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OPENING THIS WEEK G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Great American heroes, the G.I Joes are at battle on two fronts: one involving mortal enemy Cobra, the other involving their own government. Somebody best watch out for that Stormshadow. Starring Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat. THE HOST Can Melanie save her friends and family and humanity from mysterious beings taking over human bodies and erasing precious memories? Well, yes, most likely. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons and Jake Abel. Rated PG-13. Pharaohplex.
NOW PLAYING 56 UP Acclaimed director Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Gorky Park) is at the helm once again in this long-running series which revisits a few British-born blokes every seven years to see how life is treating them. NR. Wilma. ADMISSION A straight-laced Princeton University admissions officer thinks she may have discovered the son she gave up for adoption when she visits an alternative high school on a recruiting visit. What are the chances this gal will fall in love with the kid’s teacher and get everything she ever wanted out of life? 100 percent. Starring Tina Fey, Paul Rudd and Nat Wolff. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. THE CALL A longtime 911 operator must confront a killer from her past while trying to save an abducted girl, because that’s what 911 operators due in real life. Starring Halle Berry, Evie Thompson and Abigail Breslin. Rated R. Carmike 12. THE CROODS Join the first prehistoric family for the very first family road trip and laugh for the very first time at Ryan Reynolds’ jokes. Starring the voices of Nicolas Cage and Emma Stone. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Entertainer. DEAD MAN DOWN A lovelorn and bereft woman unites with a crime boss’s right hand man behind the sword of revenge with nothing but the shield of love to protect her. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Starring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace and Dominic Cooper. Rated R. Village 6. IDENTITY THIEF This is a revenge comedy gone awry and back and awry again, wherein a mild-mannered fella tries to
Project Runway: COBRA Edition. GI Joe: Retaliation opens Friday at Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
recover his stolen ID from the woman (gasp!) who is ruining his credit score with lavish spending sprees. Perhaps we shall learn the true meaning of “identity.” Starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, John Cho. Rated R. Pharaohplex. INAPPROPRIATE COMEDY In this purported sketch comedy movie film about comedy being funny, a computer unleashes the most offensive apps ever into the our world and stirs up what is sure to be some vaguely humorous fart jokes. The most offensive thing about it? It stars Rob Schneider and Lindsay Lohan and Adrien Brody. Rated R. Village 6. THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE This is a tale pitting the old against the new, the hep versus the hip, the stale agin to the fresh (but mostly it’s about the stale jokes, nyuk, nyuk) as magicians compete against one another in a cutthroat magic competition. Bring on the tiger sex gags. Starring Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Luke Vanek and Jim Carrey. Rated PG-13. Village 6 and Pharaohplex. JACK THE GIANT SLAYER This is what it’s like when worlds collide. Giants and humans do battle and a boy becomes a man and a woman is loved properly and the indefatigable spirit of humanity is undoubtedly celebrated with shiny medals and a wedding. Rated PG-13.
Starring Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor. Village 6.
Starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel and Cobie Smulders. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12.
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN A disgraced Secret Service agent is the only one who can rescue the president. Redemption, y’all, it’s the best. Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman. Rated R. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Based on the novel by Matthew Quick, this is the story of a former teacher returning home to his wife and parents after a stint in a mental institution. But things aren’t all turkey and stuffing cuz there is a mysterious woman in the picture, too. Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. Rated R. Carmike 12.
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL How exactly did homeboy become the Wizard of Oz? Learn how in this Disney creation story involving a small-time circus magician of dubious community standing who makes his way to the magic land of Oz. Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex. QUARTET Things are just plain old hunky-dory at the home for retired musicians until an old firebrand who is also an old flame shows up with her diva panties set to stun. Directed by Dustin Hoffman. Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon and Billy Connolly. Rated PG-13. Wilma. SAFE HAVEN In this adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ (The Notebook) novel, a woman moves to a small, tight-knit community and falls for a local hunk. Guess what? Dark secrets bubble to the surface, that’s what.
SPRING BREAKERS Four well-gammed gals are bailed out of jail by a drug dealing weirdo (played by actual weirdo James Franco), so of course they decide to help him go on a crime spree. Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and Ashley Benson. Rated R. Carmike 12.
Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin. Moviegoers be warned! For show times please visit missoulanews.com or contact the theaters in order to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 5417469; Wilma at 728-2521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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