Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 21, 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba
C M Y K PAGE A13
VALID JULY 19, 2013 - JULY 25, 2013
THE Movies
THIS IS THE END ( 18A) ( Substance Abuse, Alcohol
Abuse, Crude Content, Brutal Violence) Fri- Thurs 12: 05,
2: 35, 5: 05, 7: 45, 10: 20
THE HEAT ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Adverse Psych.
Impact, Alcohol Abuse, Coarse Language, Violence)
Fri, Sun, Tue 11: 55, 2: 45, 5: 30, 8: 15, 11: 00; Sat 2: 45,
5: 30, 8: 15, 11: 00; Mon, Thurs 11: 55, 2: 40, 5: 25, 8: 05,
10: 45; Wed 11: 55, 2: 40, 5: 25, 8: 05
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri, Sun, Tue 12: 05,
2: 45, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 45; Sat 11: 30, 12: 05, 2: 45, 5: 20,
8: 00, 10: 45; Mon, Wed 12: 05, 2: 45, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 40;
Thurs 1: 40, 4: 25, 7: 05, 9: 35
PACIFIC RIM: AN IMAX 3- D EXPERIENCE ( PG)
( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children)
Fri- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 35, 7: 40, 10: 45
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS ( STC) Thurs 7: 00
ANNIE ( STC) Sat 12: 45
EXHIBITION: MUNCH 150 ( STC) Sun 1: 00
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE
EVENTS ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children)
Sat 11: 00
OCEANS ( G) Wed 11: 00
HATCHET III ( STC) Wed 9: 30
SILVERCITY ST. VITAL
110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 204- 256- 3901
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY ( G) ( Frightening Scenes,
Closed Caption & Descriptive Video) Fri- Thurs 5: 00
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY ( G) ( Fright. Scenes) Sat 10: 50
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri- Thurs 11: 50, 2: 25, 7: 35, 10: 10
THE LONE RANGER ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sun, Tue- Thurs
9: 30; Mon 10: 05
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Fri, Sun- Thurs 1: 20, 4: 15, 6: 55;
Sat 10: 55, 1: 20, 4: 15, 6: 55
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Fri- Thurs 12: 10, 2: 40,
5: 10, 7: 50, 10: 15
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Wed 1: 25, 4: 20, 7: 25, 10: 30;
Thurs 10: 30; Thurs 12: 45, 3: 40, 6: 50
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri, Sun- Thurs 12: 00;
Sat 10: 55, 12: 00
TURBO 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 2: 30,
4: 55, 7: 30, 9: 55
WORLD WAR Z 3- D ( 14A) ( Not Rec. For Children, Fright.
Scenes, Violence) Fri- Sun, Tue- Wed 1: 10, 3: 50, 7: 00,
9: 50; Mon 1: 10, 3: 50, 9: 50; THurs 1: 10, 3: 50, 7: 00
RED 2 ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young
Children) Fri, Sun- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 50, 7: 40, 10: 35; Sat
11: 20, 2: 00, 4: 50, 7: 40, 10: 35
GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS
1120 GRANT AVE. 204- 453- 4084
RED 2 ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young
Children) Fri- Thurs 1: 00, 4: 00, 7: 00, 10: 00
GROWN UPS 2 ( PG) ( Crude Content, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 12: 55, 3: 45, 6: 55, 9: 40
PACIFIC RIM ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) NO PASSES ( FRI- SUN) Fri- Sun
12: 30, 6: 45; Mon- Thurs 12: 30, 6: 45
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children) NO PASSES ( FRI- SUN) Fri- Sun
3: 40, 9: 45; Mon- Thurs 3: 40, 9: 45
R. I. P. D. ( STC) Fri- Thurs 12: 35, 7: 10
R. I. P. D. 3- D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Language May
Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri-
Thurs 4: 05, 9: 50
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 12: 25, 6: 40
TURBO 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thur 3: 25, 9: 35
THE HEAT ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Adverse
Psychological Impact, Alcohol Abuse, Coarse Language,
Violence) Fri- Sun, Tue- Thurs 3: 30, 6: 50, 10: 05; Mon
3: 30, 10: 05
THE LONE RANGER ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 12: 10
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children, Frightening Scenes) NO PASSES Fri- Thurs
12: 50, 3: 55, 7: 05, 10: 10
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Fri- Thurs 12: 45, 6: 30
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Fri- Wed 3: 35, 9: 20; Thur 3: 35
THE WOLVERINE ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children) NO PASSES Thurs 10: 00
