›› MOViES
Friday June 17 -Thursday June 23
Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford
Film Night in the Park presents ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Friday at 8pm in Mill Valley’s Old Mill Park; info, 272-2756 or filmnight.org
● The Art of Getting By (1:24) Two angstridden teens connect amid the hormone-ic convergence that is senior year of high school. ● Beginners (1:45) Christopher Plummer forges a fulfilling new friendship with son Ewan McGregor when he emerges, triumphantly, from the closet at age 75. ● Bride Flight (2:10) Dutch drama follows three women over the course of half a century as they head to New Zealand and create very different lives for themselves. ● Bridesmaids (1:29) Lovelorn Kristen Wiig endures the barbaric rituals of modern matrimony when her BFF Maya Rudolph gets hitched. ● Cars 2 (1:53) The gang heads to Europe to compete in le Grand Prix and gets caught up in international espionage; Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave and Eddie Izzard are among the jet set. ● Cave of Forgotten Dreams (1:29) Filmmaker extraordinaire Werner Herzog explores the nearly inaccessible reaches of Cave Chauvet in France, home to the oldest (30,000-year-old) visual artwork in human history. ● Coppelia (2:28) E.T.A. Hoffman’s fable about a beautiful mechanical doll is brought to breathtaking life by the Bolshoi Ballet. ● The Cove (1:34) Chilling documentary about a top-secret Japanese installation where mercury-tainted dolphin meat is harvested for human consumption. ● DCI 2011 Tour Premiere (3:00) Direct from Round Rock, Texas it’s the Drum Corps International Tour’s percussional virtuosi in all their marching, thrumming glory. ● Dudamel: Let the Children Play (2:00) Join maestro Gustavo Dudamel on a ’round-theworld journey to diverse cultures where kids are experiencing the life-affirming joys of music. ● Green Lantern (1:45) Move over, Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent; it’s Hal Jordan’s turn at the DC Comics summer blockbuster superhero sweepstakes. ● The Hangover Part II (1:50) Several AlkaSeltzers later, the bachelor-party boys head to Bangkok for a tasteful, romantic wedding ceremony and end up with pervasive language, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and drug use. ● Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (1:31) A self-pitying third grader faces a totally bogus summer vacation, not knowing
that goofy auntie Heather Graham is coming for a visit. ● Kung Fu Panda 2 (1:35) Sequel finds Po living la vida panda in an idyllic valley kingdom until marauding villains force him into action; Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman supply the voices. ● Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition (3:55) If you still haven’t had enough hobbits, elves and wizards to last you your lifetime, here’s some deleted footage from the platinum-plated vaults of Peter Jackson. ● The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale (3:50) Donizetti’s comic opera of love, lust and chicanery is presented live from New York in dazzling big-screen high definition. ● The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly ( 2:45) Puccini’s tragedy of the doomed romance between an American sailor and a Japanese maiden is dazzlingly interpreted by director Anthony Minghella. ● Midnight in Paris (1:34) Woody Allen’s latest expatriate romance stars Owen Wilson as a dissatisfied modern-day Yank who discovers that he can travel at will to the Paris of Scott, Zelda and Gertrude Stein. ● Mr. Popper’s Penguins (1:35) Richard Atwater’s classic kids’ book hits the big screen with Jim Carrey as a suave Manhattan money man whose life is turned upside down when six penguins take up residency in his Park Avenue penthouse. ● Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2:17) Johnny Depp is back as Cap’n Jack Sparrow, grappling with a fearsome Penelope Cruz and searching for the Fountain of Youth; Rob Marshall directs. ● Rio the Movie (1:36) A Minnesota macaw flies down to Rio to hook up with a comely Carioca and gets mixed up with kidnappers instead. ● Stephen Sondheim’s Company (2:30) An eclectic all-star cast (including Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert and Christina Hendricks) performs Sondheim’s groundbreaking musical about love and commitment; the New York Philharmonic provides accompaniment. ● Submarine (1:37) A morose young Brit schemes to improve his parents’ sex life and to bed a classmate with a proclivity for pyromania. ● Super 8 (1:52) J.J. Abrams’ Zapruderesque thriller about a group of kids who inadvertently film an ultra-spooky conspiracy-laden catastrophe. ● These Amazing Shadows (1:28) Documentary look at the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry and its hallowed yet wildly eclectic lineup of Hollywood classics, experimental works, home movies and vintage newsreels. ● The Tree of Life (2:18) Terrence Malick’s lyrical, meditative family portrait (winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or) stars Sean Penn, Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain. ● The Trip (1:47) Rollicking comedy follows two British comics as they motor through Northern England in search of fine food and literary inspiration, gibe-ing and pattering all the way. ● X-Men: First Class (2:20) Prequel reveals exactly what went down to turn Professor X and Magneto from BFFs to sworn enemies. ✹
