Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Movie Picks
The Abandoned (R)
A woman, who was adopted as a baby, returns to her Russian homeland after her mother's mysterious death and encounters strange phenomena. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15
Amazing Grace (PG)
Set in England in the 1700s, a young idealist named William Wilberforce struggles with Parliament to abolish slavery in the English empire. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16
The Astronaut Farmer (PG-13)
Billy Bob Thornton plays a NASA employee who leaves the administration to save his family's farm, but continues with his dream to build a rocket. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Babel (R)
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Because I Said So (PG-13)
Diane Keaton stars in this comedy as a mother determined to ensure that her three daughters do not make the same mistakes that she made in love. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15, Tinseltown
Breach (PG-13)
In this spy flick, based on actual events, an FBI agent is suspected of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Bridge to Terabithia (PG)
Two fifth-graders compete, become friends, and then king and queen of a magical world they create in the woods. Based on the 1987 book. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Casino Royale (PG-13)
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Daddy's Little Girls (PG-13)
In a story of mismatched love, a successful young lawyer falls for a man who works as a mechanic and is the father of three girls. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Tinseltown
Deep Sea 3D (G)
A 3-D journey beneath the sea narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet featuring the planet's most unique and colorful ocean life. Not reviewed
Cinemark 16 IMAX
*The Departed (R)
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Epic Movie (PG-13)
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Eragon (PG)
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Flushed Away (PG)
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Freedom Writers (PG-13)
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Ghost Rider (PG-13)
Nicolas Cage plays a stuntman who sells his soul to become a blazing motorcycle vigilante who fights evil, in this story based on a Marvel comic character. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Hannibal Rising (R)
As much as Gaspard Ulliel tries to honor our fondest Hannibal Lecter memories in this prequel to Silence of the Lambs, his predatorial gaze and sinister sneer do little to recreate the Anthony Hopkins effect. Jeff Sneider
Tinseltown
Happily N'Ever After (PG-13)
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The Last King
of Scotland (R)
The story of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who rose to power in the 1970s, as told through the eyes of his Scottish physician. Not reviewed
Kimball's Twin Peak
*Music and
Lyrics (PG-13)
While this romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore isn't quite a "classic," people always seem to know the most clever and romantic remark for any given moment. Scott Renshaw
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Night at the Museum (PG)
Trouble erupts at a natural history museum when a night watchman unknowingly triggers an ancient curse that causes the museum's exhibits to come to life. Not reviewed
Cinemark 16, Cinemark 16 IMAX, Tinseltown
Norbit (PG-13)
Eddie Murphy plays multiple characters including Norbit, a soft-spoken man, and his unbearable fiance. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Notes on a Scandal (R)
Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett star in this tale of repressed longing warped into mental instability. Scott Renshaw
Kimball's Twin Peak
The Number 23 (R)
In this thriller, Jim Carrey plays a man fixated on a book that seems to tell the story of his life, but it ends with a brutal murder. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Pan's Labyrinth (R)
A young girl uses an imaginary world to cope with the difficult reality of moving to rural Spain with her pregnant mother and new stepfather after World War II. Not reviewed
Kimball's Twin Peak, Tinseltown
Reno 911!: Miami (R)
A bumbling team of Reno police officers is called to duty after a terrorist strike hits a Miami police convention in the midst of spring break. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Rocky Balboa (PG)
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Smokin' Aces (R)
A sleazy Las Vegas magician becomes a target after he turns FBI informant and a mafia boss puts a contract out on him. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15
Stomp the Yard (PG-13)
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Unaccompanied Minors (PG)
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We Are Marshall (PG)
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Wild Hogs (PG-13)
Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy and John Travolta star as suburban wannabe bikers who take their Harleys on a road trip and meet a hardcore motorcycle gang. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
