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Admission (PG-13)
F R I D AY march 2 9 — T H U R S D AY A pril 4 M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d Marcel Dalio advises you to place your chips on number 22 in ‘Casablanca,’ playing Wednesday at the Regency and the Sequoia.
tion from flashy street magician Jim Carrey. l Life of Pi (2:05) Ang Lee’s adaptation of the Yann Martel novel about an Indian teenager’s challenging odyssey: navigating across the Pacific in a life raft with a hyena, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger.
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
k Ballet’s Greatest Hits (Not Rated)
The Call (R) k Casablanca (PG)
The Croods (PG)
Django Unchained (R) k 56 Up (Not Rated) k From Up on Poppy Hill (PG)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (PG-13)
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(4:00) Live from New York it’s Zandonai’s Danteesque tale of doomed yet melodic love and desire.
National Theatre London: People (2:20) Direct
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Admission (1:57) The straitlaced world
of Princeton admissions officer Tina Fey goes kerblooey when the kid she gave up for adoption years ago reappears as one of her applicants. l Ballet’s Greatest Hits (1:30) Dazzling performances from Marcelo Gomes, Maria Kochetkova and Hee Seo highlight this peek at the Youth American Grand Prix Gala. l The Call (1:35) 911 operator Halle Berry’s emergency call from freshly abducted Abigail Breslin plunges her into a disturbing confrontation with her violent past. l Casablanca (1:42) World-weary saloonkeeper Humphrey Bogart is thrust into global intrigue when ex-gf Ingrid Bergman reenters his life, nasty Nazis at hand; Claude Rains steals the show as Louis the cop. l The Croods (1:31) Dazzling animation highlights the story of a prehistoric family emerging from their cave to behold the wide world; Emma Stone and Nic Cage vocalize. l Django Unchained (2:45) Quentin Tarantino über-Western about a slaveturned-bounty hunter (Jamie Foxx), his still-enslaved wife (Kerry Washington) and the plantation owner (Leo DiCaprio) who stands in their way. l 56 Up (2:24) Michael Apted’s acclaimed ongoing documentary series, checking in on 14 disparate Britons every seven years, is back, this time examining Apted’s diverse subjects at the age of 56. l From Up on Poppy Hill (1:31) Animated Japanese romance about two teens falling in love on the eve of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. l G.I. Joe: Retaliation (1:50) Dogfaces Flint, Snake Eyes and Lady Jaye take on arch-enemy Cobra and—egad—their own government! l Ginger & Rosa (1:30) British period drama about the complex relationship between two inseparable teenage girls; Sally Potter directs. l The Host (2:05) Extraterrestrial bodysnatchers meet their match in plucky homo sapiens Saoirse Ronan; William Hurt plays Unca Jeb. l The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (1:41) Vegas flash-and-glitter illusionists Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi face stiff competi-
from South Bank it’s Alan Bennett’s latest comedy about two elderly hoarders and their premature estate sale. l No (1:50) Acclaimed Chilean drama about the 1988 grassroots campaign to oust longtime dictator Augusto Pinochet. l Olympus Has Fallen (2:00) Secret Service agent Gerard Butler gets all heroic when the president and the White House are seized by terrorists; Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman costar. l On the Road (2:05) Jack Kerouac’s iconic Beat novel hits the big screen at last with Sam Riley and Garret Hedlund as Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, the coolest cats to ever cross the wide expanse of the American continent. l Orchestra of Exiles (1:25) Gripping documentary about Bronislaw Huberman, the man who smuggled a thousand Jewish musicians out of Nazi-dominated Europe and helped found the Israel Philharmonic. l Oz: The Great and Powerful (2:07) Fantastical Sam Raimi prequel about the young wizard’s arrival in Oz stars Michelle Williams as Glinda and James Franco in the title role. l Quartet (1:38) The cozy elegance of a retired musicians’ home is torn asunder when an ex-wife/diva arrives to open old wounds; Dustin Hoffman directs Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Michael Gambon. l Silver Linings