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Some releases may not be showing locally this week. • indicates new review 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) MOVIE LISTINGS Schedules often change after our deadline. Please call ahead. ACC LIBRARY (706-613-3650) Secrecy (NR) 7:00 (Th. 7/21) CINE (706-353-3343) 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) Midnight in Paris (PG-13) 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (W. 7/20 & Th. 7/21), 5:00, 9:30 (F. 7/22 & Sa. 7/23), 5:00, 7:15 (starts Su. 7/24) 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. 7/23 & Su. 7/24) (no 9:45 show Su. 7/24) UGA TATI CENTER THEATER (706 542 6396) Source Code (PG-13) 8:00, 10:00 (M. 7/25 & W. 7/27) Accurate movie times for the CARMIKE 12 706-354-0016), BEECHWOOD STADIUM 11 1 1011) ana GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (706 548-3426) cinemas are not available by press time. Visit www.flagpole.com for updated times. 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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