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( ( ( * FG<E@E> OPENING ( * ( * =I@;8P FRIDAY ( * "DRIVE" (R) (1:40) Stars Ryan Âľ2@7D3Âś @ (" AbO`a @gO\ Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan 5]aZW\U 1O`Sg ;cZZWUO\ O\R 0`gO\ Cranston. Directed by Nicolas Winding 1`O\ab]\ 2W`SQbSR Pg <WQ]ZOa EW\RW\U Refn. A Hollywood stunt performer who @ST\ / 6]ZZge]]R abc\b ^S`T]`[S` eV] moonlights as a wheelman discovers []]\ZWUVba Oa O eVSSZ[O\ RWaQ]dS`a that a contract has been put out on him bVOb O Q]\b`OQb VOa PSS\ ^cb ]cb ]\ VW[ after a heist gone wrong. Strong brutal OTbS` O VSWab U]\S e`]\U Ab`]\U P`cbOZ bloody violence, language and some PZ]]Rg dW]ZS\QS ZO\UcOUS O\R a][S nudity. \cRWbg Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) =^S\W\U Ob( <WQYSZ]RS]\ >]`bZO\R Fri-Wed 1:40,4:15, 7, 9:15; Cinemagic 4`W ESR (" "( # % '( #) 1W\S[OUWQ Grand (South Portland) Fri-Wed 5`O\R A]cbV >]`bZO\R 4`W ESR 7:20, 9:50; Cinemagic 12:10, ( 2:30,4:50, (! "(# %( '(# ) 1W\S[OUWQ Westbrook Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 7:20, ESabP`]]Y 4`W ESR ( !( %( 9:50; Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed '(# ) 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] 4`W ESR 7:10, 9:25; Brunswick 12:05, ( # 2:15,4:30, ( # "(! %( '( #) 0`c\aeWQY 10 Fri-Wed 1:25,1:45,4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 4`W ESR ( # ("# "(! $("# %(! 10; Falmouth 10 Fri 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Sat ) 4OZ[]cbV 4`W "(# %( '(# AOb 2:1,4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 2:15,4:50, 7:20 ( "(# %( '(# Ac\ ( # "(# %( Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 ;]\ ESR "(# %(
Hina^h] g^YZ A Danish director puts an understated European spin on the / 2O\WaV RW`SQb]` ^cba O\ c\RS`abObSR 3c`]^SO\ a^W\ ]\ bVS Hollywood action film, and the result is the impressive 'Drive.' 6]ZZge]]R OQbW]\ ¿Z[ O\R bVS `SacZb Wa bVS W[^`SaaWdS ¡2`WdS ¸ By GARY DARLING #Z $"3: %"3-*/( McClatchy Newspapers .D$MBUDIZ /FXTQBQFST
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t's being pitched as an U T CFJOH QJUDIFE BT BO action film, a straight-up BDUJPO mMN B TUSBJHIU VQ saga about a man who TBHB BCPVU B NBO XIP crashes cars as a movie DSBTIFT DBST BT B NPWJF stunt driver by day and TUVOU ESJWFS CZ EBZ BOE helps crash businesses IFMQT DSBTI CVTJOFTTFT as a getaway driver by night. In a BT B HFUBXBZ ESJWFS CZ OJHIU *O B more mainstream universe, this NPSF NBJOTUSFBN VOJWFSTF UIJT could be the set-up for a Jason DPVME CF UIF TFU VQ GPS B +BTPO Statham headbanger. 