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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 23, 2014, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A13 VALID FEBRUARY 21, 2014 - FEBRUARY 27 , 2014 THE Movies THAT AWKWARD MOMENT ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri, Tue, Thurs 2: 05, 4: 35, 7: 05, 9: 40; Sat 1: 50, 7: 05, 9: 40; Sun 2: 05, 4: 35, 7: 05, 10: 20; Mon 2: 05, 4: 35, 10: 20; Wed 2: 05, 4: 35, 9: 40 WINTER'S TALE ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May Offend) Fri- Sat 1: 40, 4: 30, 7: 30, 10: 25; Sun 1: 40, 4: 30, 7: 30, 10: 20; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 45, 4: 30, 7: 30, 10: 25; Wed 4: 30, 7: 30, 10: 25; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 30 ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET'S MOULIN ROUGE: THE BALLET ( STC) Sun 12: 55; Wed 7: 00 ROBOCOP: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri 2: 10, 5: 00, 7: 50, 10: 50; Sat 11: 15, 2: 10, 5: 00, 7: 50, 10: 50; Sun 2: 10, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 2: 10, 5: 00, 7: 45, 10: 30 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: WAR HORSE ( STC) Thurs 7: 00 CATS & DOGS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Sat 11: 00 WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER - 2014 ( STC) Sun 7: 00 TAKEDOWN: THE DNA OF GSP ( 14A) ( Violence, Coarse Language, Not Recommended For Children) Sat 4: 30; Mon 7: 30 SILVERCITY ST. VITAL 110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 204- 256- 3901 FROZEN ( G) Fri 2: 15; Sat 11: 45; Sun 2: 20; Mon- Thurs 2: 05 FROZEN 3- D ( G) Fri, Sun 4: 45; Sat 2: 15, 4: 45; Mon- Thurs 4: 35 THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Violence, Language May Offend) Fri- Tue, Thurs 6: 45, 9: 55; Wed 9: 55 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Wed 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 25, 10: 10; Thurs 4: 40, 7: 25, 10: 10; Star & Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 30 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G, Ultraavx) Fri 2: 00, 4: 25, 7: 00; Sat- Sun 11: 35, 2: 00, 4: 25, 7: 00; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 25, 6: 55 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) Sat 11: 05, 12: 25, 1: 00; Sun 11: 05, 12: 00 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) Fri 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Sat 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Sun 12: 30, 2: 30, 3: 00, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 10 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sat 2: 50, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 25; Sun 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 25; Mon- Thurs 2: 35, 5: 05, 7: 35, 10: 15 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 9: 45; Mon- Thurs 9: 40 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) Fri- Sun 1: 30, 4: 15, 7: 10, 10: 05; Mon- Thurs 1: 45, 4: 30, 7: 15, 10: 00 VAMPIRE ACADEMY ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sun 7: 15, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 7: 05, 9: 35 GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS 1120 GRANT AVE. 204- 453- 4084 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) NO PASSES Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 55, 6: 55, 9: 55; Sat- Sun 12: 55, 3: 55, 6: 55, 9: 55 PHILOMENA ( 14A) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 35, 6: 30, 9: 35; Sat- Sun 12: 25, 3: 35, 6: 30, 9: 35 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) NO PASSES Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 50, 6: 50, 10: 00; Sat- Sun 12: 50, 3: 50, 6: 50, 10: 00 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) NO PASSES Fri- Thurs 3: 40 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) NO PASSES Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 40, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 12: 40, 6: 40, 9: 40 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET ( 18A) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual Content, Nudity, Tobacco Use/ Promotion, Alcohol Abuse) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 20, 7: 05; Sat- Sun 12: 20, 3: 20, 7: 05 AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY ( 14A) ( Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Mature Theme, Coarse Language) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 45, 7: 00, 9: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 45, 3: 45, 7: 00, 9: 50 12 YEARS A SLAVE ( 14A) ( Brutal Violence, Disturbing Content, Sexual Violence) Fri, Mon- Thurs 3: 30, 6: 35, 9: 45; Sat- Sun 12: 30, 3: 30, 6: 35, 9: 45 WINTER'S TALE ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May OfFend) Fri, Mon- Tue 4: 00, 7: 10, 10: 05; Sat- Sun 