›› MOViES
Friday September 9 -Thursday September 15
Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford
Ludivine Sagnier goes criminally corporate in ‘Love Crime,’ opening Friday at the Rafael.
Apollo 18 (1:30) Blair Witch-y mockumentary about a heretofore undisclosed 1973 moon mission and the horrific circumstances that have prevented further excursions to the lunar surface. ● A Boy Called Dad (1:20) British drama about a 14-year-old new father determined to raise his child with plenty of tender loving care. ● Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (1:41) Listless checkout clerk Nick Swardson heads to Hollywood to enter the family business and become a porno movie actor. ● Captain America (2:04) Yet another comic book superhero hits the big screen, this one a 98 lb. weakling transformed into a Nazismashing World War II ultra-soldier. ● Colombiana (1:45) Professional assassin Zoe Saldana vows to hunt down and destroy the gangland boss responsible for her parents’ murder. ● Contagion (1:45) Steven Soderbergh thriller about a lethal, fast-moving airborne virus and the global race to contain and kill it; Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet and Matt Damon star. ● Cowboys and Aliens (1:52) Cowpokes Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig join forces with Apache warriors in an epic showdown against weird-looking hombres in flying saucers. ● Crazy, Stupid, Love (1:58) Freshly divorced straight arrow Steve Carell navigates the tricky shoals of singlehood with plenty of help from smooth-operating wingman Ryan Gosling. ● The Debt (1:44) Retired Israeli secret agents Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson learn that their career-making arrest of a Nazi war criminal 30 years earlier might not have been entirely successful. ● Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1:40) Spunky Katie Holmes gets more than she bargained for when she unlocks the basement of her father’s spooky old mansion. ● The Globe Theatre Presents Henry VIII Direct from London it’s the Bard’s searching look at the oft-married monarch complete with backstage interviews and a mini-documentary on the revered old Globe itself. ● The Guard (1:36) A crusty Irish cop (Brendan Gleeson) is teamed with an uptight FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on a drug investigation with its comic sides. ● Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two (2:10) The supernatural epic’s grand finale finds Harry facing down the wicked Lord Voldemort for all the marbles. ● The Hedgehog (1:39) A reclusive Parisian ●
concierge with a passion for literature bonds with two of her tenants, a precocious young filmmaker and an elegant Japanese widower. ● The Help (2:17) The lives of three women on both sides of the cultural divide in 1960s Mississippi are examined in the film version of Kathryn Stockett’s best-selling novel. ● Higher Ground (1:49) As a pregnant teen’s marriage unravels, she begins to question the spiritual teachings of her ultraconservative church; Vera Farmiga directs. ● Love Crime (1:46) A senior executive and her brilliant protégée take office politics to a whole new level in a steamy tale of manipulation, ambition and revenge. ● 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. ● National Theatre London: One Man, Two Guvnors Rollicking comedy about an out-of-work musician employed by both an East End killer and the killer’s victim, who’s really the victim’s sister and the killer’s girlfriend in drag. ● NEDs (2:04) A lower-class Scots teen falls in with a gang of violent, drug-addled delinquents. ● One Day (1:31) Two decades of romance between Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgiss are glimpsed on the same date each year. ● Our Idiot Brother (1:35) Three yuppie sisters on the brink come to realize that their trusting, easygoing mensch of a bro might have the right idea after all. ● Point Blank (1:24) A nurse with a kidnapped pregnant wife is given three hours to spring a crime boss from his locked-down hospital room. ● Rise of the Planet of the Apes (1:45) Turns out it all got started in present-day San Francisco (but this is not a documentary). ● Senna (1:46) Documentary about the legendary Brazilian Formula-One driver who won three world championships before his death at age 34. ● Shark Night (1:35) A troupe of nubile teens discover that the lake surrounding their island getaway is lousy with flesh-chomping sharks! ● Sholem Aleichem (1:33) Evocative documentary portrait of the beloved Jewish Ukrainian author (the creator of Tevye) and the turbulent times in which he lived. ● The Smurfs (1:40) Teensy cobalt-blue critters find themselves in midtown Manhattan, much to the bafflement of Neil Patrick Harris. ● Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D (1:29) The fourth “D” is a scratch-andsmell card, which isn’t really a dimension and makes us fear further sequels. ● 30 Minutes Or Less (1:23) Two smalltown dweebs are forced into a (brief) life of crime by cops, assassins and a couple of wannabe gangsters. ● Warrior (2:19) Two pumped brothers compete for glory and moolah in a brutal mixedmartial-arts tournament of champions.