4UBUIBN IFBECBOHFS But that's not what acclaimed #VU UIBU T OPU XIBU BDDMBJNFE Danish indie director Nicolas %BOJTI JOEJF EJSFDUPS /JDPMBT Winding Refn has in mind with 8JOEJOH 3FGO IBT JO NJOE XJUI "Drive." As chilly as a Copeni%SJWF w "T DIJMMZ BT B $PQFO hagen winter and often tensely IBHFO XJOUFS BOE PGUFO UFOTFMZ quiet before exploding in brutal RVJFU CFGPSF FYQMPEJOH JO CSVUBM violence, "Drive" sometimes WJPMFODF i%SJWFw TPNFUJNFT feels like an exercise, a foreignGFFMT MJLF BO FYFSDJTF B GPSFJHO er's academic take on a HolFS T BDBEFNJD UBLF PO B )PM lywood genre piece. Still, even MZXPPE HFOSF QJFDF 4UJMM FWFO though it doesn't careen around UIPVHI JU EPFTO U DBSFFO BSPVOE corners, "Drive" proves to be a DPSOFST i%SJWFw QSPWFT UP CF B thrilling ride. UISJMMJOH SJEF Ryan Gosling is the nameless 3ZBO (PTMJOH JT UIF OBNFMFTT driver, the go-to guy if a car has ESJWFS UIF HP UP HVZ JG B DBS IBT to be (driven hard and fast, whatUP CF ESJWFO IBSE BOE GBTU XIBU ever the reason. When he's not FWFS UIF SFBTPO 8IFO IF T OPU rolling cars on cue or knocking SPMMJOH DBST PO DVF PS LOPDLJOH over warehouses, he wants to be PWFS XBSFIPVTFT IF XBOUT UP CF an auto racer, an ambition his BO BVUP SBDFS BO BNCJUJPO IJT mechanic (Bryan Cranston) is NFDIBOJD #SZBO $SBOTUPO JT helping him with by introducing IFMQJOH IJN XJUI CZ JOUSPEVDJOH
REVIEW I<M@<N "DRIVE," starring Ryan Gosling, Âľ2@7D3 Âś abO``W\U @gO\ 5]aZW\U Carey Mulligan, Bryan 1O`Sg ;cZZWUO\ 0`gO\ Cranston and Albert Brooks. 1`O\ab]\ O\R /ZPS`b 0`]]Ya Directed by Nicolas Winding 2W`SQbSR Pg <WQ]ZOa EW\RW\U Refn. Rated R for strong, @ST\ @ObSR @ T]` ab`]\U brutal, bloody violence, strong P`cbOZ PZ]]Rg dW]ZS\QS ab`]\U language and some nudity. ZO\UcOUS O\R a][S \cRWbg Running time: 1:40 @c\\W\U bW[S( (" him to those who could bankroll IJN UP UIPTF XIP DPVME CBOLSPMM him, mobsters played by Albert IJN NPCTUFST QMBZFE CZ "MCFSU Brooks and Ron Perlman. #SPPLT BOE 3PO 1FSMNBO On the other hand, he's falling 0O UIF PUIFS IBOE IF T GBMMJOH for young mom Irene (Carey GPS ZPVOH NPN *SFOF $BSFZ Mulligan), literally the girl next .VMMJHBO MJUFSBMMZ UIF HJSM OFYU door, whose husband, Standard EPPS XIPTF IVTCBOE 4UBOEBSE (the underrated Oscar Isaac), UIF VOEFSSBUFE 0TDBS *TBBD has just come home from prison. IBT KVTU DPNF IPNF GSPN QSJTPO When the entire family is threat8IFO UIF FOUJSF GBNJMZ JT UISFBU ened because Standard still owes FOFE CFDBVTF 4UBOEBSE TUJMM PXFT some gangsters money, Standard TPNF HBOHTUFST NPOFZ 4UBOEBSE agrees to one last job to pay off BHSFFT UP POF MBTU KPC UP QBZ PGG his debt - and the driver agrees IJT EFCU o BOE UIF ESJWFS BHSFFT to help him. UP IFMQ IJN The driver's seemingly sepa5IF ESJWFS T TFFNJOHMZ TFQB rate worlds collide and nothing SBUF XPSMET DPMMJEF BOE OPUIJOH goes as planned. HPFT BT QMBOOFE Gosling, whose career has (PTMJOH XIPTF DBSFFS IBT exploded in the last year with FYQMPEFE JO UIF MBTU ZFBS XJUI such films as "Blue Valentine" TVDI mMNT BT i#MVF 7BMFOUJOFw and "Crazy, Stupid, Love," is so BOE i$SB[Z 4UVQJE -PWF w JT TP