12: 35, 4: 00, 7: 10, 10: 05; Wed 4: 00, 10: 05; Thurs 4: 00, 7: 10 NON- STOP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) NO PASSES Thurs 10: 00 CINEPLEX ODEON McGILLIVRAY & VIP CINEMAS 2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 204- 269- 9981 FROZEN ( G) Sat- Sun 1: 15 FROZEN 3- D ( G) Fri, Tue 4: 10; Sat- Sun 3: 55; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 00 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri, Tue 4: 50, 7: 35, 10: 25; Sat- Sun 2: 05, 4: 50, 7: 35, 10: 25; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 15, 7: 05, 9: 50 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children, VIP 18+) Fri, Tue 7: 20, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 4: 00, 7: 20, 10: 15; Mon, Wed- Thurs 6: 30, 9: 20 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) Fri, Tue 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 4: 20, 6: 55, 9: 30; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 05, 6: 55, 9: 25 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) Sat- Sun 1: 35 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 05; Sat 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 05; Mon, Thurs 4: 10, 7: 00, 9: 45; Wed 4: 10, 9: 45 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET ( 18A) ( Substance Abuse, Sexual Content, Nudity, Tobacco Use/ Promotion, Alcohol Abuse, VIP 18+) Fri, Tue 6: 00, 9: 15; Sat- Sun 3: 00, 6: 00, 9: 15; Mon, Wed- Thurs 8: 00 AMERICAN HUSTLE ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not Rec. For Children) Fri 6: 55, 10: 05; Sat- Thurs 6: 45, 9: 50 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri, Tue 4: 15, 7: 00, 10: 00; Sat- Sun 1: 20, 4: 15, 7: 00, 10: 00; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 30, 7: 30, 10: 10 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, VIP 18+) Fri, Tue 6: 45, 9: 50; Sat- Sun 3: 30, 6: 45, 9: 50; Mon, Wed- Thurs 7: 00, 9: 50 ENDLESS LOVE ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri 4: 10, 7: 05, 9: 35; Sat- Sun 1: 30, 4: 10, 6: 55, 9: 35; Mon, Thurs 4: 35, 7: 20, 9: 55; Tue 4: 10, 6: 55, 9: 35; Wed 4: 35, 7: 00, 9: 55 3 DAYS TO KILL ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Violence) Fri, Tue 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 2: 10, 5: 00, 7: 45, 10: 30; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 00 THE NUT JOB ( G) Fri 1: 35, 4: 00; Sat 11: 30, 4: 00; Sun 12: 20, 4: 00; Mon- Thurs 1: 55, 4: 20 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Cc/ Dvs) Fri 2: 40, 5: 20, 7: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 20, 2: 40, 5: 20, 7: 50; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 30, 7: 00 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Ultraavx) Fri- Sun 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 9: 45 ENDLESS LOVE ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri 2: 45, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 30; Sat- Sun 12: 20, 2: 45, 5: 20, 8: 00, 10: 30; Mon- Wed 2: 15, 4: 50, 7: 20, 9: 50; Thurs 4: 50, 7: 20, 9: 50; Star & Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 30 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri 3: 10, 5: 30, 7: 55, 10: 20; Sat- Sun 12: 55, 3: 10, 5: 30, 7: 55, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 2: 50, 5: 15, 7: 45, 10: 05 ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET'S MOULIN ROUGE: THE BALLET ( STC) Sun 12: 55; Wed 7: 00 CATS & DOGS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) SAt 11: 00 TOWNE CINEMA 8 301 NOTRE DAME AVE. ( 204)- 947- 2848 RIDE ALONG ( 14A) ( Violence, Language May Offend) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 55, 9: 10; Sat- Sun 12: 50, 3: 10, 6: 55, 9: 10 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 45, 9: 05; Sat- Sun 1: 00, 6: 45, 9: 05 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 40, 9: 20; Sat- Sun 1: 05, 3: 40, 6: 40, 9: 20 ENDLESS LOVE ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 7: 10, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 12: 55, 3: 15, 7: 10, 9: 40 I, FRANKENSTEIN 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence) Fri, Mon- Wed 7: 20, 9: 45; Sat- Sun 1: 15, 7: 20, 9: 45; Thurs 7: 20 WINTER'S TALE ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May Offend) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 50, 9: 30; Sat- Sun 12: 40, 3: 20, 6: 50, 9: 30 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 7: 00, 9: 25; Sat- Sun 1: 25, 7: 00, 9: 25 3 DAYS TO KILL ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Violence) Fri, Mon- Thurs 7: 15, 9: 35; Sat- Sun 12: 45, 3: 25, 7: 15, 9: 35 NON- STOP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Thurs 9: 35 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) Sat- Sun 3: 30 POMPEII ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Violence) Sat- Sun 3: 45 I, FRANKENSTEIN ( 14A) ( Violence) Sat- Sun 3: 35 GLOBE CINEMA 3RD FLOOR PORTAGE PLACE 204- 694- 5623 AMERICAN HUSTLE ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not Recommended For Children) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 55, 9: 45; Sat- Sun 1: 10, 4: 00, 6: 55, 9: 45 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) Fri, Mon- Thurs 7: 00, 9: 35; Sat- Sun 1: 20, 4: 15, 7: 00, 9: 35 STARTING OVER AGAIN ( STC, Sub- Titled) Fri, Mon- Thurs 6: 35, 9: 20; Sat- Sun 1: 00, 3: 50, 6: 35, 9: 20 CINEMATHEQUE WINNIPEG FILM GROUPS 100 ARTHUR ST. 204- 925- 3456 RECONVERSAO Fri, Sat, Thurs 7: 00 ASPHALT WATCHES Fri, Sat, Thurs 9: 00; Sun, Wed 7: 00 CABIN FEVER: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS Sun 2: 00 WINTER'S TALE ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May Offend) Fri, Tue 4: 00, 7: 05, 10: 10; Sat- Sun 1: 00, 4: 00, 7: 05, 10: 10; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 25, 7: 15, 10: 05 ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET'S MOULIN ROUGE: THE BALLET ( STC) Sun 12: 55; Wed 7: 00 CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE 1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 204- 334- 6234 47 RONIN 3- D ( 14A) ( Disturbing Content, Not Recommended For Children, Violence) Fri 7: 30, 10: 05; Sat- Sun 1: 55, 4: 45, 7: 30, 10: 05; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 20 THOR: THE DARK WORLD 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Language May Offend, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri 6: 50, 9: 25; Sat- Sun 1: 40, 4: 10, 6: 50, 9: 25; Mon- Thurs 5: 25, 8: 00 GRAVITY 3- D ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes, Mature Theme, Language May Offend) Fri 7: 10, 9: 30; Sat- Sun 2: 20, 4: 50, 7: 10, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 8: 10 WALKING WITH DINOSAURS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Sat- Sun 2: 05, 4: 35; Mon- Thurs 5: 20 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY ( PG) Fri 7: 05, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 1: 50, 4: 20, 7: 05, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 55, 8: 30 SAVING MR. BANKS ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri 7: 25, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 1: 45, 4: 30, 7: 25, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 15 DELIVERY MAN ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Mature Theme) Fri 7: 20, 9: 55; Sat- Sun 2: 15, 4: 40, 7: 20, 9: 55; Mon- ThuRs 5: 45, 8: 05 ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Language May Offend, Crude Content) Fri- Sun 7: 00, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 7: 40 STARTING OVER AGAIN ( STC) Fri 7: 15, 10: 10; Sat- Sun 1: 30, 4: 25, 7: 15, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 5: 35, 8: 25 FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE 1555 REGENT AVE. W. 204- 663- 2166 FROZEN ( G) Sat- Sun 1: 00 FROZEN 3- D ( G) Fri 4: 30; Sat- Sun 3: 45 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 00; Sat- Sun 12: 45, 3: 30, 7: 10, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 50, 8: 45 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) Fri 5: 00, 7: 40, 10: 15; Sat- Sun 2: 35, 5: 15, 7: 40, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 7: 50 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) Sat- Sun 12: 00 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) Fri 4: 00, 6: 50, 9: 40; Sat- Sun 1: 15, 4: 00, 6: 50, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 15 LABOR DAY ( PG) ( Sexual Content, Mature Theme) Fri- Sun 7: 20, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 20 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri 4: 50, 7: 30, 10: 10; Sat- Sun 1: 30, 4: 10, 7: 30, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 8: 40 WINTER'S TALE ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May Offend) Fri 4: 10, 7: 00, 9: 50; Sat- Sun 12: 30, 3: 20, 7: 00, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 30 SILVERCITY POLO PARK 815 ST. JAMES ST. 204- 774- 1001 FROZEN ( G) Fri- Sun 12: 05; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 35; Wed 1: 45 FROZEN 3- D ( G) Fri- Sat 2: 45, 5: 25, 8: 10; Sun 2: 35, 5: 10; Mon- Tue, Thurs 4: 10, 7: 10; Wed 4: 20, 7: 10 I, FRANKENSTEIN 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence) Fri- Sat 10: 45; Sun 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 10: 15 ROBOCOP ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Recommended For Young ChildrEn) Fri- Sun 1: 10, 4: 00, 7: 10, 10: 05; Mon- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 15, 7: 10, 10: 05 THE LEGO MOVIE ( G) Fri, Sun- Thurs 1: 40, 4: 10, 6: 50; Sat 11: 25, 1: 40, 4: 