Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin are, impractically, a couple in this romance that isn’t a comedy.
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NOTE: Not all weekend listings were available at time of printing. “ARTHUR CHRISTMAS” (PG) (1:27) Stars James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent and Bill Nighy. Directed by Sarah Smith. Santa’s youngest son looks to use his father’s high-tech operation at the North Pole to complete an urgent mission on Christmas night. Opening at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today 11:40, […]
You go, ‘Hugo’!
Martin Scorsese has wrought a mesmerizing work of movie magic just in time for the holidays.
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OPENING FRIDAY “ANONYMOUS” (PG-13) (2:10) Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and David Thewlis. Directed by Roland Emmerich. This political thriller advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare’s plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. Opening […]
Sticking it to the man
That’s what caper comedy ‘Tower Heist’ is all about. And the best part is, Eddie Murphy is funny again.
Being Hunter
Johnny Depp again gives a total-immersion portrayal of journalist Hunter S. Thompson in ‘The Rum Diary.’
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OPENING FRIDAY “IN TIME” (PG-13) Stars Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. Directed by Andrew Niccol. Set in a world where people stop aging at 25, but are genetically engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, a […]
‘The Three Musketeers’ is all for none …
Whatever your relationship (ardent, platonic, nonexistent) to the Alexander Dumas story about Athos, Porthos, Aramis and the lionhearted musketeer intern, D’Artagnan, there’s a word for the latest screen edition of “The Three Musketeers”: whatthehell? Seriously: What the hell? Those who favored the callous aggravations of the recent Guy Ritchie-directed “Sherlock Holmes,” a film without which […]