›› MOViES
Friday July 29 -Thursday August 4
Movie summaries by Matthew Stafford
● Bridesmaids (1:29) Lovelorn Kristen looks at the attempts of a group of West Virginians to halt the environmentally disastrous Wiig endures the barbaric rituals of modern practice of mining and burning coal. matrimony when her BFF Maya Rudolph gets ● The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo hitched. ● Buck (1:28) Documentary follows cowboy (5:00) Verdi’s epic musical bio of the starcrossed Spanish prince is brought to full-tonand real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannansiled life by the New York Met. man as he shares his gift for communicating ● Midnight in Paris (1:34) Woody Allen’s with equines through instinct and compassion. ● Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack latest expatriate romance stars Owen Wilson as a dissatisfied modern-day Yank who discovers Cardiff (1:26) The Oscar-winning cinemathat he can travel at will to the Paris of Scott, tographer and his illustrious colleagues share Zelda and Gertrude Stein. behind-the-scenes stories and clips from his ● The Names of Love (1:42) Saucy socioTechnicolor masterpieces (“The Red Shoes,” political French comedy about a free-loving “Black Narcissus” et al.). ● Captain America (2:04) Yet another comic left-wing mademoiselle and her improbable book superhero hits the big screen, this one a relationship with a meek middle-aged scientist. ● Page One: 98-lb. weakling Inside The New transformed into York Times a Nazi-smashing (1:28) InsideWorld War II ulthe-newsroom tra-soldier. ● Cars 2 (1:53) glimpse at the Manhattan daily The gang heads as it grapples with to Europe to the economic compete in le decline of print Grand Prix and journalism and gets caught up in the rise of blogs, international estweets and other pionage; Michael inconsequentia. Caine, Vanessa Redgrave and Ed- Film Night in the Park presents Marcel Dalio and friend in ‘Casablanca, ● Planet 51 (1:31) Cartoon die Izzard are ’ Saturday at 8pm in San Anselmo’s Creek Park; info, 272-2756 or about an astroamong the jet set. filmnight.org. ● Cloudy with naut who finds himself on a planet identical to an American a Chance of Meatballs (1:21) Cartoon about small town–except for all those little green a scientist whose well-meaning attempts to end inhabitants. world hunger result in food dropping from the ● The Smurfs (1:40) Teensy cobalt-blue critheavens in (over)abundance. ● Cowboys and Aliens (1:52) Cowpokes ters find themselves in midtown Manhattan, Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig join forces with much to the bafflement of Neil Patrick Harris. ● Super 8 (1:52) J.J. Abrams’ Zapruderesque Apache warriors in an epic showdown against thriller about a group of kids who inadverweird-looking hombres in flying saucers. ● Crazy, Stupid, Love (1:58) Freshly divorced tently film an ultra-spooky conspiracy-laden catastrophe. straight arrow Steve Carell navigates the tricky ● Transcendent Man: Live with Ray shoals of singlehood with plenty of help from Wurzwell (2:00) The radical futurist discusses smooth-operating wingman Ryan Gosling. ● Electric Daisy Carnival Experience (2:30) immortality, techno-human merging (don’t ask) and other nerd-o-riffic topics. Swedish House Mafia, Duck Sauce, Moby, Afrojack and many others rock the house at the ● Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2:37) Shia LeBeouf and his robotic comrades are planet’s number-one electronic music festival. ● Finding Joe (1:25) Documentary follows back, saving humankind from total destruction philosopher Joseph Campbell’s several stages of for, what, the third time? ● The Tree (1:40) Drama about an enormous “the hero’s journey” with helpful insights from fig tree and what it represents to a mother and Deepak Chopra, Mick Fleetwood and others. ● Friends with Benefits (1:49) Justin Timdaughter and their tenuous relationship. ● The Tree of Life (2:18) Terrence Malick’s berlake and Mila Kunis discover (this being lyrical, meditative family portrait (winner of Hollywood) that having a guilt-free no-strings Cannes’ Palme d’Or) stars Sean Penn, Brad Pitt sexual relationship is preposterous. ● The Globe Theatre Presents Henry IV and Jessica Chastain. Part I (3:00) Direct from London’s most presti- ● The Trip (1:47) Rollicking comedy follows gious playhouse it’s the Bard’s rousing historical two British comics as they motor through Northern England in search of fine food and chronicle. ● Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: literary inspiration, gibe-ing and pattering all the way. Part Two (2:10) The supernatural epic’s grand finale finds Harry facing down the wicked Lord ● Winnie the Pooh (1:03) A.A. Milne’s affable ursa is back, joining Eeyore and Tigger in Voldemort for all the marbles. ● Horrible Bosses (1:40) Comedy follows search of Christopher Robin plus any honey three office-mates as they plot to off the higher- that happens to be around. ● Zookeeper (1:44) Lonesome zookeeper ups (Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Kevin James gets lessons in courting the ladies Farrell) who make their lives miserable. ● The Last Mountain (1:35) Documentary from his (totally verbal!) animal pals.