10, 6: 50 THE LEGO MOVIE 3- D ( G) Fri, Sun 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10; Sat 10: 55, 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 05, 7: 40, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 35, 10: 10 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Frightening Scenes, Cc/ Dvs) Fri 11: 55, 3: 20; Sat 3: 20, 6: 45, 10: 15; Sun 3: 15; Mon- Thurs 3: 10 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG 3- D ( 14A) ( Violence, Frightening SCenes) Fri 6: 45, 10: 15; Sun 6: 45, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 6: 45, 9: 50 RIDE ALONG ( 14A) ( Violence, Language May Offend) Fri 12: 40, 3: 10, 5: 40, 8: 20, 10: 50; Sat 11: 05, 12: 40, 3: 10, 5: 40, 8: 20, 10: 50; Sun 12: 25, 2: 55, 5: 25, 7: 55, 10: 20; Mon- Wed 1: 55, 4: 25, 7: 00, 9: 45; Thurs 1: 55, 4: 25, 7: 00 THE MONUMENTS MEN ( PG) Fri- Sat 1: 20, 4: 20, 7: 15, 10: 15; Sun 1: 20, 4: 20, 7: 15, 10: 05; Mon 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 20, 10: 10; Tue- Thurs 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 20, 10: 20 ABOUT LAST NIGHT ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Sexual Content) Fri- Sat 12: 10, 2: 45, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 30; Sun 12: 10, 2: 45, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 45, 7: 15, 10: 00 AMERICAN HUSTLE ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not Recommended For Children) Fri- Thurs 9: 30 POMPEII 3- D ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sat 12: 15, 2: 50, 5: 25, 8: 00, 10: 40; Sun 12: 05, 2: 40, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 25; Mon- Thurs 2: 30, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 30 ENDLESS LOVE ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not Recommended For Young Children) Fri- Sat 12: 00, 2: 35, 5: 10, 7: 45, 10: 20; Sun 12: 00, 2: 35, 5: 10, 7: 45, 10: 15; Mon- Tue, Thurs 2: 35, 5: 10, 7: 45, 10: 20; Wed 4: 20, 7: 10, 10: 15; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 30 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CORIOLANUS - ENCORE ( STC) Sat 12: 30 3 DAYS TO KILL ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Violence) Fri, Mon- Tue 1: 50, 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 20; Sat 12: 35, 4: 15, 7: 25, 10: 20; Sun 12: 35, 4: 00, 7: 50, 10: 25; Wed 1: 50, 4: 35, 7: 20, 10: 00; Thurs 1: 30, 4: 15, 10: 30 NON- STOP ( PG) ( Violence, Not Recommended For Young Children) Thurs 9: 45 ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES A13 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2014 The following movies have been previously reviewed by Free Press movie critic Randall King, unless otherwise noted. ABOUT LAST NIGHT Polo Park. 14A. 100 minutes. This new adaptation of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago stars Kevin Hart and Michael Ealy as a couple of single men negotiating their rocky path from the bar scene to committed relationships with fractious soulmates Regina Hall and Joy Bryant. What keeps us around until the closing credits is the electrical charge of Hart and Hall as they bust each other up. They're the Wimbledon final of sexy, sassy, drunken comic banter - two pros, evenly matched enough to put on a great show, even if they make us forget about the rest of the movie around them as they do. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) AMERICAN HUSTLE Globe, McGillivray, Polo Park. 14A. 138 minutes. Director David O. Russell follows up last year's unexpected hit Silver Linings Playbook with a movie deserving of any and all accolades, recycling two of that film's stars, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, and pairing them with Christian Bale and Amy Adams of The Fighter . Russell's take on the Abscam affair offers riches of deception and danger, with terrific performances by Cooper and Lawrence as genuinely horrible people. �s �s �s �s ASPHALT WATCHES Cinematheque. 14A. 94 minutes. This animated feature, done in flash animation, is a surreal road trip based on a real cross- country adventure of visual artists Shayne Ehman and Seth Scriver as they hitchhiked from Chilliwack to Toronto. If it doesn't offer anything with regards to plot or character development, it is an enjoyable, sustained hallucination, and one of the better films ever made about hitchhiking. �s �s �s 1/ 2 AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Grant Park. 14A. 121 minutes. In the grand tradition of Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill, playwright Tracy Letts introduces another dysfunctional American family in the Westons. Firebreathing matriarch Violet ( Meryl Streep) holds savage court when her three daughters ( Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis and Julianne Nicolson) show up to comfort their newly widowed, cancer- afflicted mom. Trimmed from its three- hour, 20- minute stage incarnation, this downbeat drama retains its cathartic humour, but two hours of shrill tantrums and plate- smashing hysterics are overpowering. