Friday, April 1, 2011

Go! Movie Roundup: April 1-7

The Adjustment Bureau (2.5 stars) — The title fate-dealing organization keeps a politician (Matt Damon) and a ballerina (Emily Blunt) apart, something the politician is determined to change. PG-13 for brief strong language, some sexuality and a violent image. AMCG, CALL, DEST, PALIS

Battle: Los Angeles (2 stars) — A Marine platoon faces off against an extraterrestrial invasion of Southern California. PG-13 for sustained and intense sequences of war violence and destruction, and for language. AMCG, FISH, LYCE, PALIS, SHOW, WARW

Beastly — In a modern version of "Beauty and the Beast," a New York youth is transformed into a monster in order to find true love. PG-13 for language including crude comments, brief violence and some thematic material. AMCG, PALIS

CALL: Callicoon Theater - 887-4460. Closed until March 25.

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.

Black Swan (3.5 stars) — Writer-director Darren Aronofsky explores dark psychological territory in the tale of a ballerina (Oscar-winning Natalie Portman). R for strong sexual content, disturbing violent images, language, some drug use. SHIL

Cat Run — Assassins chase two amateur detectives protecting a high-end escort who has evidence to a government conspiracy. R for strong bloody violence, sexual content, nudity and language. PALIS

Cedar Rapids (3 stars) — Belated-coming-of-age comedy starring Ed Helms ("The Office") as an insurance agent from Wisconsin who enjoys unexpected personal growth at a convention in the title city in Iowa. R for crude and sexual content, language and drug use. ORPH

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2 stars) — Film adapted from the second in the series of novels by Jeff Kinney in which seventh-graders Greg and Rodrick have problems at home and at school. PG for some mild rude humor and mischief. AMCG, DEST, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, ROSV, SHOW

The Fighter (3 stars) — Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams and Academy Award 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. SHIL

Gnomeo & Juliet (2.5 stars) — Lovey-dovey garden gnomes are caught up in a feud between their families. Rated G. AMCG (3-D), HUDV

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. SHIL

Hall Pass (1.5 stars) — Peter and Bobby Farrelly direct Owen Wilson, Christina Applegate and others in the story of a man whose wife grants him permission to have an affair. R rating for crude and sexual humor throughout, language, some graphic nudity and drug use. DEST, PALIS

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

Heartbeats — Two close friend, Francis (Xavier Dolan) and Marie (Monia Chokri), vie for the affections of a self-styled and sexually ambiguous dreamboat named Nico (Neils Schneider), in a French-language Canadian film from 22-year-old writer, director and actor Dolan. Unrated; subtitled. TINK (5 p.m. April 2), UPST (8:25 p.m. April 3-4)

Hop (2 stars) — E.B, the Easter bunny's teen son, heads to Hollywood determined to land a gig as a drummer in a rock band. PG for some mild rude humor. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, ROSV, SHOW, WARW

I Love You Phillip Morris (2.5 stars) — Jim Carrey plays a gay con man driven by love in a new comedy based on a true story. R for language, sexual content that includes dialogue. TINK

Insidious (3 stars) — Family members seek to keep evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. PG-13 for thematic material, violence, terror and frightening images, brief strong language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, PALIS, SHOW

Jane Eyre — Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) goes into the world to become a governess in director Cary Fukunaga's reconstruction of Charlotte Bronte's dark romantic drama. PG-13 for some thematic elements including a nude image and brief violent content. DOWN, PALIS, UPST

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, WARW

The King's Speech (3.5 stars) — With an important radio speech looming, England's King George VI (Oscar-winning Colin Firth), who has a debilitating stutter, is helped by a speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush) in the Best Picture Academy Award winner. AMCG, HUDV, PALIS

Leave — A writer meets a stranger, who turns his entire world upside down in this psychological thriller. Unrated. DOWN (April 2)

Limitless (2.5 stars) — After he takes a secret drug, a copywriter (Bradley Cooper) acquires superhuman powers, in a new thriller. PG-13 for thematic material involving a drug, violence including disturbing images, sexuality and language. AMCG, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, ORPH, PALIS, ROSV, SHOW

The Lincoln Lawyer (3 stars) — While representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills, a lawyer (Matthew McConaughey) conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car. R for some violence, sexual content and language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, ORPH, PALIS, ROSV, SHOW

Mars Needs Moms (2.5 stars), — "Polar Express" style animation about a boy who stows away on the spaceship taking his kidnapped mom to Mars for training as a maternal figure for Martian hatchlings. PG for sci-fi action and peril. DEST (3-D), PALIS

My Dog Tulip — Paul and Sandra Fierlinger's 2009 hand-drawn animated film based on J.R. Ackerley's 1956 memoir about his decade and a half relationship with Tulip, his German shepherd. Unrated. TSL (April 1-3)

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. SHIL

Paul (2.5 stars) — Two British comic-book geeks (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) try to help an extraterrestrial (voice of Seth Rogen) who escapes from a military base. R for language including sexual references, and some drug use. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, ROSV, SHOW

Poetry — The decision to enroll in a poetry class reverberates through the life of an elegant woman stuck in a trivial daily routine. Unrated; in Korean with subtitles. ROSN (April 1, 3-4, 6-7)

Rango (3 stars) — Animated feature about a chameleon (voice of Johnny Depp) who tries to protect a Western town beset by bandits. PG for rude humor, language, action and smoking. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, PALTZ, ROSV, SHOW, WARW

Red Riding Hood (1.5 stars) — In a medieval village haunted by a werewolf, a girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family's displeasure. PG-13 for violence and creature terror, and some sensuality. AMCG, DEST, HUDV, PALIS, SHOW, WARW

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. SHIL

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. SHIL

Source Code (2.5 stars) — A soldier (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. PG-13 for some violence including disturbing images, and for language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALIS, ROSV, SHOW

Sucker Punch (0.5 stars) — Institutionalized by her stepfather and facing a lobotomy in five days, a girl retreats into a fantasy world in which she and fellow inmates plot to escape. PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, IMAX, PALIS, PALTZ, ROSV, SHOW, WARW

Tangled (2.5 stars) — Mandy Moore provides the voice of Rapunzel in Disney's updated animated take on the fairy tale. PG for brief mild violence. 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. SHIL

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside where is he is visited by the spirit of his deceased wife and where his long-lost son returns home in a nonhuman form. Unrated. TSL (April 1-3)

Win Win (3.5 stars) — An attorney (Paul Giamatti) who volunteers as a wrestling coach takes guardianship of an elderly client's grandson in a scheme to make quick money. PALIS

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. SHIL

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