Friday, January 21, 2011

MOVIE ROUNDUP

Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) gets a helping hand from a statue of Abraham Lincoln, which has magically come to life at the Lincoln Memorial, in “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.” Twentieth Century Fox

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Black Swan (HHH½) — Writer-director Darren Aronofsky explores dark psychological territory in the tale of a ballerina (Natalie Portman). R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language, some drug use. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Blue Valentine (HHH½) — A modern couple's relationship is showed through vignettes that cross time periods. R for strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating. PALIS

Burlesque (HH) — Cher plays a former dancer whose neo-burlesque club provides sanctuary for a small-town girl (Christina Aguilera). PG-13 for sexual content including several suggestive dance routines, partial nudity, language and some thematic material. SHIL

DOWN: Downing Film Center, Newburgh - 561-3686.

FOAK: Fair Oaks Drive-in - 361-5774. Closed for the season.

HYDE: Hyde Park Drive-in - 229-4738. Closed for the season.

IMAX: Palisades Center, West Nyack - 358-IMAX (4629).

OVER: Overlook Drive-in, Poughkeepsie - 452-3445. Closed for the season.

PGAL: Regal Galleria Mall Stadium 16, Poughkeepsie - 297-0785.

ROSV: Roosevelt Cinemas, Hyde Park - 229-2000.

SHIL: Silver Cinemas South Hills 8, Poughkeepsie - 297-5512.

TINK: Upstate Films at Tinker Street, Woodstock - 679-6608.

WARW: Warwick Drive-in - 986-4440. Closed for the season

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (HH) — Returning to Narnia, Lucy and Edmund and Eustace accompany Prince Caspian across the sea toward the edge of the world. PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy action. AMCG, PALIS (3-D)

Client 9 — Documentary from Alex Gibney about the rise and fall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. UPST

The Company Men (HH) — Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner star for writer-director John Wells as business executives caught up in the downturn in the economy. R for language, brief nudity. PALIS

Country Strong (HH) — An ascending songwriter (Garrett Hedlund) teams with a fading country singer (Gwyneth Paltrow) for success that complicates her relationship with her manager-husband (Tim McGraw). PG-13 for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content. AMCG, PALIS, PGAL

The Dilemma (HH) — Ron Howard directs Vince Vaughn in a comedy as a man who suspects that the wife (Winona Ryder) of his business partner/best friend (Kevin James) is having an affair. PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving sexual content. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Due Date (HH) — Aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) gives nervous father-to-be (Robert Downey Jr.) a ride so that he can make it to his child's birth on time. R for language, drug use, sexual content. SHIL

The Fighter (HHH) — Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, and Golden Globe winners Christian Bale and Melissa Leo star in the real-life comedy-drama of a blue-collar Massachusetts man with professional boxing aspirations. R for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, ORPH, PALIS, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

The Green Hornet (H½) — Seth Rogen co-wrote the screenplay adaptation and stars for director Michel Gondry as the masked crime fighter assisted by his late dad's assistant, Kato (Jay Chou). PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content. AMCG (3-D), DEST (plus 3-D), FISH (3-D), HUDV (3-D), LYCE (3-D), MIDD (3-D), ORPH, PALIS (plus 3-D), PALTZ (3-D), PGAL (3-D), ROSV (3-D), SHOW (plus 3-D)

Gulliver's Travels (H½) — Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver (Jack Black), on assignment in Bermuda, ends up in Lilliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens. PG for brief rude humor, mild language and action. AMCG (3-D), DEST, PALIS, PGAL (3-D)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (HHH) — With Voldemort's power growing ever stronger, Harry, Ron and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and brief sensuality. AMCG, DEST, PALIS

Howl — Courtroom drama, historical re-creation and animated poetry are combined in a look at Allen Ginsburg and his famous poem "Howl." Unrated. UPST

Idiots & Angels — 2008 animation by Bill Plympton about a man named Angel who wakes up one day with wings on his back and finds himself doing good deeds, contrary to his selfish, abusive nature. Unrated. TSL (Jan. 22-23)

Inside Job — Charles Ferguson shows how the global economic meltdown of 2008 was not some unfortunate accident. PG-13 for some drug and sex-related material. ROSN (Jan. 21-26)