›› MOViE TiMES Bridesmaids (R) ★★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 Lark Theater: 9 Sun 6:50 Buck (Not Rated) ★★★ Rafael Film Center: Fri-Sat, Tue 4:30, 6:45, 9 Sun 4:30, 9:15 Mon, Wed-Thu 4:30, 9 ❋ Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Wed-Thu 7 Captain America: The First Avenger (PG-13) ★★★ Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:25, 8:30; 3D showtimes at 7:15, 10:10 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:25, 8:30; 3D showtimes at 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10:10 Mon-Thu 7:15, 10; 3D showtimes at 6:30, 9:25 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11, 12:30, 2, 3:30, 5:05, 6:40, 8, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 2:40, 5:40, 8:40 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7 Mon-Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 Cars 2 (G) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:10, 4:30, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:55, 7:05 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (PG) Century Rowland Plaza: Tue, Thu 10am CinéArts at Marin: Mon 11:30am Cowboys & Aliens (PG-13) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:30, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11, 1:40, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:35 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:30, 1, 2:15, 3:45, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:30 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 1:10, 4, 6:40, 9:30 ❋ Crazy, Stupid, Love (PG-13) Century Regency 6: 11, 12:35, 1:50, 3:15, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 8:55, 10:15 Century Rowland Plaza: 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7 Mon-Thu 4:20, 7 Fairfax 5
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= New Movies This Week
Theatres: 1:20, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Sat 1:30, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:25, 7:10 ❋ The Electric Daisy Carnival Event (PG-13) Century Regency 6: Thu 9 CinéArts at Marin: Thu 9 CinéArts at Sequoia: Thu 9 ❋ Finding Joe (Not Rated) Rafael Film Center: Sun 7 (filmmaker Patrick Takaya Solomon in person) Friends with Benefits (R) Century Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 8, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:10, 5, 8, 10:30 Mon-Thu 7, 9:45 Century Regency 6: Fri-Tue 11:55, 1:20, 2:45, 4:10, 5:35, 7, 8:25, 9:50 Wed-Thu 11:55, 1:20, 2:45, 4:10, 5:35, 8:25 Century Rowland Plaza: 11:10, 2, 4:45, 7:25, 10:15 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:30 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:50, 7:40 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4, 6:45, 9:20 Sat 1:15, 4, 6:45, 9:20 Sun 1:15, 4, 6:45 Mon-Thu 4, 6:45 ❋ The Globe Theatre Presents Henry IV Part I (PG) Century Regency 6: Mon 6:30 CinéArts at Sequoia: Mon 6:30 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (PG-13) ★★★★ Century Cinema: Fri-Wed 3:40, 10:10; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 7 Thu 3:40; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 7 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30; 3D showtimes at 12:55, 3:55, 7, 10:05 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:15, 4:15, 10:10; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:10 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 1, 4:10, 7, 9:50 Horrible Bosses (R) ★★★ Century Regency 6: 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 Century Rowland Plaza: 10:05, 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:25 Tue, Thu 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:25 CinéArts at Sequoia: Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Sun 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 Tue 5:10, 7:30 Wed-Thu
5:10 Fairfax 5 Theatres: 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:35 ❋ The Last Mountain (PG) Lark Theater: 4:30 Sun 2:15 The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlo (Not Rated) Lark Theater: Sat 9am Midnight in Paris (PG-13) ★★★1/2 Century Regency 6: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Mon 12:50, 3:10 CinéArts at Marin: Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:15 Mon-Tue 2, 4:40, 7:30 Tiburon Playhouse 3: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:15 Sat 1:45, 4:10, 7, 9:15 Sun 1:45, 4:10, 7 Mon-Thu 4:10, 7 ❋ The Names of Love (R) Rafael Film Center: 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Sat-Sun 2, 4:15, 6:30, 8:45 Page One: Inside the New York Times (R) Rafael Film Center: Sat-Sun 2:30 Planet 51 (PG) Century Northgate 15: Mon, Wed 10am ❋ The Smurfs (PG) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 12:25, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 11:20, 1:45, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Century Rowland Plaza: 10, 3, 8; 3D showtimes at 12:30, 5:30, 10:30 Super 8 (PG-13) ★★1/2 Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:30, 10 ❋ Transcendent Man: Live with Ray Kurzweil (Not Rated) Century Regency 6: Wed 8 CinéArts at Marin: Wed 8 CinéArts at Sequoia: Wed 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (PG-13) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 9 ❋ The Tree (Not Rated) Lark Theater: 6:50 Sat 2:15, 6:50 Sun 4:30 The Tree of Life (PG-13) ★★★★ Rafael Film Center: 5, 8 The Trip (Not Rated) ★★★ Rafael Film Center: Sat-Sun 2:15 Winnie the Pooh (G) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:15, 1:10, 3:15, 5:15, 7:10 Zookeeper (PG) Century Northgate 15: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules.
›› THEATERS CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264
Straight arrow Jacques Gamblin and free spirit Sara Forestier strike unexpected sparks in ‘The Names of Love,’ opening Friday at the Rafael. JULY 29 – AUGUST 4, 2011 PACIFIC SUN 23