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ANOTHER EARTH (NR) A duplicate
planet named Earth 2 is discovered
in the solar system, and on the same
night, MIT student Rhoda Williams
(Brit Marling) and composer John
Burroughs (William Mapother, “Lost"
and In the Bedroom) are united by a
tragic accident Boxers and Ballerinas
Mike Cahill directed, wrote, produced,
filmed and edited Another Earth
BAD TEACHER (R) Nothing humor
ously new is said in Bad Teacher,
another in a popular line of adults
behaving badly around/toward chil
dren As very bad teacher Elizabeth
Halsey, Cameron Diaz reminds the
moviegoing public that there was
something about Mary, and she had a
lot to do with it Forced to return to a
job she hales at which she is not very
good Elizabeth treats her students and
coworkers with equal disdain, until she
sets her sights on wooing rich, new
sub, Scott (Justin Tirnberlake)
BRIDESMAIDS R ng its
competition, calling Bridesmaids the
funniest movie ot 2011 may be as
much an insult as a compliment to this
hilarious comedy, written by and star
ring Kristen Wng (winner of the years
Its About Time Award) This female-
driven Hick needs to be judged and
compared to its raunchy, hearty broth
ers all raised under the banner ol the
House ot Apalow These bridesmaids
prove to be just as funny and dirty as
the groomsmen ol The 40 Year Old
Virgin Knocked Up. etc
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST
AVENGER (PG-13) Captain America
has never been high on my list of
favorite superheroes, but I am highly
anticipating his first major appearance
on the big screen Steve Rogers (Chris
Evans) volunteers tor a top secret
Super Soldier expenmen! alter being
declared unlit tor duty His first mission
is to combat the Nazi propaganda of
Johann Schmidt AKA the Red Skull
(Huge Weaving) Directed by Joe
Johnston (The Wolimari) from a script
excitedly cowritten by Joss Whedon
CARS 2 (G) Cars 2 is an above-aver
age children's cartoon Unfortunately,
an above-average children's cartoon
is way below Pixar s capabilities Any
other animation house can make a Cars
or a Cars 2, Pixar should leave the
kiddie entertainment to DreamWorks/
Sony and concentrate on singular mas
terpieces like WALL-Fand Up.
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS
(NR) 2010 A lot has been said and
written about legendary tilmmaker
Werner Herzog’s documentary, filmed
in France's Chauvet Cave, where the
oldest known pictorial representations
of mankind can be found Closed to the
general public, Herzog had to receive
special permission to film inside the
cave
CLUNY BROWN (NR) 1946 Amateur
plumber and orphan Cluny Brown
(Academy Award winner Jennifer
Jones) is sent away by her uncle
She eventually meets a suitor, Czech
refugee Adam Belinski (Charles Boyer),
on the estate ot the wealthy Carmel
family, whose son is played by Peter
Lawford This comedy was the last film
completed by renowned director Ernst
Lubitsch Dave Marr will be introduc
ing the film on its 7/22 debut
DARIUS GOES WEST .NR, 2007
Cine hosts the seventh annual Darius
Goes West Day Fifteen-year-old
Clarke Central student Darius Weems,
confined to a wheelchair by Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy, had never lelt
Attiens until some local college
students, including director Logan
Smalley, took the Clarke Centra! stu
dent on a cross-country trip Darius
and crew will be on hand lor a Q&A
FAST FIVE (PG-13) Might the fifth
model ol The Fast and the Furious
franchise be its best yet 7 Dare I inquire
it anyone actually cares tor the answer
to that question 0 As the plot" goes
Dorn (Vin Diesel). Brian (Paul Walker)
and Dorn's sister/Brians squeeze. Mia
(Jordana Brewster), are on the lam after
a daring, non-fatal prison break Other
stuff goes on to set up the Ocean's
11 on wheels heist that climaxes the
movie
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R)
Following on the heels ol the disap
pointing Ashton/Natalie mashup, No
Strings Attached. Friends with Benefits
stars Mila Kums and Justin Tirnberlake
as two pals who decide to add sex to
their friendship Director Will Gluck
had a worthwhile hit with his last film,
Easy A Let's hope the follow up is as
lunny and good.