The King's Speech (HHH½) — With an important radio speech looming, England's King George VI (Colin Firth), who has a debilitating stutter, is helped by a speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush). AMCG, DEST, DOWN, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, ORPH, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW, TINK, UPST

Life as We Know It (HH) — Two antagonistic single professionals become guardians of an orphaned child. PG-13 for sexual material, language and some drug content. SHIL

Little Fockers (H½) — Renewed suspicions in the mind of the tighly wound Jack Byrne (Robert De Niro) about his son-in-law (Ben Stiller) cause problems during a family gathering. PG-13 for mature sexual humor throughout, language and some drug content. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Love and Other Drugs (HH) — Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway team for unexpected romance. R for strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, and some drug material. SHIL

No Strings Attached — Ivan Reitman directs a comedy in which friends (Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher) with benefits find that they might want a more meaningful relationship. R for sexual content, language and some drug material. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Plastic Planet — Werner Boote documents that plastics have emerged as a global threat. Unrated. TSL (Jan. 27-30)

Red (HH) — When his life is threatened by an assassin, former agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reassembles his former team in a last-ditch effort to survive. PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language. SHIL

Saint Misbehavin' — Documentary about Wavy Gravy, whose commitment to social change and the end of human suffering is a message he delivers through humor, compassion and a song, "Basic Human Needs," that he sings wherever he goes. TSL (Jan. 27-30)

Season of the Witch (H) — Nicolas Cage stars in a medieval drama about knights who transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. PG-13 for thematic elements, violence and disturbing content. AMCG, FISH, HUDV, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Secretariat (HH½) — From a horse farm owned by the strong-willed Diane Chenery Tweedy (Diane Lane) emerges Secretariat, a 1973 Triple Crown winner. PG for brief mild language. SHIL

The Social Network (HHHH) — Success leads to personal and legal complications for Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language. PALIS, SHIL

Somewhere (HHH) — Writer-director Sofia Coppola spotlights a hard-partying movie actor (Stephen Dorff) who unexpectedly is asked to care for his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning). R for sexual content, nudity and language. PALIS

Tangled (HH½) — Mandy Moore provides the voice of Rapunzel in Disney's updated animated take on the fairy tale. PG for brief mild violence. AMCG, DEST, HUDV, PALIS, PGAL (3-D), SHOW

There but for Fortune — Kenneth Bowser's documentary spotlights 1960s folk singer Phil Ochs. TSL (Jan. 22-23)

A Touch of Greatness — Using poetry, drama and imaginative play, fifth-grade teacher Cullum championed an unorthodox educational philosophy that spoke directly to his students' needs. Unrated. TSL (3:30 p.m. Jan. 22, followed by discussion; 3:30 p.m. Jan. 29)

Tron: Legacy (HH½) — Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, finds himself pulled into the same virtual world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father (Jeff Bridges) has been living for 20 years. PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language. AMCG (3-D), HUDV (3-D), IMAX (3-D), PALIS (3-D), PGAL (3-D)

True Grit (HHH) — Remaking a 1969 film starring John Wayne, Ethan and Joel Coen return to the Western novel by Charles Portis for renewed inspiration in the tale of a determined young woman (Hailee Steinfeld) who hires a U.S. marshal (Jeff Bridges) to track down her father's murderer. PG-13 for some intense sequences of Western violence including disturbing images. CHES, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Unstoppable (HHH) — An unstaffed, half-mile-long freight train carrying combustible liquids and poisonous gas will wipe out a city unless officials from a rail company can stop it. PG-13 for sequences of action and peril, and some language. SHIL

The Way Back — Peter Weir directs Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan and Jim Sturgess in the tale of Siberian gulag escapees who walk 4,000 miles overland to freedom in India. PG-13 for violent content, depiction of physical hardships, a nude image and brief strong language. AMCG, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Yogi Bear (HH) — Dan Aykroyd does the title voice, and Justin Timberlake voices sidekick Boo Boo, as they try to save Jellystone Park from closing. AMCG (3-D), DEST (plus 3-D), FISH (3-D), HUDV (3-D), PALIS, PGAL (3-D), SHOW (3-D)

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