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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 04, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A13 winnipegfreepress. com MOVIES WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2015 A 13 VALID JANUARY 2, 2014 - JANUARY 8, 2015 INTO THE WOODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 11: 00, 2: 00, 4: 55, 7: 50, 10: 45; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 30, 4: 20, 7: 15, 10: 10; Wed 4: 20, 7: 15, 10: 10; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 30 UNBROKEN ( PG) ( Violence, Mature Theme, Language May Offend) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 50, 7: 10, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 3: 50, 7: 10, 10: 20 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not Recommended For Children, Crude Content) Fri- Sat 8: 10, 11: 00; Sun 7: 35, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 7: 50, 10: 30 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES -- AN IMAX 3- D EXPERIENCE ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sat 12: 50, 4: 10, 7: 30, 10: 50; Sun 12: 50, 4: 10, 7: 30, 10: 45; Mon- Thurs 4: 05, 7: 20, 10: 30 THE IMITATION GAME ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sat 11: 15, 2: 05, 5: 05, 7: 55, 10: 55; Sun 11: 05, 1: 55, 4: 55, 7: 45, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 1: 45, 4: 25, 7: 10, 10: 05 THE GAMBLER ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri- Sun 11: 40, 5: 10, 8: 05, 10: 35; Mon- Thurs 1: 55, 4: 40, 7: 40, 10: 25 THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 11: 30, 2: 15, 4: 50, 7: 25, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 2: 00, 4: 35, 7: 05, 9: 45 MUPPETS FROM SPACE ( Stc) Sat 11: 00 TAKEN 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes) Thurs 9: 30 SILVERCITY ST. VITAL 110- 1225 ST. MARY'S RD. 204- 256- 3901 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 11: 30, 6: 10, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 9: 15 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence, High Frame Rate Ultraavx) Fri- Sat 12: 30, 3: 55, 7: 20, 10: 40; Sun 12: 30, 3: 55, 7: 20, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 3: 30, 7: 00, 10: 10 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 2: 50, 6: 50, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 2: 40, 6: 30, 9: 45 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 ( PG) ( Violence) Fri- Sat 1: 45, 4: 40, 7: 40, 10: 40; Sun 1: 45, 4: 40, 7: 35, 10: 25; Mon- Thurs 1: 40, 4: 30, 7: 20, 9: 55 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR ( G) Fri- Sun 11: 05, 1: 30; Mon- Thurs 1: 15 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR 3- D ( G) Fri- Sun 11: 35, 1: 55, 4: 20; Mon- Thurs 4: 10 BIG HERO 6 ( G) Fri- Sun 11: 20, 2: 00; Mon- Wed 2: 00; Thurs 1: 30 GRANT PARK 8 CINEMAS 1120 GRANT AVE. 204- 453- 4084 THE IMITATION GAME ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 12: 40, 1: 05, 3: 30, 3: 50, 6: 30, 7: 00, 9: 00, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 3: 30, 3: 50, 6: 30, 7: 00, 9: 00, 9: 40 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sun 1: 00, 4: 00, 6: 40, 9: 45; Mon 4: 00, 9: 45; Tue- Thurs 4: 00, 6: 40, 9: 45 THE GAMBLER ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri- Sun 12: 50, 3: 55, 7: 15, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 3: 55, 7: 15, 9: 50 INTO THE WOODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 20, 6: 45, 9: 35; Mon- Thurs 3: 20, 6: 45, 9: 35 UNBROKEN ( PG) ( Violence, Mature Theme, Language May Offend) Fri- Sun 12: 20, 3: 40, 6: 50, 9: 55; Mon- Thurs 3: 40, 6: 50, 9: 55 NO PASSES THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 35, 7: 05, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 3: 35, 7: 05, 10: 10 WILD ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Alcohol Abuse, Sexual Content, Substance Abuse) Fri- Sun 1: 10, 4: 10, 7: 10, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 