CINEPLEX ODEON McGILLIVRAY & VIP CINEMAS
2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 204- 269- 9981
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Fri- Sun 12: 10; Mon- Thurs 1: 50
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Fri- Sun 2: 35, 5: 00, 7: 30,
9: 55; Mon- Wed 4: 15, 6: 50, 9: 15; Thurs 4: 15, 6: 50
R. I. P. D. 3- D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Language May
Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sun
12: 20, 2: 50, 5: 10, 7: 35, 10: 00; Mon- Wed 2: 30, 5: 00,
7: 30, 10: 00; Thurs 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 30, 9: 15
PACIFIC RIM ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Thurs 1: 40, 4: 45
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 7: 45, 10: 40
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children, VIP 18+) Fri 4: 00, 7: 10, 10: 05;
Sat- Sun 1: 00, 4: 00, 7: 10, 10: 05; Mon- Thurs 4: 05,
7: 00, 9: 55
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 05; Mon-
Thurs 2: 00
TURBO 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 2: 30,
4: 55, 7: 15, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 4: 30, 7: 00, 9: 20
RED 2 ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young
Children) Fri- Wed 1: 45, 4: 35, 7: 20, 10: 10; Thurs 1: 30,
4: 05, 7: 20, 10: 10
RED 2 ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young
Children, VIP 18+) Fri 3: 30, 6: 35, 9: 30; Sat- Sun 12: 30,
3: 30, 6: 35, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 3: 45, 6: 30, 9: 20
GROWN UPS 2 ( PG) ( Crude Content, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 00, 5: 25, 8: 00,
10: 30; Mon- Thurs 2: 05, 4: 45, 7: 35, 10: 15
THE HEAT ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Adverse
Psychological Impact, Alcohol Abuse, Coarse Language,
Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 00, 2: 40, 5: 20, 8: 10, 10: 50; Mon-
Wed 1: 55, 4: 40, 7: 25, 10: 05; Thurs 1: 55, 4: 40, 10: 05
THE WOLVERINE 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Not
Recommended For Children) Thurs 10: 00
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 15, 2: 45,
5: 30, 8: 05, 10: 45; Mon- Thurs 2: 15, 5: 05, 7: 40, 10: 20
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children, Frightening Scenes, VIP 18+) Fri, Sun
4: 30, 7: 40, 10: 30; Sat 1: 30, 4: 30, 7: 40, 10: 30;
Mon- Thurs 4: 40, 7: 30, 10: 20
EXHIBITION: MUNCH 150 ( STC) ( VIP 18+) Sun 12: 55
CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE
1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 204- 334- 6234
THE CROODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Mon,
Wed- Thurs 12: 50; Tue 12: 45
THE CROODS 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs
3: 10, 5: 30, 7: 55, 10: 15
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3- D ( PG) ( Frightening
Scenes) Fri- Thurs 1: 15, 6: 50
EPIC 3- D ( G) Fri- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 00, 7: 00, 9: 30
AFTER EARTH ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Thurs 1: 00, 3: 20, 5: 40, 8: 00, 10: 20
THE GREAT GATSBY ( PG) ( Not Recommended For
Young Children) Fri- Thurs 1: 05, 4: 10, 7: 15, 10: 20
THE HANGOVER PART III ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not
Recommended For Children, Crude Content) Fri- Thurs
4: 05, 9: 45
THE INTERNSHIP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not
Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 1: 40,
4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 10
FOUR SISTERS AND A WEDDING ( PG) Fri- Thurs 1: 25,
4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 00
BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG ( 14A) ( Not Recommended
For Children, Violence, Hindi W/ E. S. T.) Fri- Thurs 1: 20,
5: 20, 9: 20
FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE
1555 REGENT AVE. W. 204- 663- 2166
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Fri- Tue, Thurs 2: 15; Wed 11: 15,
2: 15
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Fri- Thurs 4: 45, 7: 20, 9: 50
R. I. P. D. ( STC) Fri- Thurs 1: 50, 4: 50, 7: 30, 10: 10
PACIFIC RIM ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Thurs 3: 45
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 12: 45, 6: 45, 10: 00
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Tue, Thurs 2: 00,
4: 30, 7: 00, 9: 30; Wed 11: 30, 2: 00, 4: 30, 7: 00, 9: 30
GROWN UPS 2 ( PG) ( Crude Content, Not
Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Tue, Thurs 2: 30,
5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Wed 11: 50, 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15
THE HEAT ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Adverse
Psychological Impact, Alcohol Abuse, Coarse
Language, Violence) Fri- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 10, 9: 50
OCEANS ( G) Wed 11: 00
SILVERCITY POLO PARK
815 ST. JAMES ST. 204- 774- 1001
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY ( G) ( Frightening Scenes)
Closed Caption & Descriptive Video Fri, Sun- Mon
11: 55, 2: 40, 5: 15; Sat 2: 40, 5: 15; Tue- Thurs 11: 55,
2: 40, 5: 20
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes)
Fri- Mon 7: 55, 10: 40; Tue- Thurs 8: 00, 10: 40
THE LONE RANGER ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Not
Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sat 12: 40,
4: 00, 7: 30, 10: 50; Sun 3: 25, 6: 55, 10: 15; Mon- Wed
12: 05, 3: 25, 6: 55, 10: 15; Thurs 12: 05, 3: 25, 9: 45
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Fri- Wed 9: 30; Thurs 1: 30,
4: 00, 6: 50; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 00
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) ( Closed Caption & Descriptive
Video) Fri, Sun- Tue 2: 00, 4: 30, 7: 00; Sat 11: 15, 2: 00,
4: 30, 7: 00; Wed 11: 30, 4: 30, 7: 00
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Fri- Thurs 12: 00, 2: 35,
5: 05, 7: 35, 10: 10
R. I. P. D. 3- D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Language
May Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children)
Fri- Sun, Tue 12: 50, 3: 20, 5: 50, 8: 20, 10: 55; Mon,
Wed- Thurs 12: 50, 3: 20, 5: 50, 8: 20, 10: 45
PACIFIC RIM ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Thurs 3: 50
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri- Thurs 10: 00
MAN OF STEEL 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young
Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 12: 35, 6: 45
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) FRi, Sun- Tue, Thurs
12: 00; Sat 11: 05, 12: 00; Wed 11: 15, 12: 00
TURBO 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 2: 30,
5: 00, 7: 25, 9: 55
WORLD WAR Z 3- D ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Frightening Scenes, Violence) Fri- Thurs 2: 10,
4: 55, 7: 40, 10: 25
RED 2 ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young
Children) Fri- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 50, 7: 45, 10: 35
GROWN UPS 2 ( PG) ( Crude Content, Not Recommended
For Young Children) Fri, Sun- Tue 12: 25, 3: 00, 5: 30,
8: 00, 10: 30; Sat 12: 15, 3: 30, 5: 45, 8: 10, 10: 40; Wed
1: 55, 4: 30, 7: 05, 10: 45; Thurs 2: 00, 4: 30, 6: 55, 9: 35
THE WOLVERINE 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Not
Recommended For Children) Thurs 10: 00
GROWN UPS 2 ( PG) ( Crude Content, Not Recommended For
Young Children) Fri- Wed 12: 30, 3: 00, 5: 30, 8: 10, 10: 40; Thur
3: 20, 5: 45, 8: 10, 10: 40; Star & Strollers Screening Thur 1: 00
THE HEAT ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Adverse
Psychological Impact, Alcohol Abuse, Coarse Language,
Violence) Fri- Sun, Tue- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 25, 7: 20, 10: 20;
Mon 1: 30, 4: 25, 7: 20
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Violence, Not Recommended
For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Thurs 12: 05,
2: 45, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 45
SPRINGSTEEN & I ( STC) Mon 7: 00, 9: 30
THE WOLVERINE 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Not
Recommended For Children) Thurs 10: 00
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE
EVENTS ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children) Sat 11: 00
TOWNE CINEMA 8
301 NOTRE DAME AVE. ( 204)- 947- 2848
R. I. P. D 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children,
Frightening Scenes, Language May Offend) Sat- Sun
Mat 1: 00 Fri, Mon- Thu Mat 3: 30 Eve Daily 7: 15, 9: 35
R. I. P. D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Frightening
Scenes, Language May Offend) Sat- Sun Mat 3: 30
DESPICABLE ME 2 3- D ( G) Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45 Fri,
Mon- Thu Mat 3: 15 Fri- Wed Eve 7: 00, 9: 20 Thu Eve 7: 00
DESPICABLE ME 2 ( G) Sat- Sun Mat 3: 15
THE LONE RANGER ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Fright.
Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat 2: 00 Fri, Mon- Thu Mat 3: 30 Daily 7: 30
RED 2 ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children,
Violence) Sat- Sun Mat 12: 45, 3: 45 Fri, Mon- Thu Mat
3: 45 Eve Daily 7: 00, 9: 45
TURBO 3- D ( G) ( FrIghtening Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15
Fri, Mon- Thu Mat 3: 45 Eve Daily 7: 00, 9: 15
TURBO ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat 3: 45
THE CONJURING ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Violence, Frightening Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat
1: 00, 3: 45 Fri, Mon- Thu Mat 3: 45 Eve Daily 7: 00, 9: 35
GROWN UPS 2 ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Crude Content) Sat- Sun Mat 1: 15, 3: 45 Fri, Mon- Thu
Mat 3: 45 Daily 7: 15, 9: 35
WORLD WAR Z ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children,
Frightening Scenes) Sat- Sun Mat 1: 00, 3: 30 Fri, Mon-
Tue Mat 3: 30 Eve Daily 7: 15, 9: 45
THE WOLVERINE 3- D ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For
Children, Violence) Thu Eve 10: 00
GLOBE CINEMA
3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 204- 694- 5623
SPRINGSTEEN & I ( STC) Mon 7: 00
PACIFIC RIM 3- D ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 7: 00, 10: 00; Mon 10: 00;
Tues- Thurs 7: 00, 10: 00; Sat Sun Matinees 1: 00
PACIFIC RIM ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young
Children, Violence) Mon 7: 00; Sat Sun Matinees 4: 00
BLANCANIEVES ( STC) Evenings 7: 15, 9: 45; Sat Sun
Matinees 1: 15, 3: 45
BEFORE MIDNIGHT ( 14A) ( Not Recommened For
Children Course Language, Mature Theme) Fri- Sun
7: 10, 9: 50; Mon 9: 50; Tues- Thurs 7: 10, 9: 50 Sat
Matinees 1: 10, 3: 50; Sun Matinee 3: 50
CINEMATHEQUE WINNIPEG FILM GROUPS
100 ARTHUR ST. 204- 925- 3456
WINNIPEG FRINGE FESTIVAL All Day Fri- Thu
ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES A13 SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2013
The following movies have been previously reviewed by Free Press movie critic Randall King, unless otherwise noted.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Globe. 14A. 109 minutes
This is Richard Linklater's third entry in the chat- filled
art- movie franchise detailing the relationship of Jesse
( Ethan Hawke) and Celine ( Julie Delpy), once hipsters,
now parents of twins engaged with an examination
of their morphing relationship while on vacation in
Greece. It is a singular film achievement that we have
watched these two performers over 18 years playing
roles which they have always, in part, created as well as
enacted. �s �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Jeff Simon )
BLANCANIEVES
Globe. PG. 104 minutes
This silent, black- and- white version of Snow White from
Spanish director Pablo Berger, set in 1920s Andalusia
against a backdrop of bullfighting, is a satisfying
exercise in purely visual storytelling with some striking
old- school imagery and some unexpected wrinkles in
the familiar tale, including the wicked stepmother's
kinky proclivities, and instead of a handsome prince, a
handsome dwarf. �s �s �s
THE CONJURING
Grant Park, McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, St.
Vital, Towne. 14A. 112 minutes
Director James Wan returns with his Insidious star,
Patrick Wilson, for an allegedly real- life haunted- house
story set in the ' 70s. Wan serves up some classic scary
situations and provides a decent jolt or three. But horror
audiences are more sophisticated than this story.
�s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore )
DESPICABLE ME 2
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St.
Vital, Towne. G. 98 minutes
This sequel to the 2010 hit sees Gru ( voiced by Steve
Carell) enlisted to save the world. It's a gag- filled
delight from start to finish, with more laughs in its first
five minutes than Monsters University managed during
its entire length. �s �s �s �s 1/ 2 ( Reviewed by Roger
Moore )
GROWN UPS 2
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St.
Vital, Towne. 14A. 101 minutes.
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade
return as four childhood friends who reunite in the
small town in which they grew up for their kids' last day
of school. Sandler's latest lowbrow make- work project
for all the ex- jocks, jockcasters and Saturday Night Live
has- beens is another pointless romp through Sandlerland
- where the women are buxom, the kids have
catchphrases and the jokes are below average. �s 1/ 2
( Reviewed by Roger Moore )
THE HEAT
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St.
Vital. 14A. 117 minutes.
