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Now ShowiNg THE ARTIST (PG-13) — the black-and-white, silent french romance depicts Hollywood during the time when silent cinema was being replaced by talkies. AMC Palace 20 BEYOND ALL BOUNDARIES (NR) — the museum screens a 4-D film, bringing audiences into battle using archival footage and special effects. National World War II Museum Solomon Victory Theater BIG MIRACLE (PG) — a reporter (John Krasinski) and an enviornmental activist (Drew barrymore) work together to save a family of whales trapped near the arctic Circle. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
CHRONICLE (PG-13) — after three high school friends discover a mysterious substance that gives them superhuman powers, their lives unravel as one of the friends uses his newfound powers for evil. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 CONTRABAND (R) — mark wahlberg plays a former drug smuggler who gets back in the game to protect his brotherin-law. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood 9 THE DESCENDANTS (R) — in alexander payne’s (Sideways) movie, a recently widowed father (george Clooney) tries to reconnect with his daughters while in Hawaii. AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14
THE FLOWERS OF WAR (R) — posing as a priest, a westerner (Christian bale) in China helps rescue a group of schoolgirls during Japan’s 1937 invasion. Chalmette Movies GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3-D (PG-13) — nicolas Cage returns as the marvel Comics antihero, who is hired by a secret church to save a boy from satan. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 THE GREY (R) — a pack of oil refinery workers embarks on a dangerous trek toward civilization after their plane crashes in a frozen wilderness. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 14 HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU (NR) — the film tells the story of Hurricane Katrina and the impact that louisiana’s disappearing wetlands has on hurricane protection. Entergy IMAX THE IRON LADY (PG-13) — meryl streep portrays margaret thatcher in the intimate biopic of the first and only female United Kingdom prime minister. AMC Palace 16, Hollwood 14, Grand JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) — a group sets out to rescue the sole inhabitant of a strange island before seismic shockwaves force it under sea. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13) — a police psychologist tries to talk down a wanted fugitive from the ledge of a manhattan high-rise, but she soon realizes the fugitive may have ulterior motives. Grand ONE FOR THE MONEY (PG-13) — Katherine Heigl stars as an unemployed woman who takes on a job as a recovery agent with a bail-bonding company, and sets her sights on bringing down the company’s biggest offender — ‚ the man who broke her heart in high school. AMC Palace 10, Grand RED TAILS (PG-13) — bryan Cranston, terrence Howard and Cuba gooding Jr. star in the film about the tuskegee airmen, an all-black world war ii fighter pilot squad. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood 9 SAFE HOUSE (R) — a young Cia agent tasked with watching a fugitive at a Cape town safe house finds himself on the run with his charge when mercenaries attack. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 14 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) — in the animated film, a four-inch-tall teenager who lives clandestinely in a surburban house begins a secret friendship with the 12-year-old who lives there. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 – THE PHANTOM MENACE 3-D (PG) — the first of the three-part prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy returns in 3-D. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 14 THIS MEANS WAR (PG-13) — the friendship between a pair of Cia operatives is tested when both men fall for a beautiful blonde (reese witherspoon), causing them to engage in a battle for her love involving stunts and high-tech gadgets. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 UNDER THE SEA 3-D (G) — Jim Carrey narrates the documentary exploring the great barrier reef. Entergy IMAX UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (R) — Kate beckinsale is a vampire warrior leading a war against humankind in the fourth installment of the fantasy series. AMC Palace 16
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BORN TO BE WILD 3-D (PG) — morgan freeman narrates the documentary about two animal preservationists: Daphne sheldrick, who created an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, and Dr. birute mary galdikas, who set up an orphanage for orangutans in borneo. Entergy IMAX
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG13) — tom Hanks and sandra bullock star in the screen adaptation of Jonathan safran foer’s quirky novel, in which a precocious boy whose father died during 9/11 embarks on an ambitious journey through new York. AMC Palace 20
LIONS 3-D: THE ROAR OF THE KALAHARI (G) — in botswana’s Kalahari Desert, a life-and-death struggle between a real lion king and a fierce, young contender unfolds. Entergy IMAX
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