›› MOViE TiMES 30 Minutes or Less (R) Century Northgate 15: 11:50, 4:25, 9:15 ❋ A Boy Called Dad (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Thu 7 Apollo 18 (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Century Rowland Plaza: 12, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 Sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 Mon-Thu 5, 7:40 ❋ Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (R) Century Northgate 15: 12:40, 3, 5:30, 8, 10:30 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13) ★★★ Century Northgate 15: 1:15, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4:20, 10 Colombiana (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 12, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 ❋ Contagion (PG-13) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:45, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:15 Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11, 12:20, 1:40, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:20, 9:40 Sun-Thu 11, 12:20, 1:40, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:05 Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 1:35, 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 The Debt (R) ★★★ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10 Sat-Sun 11, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10 Mon-Thu 7, 9:50 Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sun-Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:30, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:25 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (R)
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Century Northgate 15: 1:55, 6:50 ❋ The Globe Theatre Presents Henry VIII (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Thu 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Thu 6:30 The Guard (R) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Sun-Wed 2:55, 5:20, 7:45 Thu 2:55 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13) ★★★★ Century Northgate 15: 1, 7:05; 3D showtimes at 4:15, 9:55 Lark Theater: Fri-Sat 8:20 Sun 3:30 The Hedgehog (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 The Help (PG-13) ★★ Century Cinema: Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7:10, 10:20 Century Regency 6: 11:40, 12:35, 3:55, 7:15 Century Rowland Plaza: 12:25, 3:40, 7:05, 10:20 Higher Ground (R) Century Regency 6: Fri-Sat 11:25, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Thu 11:25, 2:15, 4:55, 7:40 ❋ Love Crime (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9 Midnight in Paris (PG-13) ★★★1/2 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 4:50, 9:25 Sun 4:50 Mon-Thu 5:10 Lark Theater: Fri, Sun 6:15 Sat 3:30 Mon-Wed 7:30 Thu 3:15 ❋ National Theatre London: One Man, Two Guvnors (Not Rated) Lark Theater: Thu 7:30 NEDs (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sun 7 One Day (PG-13) ★1/2 Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:10, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Thu
6:45, 9:25 Century Northgate 15: 11:45, 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Our Idiot Brother (R) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:50, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sat 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sun 3, 5:15, 7:30 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:30 Point Blank (R) CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sun 2:20, 7:10 Mon-Thu 7:30 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 8, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 8, 10:30 Mon-Thu 7:15, 9:40 Century Northgate 15: 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:35, 10:10 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:35, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 10 Senna (PG-13) ★★★ Rafael Film Center: Fri, Mon, Wed 4:45, 7, 9:15 Sat 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15 Sun 2:30, 4:45, 9:15 Tue, Thu 4:45, 9:15 Shark Night (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 3:05, 5:25; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:55, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: 2:35, 5:05; 3D showtimes at 12:10, 7:25, 9:50 ❋ Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (Not Rated) Lark Theater: Fri, Sun 1:30 Sat 6 Mon-Thu 5:20 The Smurfs (PG) Century Northgate 15: 11:40, 4:30, 9:25; 3D showtimes at 2, 6:55 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (PG) Century Northgate 15: 12:05, 4:50, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:10 Warrior (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15 Century Rowland Plaza: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 10:15
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
Film Night in the Park presents Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in ‘Some Like It Hot,’ Friday at 8pm in Mill Valley’s Old Mill Park; info, 272-2756 or filmnight.org.
SEPTEMBER 9 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 PACIFIC SUN 27