4: 10, 7: 10, 10: 00 EXHIBITION: MANET -- PORTRAYING LIFE ( STC) Sat 11: 00 L'ELISIR D'AMORE ( PG) ( Mature Theme) Mon 6: 30 CINEPLEX ODEON McGILLIVRAY & VIP CINEMAS 2190 MCGILLIVRAY BLVD. 204- 269- 9981 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sat 2: 00, 8: 30; Sun 1: 55, 8: 25; Mon, Wed- Thurs 8: 10; Tue 8: 30 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children, Vip 18+) Fri- Sat 3: 15, 6: 30, 9: 40; Sun 1: 50, 5: 00, 8: 15; Mon, Wed- Thurs 7: 00; Tue 8: 35 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sat 12: 45, 4: 00, 5: 20, 7: 15, 10: 25; Sun 12: 40, 3: 55, 5: 15, 7: 10, 10: 20; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 30, 5: 00, 7: 45; Tue 4: 00, 5: 20, 7: 15, 10: 25 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence, Vip 18+) Fri- Sat 1: 30, 3: 45, 7: 00, 10: 10; Sun 1: 25, 3: 40, 6: 55, 10: 05; Mon, Wed- Thurs 8: 15; Tue 7: 05, 10: 10 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 ( PG) ( Violence) Fri- Sat, Tue 6: 45, 9: 40; Sun 6: 40, 9: 35; Mon, Wed 7: 50 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR ( G) Fri- Sat 1: 30; Sun 1: 25 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR 3- D ( G) Fri- Sat, Tue 4: 05; Sun 4: 00; Mon, Wed- Thurs 5: 15 BIG HERO 6 ( G) Fri- Sat 1: 45, 4: 25; Sun 1: 40, 4: 20; Mon, Wed- Thurs 5: 05; Tue 4: 25 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sat 1: 35, 4: 10, 6: 50, 9: 25; Sun 1: 30, 4: 05, 6: 45, 9: 20; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 40, 7: 35; Tue 4: 10, 6: 50, 9: 25 INTO THE WOODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes, Vip 18+) Fri- Sat 1: 00, 4: 40, 7: 30, 10: 35; Sun 12: 55, 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 30; Mon, Wed- Thurs 7: 40; Tue 7: 30, 10: 35 BIG HERO 6 3- D ( G) Fri- Wed 4: 45; Thurs 4: 10 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sat 11: 10, 2: 40, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 20; Sun 11: 10, 2: 40, 5: 15, 7: 50, 10: 15; Mon- Wed 1: 20, 5: 00, 7: 35, 10: 00; Thurs 5: 00, 7: 35, 10: 00; Star & Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 30 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence, Disturbing Content) Fri- Thurs 3: 35 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS 3- D ( PG) ( Disturbing Content, Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sat 12: 15, 7: 00, 10: 20; Sun 12: 15, 7: 00, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 1: 30, 6: 50, 10: 05 INTO THE WOODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sat 11: 00, 1: 55, 4: 50, 7: 50, 10: 45; Sun 11: 00, 1: 55, 4: 50, 7: 40, 10: 30; Mon- Thurs 1: 25, 4: 15, 7: 15, 10: 10 UNBROKEN ( PG) ( Violence, Mature Theme, Language May Offend) Fri- Sat 11: 25, 3: 50, 7: 10, 10: 25; Sun 11: 25, 3: 50, 7: 10, 10: 20; Mon- Wed 1: 55, 3: 55, 7: 05, 10: 10; Thurs 3: 55, 7: 05, 10: 10; Star & Strollers Screening, Thurs 1: 30 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 ( 14A) ( Coarse Language, Not Recommended For Children, Crude Content) Fri- Wed 7: 30, 10: 15; Thurs 7: 05 THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri 12: 20, 2: 45, 5: 20, 7: 55, 10: 30; Sat 2: 45, 5: 20, 7: 55, 10: 30; Sun 12: 20, 2: 45, 5: 20, 7: 50, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 1: 35, 4: 55, 7: 25, 10: 15 MUPPETS FROM SPACE ( Stc) Sat 11: 00 TAKEN 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes) Thurs 9: 45 TOWNE CINEMA 8 301 NOTRE DAME AVE. ( 204)- 947- 2848 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun Mats 12: 15 Daily Eve 6: 30, 9: 30 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun Mats 3: 20 WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For ChIldren, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun Mats 12: 20, 3: 15 Daily Eve 7: 00, 9: 10 BIG EYES ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Language May Offend) Fri- Sun Mats 12: 30, 3: 00 Fri- Wed Eve 7: 05, 9: 45 Thu Eve 9: 45 ANNIE ( G) Fri- Sun Mats 1: 20, 3: 50 Daily