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Film capsules by Gary Brandt and Richard von Busack.
NEW MOVIES Carnage (R; 133 min.) Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet star in Roman Polanski’s new film about a mediation session between the parents of a playground bully and his victim that goes violently awry. See review, adjacent page.
The Conquest (NR; 105 min.) Biopic about French president Nicolas Sarkozy plays as a series of flashbacks on May 6, 2007, the day he wins the election, and the day his wife leaves him for another man. (GB)
Contraband (R; 110 min.) Familiar story about a retired criminal dragged back into the game stars Mark Wahlberg as an expert smuggler who agrees to do one last job to settle his brother-in-laws debts. Co-stars Kate Beckinsale. (GB)
The Devil Inside (R; 87 min.) A young woman making a documentary about demonic possession suspects her mother may have been possessed when she killed three clergymen during an exorcism 20 years earlier. (GB)
Joyful Noise (PG-13; 118 min.) Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah co-star as a pair of opposites who join forces to save their small-town choir from budget cuts. (GB)
ALSO PLAYING The Adventures of Tintin (PG; 107 min.) Directed by Steven Spielberg (produced by Peter Jackson) and presented in not always glorious CG. But RVB liked it. (GB)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G; 87 min.) Hawaiian shirts get digitized in this third installment of the Chipmunks franchise, when Alvin and co. find themselves on a desert island after too much partying on a cruise ship. Good subtitle. With Jason Lee and David Cross. (GB)
The Artist (PG-13; 100 min.) French romance and homage to silent film, The Artist stars Jean Dujardin (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies) as a silent-film star in love with an aspiring actress during the rise of the talkies. In black-andwhite with French subtitles. (GB)
A Dangerous Method (R; 94 min.) David Cronenberg directs the adaptation of John Kerr’s ’93 book about Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), his mentor, Freud (Viggo Mortensen), and patient Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), who became one of the first female psychoanalysts. (GB)
The Darkest Hour (PG-13; 89 min.) A handful of people stuck in Moscow during an alien invasion must get to a nuclear sub with the secret to destroying the invaders. Produced by George Lucas. (GB)
The Descendants (R; 115 min.) Matt King (George Clooney) is forced to reconnect with his kids after his wife suffers a boating accident in Hawaii. With Jody Greer, Matthew Lillard and Beau Bridges. (GB) Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (R; 158 min.) David Fincher directs the Englishlanguage version of the hit 2009 Swedish film, based on the first in Stieg Larsson’s “Millennium series.� Co-stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, as Lisbeth. (GB)
David Lindley Sunday, January 15, 7:30 pm â€œâ€Śone of the great slide players of all time.â€? — Jackson Browne
Hugo (PG; 127 min.) Hugo, a young boy sent
Saturday January 28, 8:00 pm Folk-Rock Legend‌ — The Byrds
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Shame (NC-17; 101 min.) The world of a young New Yorker with a sex addiction starts unraveling when his troubled younger sister moves in. At the Rafael Center. (GB)
Roger McGuinn
Daniel Ellsberg:
to live with his uncle who maintains the clocks at a railway station, searches for the missing part, the key to the heart, of the automaton his clockmaker father had found before his death. Directed by Martin Scorsese in an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. (GB) (R; 132 min.) More capers and treachery in the fourth installment of the spy franchise Tom Cruise rebooted 15 years ago. Brad Bird (The Incredibles) directs, his first live-action. (GB)
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (PG-13; 128 min.) Guy Ritchie directs the sequel to his 2009 hit, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprising their roles. Holmes’ archenemy Moriarty’s here, played by the excellent Jared Harris. Also stars Rachel McAdams and Stephen Fry. (GB)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R; 127 min.) Big-screen version based on John le CarrÊ’s 1974 novel stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, British intelligence officer searching for a double agent in the organization’s top levels. With Colin Firth too! (GB)
War Horse (PG-13; 146 min.) At the onset of World War I, a Devonshire boy’s horse is sold to the cavalry for the war effort, and shipped to the front in France. Based on British author Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel and directed by a busy Steven Spielberg. Opens Christmas Day. (GB)
We Bought a Zoo (PG; 123 min.) The memoir of Benjamin Mee, father and widower who finds his life radically changing after he buys a country estate—and, with it, a zoo—is brought to the screen by director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous). Stars Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson. (GB) Young Adult (R; 94 min.) The director and screenwriter of Juno team up again for Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron as a children’s book writer coming unraveled (GB)
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