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OPENING THIS WEEK THE 400 BLOWS A misunderstood French youth gets drawn into a life of crime in director François Truffaut’s 1959 French New Wave classic. Not rated. Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy and Claire Maurier. Screening at the Roxy March 28-30 at 7:15 and 9:15 PM. BAD WORDS A man scarred from a childhood of losing spelling bees finds a loophole and decides to compete as an adult. Starring Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn and Allison Janney. Rated R. Carmike 12. ENEMY A professor sees his doppelgänger in a film and goes searching for him. Described as “artsy garbage” by IMDB reviewers, so sign me up. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon. Rated R. Wilma. FALCON SONG A rancher’s granddaughter seeks her true calling in a magic-filled version of eastern Montana. Starring Rainey Qualley, Gabriel Sunday and Martin Kove. Rated PG. Screening at the Roxy Theater March 28-30 at 7 and 9 PM. (See Film.)
Double the beards, double the fun. Enemy opens Friday at the Wilma.
brutish Persian forces and that jerk Xerxes. Rated R. Starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green and Lena Headey. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS A singer-songwriter dude in 1961 Greenwich Village wears neck scarves and tries to make it big. I think I saw this before on the Your Dad, the Original Hipster blog. Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman. Rated R. Wilma.
MUPPETS MOST WANTED Everyone’s favorite green frog gets confused for a smooth-talking con frog. Dude, everybody’s got a doppelgänger. Starring Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex. NEED FOR SPEED Jesse Pinkman—oops, I mean, Tobey Marshall is a street racer seeking revenge after he was framed by a rich businessman. Starring Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper and Scott Mescudi. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.
NOAH God proves how much he loves earth by wiping a ton of life off it. Starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Entertainer.
DIVERGENT A teen living in a weirdo dystopia discovers she’s “divergent” and must save her own kind. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.
SABOTAGE Listen all of y’all, it’s a sabotage when members of a DEA task force are targeted by a drug cartel. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard. Rated R. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
GLORIA A free-wheeling older gal in Santiago goes clubbing and meets a hot naval officer. Starring Paulina García, Sergio Hernández and Diego Fontecilla. Rated R. Wilma.
THE LEGO MOVIE The toys you grew up stepping on now star in an action-packed animated adventure to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the world together. (P.S., I dunno how kids feel about it, but it earns an A-plus from inebriated 20-somethings.) Brought to you by the “Clone High” writers, and starring the voices of Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks and Craig Berry. Rated PG. Carmike 12.
GOD’S NOT DEAD A college student defends his faith to an atheist philosophy professor in this Christian film. Quoth the IMDB message board, “For the Love of God, STOP Misappropriating Nietzsche.” Starring Willie Robertson, David A.R. White and Shane Harper. Rated PG. Carmike 12.
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN The “Rocky and Bullwinkle” bit players get the 21st century highfalutin feature-length computer animated treatment; in some suspicious genetics, Mr. Peabody is Sherman’s dad. Starring the voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles and Stephen Colbert. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex, Showboat.
NOW PLAYING 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE Gen. Leonidas is no more, so now it’s up to Themistokles to lead the charge against the
Planning your outing to the cinema? Visit the arts section of missoulanews.com to find up-to-date movie times for theaters in the area. You can also contact theaters to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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