Eve 6: 45, 9: 20 THE GAMBLER ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri- Sun Mats 1: 10, 3: 45 Daily Eve 6: 55, 9: 25 UNBROKEN ( PG) ( Mature Theme, Violence, Language May Offend) Fri- Sun Mats 12: 45, 3: 40 Daily Eve 6: 40, 9: 40 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sun Mats 1: 00, 3: 30 Daily Eve 7: 10, 9: 35 DUMB & DUMBER TO ( PG) ( Not Recommended For Young Children, Crude Comment, Language May Offend) Fri- Sun Mats 12: 50, 3: 35, Fri- Wed Eve 6: 50, 9: 15 Thu Eve 6: 50 TAKEN 3 ( 14A) ( Violence) Thu Eve 8: 00 UNBROKEN ( PG) ( Violence, Mature Theme, Language May Offend) Fri- Sat 12: 40, 3: 50, 7: 00, 10: 05; Sun 12: 35, 3: 45, 6: 55, 10: 00; Mon, Wed- Thurs 4: 45, 8: 00; Tue 4: 00, 7: 00, 10: 05 BIG EYES ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sat, Tue 7: 10, 9: 50; Sun 7: 05, 9: 45; Mon, Wed- Thurs 7: 40 THE GAMBLER ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language) Fri- Sat 1: 50, 4: 40, 7: 30, 10: 20; Sun 1: 45, 4: 35, 7: 25, 10: 15; Mon, Wed- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 05; Tue 4: 40, 7: 30, 10: 20 THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sat 2: 50, 5: 30, 8: 00, 10: 30; Sun 2: 45, 5: 25, 7: 55, 10: 25; Mon, Wed- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 20; Tue 5: 30, 8: 00, 10: 30 TAKEN 3 ( PG) ( Frightening Scenes) Thurs 9: 00 CINEMA CITY NORTHGATE 1399 MCPHILLIPS ST. 204- 334- 6234 OUIJA ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 7: 00, 9: 45; Mon- Thurs 8: 30 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Language May Offend, Violence) Fri- Sun 1: 20 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3- D ( PG) ( Language May Offend, Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 4: 00, 6: 50; Mon- Thurs 5: 25 THE BOOK OF LIFE ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 2: 00 THE BOOK OF LIFE 3- D ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 4: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 40 FURY ( 14A) ( Gory Scenes, Coarse Language, Brutal Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 50, 3: 50, 6: 40, 9: 10; Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 7: 50 ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY ( G) Fri- Sun 1: 00, 3: 00, 5: 00, 7: 00, 9: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 20 GONE GIRL ( 14A) ( Sexual Content, Violence, Not Recommended For ChildreN, Coarse Language) Fri- Sun 1: 30, 4: 30, 7: 50; Mon- Thurs 7: 40 THE BEST OF ME ( 14A) Fri- Sun 1: 10, 4: 10, 6: 55, 9: 30; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 00 A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Coarse Language, Brutal Violence) Fri- Sun 9: 35; Mon- Thurs 8: 10 JOHN WICK ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Violence, Coarse Language) Fri- Sun 1: 50, 4: 20, 7: 10, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 5: 35, 8: 20 PK ( 14A) Fri- Sun 1: 40, 4: 50, 8: 00; Mon- Thurs 7: 30 FAMOUS PLAYERS KILDONAN PLACE 1555 REGENT AVE. W. 204- 663- 2166 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 15, 3: 30, 6: 50, 10: 10; Mon- Thurs 5: 20, 8: 40 THE Movies THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 ( PG) ( Violence) Fri- Sun 6: 40, 9: 40; Mon- Thurs 8: 10 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR ( G) Fri- Sun 12: 00 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR 3- D ( G) Fri- Sun 2: 15, 4: 30; Mon- Thurs 5: 50 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sun 1: 30, 4: 30, 7: 10, 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 6: 00, 8: 35 ANNIE ( G) Fri- Sun 1: 00, 4: 15, 7: 20, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 5: 40, 8: 30 INTO THE WOODS ( G) ( Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 30, 3: 50, 7: 00, 10: 00; Mon- Thurs 5: 30, 8: 20 THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH ( 14A) ( Not Recommended For Children, Frightening Scenes) Fri- Sun 12: 45, 3: 40, 7: 30, 10: 15; Mon- Thurs 5: 45, 8: 15 SILVERCITY POLO