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NOW SHOWING BLACK SWAN ***@ 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 Director Darren Aronofsky’s disturbing psychological thriller stars Natalie Portman as a sheltered ballerina who steps into her darker side during a production of “Swan Lake.” Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis and Barbara Hershey deliver fine supporting turns in this edgy, weird flick. THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER *G@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach This latest adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ fantasy novels is about the voyage of Lucy and Edmund, sailing with Prince Caspian to the edge of the world on the royal ship The Dawn Treader. COUNTRY STRONG *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 Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw star in this tuneless mess of a movie set in the world of contemporary country music. It’ll leave discerning filmgoers with a bad case of the Honky Tonk Blues. THE DILEMMA **@@ 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 Reviewed in this issue. THE FIGHTER ***G Rated R • AMC Orange Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale star as brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund in David Russell’s powerful study of family, addiction and perseverance. Wahlberg and his crew keep the riveting film on its feet, but it’s Bale as strung-out Eklund that makes us want more. THE GREEN HORNET *@@@ 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 Reviewed in this issue. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS *G@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Regal Avenues Jack Black stars in this unneeded, bloated and juvenile slaughtering of Jonathan Swift’s classic story about giants and little people that is a massive failure – in 3-D! HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART ONE **@@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square The latest adventure in the hugely popular series has Harry, Hermione and Ron searching for Horcruxes, pieces of evil Voldemort’s soul that must be destroyed to defeat him. Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Ralph Fiennes co-star. THE HEART SPECIALIST **@@ Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Writer-director Dennis Cooper made this dramedy in 2006,
“Are you fellers sure you don’t want to hear my ‘Urkel’ impersonation just one more time?” Colin Firth attempts to keep morale high in the prison escape flick “The Way Back.” but it’s still fresh. Starring Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana and Brian White, it’s about the lives of first-year med students in a rundown South Florida hospital. THE KING’S SPEECH **** Rated R • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, 5 Points Theatre, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush deliver Oscar-worthy performances in this uplifting based-on-real-life tale of King George VI and his relationship with his speech therapist as His Highness struggles to overcome a stuttering disorder. LITTLE FOCKERS *G@@ 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 When Greg Focker’s (Ben Stiller) father-in-law Jack (Robert De Niro) wants to pick a successor as head-of-clan, he wonders if Greg can cut it. The messy and hopefully last round of the Fockers co-stars Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Owen Wilson and Blythe Danner. MADE IN DAGENHAM ***@ Rated R • Regal Beach Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins and Miranda Richardson star in this true story about a group of women in 1960s England who took a stand against chauvinism in labor practices and social injustice. NO STRINGS ATTACHED **@@ 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 Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher star in director Ivan Reitman’s rom-com about a couple who try to keep things strictly physical. Natch, they fall for each other. SEASON OF THE WITCH **@@ 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 This sword and sorcery fantasy flick stars Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman swashbuckling in medieval Europe, escorting a witch across the plague-infested land. TAMARA DREWE **G@ Rated R • Epic Theatre St. Augustine This British comedy stars Gemma Arterton as young journalist Tamara who returns to her childhood village to sell her late mother’s home. Stephen Frears directed the import loosely based on Thomas Hardy’s “Far From the Madding Crowd.” TANGLED **G@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Mandy Moore, Ron Perlman, Laraine Newman and Brad Garrett lend voice to the animated update on Princess Rapunzel and her unruly locks. THE TOURIST ***G Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, Carmike Amelia
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 5 Points Theatre, 1028 Park St., 359-0047 NORTHSIDE Hollywood River City 14, River City Marketplace, 12884 City Center Blvd., 757-9880
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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
Island, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie star in a fair-to-middling romcom/thriller of espionage and mistaken identity in scenic Venice. TRON: LEGACY *G@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde star in the sequel to the pioneering 1982 Disney sci-fi flick that does not compute as to plot or substance. TRUE GRIT **** 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, San Marco Theatre The Coen Brothers’ film revives an epic Western story of family justice. Their move to base it on Charles Portis’ novel instead of the 1969 film is seconded with stellar turns by Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfeld, as young Mattie Ross. THE WAY BACK **G@ Rated PG-13 • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach Director Peter Weir’s true-life saga, about escapees from a Siberian gulag who travel 4,000 miles on foot to freedom, stars Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Colin Farrell. YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA **G@ Not Rated • AMC Regency Square This Bollywood import, with Sunny Deol and Dharmendra, is about a man’s discovery of a father and brother he never knew. YOGI BEAR 3D **@@ Rated PG • AMC Orange Park, AMC Regency Square, Carmike Fleming Island, Cinemark Tinseltown, Epic Theatre St. Augustine, Hollywood River City, Regal Avenues, Regal Beach The lovable ursine in 3D — no picnic basket is safe. When the mayor closes Jellystone Park, Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (Justin Timberlake) hook up with Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) to keep the park open and save the day!
OTHER FILMS 5 POINTS THEATRE “The King’s Speech” is screened at 4:45, 7 and 9:15 p.m. on Jan. 25, 26 and 27 at 5 Points Theatre, 1028 Park St., Jacksonville. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” shows at midnight on Jan. 28 and 29. 359-0047. POT BELLY’S CINEMA “The Social Network,” “Conviction,” “Red,” “How Do You Know” and “Fair Game” are shown at Pot Belly’s, 36 Granada St., St. Augustine. 829-3101.
NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY STONE Edward Norton is convicted arsonist Stone, who wants an early release from prison from his P.O. Jack Mabry (Robert De Niro). Co-starring Milla Jovovich. TAKERS Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen and Matt Dillon star in this derivative but entertaining crime drama about bank robbers who can’t shake a persistent detective hot on their trail. PAPER MAN This paint-by-numbers indie flick, about a quirky friendship between a middle-aged writer and teen misfit at a Long Island beach town, is saved by the chemistry of costars Jeff Daniels and Emma Stone. JACK GOES BOATING Philip Seymour Hoffman makes his directorial debut in a film adaptation of playwright Robert Glaudini’s story about the love that develops between two blue-collar types in New York City. THE ENDLESS SUMMER Surf’s up, brah! Director Bruce Brown’s masterful meditation on the mystical art of surfing, this visionary 1966 doc follows Brown, Robert August and Mike Hynson as they travel the globe in search of the perfect wave, with The Sandals’ killer surf-rock soundtrack.