Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Opening This Week
Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius (PG)
Jim Caviezel stars as Bobby Jones, a golf icon who retired at the ripe-old age of 28.
Jim Caviezel stars as Bobby Jones, a golf icon who retired at the ripe-old age of 28.
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Envy (PG-13)
Ben Stiller and Jack Black star as Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, whose equal footing is suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds.
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Godsend (PG-13)
After their young son, Adam (Cameron Bright), is killed in an accident, a couple (Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) approach an expert in stem cell research (Robert De Niro) about bringing him back to life through an experimental and illegal cloning and regeneration process.
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Goodbye, Lenin! (R)
The confluence of politics and family life is hardly a staple subject of the American cinema, so be aware that Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin is an entirely German affair. This is the life of Alex (Daniel Brhl), who is charged with the impossible task of not upsetting his convalescing mother, who "slept through the relentless triumph of capitalism." Good Bye Lenin basks in a curious nostalgia for the visceral sights and smells of the Eastern bloc, and in this bittersweet family saga, skeletons in the closet provide a useful context for exploring how politics can fuel pathology and how it can morph into a harrowing, hilarious mess. -- John Dicker
Kimball's Twin Peak
Laws of Attraction (PG-13)
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York divorce attorneys (Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan) are often competing against each other in the courtroom, but end up in a relationship nonetheless.
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
Mean Girls (PG-13)
Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George (Rachel McAdams).
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
MountainFilm Festival of Telluride
The 26th annual MountainFilm Festival on tour!
Opening Saturday, May 8. Benet Hill Center, 2577 N. Chelton Road. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at Mountain Chalet, 226 N. Tejon St.; The Independent, 235 S. Nevada Ave.; or at the door.
*To End All Wars (NR)
See full review, page 27.
Chapel Hills Theater. Opening Fri., May 7. One week only. Call for times.
