MOViES
F R I D AY A U G U S T 1 5 — T H U R S D AY A U G U S T 2 1 Movie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d The Giver (1:40) Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medalwinning novel hits the big screen with Jeff Bridges as the mysterious keeper of a small town’s dark, dangerous secrets. l Guardians of the Galaxy (2:02) Yet another budding Marvel Comics franchise, this one involving an intergalactic swashbuckler, his foes and friends; Chris Pratt stars. l A Hard Day’s Night (1:30) 50th anniversary restoration of the footloose musical comedy stars John, Paul, George and Ringo as Liverpool rock stars heading to London for a TV gig; Wilfrid Brambell steals the show as Paul’s Machiavellian uncle. l The Hundred-Foot Journey (2:02) Culinary fireworks result when an Indian family opens a restaurant 33 yards from Helen Mirren’s Michelinstarred dining palace; Lasse Hallstrom directs. l Into the Storm (1:29) Postmodern disaster flick about a Midwestern town facing an unprecedented onslaught of killer tornadoes. l Jurassic Park (2:06) Spielberg megahit about a Costa Rica amusement park overrun by reborn dinosaurs; Richard Attenborough stars. l Kind Hearts and Coronets (1:44) Edgy comedy classic stars Dennis Price as a noble out to dispatch the eight relatives (all played by Ale Guinness) who stand between him and the family fortune. l Land Ho! (1:35) Two aging ex-in-laws embark on a road trip through Iceland’s spas, nightspots and outback in search of their lost youth. l Let’s Be Cops (1:44) Damon Wayans’ Halloween cop costume lands him in hilarious hijinks when actual fuzz mistake him for the real thing. l Lucy (1:40) La Femme Nikita’s Luc Besson directs Scarlett Johansson as an innocent kidnap victim turned merciless, totally cranial action figure. l Magic in the Moonlight (1:40) Curmudgeonly magician Colin Firth meets his match when he finds himself at a country estate with clairvoyant Emma Stone; Woody Allen writes and directs. l A Most Wanted Man (1:30) The late Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in John le Carre’s tale of a mystery man’s true identity: victim of circumstance or undercover terrorist? l Obvious Child (1:23) An aspiring twentysomething comedian faces unemployment, pregnancy and honest-to-God adulthood in Gillian Robespierre’s poignant comedy; Jenny Slate stars. l Planes: Fire & Rescue (1:15) Sequel finds down-and-outer Dusty regaining his altitude as a wildfire-fighting rescue copter. l Step Up: All In (1:52) The latest chapter in the street-dancing saga finds the torrid terpsichoreans converging on Vegas for an all-star smackdown. l Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1:40) Four reptilian outcast brothers emerge from their subterranean hideout to save Manhattan from power-mad supervillain Tony Shalhoub. l What If (1:38) Rom-com stars Daniel Radcliffe as a med school dropout who strikes sparks with another bloke’s girl.
k New Movies This Week k Alive Inside (Not Rated)
Rafael: Fri-Sat, Wed-Thu 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 Sun 2:30 Mon-Tue 4:30, 6:30, 8:30
Begin Again (R)
Lark: Sat 8:30 Wed 9
k The Birdcage (R)
Lark: Mon 8:30
Boyhood (R)
Marin: Fri, Mon-Thu 3:55, 7:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:55, 7:30 Rafael: Fri-Sun, Wed-Thu 12, 12:30, 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30 Mon-Tue 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Not Rated)
Lark: Sun 3:30 Wed 1
Calvary (R)
Regency: Fri-Wed 11:35, 2:15, 5, 7:50, 10:20
Chef (R)
Lark: Fri 6 Sat 2:15 Mon 5:45 Tue 1 Wed 3:45 Thu 5:45
Le Chef (PG-13)
Lark: Fri 1:15 Mon 3:30 Tue 6:15
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Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett’s tribute to the healing power of music, opens at the Rafael Friday. Alive Inside (1:13) Inspiring documentary focuses on the power of music to combat dementia and memory loss; Oliver Sacks and Bobby McFerrin add insights. l Begin Again (1:44) Musical rom-com stars Keira Knightley as an up-and-coming East Village chanteuse and Mark Ruffalo as a down-and-out record exec; let the canoodling commence. l The Birdcage (1:57) Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as owner and star of a Miami drag club who subvert their flamboyant lifestyle when their upright future in-laws come a-calling. l Boyhood (2:44) Richard Linklater’s intimate epic, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, focuses on one boy’s evolving life from age 6 to 18; Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette star. l Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1:55) Social climbing free-spirit Audrey Hepburn bewitches, bothers and bewilders writer-gigolo George Peppard in Blake Edwards’ mood-swinging version of the Truman Capote novella. l Calvary (1:40) A parish priest faces the day-today challenges of a troubled daughter, a morally ambiguous flock and his own inner demons; Brendan Gleeson stars. l Chef (1:55) Superstar chef Jon Favreau gives up his luxe L.A. eatery to launch a Miami food truck with John Leguizamo and Sofia Vergara. l Le Chef (1:25) Jean Reno stars as a three-star master of haute cuisine who takes on the trendy excesses of molecular gastronomy. l Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2:10) A mob of genetically evolved apes takes on a mob of plague-depleted humans to see who will rule Planet Earth. l Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1:37) 1970 documentary follows The King backstage, on the road and in performance in Vegas (viva!). l The Expendables 3 (2:08) The testosterone is rampant as Stallone, Banderas, Snipes, Lundgren, Ford, Schwarzenegger and Li take on unscrupulous arms dealer and onetime Expendable Mel Gibson. l The Fisher King (2:17) Societal dropouts Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges seek redemption and the Holy Grail in midtown Manhattan; Terry Gilliam directs. l A Five Star Life (1:25) Italian romance about a luxury hotel critic whose jet-setting life doesn’t fulfill her deeper, sweeter desires. l Get On Up (1:34) Chadwick Boseman gives a charismatic performance as the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, in this Tate Taylor musical biopic; Viola Davis costars. l