PARK 815 ST. JAMES ST. 204- 774- 1001 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES ( PG) ( Violence, Not Rec. For Young Children) Fri- Sun 11: 50, 3: 10, 6: 30; Mon- Thurs 2: 40, 6: 00 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young ChildRen, Violence) Fri- Sun 9: 50; Mon- Thurs 9: 20 THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES 3- D ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 20, 3: 40, 7: 00, 10: 20; Mon- Thurs 3: 20, 6: 40, 10: 00 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 ( PG) ( Violence) Fri- Sat 10: 55, 1: 50, 4: 50, 8: 00, 11: 00; Sun 10: 55, 1: 50, 4: 45, 7: 40, 10: 35; Mon- Thurs 1: 40, 4: 25, 7: 15, 10: 15 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR ( G) Fri 12: 45, 3: 15, 5: 45; Sat 1: 10, 3: 30, 5: 50; Sun 11: 55, 2: 20, 4: 50; Mon- Thurs 2: 45, 5: 15 BIG HERO 6 ( G) Fri 11: 10, 1: 50, 2: 30; Sat 11: 10, 1: 50, 2: 25; Sun 10: 55, 1: 40, 2: 25; Mon- Thurs 1: 35 BIG HERO 6 3- D ( G) Fri- Sat 4: 35; Sun 4: 20; Mon- Thurs 4: 10 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB ( G) Fri- Sat 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 35, 10: 55; Sun 12: 00, 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 35, 10: 40; Mon- Wed 2: 30, 5: 00, 7: 30, 10: 30; Thurs 2: 00, 4: 25, 7: 00, 10: 30 ANNIE ( G) Fri- Sun 11: 05, 1: 55, 4: 45, 7: 40, 10: 30; Mon- Tue, Thurs 1: 30, 4: 15, 7: 00, 9: 50; Wed 4: 15, 7: 00, 9: 50; Star & Strollers Screening, Wed 1: 30 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS ( PG) ( Not Rec. For Young Children, ViOlence, Disturbing Content) Fri- Thurs 3: 35 EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS 3- D ( PG) ( Disturbing Content, Not Rec. For Young Children, Violence) Fri- Sun 12: 10, 7: 05, 10: 25; Mon- Thurs 6: 50, 10: 15 INTERSTELLAR ( PG) ( Language May Offend) Fri- Sat 7: 15, 10: 10; Sun 7: 00, 10: 10; Mon- Wed 6: 45, 10: 00; Thurs 6: 45 ANNIE Kildonan Place, Polo Park, Towne. G. 118 minutes. In this remake of the 1982 musical, Quvenzhan� Wallis reinvents the red- headed orphan of comic- strip fame, and Jamie Foxx does Daddy Warbucks Version 2.0, a rich New York political candidate named Will Stacks. The new version is intimate and hip, sarcastic and flip, but staggers through its third act, by which time the script has rubbed the rough edges off the villains ( Cameron Diaz and Bobby Cannavale) and made whatever point it was going to make several times over. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) BIG EYES McGillivray, Towne. PG. 106 minutes A female artist gains fame, but her husband takes credit for the work and makes the fortune. It sounds like a Lifetime movie, except the female artist is Margaret Keane ( Amy Adams), famous - or infamous - for her sentimental paintings of big- eyed children in the early 1960s. The story of her relationship with her grasping, opportunistic husband ( Christoph Waltz) is told with a minimum of baroque style by director and longtime Keane fan Tim Burton. �s �s �s BIG HERO 6 McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital. G. 102 minutes. A young inventor employs his brother's inflatable medirobot to track the kabuki- masked fiend who stole his micro- robot technology in this animated Disney adventure. A mash- up of superhero movie and Disney animation pales in comparison to the precedent of The Incredibles , but it has a bit of charm and an interesting fusion of Marvel tropes and anime esthetics. �s �s �s EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 151 minutes. Director Ridley Scott takes on the story of Moses ( Christian Bale) and turns it into the Old Testament as action epic, but those hoping for a sermon may be let down. Scott's film doesn't preach, not even to the choir. �s �s �s 1/ 2 ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) THE GAMBLER Grant Park, McGillivray, Polo Park, Towne. 