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Ryan Gosling, top photo, is @gO\ 5]aZW\U b]^ ^V]b] Wa the nameless driver and Carey bVS \O[SZSaa R`WdS` O\R 1O`Sg Mulligan a hard-luck young ;cZZWUO\ O VO`R ZcQY g]c\U mom in "Drive." [][ W\ Âľ2`WdS Âś unemotional that, at times, he VOFNPUJPOBM UIBU BU UJNFT IF verges on the somnambulent. WFSHFT PO UIF TPNOBNCVMFOU While this can be unnerving, it 8IJMF UIJT DBO CF VOOFSWJOH JU echoes the rest of the film where FDIPFT UIF SFTU PG UIF mMN XIFSF everyone in Refn's sun-baked FWFSZPOF JO 3FGO T TVO CBLFE noir world seems to be dead on OPJS XPSME TFFNT UP CF EFBE PO the inside. UIF JOTJEF Yet, despite the torpor, the :FU EFTQJUF UIF UPSQPS UIF action scenes are gripping and BDUJPO TDFOFT BSF HSJQQJOH BOE Refn's painterly way with a cam3FGO T QBJOUFSMZ XBZ XJUI B DBN era - cinematographer Newton FSB o DJOFNBUPHSBQIFS /FXUPO Thomas Sigel also deserves a 5IPNBT 4JHFM BMTP EFTFSWFT B mention - adds visual allure. NFOUJPO o BEET WJTVBM BMMVSF "Drive" may not take the exi%SJWFw NBZ OPU UBLF UIF FY pected route to get to its destinaQFDUFE SPVUF UP HFU UP JUT EFTUJOB tion, but it arrives there in style. UJPO CVU JU BSSJWFT UIFSF JO TUZMF
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"TABLOID" (R) (1:27) Stars Kent ÂľB/0:=72Âś @ ( % AbO`a 9S\b Gavin and Joyce McKinney. Directed by 5OdW\ O\R 8]gQS ;Q9W\\Sg 2W`SQbSR Pg Errol Morris. Documentary on a former 3``]Z ;]``Wa 2]Qc[S\bO`g ]\ O T]`[S` Miss Wyoming who is charged with ;Waa Eg][W\U eV] Wa QVO`USR eWbV abducting and imprisoning a young OPRcQbW\U O\R W[^`Wa]\W\U O g]c\U "I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES Âľ7 2=<¸B 9<=E 6=E A63 2=3A Mormon missionary. ;]`[]\ [WaaW]\O`g IT" (PG-13) (1:35) Stars Sarah Jessica 7BÂś >5 ! (!# AbO`a AO`OV 8SaaWQO Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) =^S\W\U Ob( <WQYSZ]RS]\ >]`bZO\R Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey >O`YS` >WS`QS 0`]a\O\ O\R 9SZaSg Fri-Mon 1:10, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30 Tue 1:10, %( '(! BcS ( Grammer. Directed by Douglas McGrath. 4`W ;]\ ( #( 5`O[[S` 2W`SQbSR Pg 2]cUZOa ;Q5`ObV 5:20, 7:20 Wed 1:10, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30 #( %( ESR ( #( %( '(! Kate Reddy is a finance executive who 9ObS @SRRg Wa O Âż\O\QS SfSQcbWdS eV] is the breadwinner for her husband Wa bVS P`SOReW\\S` T]` VS` VcaPO\R and two kids. A new account adds O\R be] YWRa / \Se OQQ]c\b ORRa another layer to her already packed O\]bVS` ZOgS` b] VS` OZ`SORg ^OQYSR schedule - and it includes temptation aQVSRcZS Âł O\R Wb W\QZcRSa bS[^bObW]\ in the form of business associate Jack W\ bVS T]`[ ]T PcaW\Saa Oaa]QWObS 8OQY Abelhammer. /PSZVO[[S` "30 MINUTES OR LESS" (R) (1:23) Stars Âľ! ;7<CB3A =@ :3AAÂś @ ( ! AbO`a Opening at: Cinemagic Westbrook =^S\W\U Ob( 1W\S[OUWQ ESabP`]]Y Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride and 8SaaS 3WaS\PS`U 2O\\g ;Q0`WRS O\R Fri-Wed 12, 2:10, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40; 4`W ESR ( "(! %( '(" ) Nick Swardson. Directed by Ruben <WQY AeO`Ra]\ 2W`SQbSR Pg @cPS\ Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12:30,2:35, 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] 4`W ESR (! (!