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (PG-13) Northgate: Fri-Wed 1, 4:05, 7:10, 10:05 k Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (PG)
Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7
The Expendables 3 (PG-13)
Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:40, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15
k The Fisher King (R)
Lark: Fri 8:45
A Five Star Life (Not Rated)
Lark: Sun 1:15 Thu 3:30
Get On Up (PG-13)
Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10
The Giver (PG-13)
Fairfax: 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:30, 7:10 Regency: FriWed 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35
Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)
Cinema: Fri-Wed 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Fairfax: 12:45, 4, 7, 9:40 North gate: Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30; 3D showtimes at 11, 2, 5, 8, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 6:45 Thu 3:55, 6:45 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:30, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:25, 10:20
A Hard Day’s Night (Not Rated)
Lark: Sun 8:40 Thu 8:30
The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)
Fairfax: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 6:30, 9:20 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:45 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7 Thu 4:10, 7 Regency: Fri-Wed 10:35, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Sequoia: Fri 4, 7, 9:55 Sat 1, 4, 7, 9:55 Sun 1, 4, 7 Mon-Wed 4, 7
Into the Storm (PG-13)
Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:35, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:10, 9:25 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:05, 12:10, 1:20, 2:25, 3:35, 4:40, 5:50, 6:55, 8:05, 9:10, 10:20 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10
k Jurassic Park (PG-13)
Lark: Sat 5
k Kind Hearts and Coronets (Not Rated) Rafael: Sun 4:30, 7
Land Ho! (R)
Lark: Fri 3:30 Sat 11:45 Sun 6:15 Mon 1 Tue 3:45 Wed 6:30 Thu 1
k Let’s Be Cops (R)
Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 7:30, 910 Sat-Sun 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 910 Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:15 Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:45, 1:05, 2:30, 3:45, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25 Rowland: Fri-Wed 12, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30
Lucy (R)
Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Sun 11:30, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 Wed 12:25, 2:50, 10:15
Magic in the Moonlight (PG-13)
Fairfax: 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:30, 9:55 Regency: Fri-Tue 11:20, 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 11:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Sequoia: Fri 4:25, 7:25, 10 Sat 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25
A Most Wanted Man (R)
Fairfax: 1, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 Marin: Fri 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 Sat 1, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 Sun 1, 4:10, 6:55 Mon-Thu 4:10, 6:55 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Wed 1, 4:20, 7:10 Thu 4:20, 7:10 Regency: Fri-Wed 10:30, 1:20, 4:10, 7, 10
Obvious Child (R)
Lark: Tue 8:30
Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)
Northgate: Fri-Wed 11, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40
Step Up: All In (PG-13)
Northgate: Fri-Wed 1:50, 7:20; 3D showtimes at 11:10, 4:30, 10 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2:20, 7:50; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 5, 10:25
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) Fairfax: 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15; 3D showtime at 9:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 4:45, 9:45 Mon-Wed 9:30; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10; 3D showtimes at 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7, 9:30 Rowland: Fri-Wed 2, 7; 3D show times at 11:30, 4:30, 9:30 k What If (PG-13)
Northgate: Fri-Wed 11:50, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55
Showtimes can change after we go to press. Please call theater to confirm schedules. CinéArts at Marin 101 Caledonia St., Sausalito • 331-0255 | CinéArts at Sequoia 25 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley • 388-4862 | Cinema 41 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera • 924-6505 | Fairfax 9 Broadway, Fairfax • 453-5444 | Lark 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur • 924-5111 | Larkspur Landing 500 Larkspur Landing Cir., Larkspur • 461-4849 | Northgate 7000 Northgate Dr., San Rafael • 800-326-3264 | Playhouse 40 Main St., Tiburon • 435-1234 | Rafael Film Center 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael • 454-1222 | Regency 80 Smith Ranch Rd., Terra Linda • 479-5050 Rowland 44 Rowland Way, Novato • 800-326-3264
AUGUST 15 - AUGUST 21, 2014 PACIFIC SUN 19