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JUNE 28TH - JUly 4TH
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MUD (130 MIN- PG-13)
Fri/Sat: 4:15, 8:30, Sun: 12:00, 4:15 Mon-Weds: 4:15, 8:30, Thurs: 4:15 FRANCES HA (84 MIN - R)
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Fri-Thurs: 2:30, 6:45 THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (115 MIN -R) Fri-Thurs: 3:00 THE SAPPHIRES (99 MIN- PG -13) Fri-Thurs: 5:30 THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (140 MIN-R) Fri/Sat: 7:45, Sun: 12:30 Mon-Weds: 7:45 25 W Main Ave • 509-209-2383 • All Shows $7 www.magiclanternspokane.com
She’s not a dancer, and she doesn’t live in New York. She has a best friend, but doesn’t really talk to her anymore. As her dreams and ideal life dwindle into dust, the world tells Frances she must face the cold hard truth of reality. Her next problem? She’s happy, and there’s nothing that’s going to stop that, even an impossible journey to obtain so much more life than she already has. (SM) Rated R
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THE HEAT [CC,DV] (R) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1145 1215 325 355) 615 715 945 1010
WHITE HOUSE DOWN [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1245 315) 415 630 725 1030
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY IN REAL D 3D [CC,DV] (G) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1130 215) 500 800
Two obsolete oldies find themselves without jobs, falling straight into an internship at Google with a shot at employment — that is if they prove themselves to be the best of the best amongst a mob of interns straight of out college. Now, they must compete against techsavvy, bright young people or face the rough waters of unemployment. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star in a battle between old and young that will surely end in a comedic fiasco, hopefully proving that the aging generation hasn’t lost their pizzazz. (SM) Rated PG-13
IRON MAN 3
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY [CC,DV] (G) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1100 1200 145 200 300) 430 600 915
WORLD WAR Z IN REAL D 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1230 315) 745 1035
WORLD WAR Z [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1145 245) 650 935
MAN OF STEEL [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1220 335) 645 1015
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STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.710 PM 1005 PM
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NOW YOU SEE ME [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1115) 440 750 1025
FAST & FURIOUS 6 [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1200 PM) 955 PM
THIS IS THE END [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sun.(140) 445 740 1035
THE PURGE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sun.(1105 AM)
MAN OF STEEL
The reboot of the reboot of the Superman story is brimming with both fight and flight scenes, lots of self-doubt, a bit of humor, the problems of actually being a stranger in a strange land, and a moving, heartfelt look at father-son relationships. Henry Cavill is slightly earnest in the lead, Amy Adams gives Lois Lane the right amount of feisty toughness, Russell Crowe shows the stoic side of Jor-El, Kevin Costner is a wise and kindly Jonathan Kent, and Michael Shannon manages to mix malevolence with pride as General Zod. Visual effects are excessive, but writer David S. Goyer and director Zack Snyder make everything balance out just right. (ES) Rated PG-13
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
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Big Screen: THE HEAT [CC,DV] (R) ★
Fri.720 PM
The gang from Monsters Inc. is back, and this time they’re back in school. We see Mike trying to get back into the Monsters University scaring department — after failing out — by winning a universitywide “Scare Games.” Here Monsters University takes advantage of a familiar college-movie trope: an outcasts vs. elites competition straight out of Revenge of the Nerds. (SR) Rated PG
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Times For 06/28 - 06/30
48 INLANDER JUNE 27, 2013
So, there’s this pretty obscure movie that a lot of you haven’t heard about. It’s called Iron Man and it really never got popular. They made a sequel, which didn’t do well in box offices either and definitely didn’t amass a huge fan base or anything. A third one is coming out this week. So, I guess, if you feel like it, go and see a movie that didn’t get big and support some struggling actors like Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pierce and Gwyneth Paltrow. The movie is about a man who makes a metal robot suit. There’s an evil villain. The guy has to save the world most of the time and stuff. We’re kidding, this thing is outrageous and, of course, very popular. (SM) PG-13
It seems that Joss Whedon (the man behind Avengers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and generally known as the king of all nerds everywhere) can do what-
ever the hell he wants after raking in so much superhero cash last summer. Take on Shakespeare? Why not? He wrote and directed this modern telling of the classic tale, most of which he filmed at his own house — because he can do things like that. (MB) Rated PG-13.
