Friday, February 18, 2011

Go! Movie Roundup: Feb. 18-24

Barney's Version (2.5 stars) — At 65, a hard-living television producer reflects on his life and loves failed and true. R for language and some sexual content. DOWN, PALIS

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son — FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Martin Lawrence) and his 17-year-old stepson, Trent Brandon (T. Jackson), go undercover at an all-girls' performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. PG-13 for some sexual humor, brief violence. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, MIDD, PALIS, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Black Swan (3.5 stars) — 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. CALL, PALIS, PGAL

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

Blue Valentine (3.5 stars) — A modern couple's relationship is showed through vignettes that cross time periods. R for strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating. TINK

Burning Palms — Five darkly dramatic and comedic stories about life in Los Angeles. R for strong sexuality, violence including a rape, language and drug use. AMCG

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2 stars) — 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. SHIL

The Dilemma (2 stars) — 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. SHIL

The Eagle (2.5 stars) — In 140 A.D., a young Roman centurion newly arrived in Britain sets out across Hadrian's Wall to confront savage tribes and retrieve the golden emblem of a lost legion that had been headed by his father. PG-13 for battle sequences and some disturbing images. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

The Fighter (3 stars) — 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, LYCE, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL

Gnomeo & Juliet (2.5 stars) — Lovey-dovey garden gnomes are caught up in a feud between their families. Rated G. AMCG (plus 3-D), DEST (plus 3-D), FISH (3-D), HUDV (3-D), LYCE (3-D), MIDD (3-D), PALIS (plus 3-D), PALTZ (3-D), PGAL (plus 3-D), ROSV, SHOW

The Green Hornet (1.5 stars) — 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), PALIS (3-D), PGAL (3-D)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (3 stars) — 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. SHIL

I Am Number Four (2.5 stars) — Passing as a typical high school student, an extraordinary teen seeks to elude an enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, IMAX, LYCE, MIDD, ORPH, PALIS, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

The Illusionist (3.5 stars) — Sylvain Chomet, the creator of the Oscar-nominated "Triplets of Belleville," offers another personalized Oscar-nominated animated film, this one based on a Jacques Tati screenplay about a dying breed of stage entertainer who, forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, meets a young fan in Scotland who changes his life forever. PG for thematic elements and smoking. UPST

Immigration Tango — A foreign couple swaps partners with their friends, an American couple, testing the boundaries of their relationships. R for language and some sexual content. PALIS

Just Go With It (1 star) — A man (Adam Sandler) enlists the help of a woman (Jennifer Aniston) and her kids to try to land the woman (Brooklyn Decker) of his dreams. PG-13 for frequent crude and sexual content, partial nudity, brief drug references and language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, ORPH, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2.5 stars) — The teen singer is spotlighted on his 2010 concert tour. Rated G. AMCG (plus 3-D), DEST (plus 3-D), FISH (3-D), HUDV (3-D), LYCE (3-D), MIDD (3-D), ORPH, PALIS, PGAL (3-D), ROSV (3-D), SHOW (3-D)

The King's Speech (3.5 stars) — 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, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, PALIS, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Little Fockers (1.5 stars) — Renewed suspicions in the mind of the tightly 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. SHIL

The Mechanic (1.5 stars) — Jason Statham plays an elite assassin who takes on an apprentice (Ben Foster). R for strong brutal violence throughout, language, some sexual content and nudity. AMCG, HUDV, PALIS

Megamind (2.5 stars) — The villainous title character (voiced by Will Ferrell) finds that his life lacks meaning after he defeats his superhero nemesis. PG for action, some language. SHIL

No Strings Attached (2 stars) — 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, FISH, HUDV, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Rabbit Hole (3.5 stars) — When their son is killed in an auto accident, a couple (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) find their world turned upside down. Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by David Lindsay-Abaire. PG-13 for mature thematic material, some drug use and language. UPST

Race to Nowhere — A documentary looking at the pressures students face in today's education system, from academics to athletics to peer competition. PG-13 for thematic material involving stress on adolescents. DOWN

The Rite (1.5 stars) — An American priest travels to Rome to attend an exorcism school. Anthony Hopkins stars. PG-13 for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references. AMCG, PALIS

The Roommate — A deranged college freshman (Leighton Meester, "Gossip Girl") becomes obsessed with her new roommate (Minka Kelly, "Parenthood"). PG-13 for violence and menace, sexual content, some language and partying. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Sanctum (2.5 stars) — Members of an underwater cave diving team experience a life-threatening crisis during an expedition to the unexplored and least accessible cave system in the world. R for language, some violence and disturbing images. AMCG (3-D), PALIS (3-D), PGAL (3-D)

The Social Network (4 stars) — 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. SHIL

The Tourist (2.5 stars) — Thriller starring Johnny Depp as an American ensnared by a woman (Angelina Jolie) he meets in Europe. PG-13 for violence and brief strong language. SHIL

Tron: Legacy (2.5 stars) — 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. SHIL

True Grit (3 stars) — 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. AMCG, HUDV, PALIS, ROSN, ROSV, SHOW

2011 Oscar Shorts — Animation — To be shown are "Day & Night," from Teddy Newton; "The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang; "Let's Pollute," Geefwee Boedoe; "The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann; and "Madagascar, carnet de voyage" ("Madagascar, a Journey Diary"), Bastien Dubois. Unrated. PARA (3 p.m. Feb. 19), TSL (Feb. 18, 20, 24, 26-27), TINK (3:45 p.m. Feb. 19), UPST (4:45 p.m. Feb. 20)

2011 Oscar Shorts — Documentary Program A — To be shown are "Killing in the Name," nominees to be determined; "Sun Come Up" Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger; and "The Warriors of Qiugang," Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon. Unrated. TSL (Feb. 19, 25, 27)

2011 Oscar Shorts — Documentary Program B — To be shown are "Poster Girl," nominees to be determined, and "Strangers No More," Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Unrated. TSL (Feb. 18, 24)

2011 Oscar Shorts — Live Action — To be shown are "The Confession" from Tanel Toom; "The Crush," Michael Creagh; "God of Love," Luke Matheny; "Na Wewe," Ivan Goldschmidt; and "Wish 143" Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite. Unrated. PARA (3 p.m. Feb. 20), TSL (Feb. 19-20 and 25-27 and March 3-5), TINK (5:45 p.m. Feb. 18), UPST (3:30 p.m. Feb. 21)

Unknown (2.5 stars) — Awakening from a coma, a man (Liam Neeson) discovers that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is. PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sexual content. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, PALIS, PGAL, SHOW

Unstoppable (3 stars) — 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

Waste Land — Journeying to his native Brazil and the world's largest garbage dump, artist Vik Muniz ends up photographing and collaborating with those who sift through the garbage seeking recyclable materials. Unrated; in English and Portuguese with subtitles. PARA (Feb. 23-24)

Yogi Bear (2 stars) — 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), PALIS (3-D), PGAL (3-D)

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