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The
Kids are All Right (R) -on two screens- 12:00,
1:15, 2:30, 4:00, 5:15, 6:45, 8:00, 9:25
Dinner for Schmucks
(PG13) 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35
The Girl Who Played With Fire
(R) 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35
Salt (PG13)
12:50, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30
Inception (PG13)
12:10, 3:20, 6:25, 9:40
I Am Love (R)
3:40, 6:35
Cyrus (R) 1:00,
4:10, 6:55, 9:40
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
(R) 1:10, 9:20
The
Kids Are All Right (R)
Times: -on two screens- 12:00, 1:15, 2:30, 4:00, 5:15,
6:45, 8:00, 9:25
The
latest film from director Lisa Cholodenko (High Art, Laurel
Canyon) was the most talked-about movie at the 2010 Sundance
Film Festival, and the winner of the Teddy Award for Best
Feature Film at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.
The movie combines comedic surprise with poignant emotional
truth in a funny, vibrant, and richly drawn portrait of a
modern family. Annette Bening and Julianne Morre star as Nic
and Jules, a married couple who share a cozy suburban Southern
California home with their teenage children, Joni and Laser
(Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson). Nic and Jules or, when
referred to jointly by Joni, "Moms" gave birth to
and raised their children, and built a family life for the
four of them. As Joni prepares to leave for college, 15-year-old
Laser presses her for a big favor. He wants Joni, to help
him find the sperm donor who is their biological father. 106
min.
  

Dinner
For Schmucks (PG13)
Times: 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35
Steve
Carell and Paul Rudd star in this very funny comedy, directed
by Jay Roach (Meet The Parents, Meet The Fockers),
about two unlikely friends and one very memorable dinner.
Rudd plays Tim, a guy on the verge of having it all. The only
thing standing between him and total career success is finding
the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annual Dinner for
Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening
brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry
(Carell), a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny
outfits to recreate great works of art. 114 min.
  

The
Girl Who Played With Fire (R)
Times: 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35
In
the highly anticipated second installment of the Millennium
Trilogy, Lisbeth Salander is in hiding, a wanted woman. A
researcher and a journalist about to expose the truth about
the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's
prints are on the weapon. Her old partner Mikael Blomkvist,
editor-in-chief of Millennium magazine, does
not believe what he hears on the news. Desperate to get to
her before she is cornered and alone, Blomkvist fits the pieces
of the puzzle together, coming up against dangerous underworld
characters along the way. In Swedish with subtitles. 129 min.
  

Salt
(PG13)
Times: 12:50, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30
Angelina
Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this contemporary
action thriller, directed by Phillip Noyce. Jolie stars as
Evelyn Salt (Jolie), a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty,
honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector
accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run to
clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using
all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative,
Salt must elude capture and protect her husband or the world's
most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
But her efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast
doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind
her identity continues. 100 min. Filmed
partially in Albany!
  

Inception
(PG13)
Times: 12:10,
3:20, 6:25, 9:40
Acclaimed
filmmaker Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento)
directs an international cast in an original sci-fi thriller
that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite
world of dreams. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a skilled thief,
the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing
valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during
the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable.
His rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous
new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him
an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever
loved. The all-star cast includes Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard,
Ellen Page, Tom Berenger and Michael Caine. 148 min.
  

I
Am Love
(R)
Times: 3:40, 6:35
Tilda
Swinton stars in this story of the wealthy Recchi family,
whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr.,
the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the
reins of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone
by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson
Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend
Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the
family is Tancredi's wife Emma (Swinton), a Russian immigrant
who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive
mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls
quickly and deeply in love with Edo's friend and partner Antonio,
and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her
family forever. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. "I Am
Love plays its various narrative strands off each other
in the most elegant of ways and allows Swinton to deliver
another desire-driven grande dame performance. See it by any
means necessary. 5 Stars." Time Out Chicago. In Italian/Russian/English
with subtitles. 120 min.
  

Cyrus
(R)
Times: 1:00,
4:10, 6:55, 9:40
Written
and directed by Jay and Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking
team behind Sundance Film Festival favorite The Puffy Chair,
the film takes an insightful, funny and sometimes heartbreaking
look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles. John
C. Reilly, Catherine Keener, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill star.
Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage,
John (Reilly) has all but given up on romance. But at the
urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie (Keener), John
grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé at a party.
To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to
meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly (Tomei). But
there is one catch: Molly's 21 year-old son Cyrus (Hill),
with whom she shares an unconventional relationship. Using
the innovative improvisational techniques that have earned
them critical accolades and a devoted following, Jay and Mark
Duplass enter the mainstream with a touching, original story
that blends humor and heartbreak, much like life itself. 92
min.
  

Joan
Rivers: A Piece of Work (R)
Times: 1:10, 9:20
This
entertaining film takes the audience on a year long ride with
legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life. Peeling
away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles,
sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female
performer, the film is an emotionally surprising and revealing
portrait of one of the most hilarious and long-standing career
women ever in the business. "Rivers rocks it. This wild
ride will make you laugh and then touch you in ways you don't
see coming." Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. 85
min.
 

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