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Movie Guide PREmiERES A Dog’s Purpose (120 mins., PG) Director Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) helms this film based on W. Bruce Cameron’s bestselling novel about a dog who lives several lives, learning from each one. Josh Gad voices the canine in his/her many incarnations, which include a golden retriever, a German shepherd, a corgi, and a Labrador retriever. Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, and Peggy Lipton also star. Fairview/Fiesta 5
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MICHAEL KEATON GIVES AN IMPOSSIBLE-TO-STOPWATCHING PERFORMANCE.
A TERRIFIC MOVIE.”
(Opens Thu., Jan. 26)
The Founder (116 mins., PG-13) Michael Keaton stars in this biopic about McDonald’s fast-food-chain founder Ray Kroc. Paseo Nuevo Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (106 mins., R) Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice, returning to Raccoon City to take down the evil Umbrella Corporation, which is intent on wiping out any remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Camino Real/Fiesta 5 (Opens Thu., Jan. 26)
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (92 mins., PG) Brett Dalton (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) stars as a washed-up former child actor who, after doing community service for a megachurch, discovers Christianity in this faith-based film. Fiesta 5
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-OWEN GLEIBERMAN
Split out the one personality who will release them. Camino Real/Metro 4 xXx: Return of Xander Cage (107 mins., PG-13)
Vin Diesel returns as Xander Cage for this third installment of the action-film franchise. Cage comes out of hiding to retrieve a weapon known as “Pandora’s Box.” Camino Real/Metro 4
NOW SHOWiNG 20th Century Women (118 mins., R) O Dorothea (Annette Bening) is a nononsense single mother intent on seeing the world through her teenage son’s eyes as he tries to solve the mystery of his village full of feisty females, including an artsy boarder (Greta Gerwig), true-blue pal (Elle Fanning), and his mom, the most puzzling of all. The kid is California dreaming, skateboarding down canyon roads, and soaking up free-spirited Santa Barbara, which, according to our hometown boy (writer/director Mike Mills), thrived in the ’70s thanks to the spiky intelligence of intriguing women played so wonderfully by this dream cast. (JK)
Paseo Nuevo
O La La Land
MICHAEL KE ATON
(128 mins., PG-13)
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film that had me sitting upright the whole time, amazed at the magic that Hollywood creates, but La La Land did just that. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling play young artists trying to make it in the entertainment industry; their chemistry is akin to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, including a delightfully enchanting tap dancing scene. Through song, dance, humor, romance, and heartache, the lovers inspire each other to work for their dreams. Yet the film also reminds the audience that fantasy can be just that — things we desire but may never have. (SM)
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Lion
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THE RESURRECTION OF GAVIN STONE (PG) LA LA LAND (PG-13) SING (PG) (2D) 20th CENTURY WOMEN (R) HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) PATRIOTS DAY (R) THE BYE BYE MAN (R) MONSTER TRUCKS (PG) (2D)
THE FOUNDER (R)
Split (117 mins., PG-13) Director M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror/thriller tells the story of a man with 24 personalities (James McAvoy) who kidnaps three girls and tortures them psychologically as they try to coax
Lion (118 mins., PG-13) Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) stars as a man who was adopted from Calcutta when he was a boy by an Australian couple and searches to find his birth family.
Plaza de Oro
Hidden Figures (127 mins., PG-13) Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe star in the film based on the true story of the women who helped NASA launch its first space mission.
Fairview/Fiesta 5
Live by Night (128 mins., R) Ben Affleck stars in and directs this gritty tale of Prohibition Era–gangsters adapted from Dennis Lehane’s novel. Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, and Brendan Gleeson also star.
Camino Real/Metro 4
O Manchester by the Sea
(137 mins., R)
This poignant film captures raw human emotion in the wake of tragedy. Not only do Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine, but breakout actor Lucas Hedges perfectly portrays how difficult is it to deal with the death of a parent during adolescence. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a family member can find solace in the film’s themes of grief, forgiveness, and learning to let go. (SM) Plaza de Oro
Hidden Figures
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CAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE Hollister & Storke - GOLETA
SPLIT (PG-13) XXX: (PG-13) (2D)
RETURN OF XANDER CAGE
INDEPENDENT Thusday, January 19
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
The Bye Bye Man (96 mins., PG-13) Three college students living in an offcampus house are preyed upon by the Bye Bye Man in this supernatural horror film. Fiesta 5
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LA LA LAND (PG-13) PATRIOTS DAY (R) ROGUE ONE: (PG-13) (2D) A STAR WARS STORY
MOANA (PG) (2D) LIVE BY NIGHT (R)
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HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) SING (PG) (2D) PASSENGERS (PG-13) (2D) MONSTER TRUCKS (PG) (2D)
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ROGUE ONE: (PG-13) (2D) A STAR WARS STORY
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SPLIT (PG-13) XXX: (PG-13) (2D)
RETURN OF XANDER CAGE
SILENCE (R) SLEEPLESS (R) LIVE BY NIGHT (R)
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MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (R) LION (PG-13)
Starts Thursday, January 26
Dennis Quaid.... A DOG’S PURPOSE (PG) Matthew McConaughey.... GOLD (R) Milla Jovovich....
RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER
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THE MET Opera 2017 Saturday, January 21 - 9:55 am
Gounod’s...
ROMEO et JULIETTE
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Stadium Seating ‘Live’ - An HD Digital Presentation JANUARY 19, 2017
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