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PREMIERES 47 Ronin (119 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, thematic elements)
A group of samurai band together to avenge the death of their master at the hands of an evil shogun. Fiesta 5 (2-D and 3-D)
Grudge Match (113 mins.; PG-13: sportsaction violence, sexual content, language)
Two aging boxing rivals (Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone) are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final match. Fairview
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (114 mins.; PG: some crude comments, language, action violence)
A daydreamer and everyman is sent on a real-world adventure of epic proportions after discovering his job is in jeopardy. Ben Stiller directs and stars. Camino Real/Fiesta 5
Her (126 mins.; R: language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity)
Joaquin Phoenix stars as a lonely writer who develops an unusual relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need. Spike Jonze writes and directs. Paseo Nuevo Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (139 mins.; PG-13: some intense sequences of violence and disturbing images, sexual content, brief strong language)
Idris Elba portrays Nelson Mandela in this biopic about the life and journey of South Africa’s first democratically elected president. Metro 4 The Wolf of Wall Street (180 mins.; R: sequences of strong sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use, language throughout, some violence)
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jordan Belfort, a real-life stockbroker who falls from grace in a plot involving crime, corruption, and the U.S. government. Martin Scorsese directs. Camino Real/Metro 4
NOW SHOWING The Book Thief (131 mins.; PG-13: some violence, intense depiction of thematic material)
A young girl living in World War II Germany finds solace in stealing books and sharing their stories with her friends. Meanwhile, her adoptive parents harbor a Jewish refugee in their home. The Book Thief is without question a moving film, but in the end, it dilutes its own purposes. (DJP) Plaza de Oro
✯ Dallas Buyers Club (117 mins.; R: pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity, drug use)
Matthew McConaughey plays a hardand fast-living electrician living in Dallas in the 1980s who is diagnosed with HIV. Dallas Buyers Club is another feather in the Stetson for McConaughey, who plays that certain type of American hero so well — the tough-minded lone wolf fighting a good fight on his own terms. (JW) Plaza de Oro
✯ Frozen (108 mins.; PG: some action, mild rude humor)
Anna and Kristoff unite on an epic journey to find Anna’s sister Elsa and rescue their kingdom from an endless winter. Besides its long-overdue bow to feminist hopes, Frozen strikes a nice balance between expectation and surprise; we’re
on safe (if frigid) terrain, but the plot keeps you guessing. (DJP) Fairview (2-D)/Fiesta 5 (2-D)
✯ The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (161 mins.; PG-13: extended sequences of intense fantasy-action violence, frightening images)
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf, continue their quest to rescue their hometown of Erebor from Smaug. Peter Jackson directs. Jackson has rediscovered the fun in chapter two, even if it doesn’t imbue us with the bittersweet sense of a golden age gone as the Rings cycle did. (DJP) Camino Real (2- D)/ Metro 4 (2-D)
✯The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
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(146 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation, language)
Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are named targets of the Capitol after their victory at the 74th Hunger Games incites a rebellion. Director Francis Lawrence and his screenwriters have improved a great movie franchise by hiding the machinery well; Hunger Games II is smoother and deeper-feeling. (DJP) Fairview/Fiesta 5
✯ Inside Lleywn Davis (105 mins.; R: language, including some sexual references)
A young singer makes his way through the Greenwich Village folk scene over the course of a week in 1961. Joel and Ethan Coen write and direct. Tucked into the folds of this deceptively low-key tale are understated, enriching storytelling turns on the Coens’ part. (JW) Riviera
✯ Nebraska (115 mins.; R: some language)
An elderly, hard-drinking dad travels from Montana to Nebraska to reconnect with his estranged son and claim a milliondollar sweepstakes prize. Director and Nebraska-boy Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) comes home and delivers another peculiar but ultimately touching doozy of a film. Plaza de Oro
✯ Philomena (98 mins.; PG-13: some strong language, thematic elements, sexual references) A journalist picks up a story about an older woman searching for her son, who was taken from her decades ago after she was forced into a convent. Steve Coogan abandons his smart hipster shtick to play reporter Martin Sixsmith, and the results are surprisingly moving. Plaza de Oro Saving Mr. Banks (125 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements including some unsettling images)
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her life while Walt Disney begins production on the film adaptation of her novel Mary Poppins. Spoonfuls of sugar, salt, and historically charged artistic in-fighting make Saving Mr. Banks an intriguing, if overly slick, operation. (JW)
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Walking with Dinosaurs (87 mins.; PG: creature action and peril, mild rude humor)
Watch and feel what it was like when dinosaurs roamed the earth in this animated, 3-d tale about a young dinosaur that aspires to greatness. This film feels as if it were originally meant to be educational but then got a voice-over slapped on it, adding insult to the inanity of the project. (DJP) Fairview (2-D and 3-D)/ Fiesta 5 (2-D and 3-D)
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