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ACT OF VALOR **G@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. This action film tells the story of Bandito Platoon, an elite team of Navy SEALs sent on a global manhunt to topple a deadly terrorist plot and save a CIA operative who’s been kidnapped. Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano and actual Navy SEALs star in this patriotic thriller. AGENT VINOD **@@ Not Rated • AMC Regency Square This Bollywood spy film from writer-director Sriram Raghavan stars Saif Ali Khan as the title character; it’s about his global adventure in avenging the murder of a colleague. CASA DE MI PADRE **@@ Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Beach Blvd. This deadpan Spanish-language comedy stars Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Génesis Rodríguez Pérez and Diego Luna. Filmed in the popular telenova style of Latin American cinema, the deadpan parody from director Matt Piedmont, a former SNL writer, is about Armando Alvarez’ (Ferrell) struggle to save the family ranch and his battle with drug lord Onza (Bernal). CHRONICLE ***@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park This sci-fi film from writer-director Josh Trank and co-writer Max Landis follows three teens (Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan) documentary-style, with “found” footage allegedly retrieved from their video cameras. They develop telekinetic powers, and the troubled Andrew (DeHaan) uses his powers for darker purposes.
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DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX **G@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. The animated adaptation of Theodor Geisel’s work features the voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms and Danny DeVito. In Thneedville, everything’s made of plastic and teenager Audrey (Swift) wants to see a real tree. When smitten 12-year-old Ted (Efron) accepts the challenge, he meets The Once-ler (Helms) who tells the story of The Lorax (DeVito) and the fate of the trees. While the movie benefits from deft animation and good performances, its heavy-handed environmental tone is more like a distraction, especially for younger viewers. GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE *@@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square Nicolas Cage stars in this silly sequel to the ’07 film based on the Marvel Comic. Johnny Blaze (Cage) must rescue Satan’s (Ciarán Hinds) preteen son Danny (Fergus Riordan) aided by cycle-riding priest Moreau (Idris Elba). GOOD DEEDS **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues Tyler Perry’s newest film is about wealthy businessman Wesley Deeds (Perry) whose priorities change when he becomes involved with struggling single mother, Lindsey (Thandie Newton), who’s just been evicted. Co-stars Jamie Kennedy and Rebecca Romijn. THE HUNGER GAMES ***G Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., Sun-Ray Cinema, WGV IMAX Theater Reviewed in this issue.
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The Birds and the Bees and the Blade: In the fantasy film “Wrath of the Titans,” Helius (John Bell) is taught the facts of life by Perseus (Sam Worthington) in the then-typical way of the ancient Greeks — with a steely sword forged by the gods!
AREA THEATERS AMELIA ISLAND Carmike Amelia Island 7, 1132 S. 14th St., 261-9867 ARLINGTON & REGENCY AMC Regency 24, 9451 Regency Square Blvd., 264-3888 BAYMEADOWS & MANDARIN Regal Avenues 20, 9525 Philips Highway, 538-3889 BEACHES Regal Beach Blvd. 18, 14051 Beach Blvd., 992-4398 FIVE POINTS Sun-Ray Cinema@5Points, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 NORTHSIDE Hollywood River City 14, River City Marketplace, 12884 City Center Blvd., 757-9880
ORANGE PARK AMC Orange Park 24, 1910 Wells Road, (888) AMC-4FUN Carmike Fleming Island 12, 1820 Town Center Blvd., 621-0221 SAN MARCO San Marco Theatre, 1996 San Marco Blvd., 396-4845 SOUTHSIDE Cinemark Tinseltown, 4535 Southside Blvd., 998-2122 ST. AUGUSTINE Epic Theatres, 112 Theatre Drive, 797-5757 IMAX Theater, World Golf Village, 940-IMAX Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., 829-3101
IN DARKNESS ***@ Rated R • Regal Beach Blvd. Polish director Agnieszka Holland offers this stark story, based on actual events, about the unspeakable conditions under which Jews survived, hidden in the sewers of an occupied Polish city during WWII. There are English subtitles for this multi-language film.
This faith-based flick from Andrew and Jon Erwin is about Hannah (Rachel Hendrix), a 19-year-old who finds out she was adopted — after surviving an abortion attempt — and her road trip that leads to a little soul searching.
JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME **@@ Rated R • Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Beach Blvd. This indie comedy from the team of writer-director siblings Jay and Mark Duplas stars Jason Segel and Ed Helms as brothers, Jeff (Segel), who’s hiding from life in his parents’ basement, and Pat (Helms), facing his own struggle, a failed marriage. Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer and Rae Dawn Chong co-star. JOHN CARTER **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. This mega-budget, big-screen blow-up of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ sci-fi story takes cues from predecessors “Star Wars,” “Avatar” and even “Gladiator” but somehow misses the mark. During the Civil War, soldier John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) mysteriously wakes up on the planet Mars, where he encounters warring tribes and costars Lynn Collins, Dominic West and Mark Strong. After nearly two hours of director Andrew Stanton’s (“Sherlock Holmes”) paint-by-numbers space opera action, we wish Carter would go back to sleep! JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues Josh Hutcherson, Dwayne Johnson, Luiz Guzman and Michael Caine star in this family-geared film about a teenager’s adventure on a remote island in the South Pacific. MIRROR MIRROR **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Amelia Island, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd., San Marco Theatre This latest, humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale stars Lily Collins as the orphan Snow White, rightful heir to the kingdom that’s the apple of the eye of the evil queen, played by Julia Roberts. Director Tarsem Singh’s take on this familygeared favorite co-stars Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane and Mare Winningham. OCTOBER BABY **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Avenues
PROJECT X *@@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Regal Beach Blvd. This teen raunchfest trades the original humor and dialogue that made “Superbad” so enjoyable and replaces it with a stream of unoriginal standards of the genre, i.e., booze, drugs and topless women. Filmed on handycam, “Project X” features a cast of virtual unknowns. SAFE HOUSE ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in this predictable action flick from director Paul Greengrass (the “Bourne” films). Rookie CIA operative Matt Weston (Reynolds) has finally hit the big time after nabbing rogue agent Tobin Frost (Washington). But when killer mercenaries attack the agency’s South African “safe house,” Matt and Tobin are on the run — and Matt learns justice and loyalty aren’t guaranteed. SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN ***G Rated PG-13 • Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Beach Blvd. Sheikh Muhammad (Amr Waked) is a very wealthy MiddleEastern man who just loves the British Empire — so much so, he wants to introduce the Scottish sport of fly-fishing to his homeland … the deserts of Yemen. Not exactly mossy braes. Co-starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and Tom Mison. SILENT HOUSE ***@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park Sarah (Elizabeth Olsen) helps her father John (Adam Trese) and Uncle Peter (Eric Sheffer Stevens) pack up the family country home. When her uncle leaves and Dad gets hurt, Sarah’s left alone in the dark, rambling house filled with things that go bump on the night. THIS MEANS WAR **@@ Rated PG-13 • Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. This lightweight rom-com stars Chris Pine and Tom Hardy as two CIA agents locked into a heated contest over the affections of Reese Witherspoon. A superficial story and mediocre performances from the cast make “This Means War” a pointless crusade for those questing quality entertainment. A THOUSAND WORDS **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Blvd. Fast-talking literary agent Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) wakes up one morning and discovers a beautiful magic tree in his