[film] SILENT HILL: REVELATION What if your nightmares were the key to your past? What if an alternate reality wasn’t so alternate after all and you dreams were the real world and your real life was dream? Heavy stuff, man. Starring Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell and Carrie-Anne Moss. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex.
OPENING THIS WEEK DR. FAUSTUS The Globe on the Big Screen presents Christopher Marlowe’s classic play about a man’s deal with the devil. What’s 24 years amongst a man and Mephistopheles? NR. Tue., Nov. 13, at 7:30 PM. Carmike 12. SKYFALL Bond is back and this time MI6 is under attack. Looks like Great Britain’s best operative may have to take down one of his own in order to save the world. Starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Dame Judi Dench. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.
SLEEPWALK WITH ME You’ve heard him on “This American Life,” now laugh at the perils of somnambulistic comedian Mike Birbiglia as his sleep disorder ruins his life/makes us laugh. Starring Mike Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose and James Rebhorn. NR. Wilma.
NOW PLAYING ARGO Based on a true story, crafty CIA dudes try to bust some Americans out of the not-so-hospitable country of Iran circa 1979. Ayatollah rock and roll-a! Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Rated R. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. CLOUD ATLAS David Mitchell’s book is turned into a movie that tells the stories of many people over many centuries and explores how the actions of one person can affect the world. Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugh Grant. Rated R. Carmike 12. FLIGHT A pilot saves an airliner from crashing, but something more sinister seems to be stinking up the joint. Say it ain’t so, Denzel! Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Nadine Velazquez, Denzel Washington and Carter Cabassa. Rated R. Carmike 12. HERE COMES THE BOOM MMA fan Kevin James stars in a movie about MMA wherein he plays a teacher who decides to take up the sport in order to save the music program from budget cuts. The school nurse is not so sure it’s a good idea. Starring Salma Hayek and Henry Winkler. Rated PG. Village 6 and Showboat. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA In this animated gem, Dracula has to protect his tween daughter from the advances of a human
”Why must you be so buttoned up, Mr. Bond?“ Skyfall opens Friday at the Carmike 12, Village 6 and Pharaohplex.
boy, all while operating a high-end resort for monsters and ghouls. Love bites, indeed. Starring the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg. Rated PG. Carmike 12 and Pharaohplex. LOOPER In 2072 time-travelling mobsters travel around space and time killing each other with convoluted devices. Starring my wife’s boyfriend Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. Rated R. Village 6. THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS A lowly blacksmith protects his village from interlopers seeking gold in feudal China. Written and directed by and starring RZA (yep, RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan), Russell Crowe, Cung Le and Lucy Liu. Rated R. Village 6. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER A naive high school freshman learns the ways of the world from a couple of salty old seniors.
Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Rated PG-13. Village 6. PITCH PERFECT Oh hells yeah, girlfriend, this is the story of a gal who brings some much-needed spunk to her all girls college choir. Watch out boys, it’s time for a sing-off and some shenanigans. Starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson. Rated PG-13. Carmike 12. SAMSARA This documentary seeks to subvert the form as it takes viewers on a dialogue-free trip around the world as it searches for the thing that connects us all. Directed by Ron Fricke. PG-13 Wilma. SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS A screenwriter gets mixed-up with some goofy and dangerous gangsters after his bro-hams kidnap one of the gangster’s beloved shih tzu. Starring Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell. Rated R. Village 6.
TAKEN 2 It’s all about revenge, baby. Retired CIA operative Brian Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of the man Mills killed in Taken. Undoubtedly, it’s personal this time. Starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace. Rated PG13. Carmike 12, Pharaohplex.
WRECK-IT RALPH Certain to appeal to folks of a certain age and their children, this animated film tells the story of a video game character seeking to be something more, all the while reeking havoc on the entire arcade where he dwells. Starring the voices of John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. Rated PG. Carmike 12, Village 6, Pharaohplex and Showboat.
Capsule reviews by Jason McMackin. Moviegoers be warned! For show times please visit missoulanews.com, contact the theaters telephonically or check theater websites in order to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities. Theater phone numbers: Carmike 12 and Village 6 at 541-7469; Wilma at 7282521; Pharaohplex in Hamilton at 961-FILM; Showboat in Polson and Entertainer in Ronan at 883-5603.
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