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NOW SHOWING 127 HOURS (R) — Screenwriter Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) chronicles the true story of an American mountain climber (James Franco) trapped in a Utah canyon after a boulder fell on his arm. AMC Palace 20, Canal Place BURLESQUE (PG-13) — A smalltown girl (Christina Aguilera) moves to L.A. and finds her place in an ailing burlesque theater run by a former dancer (Cher). AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
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make it to his child’s birth in time, a first-time father (Robert Downey Jr.) hitches a ride with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) for a road trip gone comically awry. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand
FAIR GAME (PG-13) — Naomi
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Watts and Sean Penn star in the drama based on the memoirs of Valerie Plame, the woman outed as a CIA agent by the Bush administration. Canal Place
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FASTER (R) — After being released from prison, a man looks to avenge his brother’s murder — but there are people on the hunt for him, too. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
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SCREEN GEMS PRESENTS A DE LINE PICTURES PRODUCTION A FILM BY STEVEN ANTIN CHER CHRISTINA AGUILERA “BURLESQUE” ERIC DANE CAM GIGANDET JULIANNE HOUGH MUSIC ALAN CUMMING PETER GALLAGHER WITH KRISTEN BELL AND STANLEY TUCCI SUPERVISOR BUCK DAMON MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY CHRISTOPHE BECK PRODUCERS STACY KOLKER CRAMER RISA SHAPIRO BY DONALD DE LINE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY STEVEN ANTIN CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES
FOR COLORED GIRLS (R) —
Tyler Perry adapts Ntozake Shange’s Tony-nominated stage drama with a starstudded cast. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG13) — The Hogwarts gang sets
out to find and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s vitality. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14, Prytania HOWL (NR) — James Franco
plays poet Allen Ginsberg in the film following the inception of and subsequent obscenity trail sparked by his most famous work. Chalmette Movies
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG-13) —
Two adults (Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel) with a dis-
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
sonant relationship become the caregivers of their godchild when the baby’s parents die in an accident. Grand LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (R) — A
free spirit who refuses to be tied down (Anne Hathaway) finds her match in a charming pharmaceuticals salesman (Jake Gyllenhaal). AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
MORNING GLORY (PG-13) — A
television producer (Rachel McAdams) gets handed the task of taking over a flailing morning show with feuding anchors. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
THE NEXT THREE DAYS (PG-13) — A man’s (Russell Crowe)
life takes a sharp turn when his wife (Elizabeth Banks) is accused of murder. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
RED (PG-13) — Bruce Willis,
Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren star in the action-adventure based on the D.C. Comics graphic novel. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
SKYLINE (PG-13) — Strange
lights from an extraterrestrial force descend upon Los Angeles and threaten to swallow everyone in the world. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
TANGLED (PG) — Mandy
Moore is the voice of Rapunzel, the princess with magical golden hair, in Disney’s animated musical comedy. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) — An
engineer and conductor (Denzel Washington and Chris Pine) are faced with a runaway train carrying toxic chemicals. AMC Palace 10, AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette Movies, Grand, Hollywood 9, Hollywood 14
SPECIAL SCREENINGS BATMAN (NR) — Adam West
and Burt Ward star as Batman and Robin in the first movie adaptation of the DC Comics series. Tickets $8. Midnight Friday-Saturday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 8912787; www.theprytania.com
EAT THE KIMONO (NR) — The documentary follows Japanese feminist and avantgarde performer Hanayagi Genshu. It is part of the Newcomb Feminist Film
Series. Free admission. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 314-2200; www.tulane.edu ECHOTONE (NR) — The docu-
mentary explores Austin’s live music scene. Filmmaker Nathan Christ will attend the event, and Bill Baird performs following the screening. Tickets $10 general admission, $5 members. 8 p.m. Thursday, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9600; www.ogdenmuseum.org
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (NR) — Cary Grant plays a man
mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 film. Tickets $5.50. Noon SaturdaySunday and Dec. 8., Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 8912787; www.theprytania.com
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (NR) — In the 1947 film, a
man playing Santa Claus at a department store claims he is Kris Kringle. Tickets $5.50. Noon Wednesday, Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 8912787; www.theprytania.com
TROUBLE THE WATER (NR) —
The film documents a couple trapped in New Orleans when the levees fail. A Q&A with filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin follows the screening. Free admission. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium, 3142200; www.tulane.edu
FILM FESTIVALS NEW ORLEANS MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL. Zeitgeist Multi-
Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 827-5858; www.zeitgeistinc. net — The festival features 55 new films from or about Middle Eastern countries. Tickets $7 general admission, $6 students and seniors, $5 members and children, free for patrons and festival pass holders. Passes are $70 general admission, $60 students and seniors, $50 members. Screening times vary. TuesdaySunday. AMC Palace 10 (Hammond), 429-9090; AMC Palace 12 (Clearview), 734-2020; AMC Palace 16 (Westbank), 734-2020; AMC Palace 20 (Elmwood), 734-2020; Canal Place, 363-1117; Chalmette Movies, 304-9992 ; Entergy IMAX, 581-IMAX; Grand (Slidell), (985) 6411889; Hollywood 9 (Kenner), 464-0990; Hollywood 14 (Covington), (985) 893-3044; Kenner MegaDome, 468-7231; Prytania, 891-2787; Solomon Victory Theater, National World War II Museum, 527-6012 Compiled by Lauren LaBorde For complete listings, visit www.bestofneworleans.com.