14A. 111 minutes. This remake of a 1974 film casts Mark Wahlberg as a selfdestructive gambler apparently seeking self- immolation at the roulette wheel or blackjack table. Where the original film was gritty and dark, this one is slick and barren, with Wahlberg trying hard despite being deeply, profoundly miscast. However, John Goodman, cast as a murderous loan shark with a paternal streak, may be worth the price of admission for the few minutes he has onscreen. �s �s THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, Polo Park Imax, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 144 minutes. Peter Jackson's long kiss good night to Middle- earth wraps up with a somewhat chaotic but satisfying conclusion as Bilbo ( Martin Freeman) prevails on the gold/ power- hungry Thorin Oakenshield ( Richard Armitage) to come back from the edge of madness. A brisk pace compensates for the deficits of the first movie and interlocks effectively with the Lord of the Rings trilogy to come ( chronologically speaking). If the spun- out yarn lacks the greatness of LOTR , it's a satisfying wrap- up. �s �s �s 1/ 2 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 Polo Park, St. Vital. 14A. 109 minutes. The hapless would- be criminals of Horrible Bosses ( Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis) strike out as their own bosses and are again pressured to resort to a life of crime when they are swindled by a mail- order magnate ( Christoph Waltz) and his obnoxious son ( Chris Pine). Day is hysterical when left to improvise with his cast mates, and the caper plot hangs together sufficiently well, but those with delicate comedic sensibilities should be warned of the potentially offensive raunch herein. �s �s �s 1/ 2 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 123 minutes. The games are over, but the war has begun as champion Katniss Everdeen ( Jennifer Lawrence) emerges as a symbol of the resistance to the tyranny of President Snow ( Donald Sutherland). You have to give credit to the way the film addresses the issue of propaganda, but the big problem in this penultimate episode to the Hunger Games saga is it never feels like a real movie so much as a chapter in a serial. Let the Games end already. �s �s THE IMITATION GAME Grant Park, Polo Park. PG. 115 minutes. Benedict Cumberbatch gets his best screen role as Alan Turing, the genius credited with breaking the German Enigma code during the Second World War ( as well as being the father of the computer), but who found himself being harassed after the war due to his homosexuality. The shocking story is told in a sombre but dramatically devastating fashion by director Morten Tyldum. �s �s �s �s INTO THE WOODS Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray VIP, Polo Park, St. Vital. PG. 125 minutes. Long before Hollywood started the fairy- tale- with- atwist thing, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine did it on Broadway in 1986, and did it really well, with their musical combining the innocence of the fairy tale with an overlay of bitter life experience. This movie version directed by Rob Marshall translates it succinctly to screen, cannily casting musical vets ( Anna Kendrick, James Corben), revered thespians ( Meryl Streep) and just plain movie stars ( Johnny Depp and Chris Pine) to the desired effect. �s �s �s �s LOVE IS STRANGE Cinematheque. 14A. 98 minutes. John Lithgow and Alfred Molina star as a longtime gay couple whose legal marriage initiates a series of negative repercussions that force the two to live apart. None of it adds up to much more than a chuckle or two, a smile or three and a lot of slow, poetically drawn- out moments of mild anguish or the simple delight of walking through Greenwich Village in the spring. �s �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3: SECRET OF THE TOMB Grant Park, Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 98 minutes. Ben Stiller plays a museum security guard attempting to preserve the magic that enables the exhibits to come to life each sundown in this third entry of the franchise, notable as the