MUD
Two teenagers stumble across a ruggedly handsome fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) hiding in the Deep South from bounty hunters and the law. The boys decide to take matters into their own hands, making a pact to keep the dashing criminal hidden from hungry killers and help reunite him with his long lost love. It’s nice to see McConaughey continue his habit of appearing in movies that aren’t, by and large, romantic comedies. Let’s hope he keeps it up. (SM) Rated PG-13
NOW YOU SEE ME
It was only a matter of time before magicians figured out that illusions could be applied practically in the form of bank robbery. But Interpol and the FBI aren’t impressed with these magic tricks. Now, a battle royale breaks out between the cops and the magicians who steal for spectacle and sport. Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman gear up in this movie as magic trick debunker and bank’s financial backer. Jessie Eisenburg, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher and Mark Ruffalo sprinkle their acting talent throughout the movie as illusionists and the cops out to get them. (SM) PG-13
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
A circus performer/motorcycle badass/ thief/new father (Ryan Gosling) turns to robbing banks to support his brand new baby son and chip-off-her-shoulder lover. A rookie, idealist cop (Bradley Cooper), complete with hopes and dreams, tries to stop the robberies in an attempt to move up the ranks in a corrupt police department. Who is right? Who is wrong? Does the love for your family, or rather, the love of the law win out in the end? Watch the 15-year-long journey of two people as their stories entangle, altering their lives in heavy ways. (SM) Rated R
THE SAPPHIRES
A musical comedy-drama, The Sapphires follows four women as they are discovered by a talent scout (played by the hilarious Chris O’Dowd from The IT Crowd) and travel to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for the troops. The soul group battles racism and cat fights, leading to tension in the group and numerous hardships that threatens their success. (KS) Rated PG-31
SIGHTSEERS
In this British dark comedy, a pair of lovers head out on a sightseeing road trip and somehow wind up becoming serial killers. Believe it or not, this movie is a lot funnier than it sounds, thanks to the quirky script and all around goofiness of the story. But for the record, killing people is a categorically bad thing to do and we don’t condone it. At Magic Lantern (MB) Not Rated
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
Director J.J. Abrams has done what every Star Trek fan has been hoping for. He’s upped the ante on everything in the sequel to his 2009 reboot of the franchise. And he’s done so with an eye cocked in the direction of diehard fans, to whom he sends little shout-outs of old Trek references. He also spins a whopping good, action- and effects-filled tale of intrigue and attitudes (and relationships and photon torpedoes and even a cameo by a Tribble). (ES) Rated PG-13
THIS IS THE END
Who would’ve thought that a party at James Franco’s house could lead to catastrophe? Playing themselves, the allstar cast includes Seth Rogen, Danny McBride and Jonah Hill, among others, all of whom are trapped in Franco’s house as the Apocalypse unfolds. As supplies dwindle, they must take on the outside world, dodging sinkholes and blue lights that snatch people away. (AC) Rated R
WORLD WAR Z
Former UN worker Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his family are stuck in an apocalyptic traffic jam as Philadelphia falls to fast-moving, rabid zombies. Then, Gerry is tasked by the government to travel around the world looking for the source of this global pandemic, all the while trying to get back to his family. (MJ) Rated PG-13 n
CRITICS’ SCORECARD THE NEW YORK INLANDER TIMES
VARIETY
(LOS ANGELES)
METACRITIC.COM (OUT OF 100)
Before midnight
96
Star Trek
73
This is the End
68
monsters University
64
man of Steel
60
World War Z
56
fast and furious 6
54
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