Movies Theaters Searchable, up-to-the-minute movie times for all area theaters can be found at rochestercitynewspaper.com, and on City’s mobile website.
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Brockport Strand 93 Main St, Brockport, 637-3310, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Canandaigua Theatres 3181 Townline Road, Canandaigua, 396-0110, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Cinema Theater 957 S. Clinton St., 271-1785, cinemarochester.com
Culver Ridge 16 2255 Ridge Rd E, Irondequoit 544-1140, regmovies.com
Dryden Theatre 900 East Ave., 271-3361, dryden.eastmanhouse.org
Eastview 13 Eastview Mall, Victor 425-0420, regmovies.com
Geneseo Theatres Geneseo Square Mall, 243-2691, rochestertheatermanagement.com
Greece Ridge 12 176 Greece Ridge Center Drive 225-5810, regmovies.com
Henrietta 18 525 Marketplace Drive 424-3090, regmovies.com
The Little 240 East Ave., 258-0444 thelittle.org
Movies 10 2609 W. Henrietta Road 292-0303, cinemark.com
Pittsford Cinema 3349 Monroe Ave., 383-1310 pittsford.zurichcinemas.com
Tinseltown USA/IMAX 2291 Buffalo Road 247-2180, cinemark.com
Webster 12 2190 Empire Blvd., 888-262-4386, amctheatres.com
Vintage Drive In 1520 W Henrietta Rd., Avon 226-9290, vintagedrivein.com
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The monster trudges on “I, Frankenstein”
sense because the reanimated corpse, assembled from various body parts, serves as the alter ego of (PG-13), DIRECTED BY STUART BEATTIE the mad scientist who made him. NOW PLAYING The name of the menace assumes a special importance in his latest cinematic incarnation, [ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA “I, Frankenstein.” The monster himself, played by Aaron Eckhart, narrates the movie, supplying a good deal of exposition, explaining his history, Although not nearly so prolific in its progeny as the nature of his revenge on Victor Frankenstein, another 19th-century novel, “Dracula,” Mary and his alienation from mankind; as he says, he Shelley’s “Frankenstein” has generated numerous possesses a body and a brain, but lacks a soul, adaptations to the screen, beginning with the something he more or less unknowingly searches classic 1931 version, starring Boris Karloff as the for throughout the film. monster. Since that time, both audiences and Although that concept provides a certain filmmakers have confused the creature and his amount of interest and even sympathy, the movie creator, so that the title often incorrectly refers turns extremely weird, introducing a supernatural to the monster. The confusion makes a kind of component when the monster encounters two groups of warring entities, the Gargoyle Order and the Demons. The Gargoyles, formed under the direction of the Archangel Michael, their queen (Miranda Otto) explains, while regarded by humans as mere architectural decorations, both assume human form and also Aaron Eckhart and Yvonne Strahovski in “I, Frankenstein.” PHOTO COURTESY metamorphose into
winged creatures who fight their sworn enemies, the Demons, with swords and axes and other medieval paraphernalia. As their name suggests, the Demons come straight out of Hell and return there forever when the Gargoyles kill them. Learning of the monster’s history, the queen names him Adam and hopes he will join their fight to save mankind from the spawn of Hell. For 200 years, however, Adam chooses solitude, dispatching numerous demons on his own before he finally enlists on the side of the good guys. Mixing in with all this nonsense, the Demons, under the command of Naberius (Bill Nighy) in their human form run a sophisticated laboratory — it is a Frankenstein flick, after all — where another scientist, the lovely Terra (Yvonne Stahovski), attempts to repeat Frankenstein’s creation of life. Naberius wants to reanimate thousands of corpses, infuse them with the souls of demons, defeat the Gargoyles, and annihilate mankind. Instead of the foaming retorts, the burbling cylinders, the flashing lights, the lightning, this lab employs a collection of modern electrical devices and surgical instruments, an odd contrast to the Gothic buildings and medieval weapons. Although the writer-director kindly acknowledges Mary Shelley’s contributions to his picture, he bases his particular interpretation on a graphic novel, which explains a great deal about the film. For one thing, it features that familiar combination of violent action, dark lighting (the sun never shines
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