Sunday, May 19, 2013
Opening This Week
The Chronicles of Riddick (PG-13)
Five-hundred years from the present, we find anti-hero Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel) as a fugitive with a price on his head who is caught in the middle of the "10th crusade" -- a battle waged by warrior priest Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) for the future of all beings in the galaxy. -- Not reviewed
Five-hundred years from the present, we find anti-hero Richard B. Riddick (Vin Diesel) as a fugitive with a price on his head who is caught in the middle of the "10th crusade" -- a battle waged by warrior priest Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) for the future of all beings in the galaxy. -- Not reviewed
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (R)
With Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has created another ethereal portal of consciousness. Jim Carrey stars as Joel, a borderline depressive who falls in love with Clementine, a big talker with blue hair played manically by the ever-delightful Kate Winslet. Kaufman's characters inhabit an inner-focused world that rarely offers moments of clarity. But Eternal Sunshine transcends concept and technique through the wonderful, deeply human performances of Carrey and Winslet. The surprise of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is its uncompromising sentiment that, in love, flawed or not, a second chance is something worth fighting for. -- Kathryn Eastburn
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Garfield: The Movie (G)
Jon Arbuckle (Breckin Meyer) gets a new dog Odie, who is then kidnapped by a mean dog trainer. Everyone's favorite fat cat Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) comes to the rescue. -- Not reviewed
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
The Notebook (PG-13)
A young woman (Rachel McAdams) meets a local mill a worker (Ryan Gosling), and they fall deeply in love during the summer of 1940. While this boy senses that they are meant to be together, WWII soon pulls their worlds apart. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. -- Not reviewed
Tinseltown, sneak preview only, Sat. 7:30 p.m.
Saved! (PG-13)
A teenage girl (Jena Malone) gets pregnant and finds herself ostracized and demonized at her Southern Baptist high school in this comedic and satirical coming-of-age film. Also featuring Mandy Moore and Macauley Culkin. -- Not reviewed
Tinseltown
The Stepford Wives (PG-13)
Stepford, Connecticut, is a modern upper-class planned community where everything is perfect. Wives are totally complacent and submissive to their husbands. When a new couple arrives in town (Nicole Kidman and Matthew Broderick), a strange inquiry into the truth begins. The housewives may be blissful, but also doomed. Frank Oz directs this remake of a 1975 horror classic. Based on the book by Ira Levin. -- Not reviewed
Cinemark 16, Tinseltown
*Super Size Me (NR)
While Super Size Me is overtly political, taking aim against the food industry in general and McDonald's in particular, it's also about something every American has: a relationship with: fast food. But more than its subject matter, there's a freak-show element to Morgan Spurlock's endeavor. Eating McDonald's for three square meals a day, not exercising, Spurlock, a 32-year-old New Yorker, sacrifices his gastrointestinal well-being for our own amusement. Those worshipping at the church of personal responsibility will maintain that Spurlock's approach is bogus and placing the blame for all our nutritional woes on McDonald's doorstep is as absurd as Spurlock's diet. But Super Size Me is not merely an indictment of one corporation, but an entire culture's obsession with "big." -- John Dicker
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