Sandra Bullock plays a super- competent FBI agent who
turns into a rookie- like klutz in the proximity of tough
city cop Melissa McCarthy in this female buddy comedy.
It's a collection of scenes that force the stars to riff and
riff until something funny comes out, which is rarely.
�s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore )
THE LONE RANGER
Grant Park, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 150 minutes
A ham- fisted, messy revisionist take on the legendary
masked man with the emphasis on Tonto, a sidekick no
more in the hands of a hammy Johnny Depp. Director
Gore Verbinski and Depp should have left well enough
alone with their excellent animated western Rango .
�s 1/ 2
MAN OF STEEL
Polo Park. PG. 143 minutes.
After Superman Returns ( Bryan Singer's slavish homage
to Richard Donner's ' 70s Superman franchise), Warner
Bros. goes for a grittier approach with this reboot from
director Zack Snyder, featuring Henry Cavill as Clark
Kent and Michael Shannon as his Krypton- born nemesis
General Zod. Snyder's Supe does not represent a more
" realistic" approach to the Superman myth. It simply
forgoes the more cornball mythology - the redand-
blue Superman suit, the secret- identity silliness
involving mild- mannered Clark Kent, etc. - favouring
a more grounded and literally darker rendition of
Smallville's favourite son. �s �s �s 1/ 2
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 143 minutes
This prequel to Monsters Inc. details the first meeting of
monsters Sully ( John Goodman) and Mike ( Billy Crystal)
at college, where their mutual enmity transforms
into an unlikely friendship. There are mild laughs and
amusing hijinks, but nothing uproariously funny. Where
Monsters Inc. had a fly- by- the- seat- of- its- pants charm
that made it seem ad- libbed, Monsters University feels
overly plotted and plodding. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Jill
Wilson )
PACIFIC RIM
Globe, Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, McGillivray
VIP, Polo Park, Polo Park Imax, St. Vital. PG. 132 minutes.
When giant monsters arise from the depths of the
oceans, humanity responds with giant fighting robots
in a desperate ( and visually impressive) bid to " cancel
the apocalypse." As he demonstrated in Pan's Labyrinth ,
director Guillermo del Toro respects the power of myth
and uses its power wisely, mixed with an outsize sense
of fun, to make the best summer movie of summer
2013. �s �s �s �s
RED 2
Grant Park, McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, St.
Vital, Towne. PG. 116 minutes
A group of retired assassins, including Bruce Willis,
John Malkovich and Helen Mirren, goes back in action
to track down a purloined portable nuclear device, with
Anthony Hopkins along for the ride as a dotty scientist.
Sequel director Dean Parisot does a decent job balancing
the comedy and violence, as in the first film, but
the element of surprise is gone, and with it, much of the
first movie's appeal. If this is a franchise, we're already
seeing Red start to fade. �s �s 1/ 2
R. I. P. D.
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, Towne.
PG. 96 minutes.
Ryan Reynolds plays a slain cop revived from the dead
to join forces with fellow undead lawman Jeff Bridges
on a special afterlife task force committed to taking
down paranormal bad guys. Any resemblance to this
film and Men in Black is crushingly obvious, but at least
Bridges is allowed moments of surreal levity in an
otherwise run- of- the- mill end- of- the- world summer
movie: Apocalypse Again. �s �s
THIS IS THE END
Polo Park. 18A. 107 minutes.
A Hollywood- insider- buddy comedy conjoins with
apocalyptic horror to coarsely funny effect when Seth
Rogen takes Jay Baruchel to James Franco's house for a
party and hell literally busts loose. �s �s �s 1/ 2
TURBO
Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St.
Vital, Towne, G. 96 minutes.
Ryan Reynolds voices a snail who has aspirations of
being a racer in this animated adventure. While small
children may be enchanted by this little gastropod
that could, adults will be more sorely tested. For all the
horsepower the Turbo boasts about, the movie tends
toward the sluggish - as in slow as a slug. �s �s 1/ 2
( Reviewed by Roger Moore )
WORLD WAR Z
Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 116 minutes.
Brad Pitt produced and stars in Marc Forster's adaptation
of the Max Brooks novel of the same name, paring
down the international, multi- character epic to a single
hero's journey. Pitt is a UN investigator assigned to find
the source of a zombie epidemic. If even half of Brooks'
ideas and his grand apocalyptic tableau had survived
the adaptation, this could have been something special.
What it actually is: a classy but weak pop- zombie trifle.
�s �s 1/ 2
THE CONJURING
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