Playbook (2:02) David O. Russell comedy about a down-and-outer’s attempts to rebuild his life after losing his wife and his job and moving in with his parents; Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence star. l Spring Breakers (1:32) Girls go wild when four BFFs knock over a bank to finance a bitchin’ spring break and end up in thrall to rapper/arms dealer James Franco. l Stand Up Guys (1:35) Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken and Al Pacino as very old buddies trying to recapture their glory days of sex, drugs and criminal malfeasance. l Tyler Perry’s Temptation (1:31) Marriage counselor Jurnee Smollett’s affair with a client results in remorse, acrimony and a nagging headache; Jerry Stiller and Kim Kardashian costar! Y
Ginger & Rosa (Not Rated) The Host (PG-13) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (PG-13) Life of Pi (PG) The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini (Not Rated) National Theatre London: People (Not Rated) No (R) Olympus Has Fallen (R)
k On the Road (R) k Orchestra of Exiles (Not Rated)
Oz: The Great and Powerful (PG-13)
Quartet (PG-13) Silver Linings Playbook (R) Spring Breakers (R)
Stand Up Guys (R) k Tyler Perry’s Temptation (PG-13)
Fairfax: 12:50, 4:10, 7:05, 9:30 Playhouse: Fri 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Sat 1, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Sun 1, 3:50, 6:45 Mon-Thu 3:50, 6:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Mon, Tue, Thu 11:15, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30 Rafael: Sun 1 Tue 6:30 Northgate: 11:45, 2:15, 4:40, 7, 9:30 Regency: Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Wed 2, 7 Fairfax: 1, 3:40, 6:10, 8:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 9:55; 3D showtime at 7:30 Sat-Sun 12, 5, 9:55; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:30 Mon-Thu 9:20; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: 10:45, 12:25, 1:20, 3:55, 5:35, 6:30, 9, 10:30; 3D showtimes at 11:35, 2:10, 3, 4:45, 7:20, 8:05, 9:55 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:30, 8:40 Sat 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:40 Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30 Mon-Thu 4, 6:30 Regency: 11:50, 3:35, 7:20 Lark: Fri, Sat 8 Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7, 9:30 Mon, Tue, Thu 11:20, 1:50, 4:30, 7 Cinema: Fri-Wed 11, 4:30; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:15, 10 Fairfax: 3:50, 6:45; 3D showtimes at 12:40, 9:20 Northgate: 11:55, 2:40, 3:35, 5:25, 8:10, 9:05; 3D showtimes at 11, 12:50, 1:45, 4:25, 6:20, 7:15, 10 Rafael: Fri 4:30, 6:45, 8:45 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 8:45 MonThu 6:45, 8:45 Fairfax: 12:30, 3:30, 6:35, 9:25 Northgate: 10:45, 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Northgate: 11:15, 1:50, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Northgate: 11:05, 5; 3D showtimes at 2, 7:55 Marin: Wed 6:30 Regency: Wed 6:30 Sequoia: Wed 6:30 Lark: Sat 1 Rafael: Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu 8:30 Sat 1:30, 8:30 Tue 9 Fairfax: 1:20, 4:20, 7, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Thu 6:45, 9:35 Northgate: 11:10, 12:30, 1:55, 3:25, 4:55, 6:15, 7:45, 9:15, 10:30 Playhouse: Fri 4:10, 7, 9:40 Sat 1:15, 4:10, 7, 9:40 Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7 MonThu 4:10, 7 Rafael: Fri 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Thu 6:30, 9:15 Lark: Fri-Sat 4, 6 Sun 3:30, 5:30 Mon-Thu 5:30 Fairfax: 1:10, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri 10; 3D showtime at 7 Sat-Sun 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Mon-Thu 9:30; 3D showtime at 6:30 Northgate: 1:40, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 10:50, 4:35, 10:20 Rafael: Fri-Sun 4, 6:15 Sat-Sun Mon, Wed, Thu 6:15 Northgate: 10:45, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Thu 7:15, 9:40 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:40, 12:55, 2:15, 3:25, 4:40, 5:55, 7:10, 8:25, 9:40 Mon, Tue, Thu 11:40, 12:55, 2:15, 3:25, 4:40, 5:55, 7:10 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon, Tue, Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 Northgate: 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15
Terrence Howard plays it cool in ‘On the Road,’ opening Friday at the Rafael.
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