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PREVIEWS
posted: 05/25/2012 4:17 a.m. Discuss
New this week Bernie 90 PG-13, A black comedy from Richard Linklater, based on the true crime story of East Texas mortician Bernie Tiede (Jack Black). With Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Rick Dial. Directed by Richard Linklater. (104 minutes) See review at blooddirtandangels.com Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 86 PG-13, A group of British retirees are lured to move to India by exotic advertising. With Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson.
COMING ATTRACTIONS
posted: 05/25/2012 4:17 a.m. Discuss
(opening dates are tentative) Crooked Arrow, PG-13 An American Indian lacrosse team from a poor high school goes up against tony prep schools in a tournament. With Brandon Routh, Michael Hudson, Gil Birmingham; directed by Steve Rash. June 1 For Greater Glory, R Andy Garcia plays the secular general who led a Catholic uprising against the Mexican government in the 1920s. With Eva Longoria, Oscar Isaac; directed by Dean Wright.
REVIEW: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
posted: 05/25/2012 4:16 a.m. Discuss
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 86 Cast: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Maggie Smith, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Tena Desae Director: John Madden Rating: PG-13 for sexual content and language Running time: 124 minutes Simply by casting some of the best British actors around, director John Madden finds a convenient way to get around a story that would otherwise seem played out. With two Dames reciting their lines, even the most tired of cliches become oddly fresh.
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REVIEW: Monsieur Lazhar
posted: 05/25/2012 4:15 a.m. Discuss
Monsieur Lazhar 88 Cast: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron Director: Philippe Falardeau Rating: PG-13, for thematic material, a disturbing image and language Running time: 94 minutes In French and Arabic with English subtitles It is Simon’s (Emilien Neron) turn to pick up the milk for his Montreal grade-school class before school starts for the day. And so he is the first to see — the favorite teacher has hanged herself from a ceiling pipe in the classroom.
The Avengers sink Battleship
posted: 05/25/2012 4:15 a.m. Discuss
LThe box-office debut of Battleship — an attempt to transform the kids’ strategy pastime into a summer blockbuster — looked like a very different board game over the weekend : trouble.
Screen gems
posted: 05/25/2012 4:14 a.m. Discuss
A dark comedy starring Jack Black and a Sundance Film Festival award-winning surrealist film set in the Deep South are among the late additions to next week’s Little Rock Film Festival’s lineup.
ON FILM: Parking Lot turns spotlight on fans
posted: 05/25/2012 4:12 a.m. Discuss
If you’ll accept that I’ve disclosed enough about my ongoing relationship with the Little Rock Film Festival, I’ll tell you what I think about their opening night film.
Get your alien fix here
posted: 05/25/2012 4:12 a.m. Discuss
Men in Black 3 86 Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma Thompson Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Rating: PG-13, for sci-fi action violence, and brief suggestive content Running time: 106 minutes After the first 20 minutes or so of Barry Sonnenfeld’s Men in Black 3, we were in despair.
Film clips
posted: 05/25/2012 4:05 a.m. Discuss
At area theaters 89 THE AVENGERS, PG-13 The title superheroes of all those preceding Marvel-based, big-screen comic book adventures, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America: The First Avenger (Chris Evans), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in a majormovie mash-up. Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency SHIELD, pulls together a team to battle the unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security.
Super Quiz: Country of birth
posted: 05/25/2012 4:05 a.m. Discuss
1. Albert Einstein 2. Mary Pickford 3. Omar Sharif 4. Anthony Quinn 5. Florence Nightingale 6. Cary Grant
ON CHRISTIANITY
posted: 05/25/2012 4:04 a.m. Discuss
DEAR REV. GRAHAM: I don’t necessarily disagree with what preachers say about Jesus and everything, but I honestly don’t feel any need for God.
BOX OFFICE
posted: 05/25/2012 4:04 a.m. Discuss
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are: 1. The Avengers, Disney, $55,644,102, 4,249 locations, $13,096 average, $457,665,517, three weeks. 2. Battleship, Universal, $25,534,825, 3,690 locations, $6,920 average, $25,534,825, one week.
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
posted: 05/25/2012 4:03 a.m. Discuss
Happy birthday. After a bit of compromise and some juggling, a relationship settles into a wonderful groove in July.You’ll find work you love and will commit to it with great diligence in August. It is most auspicious to build your savings up through September and October. You’ll be cheering loved ones on in December.
HELPFUL HINTS
posted: 05/25/2012 4:01 a.m. Discuss
DEAR READERS: Do you know how long you should wait before buying new tires?
REVIEW: We Have a Pope
posted: 05/25/2012 4:01 a.m. Discuss
Tender and poignant, Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope is a mild comedy of manners about a crucial crisis of conscience. The man at the center of the drama is not just a man, but Cardinal Melville (French actor Michel Piccoli), who has just been named supreme pontiff by the papal conclave convened in the wake of the death of an unidentified pope. (Moretti uses archival footage from the funeral of John Paul II, but for our purposes we can probably assume that the story takes place in a completely fictional universe.)
