HAROLD AND KUMAR: ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY
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AMC Chestnut Hill 27 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill 617.277.2500 [Prices: $9.25 GA; $8.25 students; $7.25 seniors & matinees; $6.25 children. Nearby T service: Chestnut Hill (Green Line D Branch); Bus Routes 60, 51] AMC Loews Boston Common 175 Tremont St., Boston 617.423.3499 [Prices: $10 GA; $9 students; $8 seniors & matinees; $7 children. Nearby T service: Boylston (Green Line, Silver Line), Park Street (Green Line, Red Line), Chinatown (Orange Line, Silver Line); Bus Route 43] AMC Loews Harvard Square 10 Church St., Cambridge 617.864.4580 [Prices: $9.25 GA; $8.25 students; $7.25 seniors & matinees; $6.25 children. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 71-75, 77-78, 96] Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St., Cambridge 617.876.6837 [Prices: $9.50 GA; $7.50 students & matinees; $6.50 seniors & children. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 66, 71, 73, 86] Capitol Theatre 204 Mass. Ave., Arlington 781.648.4340 [Prices: $7 GA; $6.50 students; $5 children before 6pm, seniors & matinees. Nearby T service: Bus routes 77, 87, 350]
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).$)!.! */.%3 !.$ 4(% +).'$/- /& 4(% #2934!, 3+5,, \ /0%.3 (ARRISON &ORD HAS RETURNED WITH MORE WRINKLES AND LESS SEX APPEAL THEN EVER BEFORE IN THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF )NDIANA *ONES 4HIS TIME THE SEXAGENAR IAN TAKES ON THE 3OVIET 5NION IN A BATTLE FOR THE ENIGMATIC CRYSTAL SKULL (IS MAIN OPPONENT #ATE "LANCHETT AS 3OVIET AGENT )RINA 3PALKO 3HIA ,A"EOUF ALSO STARS AS SOME GUY NAMED -UTT WHICH JUST SEEMS SO DAMN ½TTING !NYWAY WRINKLES OR NO WRINKLES AFTER YEARS IT´S NICE TO SEE *ONES COME BACK KICKING
3/. /& 2!-"/7 \ /0%.3 )T´S /+ 3TALLONE ISN´T IN THIS ONE )NSTEAD YOU GET A CHEEKY COMEDY ABOUT TWO FAIR HAIRED %NGLISH BOYS PLAYED BY .EIL $UDGEON AND "ILL -ILNER DRESSED IN 2AMBO ESQUE COSTUMES ATTEMPTING TO DO A REMAKE OF &IRST "LOOD -EANWHILE THEY MUST AVOID RELIGIOUS ZEALOT PARENTS AND CONTAIN A PIED PIPER LIKE &RENCH EXCHANGE STUDENT°ALL IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP )F YOU THINK "RITISH ACCENTS MAKE CHILDREN CUTER AND YOU TRUST 3UNDANCE´S JUDG MENT YOU MAY ENJOY THIS ROMP THROUGH THE S %NGLISH COUNTRYSIDE "UT HEY IF YOU´RE LOOKING FOR 3TALLONE STYLE TROUBLE YOU´VE COME TO THE WRONG PLACE BUDDY
Circle Cinemas 399 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brookline 617.566.4040 [Prices: $9.75 GA; $7.25 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Reservoir (Green Line D Branch), Cleveland Circle (Green Line C Branch), Chestnut Hill Ave. (Green Line B Branch); Bus Routes 51, 86] Coolidge Corner Theatre 290 Harvard St., Brookline 617.734.2500 [Prices: $9.50 GA; $7.50 seniors & children (Fri-Sun); $6.50 seniors & children (Mon-Thu); $6 members; $7.50 matinees. Nearby T service: Coolidge Corner (Green Line C
Branch), Harvard Ave. (Green Line B Branch); Bus Route 66] Entertainment Cinemas Fresh Pond 168 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge 617.661.2900 [Prices: $8.75 GA; $5.75 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Alewife Station (Red Line); Bus Route 83] Harvard Film Archive 24 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge 617.495.4700 [Prices: $8 GA; $6 seniors & students. Nearby T service: Harvard Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 1, 69, 86] Kendall Square Cinema 1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge 617.499.1996 [Prices: $9.25 GA; $7 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Kendall Station (Red Line)] Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Ave., Boston 617.369.3907 [Prices: $9 GA; $8 seniors, children, & students; $7 matinees for GA; $6 matinees for seniors, children & students. Nearby T service: MFA (Green Line E Branch); Bus Routes 39, 47] Regal Fenway Stadium 201 Brookline Ave., Boston 617.424.6111 [Prices: $10 GA; $8 students & matinees; $7.75 seniors; $7 children. Nearby T service: Kenmore (Green Line), Fenway (Green Line D Branch); Bus Routes 8, 60, 65, 47] Regent Theatre 7 Medford St., Arlington 781.646.4849 [Call for ticket prices. Nearby T service: Bus Routes 77, 79-80, 87, 350] Showcase Cinemas Revere 565 Squire Rd., Revere 781.286.1660 [Prices: $10 GA; $7.25 seniors, children & matinees. Nearby T service: Bus Routes 119, 411, 426, 428-429] Somerville Theatre 55 Davis Sq., Somerville 617.625.5700 [Prices: $7 GA; $6.50 students; $5 children before 6pm, seniors & matinees. Nearby T service: Davis Station (Red Line); Bus Routes 87, 88, 90, 94, 96]