they were accidentally switched at birth. PLAYING FOR KEEPS (PG13): Gerard Butler stars in this romantic comedy as a former sports star who starts coaching his kid’s team as a way to get his life together. Horny soccer moms ensue. With Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Uma Thurman. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown POSSESSION (1981): This long-lost cult classic, restored to filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski’s original vision, stars Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill as a dysfunctional couple whose marriage disintegrates as they turn to new lovers, one of whom may not be entirely human. Dryden (Tue, Dec 11, 8 p.m.) THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985): Mia Farrow and Jeff Daniels lead the cast of Woody Allen’s romantic fantasy about a movie character who walks off the screen and into the life of a lonely housewife in 1930’s New Jersey. Dryden (Wed, Dec 5, 8 p.m.) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974): Mel Brooks’ broad spoof of the early Universal horror classics stars cowriter Gene Wilder as the famous doctor’s grandson, who inherits the castle and begins his own experiments. With Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, and Peter Boyle. Dryden (Fri, Dec 7, 8 p.m., and Sun, Dec 9, 2 p.m.) [ CONTINUING ] ANNA KARENINA (PG-13): This opulent adaptation of the Tolstoy classic, from director Joe Wright and Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard, stars Keira Knightley as one of literature’s best-known adulteresses, married to Jude Law’s aristocrat but consumed by an affair with Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s dashing cavalry officer. Little, Pittsford ARGO (R): Director Ben Affleck co-stars with John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, and Kyle Chandler in the once-classified true tale of a CIA exfiltration expert who hatches a daring plan to free six Americans hiding at the home of the Canadian ambassador during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Culver, Henrietta, Little, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE COLLECTION (R): This sequel to the 2009 horror flick “The Collector” calls upon the only man to have escaped from a serial killer to rescue his next victim
from the psycho’s fortified hideout. Culver, Eastview, Henrietta, Tinseltown END OF WATCH (R): Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, and Anna Kendrick lead the cast of this gritty drama from “Training Day” screenwriter David Ayer, which follows a couple of LAPD officers who make a routine traffic stop that lands them in the crosshairs of a drug cartel. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown FLIGHT (PG-13): Robert Zemeckis’s first live-action film since 2000’s “Cast Away” is a drama with Don Cheadle, John Goodman, and Denzel Washington as an airline pilot who saves a flight from crashing, only to have the ensuing investigation into the equipment malfunction reveal something troubling. : Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown KILLING THEM SOFTLY (R): Brad Pitt and his “Assassination of Jesse James...” director Andrew Dominik reteam for this crime flick about a gangland enforcer investigating a heist pulled off during a Mobcontrolled poker game. With Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, and James Gandolfini. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown LIFE OF PI (PG): Ang Lee continues his unpredictable streak with an eye-popping adaptation of Yann Martel’s acclaimed novel, now a 3D adventure about a young man who survives a shipwreck and finds himself on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a hyena, an ailing zebra, and a Bengal tiger. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Pittsford, Henrietta LINCOLN (PG-13): Daniel Day-Lewis channels our 16th President for Steven Spielberg, focusing on the last few months of the Great Emancipator’s life, which includes the Union’s victory in the War Between The States and the abolition of slavery. Co-starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jared Harris, and Sally Field. Canandaigua, Culver, Little, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (PG-13): Writer-director Stephen Chbosky adapts his semiautobiographical comingof-age novel about an introverted and troubled freshman who is befriended by a pair of seniors. With Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, and Emma Watson. Cinema
RED DAWN (PG-13): North Korea replaces the Soviet Union as the bad guy in this remake of the 80’s classic (was it really?) about a bunch of teenagers who band together to save their town from invading forces. With Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (PG): Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, and Isla Fisher provide some of the voices for this animated adventure about what happens when Jack Frost joins up with Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy, and others to prevent an evil spirit from taking over the world. Brockport, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE SESSIONS (R): From writer-director Ben Lewin comes this drama starring John Hawkes as a man in an iron lung who hires a professional sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) to help him lose his virginity. Co-starring William H. Macy. Cinema SKYFALL (PG-13): Bond 23 brings back Daniel Craig as 007, now directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes and trying to prevent bad guy Javier Bardem from taking down Judi Dench’s M. With Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes, and Albert Finney. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, PART 2 (PG-13): Honestly, if you need a description, you’re not interested. Brockport, Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Pittsford, Tinseltown WRECK-IT RALPH (PG): John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, and Jane Lynch provide a few of the voices in this animated comedy about a video-game bad guy who dreams of becoming a hero, even if it means upending the status quo at the arcade. Canandaigua, Culver, Eastview, Geneseo, Greece, Henrietta, Tinseltown
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