›› MOViE TiMES ❋ The Art of Getting By (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 11:10, 1:20, 3:25, 5:35, 7:45, 9:50 ❋ Beginners (R) Century Regency 6: 11:15, 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sat 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Sun 2, 4:30, 7 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7 Thu 4:30 Bride Flight (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Fri, Mon, Wed 4:15, 7:15 Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 Sun 1:30, 4:15 Thu 4:15 Bridesmaids (R) ★★★1/2 Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:30, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:35 Century Northgate 15: 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri-Sat 1, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Sun-Thu 1, 4:15, 6:50 Cars 2 (G) Century Rowland Plaza: Thu 11:59pm Cave of Forgotten Dreams (G) Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue, Thu 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 Wed 12:45, 10:05 ❋ Coppelia (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Thu 7 ❋ The Cove (PG-13) ★★★1/2 Rafael Film Center: Tue 7 (director Louie Psihoyos and marine mammal specialist Ric O’Barry in person plus live performance by Bob Weir; a benefit for Earth Island Institute’s Save Japan Dolphins project) ❋ DCI 2011 Tour Premiere (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Mon 6:30 CinéArts at Marin: Mon 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Mon 6:30 ❋ Dudamel: Let the Children Play (PG) Century Regency 6: Thu 7 CinéArts at Marin: Thu 7 CinéArts at Sequoia: Thu 7 Green Lantern (PG-13) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 5:45, 7, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:15, 5, 7:45, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 1:30, 4:15, 5:45, 7, 9:45 Mon-Thu 7:15, 10; 3D
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= New Movies This Week
showtimes at 6:30, 8 Century Northgate 15: 11:45, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7, 8:20, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 11, 12:30, 2, 3:30, 4:45, 6:20, 7:30, 9, 10:20 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 12, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:30 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:25, 7, 9:35 Sun-Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7 The Hangover Part II (R) ★★ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 8:30 Sat-Sun 3:15, 8:30 MonThu 9:15 Century Northgate 15: 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (PG) ★ Century Northgate 15: 12:05, 2:25, 4:40, 7:15, 9:30 Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 7:55, 10:05; 3D showtimes at 11:50, 2:15, 4:35, 7:10, 9:20 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:50, 3:30, 8:10; 3D showtimes at 1:05, 5:50, 10:30 ❋ Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Tue 7 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Wed 6:30 CinéArts at Marin: Wed 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Wed 6:30 The Metropolitan Opera: Madama Butterfly (Not Rated) Lark Theater: Sat 10am Midnight in Paris (PG-13) ★★★1/2 Century Regency 6: 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:30, 10:15 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Wed 10:35, 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Thu 10:35, 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50, 12:05 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sat 12:15, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sun, Tue, Thu 5:15, 7:30 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 ❋ Mr. Popper’s Penguins (PG) Century Northgate 15: 11:15, 12:35, 1:45, 3:05, 4:10, 5:30, 6:45, 7:50, 9:10, 10:10 Century Rowland Plaza: Fri-Wed 11:45,
2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Thu 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45, 12:01 Lark Theater: 3:45, 6:10, 8:30 Sat-Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:10, 8:30 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (PG-13) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 12:50, 4:05, 7:20, 10:25 Rio (PG) ★★ Century Northgate 15: 11:35, 4:25; 3D showtime at 1:55 Stephen Sondheim’s Company (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Sun noon CinéArts at Marin: Sun noon CinéArts at Sequoia: Sun 12:30 ❋ Submarine (R) CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Super 8 (Not Rated) ★★1/2 Century Cinema: Fri-Wed 11, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Thu 11, 1:45, 4:25, 7:10 Century Regency 6: Fri, Sat, Wed 11, 12, 1, 1:55, 3, 4, 4:55, 5:55, 7, 8, 9, 10 Sun 11, 1, 1:55, 4, 4:55, 5:55, 7, 8, 9, 10 Mon, Tue, Thu 11, 12, 1, 1:55, 4, 4:55, 7, 8, 10 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:30, 11:50, 1:10, 2:30, 3:50, 5:10, 6:30, 7:50, 9:10, 10:35 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4, 7:10, 9:45 Sun-Thu 1:15, 4, 7:10 ❋ These Amazing Shadows (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sun 7 (filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton and interviewee Peter Coyote in person) The Tree of Life (PG-13) ★★★★ Rafael Film Center: 5, 8 Sat-Sun 2, 5, 8 ❋ The Trip (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 X-Men: First Class (PG-13) ★★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 11:30, 2:30, 5:25, 7:05, 8:30, 10 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 12:50, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.
›› THEATERS CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264
Ric O’Barry and friend in the Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Cove,’ screening at the Rafael Tuesday night as a benefit for Earth Island Institute’s Save Japan Dolphins project.) JUNE 17 – JUNE 23, 2011 PACIFIC SUN 27