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OPENING THIS WEEK EPIC In this animated fantasy film, a young girl is transported to a forest where a battle between magical forces of good and evil is taking place. It will be, uh, epic. Starring the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson and Beyoncé Knowles. PG. Showboat, Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharoahplex. FAST & FURIOUS 6 In this contemplative film, an elderly white woman befriends her black chauffeur. Psych! Muscled dudes drive fast cars, stuff explodes. Starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Paul Walker. PG-13. Village 6, Carmike 12, Showboat and Pharaohplex. THE HANGOVER PART III The boozy dude trio is back and at it again for this last, more action-packed and darker installment of the Hangover movies. Giraffes are decapitated, Tijuana is visited, prisons are rioted. Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. Rated R. Opens Thu., May 23. Pharoahplex, Village 6, Carmike 12. THE ICEMAN If your dad was revealed to be a hit man, would he suddenly become really cool? Find out during this tale, based on the true story of family man and contract killer Richard Kuklinski. Starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder and Chris Evans. Rated R. Village 6. MUD Matthew McConnaughey plays a mysterious Mississippian named Mud who meets two boys, Ellis and Neckbone. Outlandish scenarios involving bounty hunters ensue. Also starring Reese Witherspoon, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland. PG-13. Wilma.
NOW PLAYING 42 Fans of clever baseballists should find this biographical film about the life of Jackie Robinson and his history-making time with the Brooklyn Dodgers to be a figurative home run. Starring Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight and Harrison Ford. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Entertainer. EMPEROR In this post-WWII drama set in Japan, a general played by Matthew Fox, must decide whether Emperor Horohito should be tried as a war criminal. The general also has the hots for a Japanese exchange student gal. Expect plenty of long, pained looks. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones and Eriko Hatsune. PG-13. Wilma.
With arms wide open, under the sunlight. Fast and the Furious 6 opens Friday at the Carmike 12, Village 6, Showboat, Entertainer and Pharaohplex.
THE GREAT GATSBY In this film adaptation of the greatest game of Red Light/Green Light in all of literature, our narrator bears witness to the glitz and glam of the Roaring Twenties, where people drive on toward death through the cooling twilight. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex. IRON MAN 3 Iron Man proves that he doesn’t have an iron heart as he struggles to deliver retribution after his enemy, Mandarin, destroys Peter Stark’s world. Heads are gonna roll, y’all. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES A gorgeous motorcycle stuntman starts robbing banks to support his lady and their newborn; unfortunately, a less handsome rookie cop looks to take the handsome one down. Starring Ryan “Gos” Gosling, Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta. Rated R. Wilma. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS In the next Trek prequel from director J.J. Abrams, Captain Kirk and crew must save Starfleet by chasing down a one-man weapon of mass destruction. Cumberbitches, start your engines: Benedict Cumberbatch is the baddie. Also starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.
Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin and Kate Whittle. 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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