studio- movie swan songs for both Robin Williams and Mickey Rooney. Minor moments of slapstick may tickle the kids, but anybody older, especially those who remember what Williams was like in his prime and how funny Stiller was just two Museum movies ago, will wish this tomb had stayed sealed. �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR Kildonan Place, Polo Park, St. Vital. G. 92 minutes. This animated feature spotlights those can- do Spheniscidae from the Madagascar movies - Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private - as they team with secret organization the North Wind, led by the canine Agent Classified ( Benedict Cumberbatch), to stop a mad octopus intent on ridding the world of penguin- y cuteness. If the Madagascar movies seem to have run their course ( and even the penguins herein admit they're getting darn sick of that I Like to Move It song), this offshoot takes a diverting path into more fantastical spy- movie territory with an abundance of nice sight gags and a plethora of groan- inducing puns ( the best kind). �s �s �s SERENA Bandwidth. 14A 110 minutes. Set in North Carolina during the Depression, this film by Susanne Bier ( After the Wedding ) tells the story of a timber magnate ( Bradley Cooper) whose relationship with his tempestuous bride ( Jennifer Lawrence) is derailed by a combination of greed and jealousy. With its broad symbolism and its bad behaviour, this might have been entertaining as a good old- fashioned melodrama, but Bier contrives to frame it as a ploddingly paced European art film. If Lawrence had been looking for an acting role model, she would have fared better with Bette Davis than Meryl Streep. �s �s ST. VINCENT Bandwidth. 14A. 103 minutes. Bill Murray makes himself at home in the role of a seedy Vietnam vet whose smoking- drinking- gambling ways become an issue when he finds himself in the unlikely role of babysitter to the impressionable young son of a harried working single mom ( Melissa McCarthy). If the premise sounds creaky, director Theodore Melfi wisely deploys Murray to de- sentimentalize the proceedings and gives the story a jolt of the unpredictable with McCarthy, of all people, delivering much of the dramatic substance. �s �s �s �s UNBROKEN Grant Park, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. PG. 138 minutes. Angelina Jolie's film about ex- Olympian/ Japanese prisoncamp survivor Louis Zamperini ( Jack O'Connell) tumbles into most every prisoner- of- war movie clich� in ways that suggest Jolie hasn't figured out how these things work. Suspense and pathos evade her as she turns an admittedly unwieldy biography into a dull, perfunctory and truncated film. �s �s ( Reviewed by Roger Moore ) WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH Kildonan Place, McGillivray, Polo Park, St. Vital, Towne. 14A. 98 minutes. The child- murdering spirit of Eel Marsh House is reawakened 40 years after the events of the first movie upon the arrival of children evacuated from London during the Second World War. Starring Phoebe Fox and Jeremy Irvine. ( Not reviewed) WILD Grant Park. 14A. 112 minutes. Reese Witherspoon plays troubled long- distance hiker Cheryl Strayed contemplating her oft- misspent life during the course of a gruelling 1,600- kilometre journey on foot. Quebec director Jean- Marc Vall�e, who essayed a similar transformative character study in last year's Dallas Buyers Club, combines his considerable filmmaking talents with a bluntly honest approach to his troubled heroes. For her part, Witherspoon takes up the challenge with admirable courage despite the fact she is somewhat miscast. And as the film's producer, she has no one to blame for that but herself. �s �s �s 1/ 2 The following movies have been previously reviewed by Free Press movie critic Randall King, unless otherwise noted. NOW PLAYING THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES A_ 13_ Jan- 04- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A13 1/ 3/ 15 5: 49: 58 PM ;