# Fleischer. Two fledgling criminals 4ZSWaQVS` Be] Ă&#x20AC;SRUZW\U Q`W[W\OZa 4:40, 7:15, 9:20; Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed "(" %( # '( ) 0`c\aeWQY 4`W ESR kidnap pizza delivery guy Nick, strap a YWR\O^ ^WhhO RSZWdS`g Ucg <WQY ab`O^ O 1:30, 3:40, 7, 9:40 (! !(" % '(" bomb to his chest, and inform him that P][P b] VWa QVSab O\R W\T]`[ VW[ bVOb he has mere hours to rob a bank. As the VS VOa [S`S V]c`a b] `]P O PO\Y /a bVS "STRAW DOGS" (R) Stars James ÂľAB@/E 2=5AÂś @ AbO`a 8O[Sa clock ticks, Nick, with the help of his exQZ]QY bWQYa <WQY eWbV bVS VSZ^ ]T VWa Sf Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander PSab T`WS\R RSOZ eWbV bVS ^]ZWQS VW`SR ;O`aRS\ 9ObS 0]ae]`bV O\R /ZSfO\RS` best friend, deal with the police, hired Skarsgard. Directed by Rod Lurie. L.A. AYO`aUO`R 2W`SQbSR Pg @]R :c`WS : / assassins, flamethrowers and their own OaaOaaW\a Ă&#x20AC;O[SbV`]eS`a O\R bVSW` ]e\ screenwriter David Sumner relocates aQ`SS\e`WbS` 2OdWR Ac[\S` `SZ]QObSa tumultuous relationship. Crude and bc[cZbc]ca `SZObW]\aVW^ 1`cRS O\R with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in aSfcOZ Q]\bS\b ^S`dOaWdS ZO\UcOUS eWbV VWa eWTS /[g b] VS` V][Sb]e\ W\ sexual content, pervasive language, the deep South. There, while tensions bVS RSS^ A]cbV BVS`S eVWZS bS\aW]\a nudity and some violence \cRWbg O\R a][S dW]ZS\QS build between them, a brewing conflict PcWZR PSbeSS\ bVS[ O P`SeW\U Q]\Ă&#x20AC;WQb Showing at: Cinemagic Saco Today AV]eW\U Ob( 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] B]ROg with locals becomes a threat to them eWbV Z]QOZa PSQ][Sa O bV`SOb b] bVS[ 7:15, 9:10 %( # '( both. Strong brutal violence including P]bV Ab`]\U P`cbOZ dW]ZS\QS W\QZcRW\U a sexual attack, menace, some sexual O aSfcOZ ObbOQY [S\OQS a][S aSfcOZ "APOLLO 18" (PG-13) (1:25) Directed Âľ/>=::= &Âś >5 ! ( # 2W`SQbSR content and pervasive language. Q]\bS\b O\R ^S`dOaWdS ZO\UcOUS by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego. DecadesPg 5]\hOZ] :]^Sh 5OZZSU] 2SQORSa Opening at: Cinemagic Grand (South ]ZR T]c\R T]]bOUS T`][ </A/¸a /^]ZZ] =^S\W\U Ob( 1W\S[OUWQ 5`O\R A]cbV old found footage from NASA's Apollo Portland) Fri-Wed 12:20, 4, 7, 9:40; >]`bZO\R 4`W ESR ( " % '(" ) 18 mission, in which two American & [WaaW]\ W\ eVWQV be] /[S`WQO\ Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed 12:20, 1W\S[OUWQ ESabP`]]Y 4`W ESR ( astronauts were sent on a secret Oab`]\Ocba eS`S aS\b ]\ O aSQ`Sb 3:20, 6:50, 9:30; Cinemagic Saco Fri!