7: 20, 10: 20; MON- WED 12: 55, 3: 55, 6: 55, 9: 55; THURS 12: 55, 3: 55, 6: 55 PROMETHEUS ( 14A) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) FRI, MONTHURS 6: 50, 9: 50; SAT- SUN 7: 00, 10: 00 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) FRI- SUN 11: 40, 2: 10, 4: 45, 7: 30, 10: 10; MON- THURS 1: 55, 4: 30, 7: 10, 9: 45 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) FRI- SUN 12: 20, 2: 50, 5: 25, 8: 10, 10: 50; MON- THURS 2: 35, 5: 10, 7: 55, 10: 25 THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) FRI 11: 40, 2: 25, 5: 15, 8: 05, 10: 55; SAT 12: 20, 4: 20, 7: 15, 10: 10; SUN 12: 20, 5: 15, 8: 05, 10: 55; MON- THURS 1: 40, 4: 30, 7: 20, 10: 10 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; SAT 11: 05, 1: 55, 4: 50, 7: 45, 10: 40; MON- THURS 1: 15, 4: 10, 7: 05, 10: 05 BOLSHOI BALLET: RAYMONDA LIVE ( STC) SUN 1: 00 MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI 12: 30; MON- THURS 12: 50 MEN IN BLACK 3 3D ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES, NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) FRI- SUN 3: 05, 5: 40, 8: 15, 10: 50; MON- THURS 4: 00, 7: 15, 10: 30 SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD ( 14A) ( DISTURBING CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE) FRI- SUN 12: 45, 3: 15, 5: 45, 8: 15, 10: 45; MON- TUE, THURS 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 10; WED 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 10; STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING, WED 1: 00 BRAVE ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) SAT- SUN MAT 3: 30 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER 3D ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) DAILY 6: 45, 9: 15 SAT- SUN MAT 1: 15 ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER ( 18A) ( BRUTAL VIOLENCE, GORY SCENES) SAT- SUN MAT 4: 00 MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS ( PG) ( FRIGHTENING SCENES) DAILY 6: 45, 9: 40 SAT- SUN MAT 12: 45, 3: 45 ROCK OF AGES ( PG) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, SEXUAL CONTENT, SUBSTANCE & ALCOHOL ABUSE) DAILY 7: 00, 9: 40 SAT- SUN MAT 12: 45, 3: 30 MADAGASCAR 3 3D ( G) DAILY 7: 00, 9: 15 SAT- SUN MAT 1: 15 MADAGASCAR 3 ( G) SAT- SUN MAT 4: 00 THAT'S MY BOY ( 18A) DAILY 7: 00, 9: 40 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: 00, 3: 45 SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN ( PG) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES, VIOLENCE) DAILY 6: 45 SAT- SUN MAT 12: 45, 3: 30 MEN IN BLACK 3 ( PG) ( NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, FRIGHTENING SCENES) DAILY 9: 30 GLOBE CINEMA 3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 694- 5623 BERNIE ( PG) ( NOT RECCOMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) EVENINGS 7: 15, 9: 30; SAT SUN MATS 1: 15, 3: 30 THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL ( PG) ( NOT RECCOMENDED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) EVENINGS 7: 00, 9: 45; SAT SUN MATS 1: 00, 3: 45 HIGH SCHOOL ( STC) 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 TO THE ARCTIC 3D ( G) FRI 10: 00AM, 1: 15, 6: 15; SAT 12: 00, 5: 45, 7: 15; SUN 12: 00, 2: 15, 5: 45; TUES 12: 10 BORN TO BE WILD 3D ( G) WED 1: 30 CORAL REEF ADVENTURE ( G) FRI 12: 00; SAT - SUN 1: 00; MON 11: 30AM; THURS 11: 00AM THE HUMAN BODY IN FRENCH ( G) MON 9: 00AM SPACE STATION ( G) TUES 11: 00AM; WED 12: 15; THURS 1: 00 PULSE: A STOMP ODYSSEY ( G) FRI 11: 00AM TORNADO ALLEY 3D ( G) MON 12: 45; TUES 10: 00AM; THURS 12: 00 EGYPT 3D ( G) TUES 1: 15; THURS 10: 00AM CINEMATHEQUE WINNIPEG FILM GROUPS 100 ARTHUR ST. 925- 3456 NOAM GONICK: WILDFLOWER OF MANITOBA FRI 7: 00 STRYKER FRI 9: 00 REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR SAT, SUN, WED, THURS 7: 00 ON THE ICE SAT 9: 00 MOSAIC WOMEN'S PROJECT SUN 2: 00 PUPPET THURS 9: 00 ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES A13 SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012 The following movies have been previously reviewed by Free Press movie critic Randall King, unless otherwise noted. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Grant Park, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. 18A Those four words of the title, strung together in that order, sound like a lot of fun, don't they? The ridiculous premise should have provided the basis for a free- wheeling, campy good time, but the filmmakers take this concept entirely too seriously. What ideally might have been playful and knowing is instead uptight and dreary, with a visual scheme that's so fake and cartoony, it depletes the film of any sense of danger. �s �s ( Reviewed by Christy Lemire ) 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 BERNIE Globe . PG Jack Black gives a delicate and winning performance as Bernie Tiede, a real- life mortician in Carthage, Tex., who commits a terrible crime but is forgiven because everyone loves him. Using actors and real- life townspeople, director Richard Linklater creates a dark and eerily comic piece of the American mosaic. �s �s �s � ( Reviewed by Jay Stone ) 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 ) BRAVE Grant Park, Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG Pixar Animation turns its high technology to the service of an old- fashioned adventure about a Scottish princess whose rebellion against an arranged marriage results in a perilous, magicinfused mission. In so doing, Brave bravely steps away from that kind of boys- and- their- toys material of their past in favour of material that is more nuanced, more beautiful, and decidedly more feminine in its perspective. �s �s �s �s DARK SHADOWS Portage Place IMAX. 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 soapopera 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 HIGH SCHOOL Globe. 14A The day after soon- to- be valedictorian Henry Burke ( Matt Bush) samples pot for the first time, his school principal institutes a zero- tolerance drug policy and administers a mandatory drug test for all students. The ensuing adventure might actually be endurable if one was under the influence of cannabis, hallucinogens, etc. Otherwise, this registers as a teenager's stereotypical fantasy land where the teachers are horny buffoons and the students are one- dimensional tropes. �s � ( Reviewed by Melissa Leong ) 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 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 offering a wistful, sad forecast of estrangement, doubt and compromise to come. �s �s �s �s PROMETHEUS Grant Park, 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 REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR Cinematheque. G A sequel to Who Killed the Electric Car? in which director Chris Paine examines the current reality of the consumer- driven electric car. Not reviewed. 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 � SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD Polo Park. 14A With a cataclysmic, world- ending event about to take place, an unlucky- in- love guy ( Steve Carell) decides to track down the love of his life with an assist from a weird neighbour ( Keira Knightley). There are touches of laziness in the script, but in the end, the movie redeems itself with some ironically uplifting moments. Seeking a Friend isn't a film you'd begrudge for stealing 100 minutes of that time, no matter how precious. �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Chris Knight ) 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 THAT'S MY BOY 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 ) BRAVE A_ 13_ Jun- 24- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A13 6/ 23/ 12 7: 03: 30 PM ;