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Ménage à Oz. Oz the Great and Powerful opens Friday at Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
OPENING THIS WEEK DEAD MAN DOWN A lovelorn and bereft woman unites with a crime boss’s right hand man behind the sword of revenge with nothing but the shield of love to protect her. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and Dominic Cooper. Rated R. Village 6. NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS-ROYALOPERA In this edition of Ballet in the Cinema, La Scala Ballet gets its Quasimodo on in the classic tale Notre-Dame De Paris-Royalopera. Sun., March 10, at 2 pm and Tue., March 12, at 7 pm. Carmike 12. OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL How exactly did homeboy become the Wizard of Oz? Learn how in this Disney creation story involving a small-time circus magician of dubious community standing who makes his way to the magic land of Oz. Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
NOW PLAYING 21 AND OVER Perennial A-student Jeff Chang is drug out by his old pals to celebrate his 21st birthday. Seems like poor planning since his big medical school exam is the next morning. What could possibly go wrong? Will there be escapades? Innuendo?
Grace under pressure? Starring Miles Teller, Justin Chon and Jonathan Keltz. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. ARGO Based on a true story, crafty CIA dudes try to bust some Americans out of the not-so-hospitable country of Iran circa 1979. Ayatollah rock and roll-a! Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Rated R. Village 6. DARK SKIES Safe suburban living? Not for the Barret family cuz there is an insidious “force” doing more than messing up the TV reception. Bet you ten bucks it’s aliens. Starring Keri Russell, Jake Brennan, Josh Hamilton. Big D. PG-13. Carmike 12. DJANGO UNCHAINED Django, a slave-turned-bounty hunter, seeks out his wife in the antebellum south. It’s about to get real violent up in here. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Starring Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson and Leonardo DiCaprio. Rated R. Village 6. ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH Oh nuts, in this computer-animated job, Astronaut Scorch Supernova is tricked into service and the nefarious ne’er-do-well Shanker may just be behind our hero’s demise. Starring the voices of Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jessica Alba. Rated PG. Carmike 12. IDENTITY THIEF This is a revenge comedy gone awry and back and awry again, wherein a mild-mannered fella tries to recover his stolen ID from the woman (gasp!) who is ruining his credit score with lavish
spending sprees. Perhaps we shall learn the true meaning of “identity.” Starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex and Showboat. JACK THE GIANT SLAYER This is what it’s like when worlds collide. Giants and humans do battle and a boy becomes a man and a woman is loved properly and the indefatigable spirit of humanity is undoubtedly celebrated with shiny medals and a wedding. Rated PG-13. Starring Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Entertainer. THE LAST EXORCISM PART II So this is the very last exorcism, you guys. I mean it this time. This is it. No more exorcisms; no third exorcism! I mean it! If evil returns for another exorcism like the last one, I’ll just be all, “Oh, hell no.” Starring Ashley Bell, Julia Garner and Spencer Treat Clark. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. LINCOLN Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis in this biopic about the United States’ greatest president as he struggles with the war, emancipation of the slaves, his cabinet and his family. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and David Strathairn. Rated PG-13. Village 6. SAFE HAVEN In this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (The Notebook) novel, a woman moves to a small, tightknit community and falls for a local hunk. Guess what? Dark secrets bubble to the surface, that’s what. Starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel
and Cobie Smulders. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Based on the novel by Matthew Quick, this is the story of a former teacher returning home to his wife and parents after a stint in a mental institution. But things aren’t all turkey and stuffing cuz there is a mysterious woman in the picture, too. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Rated R. Carmike 12. SNITCH If any of you jabronis think Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson isn’t going to go undercover for the DEA to rescue his wrongly-accused son from prison you cray-cray. And if you think he isn’t gonna use a semi truck to do it, well I got nothing for you. Also starring Susan Sarandon and Michael Kenneth Williams. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. STAND UP GUYS After doing a long stretch in the big house, a man returns to his bros from the olden days as well as his life of crime. Starring Al Pacino, Alan Arkin and Christopher Walken. Rated R. Wilma.
Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin. Moviegoers be warned! For show times please visit missoulanews.com or contact the theaters in order to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 5417469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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