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BiG miRAclE: A reporter, a Greenpeace activist and two rival superpowers team up to save whales trapped in Arctic ice in this family film based on events in 1988, from Tom Rose’s book. With John Krasinski, Drew Barrymore and Kristen Bell. Ken (He’s Just Not That Into You) Kwapis directed. (107 min, PG. Essex, Majestic, Paramount) cHRoNiclE: Undeserving teens acquire superpowers and film themselves using them and — surprise! — abusing them in this found-footage film from first-time director Josh Trank. With Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell and Michael Kelly. (86 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) tHE WomAN iN BlAcK: In which Harry Potter grows up fast. Daniel Radcliffe plays a rather young widower with a child who stumbles on a vengeful spirit in this British horror film from director James (Eden Lake) Watkins, based on Susan Hill’s novel. With Ciarán Hinds and Janet McTeer. (99 min, PG-1. Essex, Majestic, Palace)
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AlBERt NoBBSHH1/2 In 19th-century Ireland, a woman (Glenn Close) improves her lot in life by spending decades passing as a man. With Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson and Brendan Gleeson. Rodrigo Garcia directed. (113 min, R. Roxy) AlViN AND tHE cHipmUNKS: cHip-WREcKEDH First a “squeakquel,” now a “chip-wreck” on a deserted island. Will those singing animated chipmunks ever cease their cutesy abuse of the English language? Do they and their legions of young fans care what we think? Why should they? With the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney. Mike (Shrek Forever After) Mitchell directed. (87 min, G. Bijou, Welden; ends 2/5) tHE ARtiStHHH1/2 A silent film star (Jean Dujardin) struggles to adapt to the advent of talkies in this award-winning old-movie homage from writer-director Michel Hazanavicius, which is itself black and white and almost entirely silent. With Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell and a cute dog. (100 min, PG-13. Roxy)
coNtRABANDHH1/2Mark Wahlberg plays a smuggler turned security guard who goes back for one more big score in Panama in this action thriller . With Giovanni Ribisi and Kate Beckinsale. Baltasar (101 Reykjavík) Kormákur directed. (110 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)
tHE DEScENDANtSHHH George Clooney plays a Hawaiian grappling with family transitions after his wife suffers an accident in this comedy-drama from director Alexander (Sideways) Payne. With Beau Bridges and Judy Greer. (115 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Savoy, Stowe, Welden)
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JoYFUl NoiSEHH Diva alert! Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah play two big voices battling for control of a small-town church choir headed for a national contest in this musical comedydrama. Todd (Bandslam) Graff directed. With Kris Kristofferson and Keke Palmer. (118 min, PG-13. Essex; ends 2/2) mAN oN A lEDGEHH In this thriller, an ex-cop accused of a crime (Sam Worthington) threatens suicide, while the negotiator trying to talk him down (Elizabeth Banks) begins to suspect he isn’t telling the whole story. With Anthony Mackie and Jamie Bell. Asger (Ghosts of Cité Soleil) Leth directed. (103 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Welden)
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mY WEEK WitH mARilYNHHH Michelle Williams plays a fraying Marilyn Monroe in a drama about the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956. With Eddie Redmayne, Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh as Laurence Olivier. Simon Curtis directed. (96 min, R. Roxy)
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miSSioN impoSSiBlE: GHoSt pRotocolHHH1/2 Tom Cruise returns as a secret agent going up against a nuke-happy madman in the fourth installment in the action series, which gives him a new team. Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Jeremy Renner and Michael Nyqvist also star. Brad (The Incredibles) Bird directed. (133 min, PG-13. Big Picture)
oNE FoR tHE moNEYH Katherine Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, an out-of-work Jersey girl who takes a gig tracking down bail jumpers, in this adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s bestselling novel. Mystery, meet rom com. With Jason O’Mara and John Leguizamo. Julie Anne (The Last Song) Robinson directed. (106 min, PG-13. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)
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HUGoHHHH Martin Scorsese changed pace to direct this fantastical family tale of a mysterious boy who lives in the walls of a Paris train station, based on Brian Selznick’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret. With Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chloe Moretz. (127 min, PG. Essex [3-D], Majestic [3-D]) tHE iRoN lADYHHH Oscar alert! Meryl Streep plays Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only female prime minister, in this biopic from director Phyllida (Mamma Mia!) Lloyd. With Jim Broadbent as Denis Thatcher. (105 min, PG-13. Capitol, Marquis, Palace)
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HAYWiREHHH1/2 Having shown us a grim vision in Contagion, director Steven Soderbergh is back in his escapist mode. Mixed-martial-arts star Gina Carano plays a spy addressing traitors with her fists in this action thriller. With Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas and Channing Tatum. (93 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Stowe)
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tHE GREYHHH1/2 In the latest installment of “America Loves to Watch Liam Neeson Kill,” the star plays an oil-rig worker trying to survive in the wolf-infested Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash. With James Badge Dale and Dermot Mulroney. Joe (The A-Team) Carnahan directed. (117 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount)
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A DANGERoUS mEtHoDH1/2 Viggo Mortensen plays Dr. Freud, Michael Fassbender is his upstart protégé, Carl Jung, and Keira Knightley is a strongwilled patient in director David Cronenberg’s drama about the early days of psychoanalysis. (99 min, R. Roxy, Savoy)
tHE GiRl WitH tHE DRAGoN tAttooHHH1/2 David (The Social Network) Fincher directed the American adaptation of the first book in Stieg Larsson’s best-selling mystery trilogy set in Sweden. A left-wing journalist (Daniel Craig) and a mysterious hacker (Rooney Mara) investigate the cold case of a teen’s disappearance. With Robin Wright, Stellan Skarsgard and Christopher Plummer. (158 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Stowe, Welden)
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BEAUtY AND tHE BEASt (3D)HHHH Spunky Belle’s quest for freedom in the Beast’s castle gets a new dimension in Disney’s reissue of the 1991 musical animation. With the voices of Paige O’Hara and Robby Benson. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed. (84 min, G. Essex, Majestic)
EXtREmElY loUD AND iNcREDiBlY cloSEHH1/2 An 11-year-old New Yorker (Thomas Horn) tries to solve a mystery regarding his dad (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks, in this drama based on the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. With Sandra Bullock and Max von Sydow. Stephen (The Reader) Daldry directed. (120 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy)
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