Previews Opening Friday, Sept. 18, is Steven Soderbergh’s latest film The Informant! Based on the 2000 nonfiction book by Kurt Eichenwald about whistle blower Mark Whitacre, the film stars Matt Damon in a comic take on the story. Rated R for language. 108 m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek and Minor. Megan Fox is everywhere, […]
Charlie Myers
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That Wacky Sandra
Previews Opening Wednesday, Sept. 9, is the animated post-apocalyptic sci-fi film 9. Director Shane Acker has expanded his AA-nominated 2005 short into a feature about creatures that form themselves from bits and pieces of our ruined world and who wonder why they exist at all. Rated PG-13 for violence and scary images. 79m. At Broadway. […]
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Woodstock Bildungsroman
Previews Opening Friday, Sept. 4, Sandra Bullock stars as a crossword puzzle designer who has designs on newsman Steve (Bradley Cooper) after one blind date in All About Steve. Her growing obsession with Steve is encouraged by reporter Hartman (Thomas Hayden Church), for his own purposes. Rated PG-13 for sexual content including innuendos. 98m. At […]
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Bloody Basterdos!
Previews Opening Friday, Aug. 28, is The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the franchise, wherein Nick O’Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a premonition about a horrible series of events that will kill his friends, including girlfriend Lori (Shantel VanSanten). Since his visions have a way of coming true, it’s time to get out of Dodge. […]
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Loving Zooey
Previews Opening Friday, Aug. 21, Quentin Tarantino strikes again with Inglourious Basterds, an alternate history "spaghetti western" World War II epic. In France, a young Jewish woman seeks revenge for the death of her parents by the Nazis while an American lieutenant (Brad Pitt) leads raids on the Germans. With Diane Kruger, Mike Myers and […]
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Three Thumbs Up
Previews Opening Friday, Aug. 14, is the allegorical scifi film District 9, in which extraterrestrials in South Africa are forced to work for low wages and live in substandard conditions by a multinational corporation. Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language. 112m. At the Broadway, Minor, Mill Creek and Fortuna. The Time Traveler’s Wife […]
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Not funny, people
Previews Opening Friday, August 7 is Julie & Julia, written and directed by Nora Ephron, reuniting Meryl Streep (Julia Child) and Amy Adams (Julie Powell) in a film about the famous PBS chef and a woman who tries to spice up her life by trying to cook all 524 recipes from "Mastering the Art of […]
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Orphan adopts horror formula
Previews Opening Friday, July 31, is the third film from Judd Apatow as director, Funny People. Adam Sandler is stand-up comedian George who is given a year to live by his doctor. When he meets struggling comic Ira (Seth Rogen), George becomes his mentor. Rated R for language and crude sexual humor throughout, and some […]
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Mild About Harry
Previews Opening Friday, July 24, is Disney’s 3-D mix of live action and animation G-Force about a team of government-trained guinea pigs out to save the world. With voices of Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz and others. Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor. 120m. At the Broadway, Fortuna and Mill Creek. Opening to […]
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Hating Beth Cooper
Previews Opening Wednesday, July 15, is the sixth and next-to-last Harry Potter adventure: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. When we last saw Harry, the evil Voldemort unsuccessfully attempted to possess him but was foiled by Dumbledore and Harry himself. Now, with Dumbledore reinstated as headmaster at Hogwarts, the students find they are facing a […]
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Mann Up!
Previews Opening Friday, July 10, is Bruno, a mockumentary that finds Sacha Baron Cohen as the gay Austrian fashion designer inveigling people to make fools of themselves. Rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language. 83m At the Broadway, Mill Creek, Fortuna and Minor. In I Love You Beth Cooper, […]
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Bots and Babes
Previews Opening Wednesday, July 1, is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the third in the popular animated series. Scrat the saber-toothed squirrel (voiced by Chris Wedge) may find a love interest beside his prized acorn while Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) unwisely steals some dinosaur eggs. Rated PG for some mild rude humor and […]