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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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AIDS and the cowboy “Dallas Buyers Club”
publicity states, reveals additional qualities in a strong, apparently still developing talent. (R), DIRECTED BY JEAN-MARC VALLÈE McConaughey plays Ron Woodroof, a good NOW PLAYING ol’ Texas boy (like the actor) back in the 1980’s, who works as an electrician and a part-time [ REVIEW ] BY GEORGE GRELLA rodeo bull rider in Dallas. Ron is a hellraiser — he drinks a lot, snorts cocaine, gambles, His recent work in film displays quite an and parties with his buddies and a number of impressive versatility for the very active and attractive young women in his trailer (of course). generally underrated Matthew McConaughey. When he suffers a serious electrical shock on In “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Magic Mike,” and the job, the doctors in the hospital inform him “Killer Joe,” for example, he plays extremely that his blood tests show that he has AIDS, that different characters — a slick defense attorney, they believe his life span is 30 days, and helpfully a sleazy strip club owner, a soft-spoken, polite suggest he put his affairs in order. hetman/deputy sheriff. His latest picture, “Dallas Woodroof naturally refuses to accept the Buyers Club,” “inspired by true events,” as the diagnosis, checks himself out of the hospital, and sinks into denial, resuming his reckless, hardpartying ways. He cannot ignore the calendar, however, and as he weakens, starts visiting the library to conduct some research on this new, devastating disease. When he learns of a trial of a new drug, AZT, he manages to bribe an orderly to steal Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
quantities for his own use, which lands him back in the hospital. His theft of AZT underlines some of the important issues the picture raises, an inquiry into the practices of the medical community in general and into its treatment of AIDS in particular. One of the doctors who treats Ron, Eve Saks (Jennifer Garner), objects to the precipitous introduction of a new, untested medication simply to benefit the pharmaceutical companies and the doctors running the hospital. At the risk of her career, she argues strongly against the decisions of her colleagues and ultimately becomes Ron’s friend and supporter. Ron’s research finally leads him on a desperate mission to Mexico, where a physician whose license has been revoked for his radical treatments in the States tells him of the danger of high doses of AZT and prescribes a regimen of herbal supplements and protein. That mission changes Ron’s life and leads to his establishment of the club of the film’s title. Ron embarks on a career of smuggling the supplements across the border, and inspired by newspaper stories of similar organizations, forms a “club,” whose members pay dues but receive his medications free. His Dallas Buyers Club opens up a whole new world to Ron and the gay transvestite Rayon (Jared Leto) who becomes his partner and eventually his friend. Hundreds of people line up outside his makeshift office to join,
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