• HARRY POTTER AND THE
DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2
(PG-13) It's over. The final battle
rages over and through the hallowed
halls of Hogwarts as Harry (Daniel
Radcliffe). Hermione (Emma Watson)
and Ron (Rupert Grint) ahempt to end
Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes) evil reign
The last few Horcruxes must be found
and destroyed if Harry is ever to truly
defeat You-Know-Who HP7.2 is filled
with blood, death and violence yet is
still fit for the entire family (besides
the littlest ones). In the final journey to
this magical world, the entire cast and
crew deliver an emotionally impactful,
thrillingly magic-filled final installment
to one of the biggest blockbuster fran
chises of all time.
HORRIBLE BOSSES (R) Nick (Jason
Bateman) works for an evil corporate
shark played perfectly by Kevin Spacey.
Dale (Charlie Day) is getting seriously
sexually harassed by his seriously hot
dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston). Kurt
(Jason Sudeikis) answers to a coke
head douchebag that resembles a bald
ing Colin Farrell (Farrell) These three
friends decide the solution to their
employment problems is to murder
each other's boss.
JUMPING THE BROOM (PG-13)
Jumping the Broom lias all the familial
melodrama of a Tyler Perry production
without Madea's tonal aggression
When uptown gill Sabrina (Paula
Patton) meets downtown boy Jason
(Laz Alonso), they quickly get engaged
The wedding on Marthas Vineyard
highlights the divide between the two
families, led by tough-verging-on-
unlikable matriarchs played by Angela
Bassett and Loretta Devine.
LARRY CROWNE (PG-13) Tom
Hanks steps back behind the camera—
and stars in—this comedy about
out-of-work Larry Crowne who enrolls
at his local college where he con
nects a group of outcasts and tails lor
Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), one of
his teachers
LIMITLESS (PG-13) In Limitless, the
new film 'rom Illusionist director Neil
Burger, writer Eddie Morra (Bradley
Cooper) stumbles upon a designer
drug that opens up the limitless poten
tial of the human brain Soon. Eddie is
making millions from the stock market
and drawing the attention of a Wall
Street bigwig (Robert De Niro) But
with all shortcuts, a catch comes in the
drug's habit-forming side effects
MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY
(PG-13) Having written, directed,
produced and/or starred in 11 movies
since 2005, Tyler Perry has become
predictable The broad, slapstick antics
of mad matriarch Madea (Perry) are
jarringly meshed with a faith-based
melodramatic family drama
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13) Owen
Wilson stars as the latest Woody stand-
in, Gil. a Hollywood hack trying to fin
ish a novel while on a family business
trip to Paris with his fiancee's (Rachel
McAdams) family On a magical
midnight walk. Gil runs into Scott and
Zelda Fitzgerald (Tom Hiddleston and
Alison Pill), gets writing advice from
Papa Hemingway (Corey Stoll) and
tails for Picassos girlfriend Adriana
(Marion Cotillard)
MR. DIAL HAS SOMETHING
TO SAY (NR) Self-taught artist
Alabama native Thornton Dial (b 1928)
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (NR) 7:15, 9:30 (W. 7/20 & Th. 7/21), 3:00
(Sa. 7/23 & Su. 7/24), 9:30 (starts M. 7/25)
Classic Looney Tunes Cartoons (G) 1:30 (Sa. 7/23 & Su. 7/24)
Cluny Brown (NR) 7:15 (F. 7/22)
Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life (NR) 7:15 (Sa. 7/23)
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (NR) 4:30 (W. 7/20 & Th. 7/21)
The Tree of Life (PG-13) 4:00. 7:00, 9:45 (starts F. 7/22), 1:00 (Sa.
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only seriously began making art after
his retirement Dial's work, figurative
sculptures. paintingsYrnd mixed-media
assemblages, tell folk tales combin
ing African and American traditions.
Curator of education. Carissa DiCindio,
will introduce the film.
THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN
SLEEPOVER (NR) On the last week
end of summer, four young people
search for love and adventure in the
wilds of suburban Detroit Could
writer-director David Robert Mitchell's
sweet teen dramedy and feature debut
be the John Hughes equivalent for the
Facebook generation?
RIO (G) Another week, another aver
age animated children's movie that
won't quite pain the adu'ts forced to
accompany them. After Rango. 2011s
animated output has some minor big,
quirky boots to fill
SARAH'S KEY (PG-13) A Parisian
lournalist (Kristin Scott Thomas; inves
tigating the notorious 1942 Vel'd Hiv
Roundup becomes embroiled in the
mystery of a young girl whose family
ties were severed by the Holocaust
Based on the bestseller File SAppelait
Sarah by Tatiana De Rosnay
SECRECY iNR) 2008 Harvard
University professors Peter Galison and
Robb Moss directed this documentary
about government secrecy in the era of
24/7 news
SOURCE CODE (PG-13) I am excited
about Duncan Jones The son of David
Bowie tones down some ol his art
house-ier inclinations for Source Code,
a thrilling sci-fi/action/l!:. ;i ler starring
Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier. Colter
Stevens, enlisted in an experimental
operation to travel back in time for
eight minutes and uncover who master
minded a terrorist attack on a Chicago
commuter train. If he doesn't, a dirty
bomb will level downtown Chicago.
SUPER 8 (PG-13) In J.J. Abrams'
new summer crowdpleaser, a group
of junior Spielbergs witness a train
crash that unleashes some mysterious
and destructive events on their small
Ohio town. The film's dramatic core
and primary means of propulsion are
its dual mysteries: one fantastical, one
tragically mundane Without giving too
much away, but to establish a point of
reference. Super 8 is a Close Encounter
with Jaws and FT.
THOR (PG-13) After a raid on the
Frost Giants goes awry, a petulant Thor
(Chris Hemsworth) is put in timeout by
his Allfather, Odin (Anthony Hopkins).
Until he learns to use his godlike pow
ers selflessly, he is forced to exist as
one seriously cut, regular dude who
gets to woo Natalie Portman as astro
physicist Jane Foster
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE
MOON IPG-13) What exactly did
Michael Bay think was wrong with the
last Transformers movie 7 Whatever he
fixed made Transformers 3 cringingly
bad and the worst of the bunch. After
defeating the Decepticons. the Autobots
help pursue the U S government's
global agenda), until a lunar discovery
brings about a cataclysmic battle that
only the Bots and a select group of
Americans can win
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA
MADRE (NR) 1948. One of John
Huston's most beloved films, The
Treasure of the Sierra Madre is the
latest film to get the Summer Classic
Movie Series treatment at Cine.
Humphrey Bogart stars as a down on
his luck fella who finds gold in Central
Mexico with his partner and a grizzled
old prospector.
THE TREE OF LIFE (PG-13) Terrence
Malick’s long-delayed fifth film, star
ring Brad Pitt no less, finally comes
to Athens 1 The life of Jack O'Brien
(Sean Penn) is tracked from his 1950s
Midwest upbringing with his dad (Pitt)
and mom (Jessica Chastain. Jolene)
to modern adulthood. Malick isn’t for
all tastes, but since the loss of Stanley
Kubrick, he has become a living cin
ematic treasure to appreciate while he’s
still creating.
WINNIE THE POOH (G) Disney
brings Winnie the Pooh and all the
other denizens of the Hundred Acre
Wood back to the big screen in the
hand-drawn animated tradition of old
Walt himself The voice cast is refresh
ingly non-starstudded.
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13)
Considering my interest in the X-Men
wanes by 90 percent when Wolverine
isn'i involved, it's a good thing the
last 10 includes Professor X and
Magneto. X-Men: First Class is what
the third X-movie should have been
Asa prequel, X-Men Zero explains
how Professor Charles Xavier and Erik
Lehnsherr came to be friends/enemies
ZOOKEEPER (PG) Kevin James is
Griffin, a nice guy who nicely takes
care of nice animals for a nice living.
Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), broke his nice
heart because he's a nice zookeeper.
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