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Kevin Prokosh ) ENDLESS LOVE McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 105 minutes. This remake of the Brooke Shields melodrama from 1981 stars Gabriella Wilde as a girl from a privileged family who falls for a poor but honest hunk ( Alex Pettyfer), much to the chagrin of her suspicious dad ( Bruce Greenwood). Taken on its own, this movie is an uncomplicated tale of star- crossed lovers stocked with lovely, lush settings and beautiful actors. But in the context of either the previous movie or Scott Spencer's 1979 novel, this is pure pablum representing the safe, inoffensive Nicholas Sparks- ification of the romance genre. �s �s FROZEN Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital. G. 102 minutes. A young princess ( voiced by Kristen Bell) must rise to the occasion when her sorceress sister ( Idina Menzel) accidentally puts their kingdom in a deep freeze in this Disney animated musical. The songs are more poppy than the enduring Broadway- like songbooks of Disney musicals past, a weakness compensated in animation art that is particularly gorgeous. �s �s �s THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Polo Park, St. Vital. 14A. 162 minutes. In this second instalment of Peter Jackson's latest J. R. R. Tolkien adaptation, Bilbo Baggins ( Martin Freeman) attempts to aid a band of plucky dwarves in reclaiming their kingdom from the titular dragon. It dispenses with much of the painstaking geek exposition of the first film and brings on the action, with help from a couple of ass- kicking elves ( Evangeline Lilly and Orlando Bloom) but still hews too close to Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy in plot, theme and execution. �s �s �s 1/ 2 I, FRANKENSTEIN Polo Park, Towne. PG. 93 minutes. In a dystopian world where demons and gargoyles battle for supremacy, Victor Frankenstein's creation Adam ( Aaron Eckhart), the key to the secret of human immortality, finds himself caught in the middle. Regrettably, the tone of the piece is saturated with phoney- baloney gravitas, which tends to leach the fun out of it. Adam is not the only thing in this movie without a soul. �s 1/ 2 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT St. Vital. PG. 106 minutes. Tom Clancy's canny CIA hero is rebooted for a second time, with Chris Pine taking on the role of a newly minted CIA recruit who uncovers a Russian plot to destroy the American economy. The first of the Ryan films not based on a Clancy novel, Shadow Recruit offers a more holistic reboot and turns out to be a wholly satisfactory, handsomely mounted affair, especially compared with the franchise fumble The Sum of All Fears . �s �s �s 1/ 2 LABOR DAY Kildonan Place PG. 111 minutes. Director Jason Reitman adapted the Joyce Maynard novel about a convict ( Josh Brolin) who forcefully enters the life of a depressed single mom ( Kate Winslet) and her son ( Gattlin Griffith). Veering away from his typically edgier fare, Reitman enters Nicholas Sparks territory with this romantic drama, but Winslet and Brolin keep the melodrama from flying out of orbit. �s �s �s THE LEGO MOVIE Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. G. 101 minutes. An ordinary Lego figure ( voiced by Chris Pratt) is enlisted to lead a force of Lego good guys ( including Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman) against an evil megalomaniac plotting to glue the Lego universe together. This wild animated feature might appeal to kids, but adults will be heartened by its potent satiric undercurrent and its championing of creativity. �s �s �s THE MONUMENTS MEN Globe, Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 118 minutes. A platoon of art experts is assembled to retrieve stolen works of art from the Nazis in this fact- based combat drama starring and directed by George Clooney. It's a great idea for a war movie, but the screenplay feels a few drafts short of completion, with a sketchy narrative that never achieves any momentum, in addition to Clooney's heavy- handed messaging: Art is good. �s �s 1/ 2 THE NUT JOB St. Vital. G. 110 minutes. When his cache of acorns is destroyed, a squirrel and his friends contrive a plan to live through the winter by invading a nut store. This is a surprisingly simple, funny and often cute slapstick comedy, better than any animated film released in the doldrums of January has a right to be. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) PHILOMENA Grant Park. 14A. 98 minutes. A political journalist ( Steve Coogan) gets emotionally involved when he helps an older woman ( Judi Dench) search for the son she forcibly gave up for adoption decades earlier. Philomena is a standard issue little- oldlady tour de force for Oscar winner Judi Dench, but it's a delicious change of pace for snarky funnyman Steve Coogan. �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) POMPEII 3D McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 105 minutes. A gladiator ( Kit Harington) falls for the daughter of a senator ( Emily Browning) in the Roman city of Pompeii, while more serious issues await due to the impending apocalyptic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Kiefer Sutherland co- stars as an evil Roman general bent on claiming Browning for himself. It's a clumsy Titanic meets Gladiator conjoining of disaster and gladiator movies so serious and bombastic, that makes one pine for the days English directors hired Frankie Howerd for their Pompeii movies. �s �s RECONVERS�O Cinematheque. PG. 70 minutes. This documentary by Thom Andersen ( Los Angeles Plays Itself ) is a no- frills examination of 17 works by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura. It was largely shot in an unusual format of one or two frames per second, which is probably still better than Vimeo. �s �s �s RIDE ALONG Polo Park, Towne. 14A. 100 minutes Kevin Hart stars as a security guard who accepts the challenge when the cop brother ( Ice Cube) of his intended bride invites him to accompany him on a 24- hour patrol of Atlanta. Even by the standards of the well- worn buddy- cop genre, this is a lazy movie, insulting the audience by letting us stay five steps ahead of the hack screenwriters. �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) ROBOCOP Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, Polo Park Imax, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 118 minutes. This remake stars Joel Kinnaman as a cop transformed into a law enforcement cyborg by a corporation with dubious respect for the rule of law. It lacks the ferocity and originality of the original Paul Verhoeven classic - note the PG rating - but it does take the material in an interesting direction. Cybernautic fighting units aren't as outlandish a concept as they were in 1987, and director Jos� Padhila accommodates with a movie more grounded in reality. �s �s �s THAT AWKWARD MOMENT Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital. 14A. 95 minutes. In a show of solidarity you'd only find in a rom- com, Jason ( Zac Efron) and Daniel ( Miles Teller) come to the support of their about- to- be divorced pal Mikey ( Michael B. Jordan) by promising to stay single and unattached, a vow that inevitably comes back to bite them, especially when Jason falls for a winsome writer ( Imogen Poots). Coming after Joseph Gordon Levitt's more gutsy rom- com deconstruction Don Jon , this movie feels not only spineless but emasculated. �s 3 DAYS TO KILL McGillivray, Polo Park, Towne. 14A. 117 minutes. A dying Secret Service agent ( Kevin Costner) accepts one last assignment in exchange for a potentially lifesaving drug that might give him a chance to reconcile with his estranged daughter ( Hailee Steinfeld). Daft and sloppy as it is, this rarely fails to entertain, all part and parcel of the madness of producer Luc Besson. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) 12 YEARS A SLAVE Grant Park. 14A. 134 minutes. Director Steve McQueen adapted a harrowing memoir by Solomon Northup ( here played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man in upstate New York, abducted and sold into slavery. The beauty of this movie is in how we identify with Northup and come to understand the awful effects his loss of liberty had not just on him, but on the moral relativists and outright sadists who ran the machinery of slavery. �s �s �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) WINTER'S TALE Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, Towne. PG. 118 minutes. This fantasy drama stars Colin Farrell as a burglar who exists in both present day and 1900- era New York, where he falls in love with a dying heiress. It amounts to a lovely but slow and emotionally austere experience, a romantic weeper that shortchanges the romance and the tears. �s �s 1/ 2 ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Grant Park, McGillivray VIP. 18A. 180 minutes. Martin Scorsese draws a bold parallel between the underworld of Goodfellas and the supposedly straight world of high finance with this memoir of a depraved stockbroker ( Leonardo DiCaprio). Instead of violent excess, the film goes with sexual excess, but it remains a concise macroscopic depiction of the over- arching greed that derailed the economy. �s �s �s �s Pompeii A_ 13_ Feb- 23- 14_ FP_ 01. indd A13 2/ 22/ 14 9: 19: 38 PM ;