Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Movie Picks
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, Tinseltown
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
Chapel Hills 15
Black Snake Moan (R)
Samuel L. Jackson plays a God-fearing, blues musician who takes a wild young woman under his wing and hopes to cure her wicked ways. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, 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. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Casino Royale (PG-13)
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Charlotte's Web (G)
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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
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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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. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Happily N'Ever After (PG-13)
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Happy Feet (PG)
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Kidtoons: Strawberry Shortcake (G)
The theater's Kidtoons series features G-rated films for children and their families. Not reviewed
Chapel Hills 15
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," the characters seem have the most clever and romantic remark for any given moment. Scott Renshaw
Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Night at the Museum (PG)
Trouble erupts at a natural history museum when a night watchman triggers an ancient curse that causes the exhibits to come to life. Not reviewed
Cinemark 16, 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, Tinseltown
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 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. Not reviewed
Kimball's Twin Peak, Tinseltown
*The Pursuit of Happyness (PG-13)
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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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Stomp the Yard (PG-13)
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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. Not reviewed
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Zodiac (R)
An adaptation of Robert Graysmith's novels, Zodiac recounts the unsolved serial murders that occurred over a 10-month span in California in the late '60s. Directed by David Fincher, the film seems destined to be nothing short of a masterpiece. Jeff Sneider
Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
