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2012 (PG-13)

Sneak preview: As the end of the world nears, as predicted by the Mayan calendar, a group of would-be heros struggles to survive.

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Tinseltown

The Box (PG-13)

A couple discovers a box that will make them rich upon opening it, but will also mean the death of a person they do not know.

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

Coco Before Chanel (PG-13)

See the full review here

Kimball's Peak Three

Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG)

A remake of Dickens' classic tale, this time with Jim Carrey playing Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Cinemark 16 IMAX, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

Endgame (PG-13)

This political thriller, part of Carmike Cinema's Independent Film Series, is set in South Africa as the apartheid regime recognizes its end is coming and players struggle to control the immense stakes and the outcomes.

Chapel Hills 15

The Fourth Kind (PG-13)

This "fact-based" film tells the tale of an Alaskan town whose residents have been disappearing in unexplained circumstances and alien encounters are suspected.

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

The Men Who Stare at Goats (R)

See the full review here

Carmike 10, Chapel Hills 15, Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida Encore (NR)

A repeat broadcast from the Met featuring Verdi's classic opera about an Ethiopian princess who falls in love with an Egyptian leader and is captured and forced into slavery.

Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot (NR)

A live broadcast in HD of Puccini's epic fairy tale about the princess Turandot, whose suitors must solve three riddles to become prince, or die if they fail.

Cinemark 16, Hollywood Interquest, Tinseltown

More Than a Game (PG)

This documentary tracks the journey of LeBron James, now an NBA star, and the Akron Fab Five through the highs and lows of their high school basketball careers.

Tinseltown

Race Across the Sky Encore (NR)

A repeat showing of the documentary featuring the 2009 Leadville Trail 100, a 100-mile mountain bike race at high altitude in Leadville, Colo.

Tinseltown

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