( $(# '(! ) 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] 4`W expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. Sf^SRWbW]\ `SdSOZa bVS `SOa]\ bVS C A Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 ESR ( # "(# %( # '(!# has never returned to the moon. VOa \SdS` `Sbc`\SR b] bVS []]\ Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today AV]eW\U Ob( 4OZ[]cbV B]ROg "THE LION KING" (G) (1:29) ÂľB63 :7=< 97<5Âś 5 ( ' 4:35, 6:45 Fri-Sat 9:40; Cinemagic Saco "(!# $("# 4`W AOb '(" ) 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] Animated with the voices of Matthew /\W[ObSR eWbV bVS d]WQSa ]T ;ObbVSe Today-Wed 12:30, B]ROg ESR (! 2:30,4:30, (! "(! Broderick, Jeremy Irons and James 0`]RS`WQY 8S`S[g 7`]\a O\R 8O[Sa 7:10, 9:20; Cinemagic Grand (South %( '( ) 1W\S[OUWQ 5`O\R A]cbV Earl Jones. Directed by Roger Allers 3O`Z 8]\Sa 2W`SQbSR Pg @]US` /ZZS`a Portland) Today 12, 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, >]`bZO\R B]ROg (! "(# %(! and Rob Minkoff. Tricked into thinking O\R @]P ;W\Y]TT B`WQYSR W\b] bVW\YW\U 9:40; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:10, '(" ) 1W\S[OUWQ ESabP`]]Y B]ROg ( he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion VS YWZZSR VWa TObVS` O UcWZb `WRRS\ ZW]\ 2:10,4:30, 7:20, 9:30 Fri-wed 12:10, 9:30; ( "(! %( '(! 4`W eSR ( '(! ) cub flees into exile and abandons QcP Ă&#x20AC;SSa W\b] SfWZS O\R OPO\R]\a Brunswick 10 Today 1:45, 4:15, 7:45,10 0`c\aeWQY B]ROg ("# "( # %("# his identity as the future king. First VWa WRS\bWbg Oa bVS Tcbc`S YW\U 4W`ab Fri-Wed 4:20, 9:50 4`W ESR "( '(# released in 1994. `SZSOaSR W\ ''" Opening at: Cinemagic Grand (South =^S\W\U Ob( 1W\S[OUWQ 5`O\R A]cbV "BUCKYLARSON:BORN TO BE A Âľ0C19G :/@A=<( 0=@< B= 03 / Portland) Fri-Wed 12, 2:30,4:40, 7, >]`bZO\R 4`W ESR (! "(" % STAR" (R) Stars Nick Swardson, Don AB/@Âś @ AbO`a <WQY AeO`Ra]\ 2]\ 9:20; Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed '( ) 1W\S[OUWQ ESabP`]]Y 4`W ESR Johnson and Christina Ricci. Directed 8]V\a]\ O\R 1V`WabW\O @WQQW 2W`SQbSR 11:50 a.m., 12 !2 (3D), 2, ( !2 "( 2:10 (3D), 4:20, (# O [ by Tom Brady. After learning that his Pg B][ 0`ORg /TbS` ZSO`\W\U bVOb VWa 4:30 (3D), 6:50, 7 (3D), 9, 9:10 (3D); "(! !2 $(# % !2 ' '( !2 ) parents were porn stars in the 1970s, a ^O`S\ba eS`S ^]`\ abO`a W\ bVS '% a O Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12:05 (3D), 1W\S[OUWQ AOQ] 4`W ESR ( # !2 nerdy guy leaves his home in northern \S`Rg Ucg ZSOdSa VWa V][S W\ \]`bVS`\ (3D), 2:30,4:15 (3D), 4:30, 7 12:30, (! 2:15 ( # !2 (! "( # !2 "(! % (3D), 7:15, 9:10 (3D), 9:30; Brunswick 10 !2 %( # '( !2 '(! ) 0`c\aeWQY MOVIES, (3D), 3:50,4:10 (3D), 6:50, Gc\Xj\ j\\ ;=D73A GX^\ <(, (1:20,1:40 (" !2 !(# "( !2 $(#
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