Friday, April 8, 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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The Adjustment Bureau (HH½) — 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, PGAL, ROSN (April 8-11, 13-14)

Arthur (½H) — Remake of a 1981 comedy casts Russell Brand as a drunken playboy who stands to lose his inheritance because of his involvement with a woman his family doesn't like. PG-13 for alcohol use throughout, sexual content, language and some drug references. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, ORPH, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW, WARW

Battle: Los Angeles (HH) — 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, DEST, PGAL

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.

Born to Be Wild (HHH) — Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary about elephants and primates living in Southeast Asia and Africa. IMAX (3-D)

Certified Copy — Mistaken for a married couple, a gallery owner (Juliette Binoche) and a British author (William Shimell) spend an afternoon touring and discussing and play-acting those roles. Unrated. UPST

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (HH) — 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, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

The Fighter (HHH) — 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

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. SHIL

Hanna (HHH) — Saoirse Ronan plays a 16-year-old assassin who is tracked by an intelligence agent and her operatives. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Hop (HH) — 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, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Insidious (HHH) — 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, PGAL, SHOW

Jane Eyre (HHH½) — 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, UPST

The King's Speech (HHH½) — 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. Rerated PG-13. AMCG

Limitless (HH½) — 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, CALL, FISH, HUDV, ORPH, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW, WARW

The Lincoln Lawyer (HHH) — 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, LYCE, PGAL, SHOW

March On! — Laura McFerrin's documentary spotlights the 2009 National Equality March on Washington, D.C., for the LGBTQ community. DOWN (4:30 and 7:30 p.m. April 11)

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 8-10)

No Strings Attached (HH) — 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

Nostalgia for the Light — 2010 documentary from Patricio Guzmán about the Atacama Desert in Chile, which, at 10,000 feet above sea level, is the driest desert on Earth. Unrated. TSL (April 14-16, 21-23)

Paul (HH½) — 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, HUDV, PGAL, SHOW

Rango (HHH) — 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, HUDV, PGAL, WARW

Red Riding Hood (H½) — 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, PGAL, WARW

Season of the Witch — 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. WARW

Soul Surfer (½H) — Real-life story inspires this drama about a 13-year-old female surfer who returns to the water after losing her arm in a shark attack. PG for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, PGAL, SHOW

Source Code (HH½) — 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, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

Sucker Punch (½H) — 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, IMAX, PGAL

Tangled (HH½) — 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 (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. 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 8-10)

Unknown (HH½) — 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 woman, he sets out to prove who he is. PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sexual content. SHIL

The Woodmans — C. Scott Willis' 2010 documentary about members of a family who persevere through tragedy to find redemption through one another and their work — making art. TINK (5:15 p.m. April 9), UPST (3:30 p.m. April 10, 8:15 p.m. April 11)

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. SHIL

Your Highness (½H) — A prince (James Franco) and his lazy younger brother (Danny McBride) seek to rescue the prince's kidnapped fiancee (Zooey Deschanel). R for strong crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity, violence and some drug use. AMCG, DEST, FISH, HUDV, LYCE, MIDD, ORPH, PALTZ, PGAL, ROSV, SHOW

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