MOVies
F R I D AY may 2 4 — T H U R S D AY may 3 1
k New Movies This Week kAfter Earth (PG-13)
Cleopatra (G) The Croods (PG) kEpic (PG)
M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d
Fast & Furious 6 (PG-13) kFirst: The Story of the London
2012 Olympic Games (PG) 42 (PG-13) kFrances Ha (R)
The Great Gatsby (PG-13)
The Hangover Part III (R)
Greta Gerwig and Mickey Sumner in ‘Frances Ha,’ opening Friday at the Rafael. l After Earth (1:40) M. Night Shyamalan directs Will and Jaden Smith as a father and son who find themselves stranded on a futuristic Earth made barren by a cataclysmic apocalypse. l Cleopatra (4:20) Famously overblown studio-crippling epic stars Liz Taylor as the title temptress and Richard Burton as her Mark Antony; Rex Harrison, Martin Landau, Carroll O’Connor and several thousand others costar. 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 Epic (1:43) Animated tale of a teenage girl who teams up with a band of warriors to save the world from the forces of evil; Christoph Waltz and Beyoncé Knowles vocalize. l Fast & Furious 6 (2:08) The expat road warriors reunite in London to take down a mob of mercenary motorists; Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker star, of course. l First: The Story of the London 2012 Olympic Games (2:00) Documentary follows a
dozen young athletes from around the globe on their grueling path to the XXX Olympiad. l 42 Biopic of the great Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodger who broke baseball’s color line in 1947; Chadwick Boseman stars. l Frances Ha (1:26) Truffaut-esque portrait of a wannabe dancer (Greta Gerwig) and her search for a real actual grownup sort of life; Noah Baumbach directs. l The Great Gatsby (2:23) Baz Luhrmann takes on the great American novel with his signature razzle-dazzle; Leo DiCaprio is the shadowy Long Island millionaire, sure, but Carey Mulligan as Daisy? l The Hangover Part III (1:40) Zach Galifianakis, Bradey Cooper, Heather Graham and the gang are back and making the most of a booze- and drug-fueled road trip to Tijuana. l The Iceman (1:1:45) Prize-winning biopic
of Richard Kuklinski, devoted family man and highly successful contract killer; James Franco, Ray Liotta and Winona Ryder star. l Iron Man 3 (2:10) Robert Downey, Jr. is back as the genius superhero inventor, pitted this time against a destructive nemesis with a personal axe to grind; Don Cheadle and Gwyneth Paltrow costar. l Kon-Tiki (1:58) Dazzling docudrama about Thor Heyerdahl’s legendary 4,300-mile, three-month transpacific journey from Peru to Polynesia aboard a primitive balsa raft. l Love Is All You Need (1:40) Romantic comedy about the fated hookup between a British widower and a Danish divorcee at the Italian wedding of his son to her daughter; Pierce Brosnan stars. l Midnight’s Children (2:20) Salman Rushdie’s sweeping historical novel hits the big screen with Satya Bhabha and Shahana Goswami as the prince and pauper living one another’s lives against the backdrop of Indian independence. l Mud (2:10) Man-on-the-run Matthew McConaughey awaits girlfriend Reese Witherspoon on a remote Mississippi island as bounty hunters close in. l Pain & Gain (2:00) Michael Bay action comedy stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson as real-life Miami trainers who got caught up in a dicey and dangerous underworld setup. l Star Trek Into Darkness (2:12) Kirk, Spock and the gang take on a weapon of mass destruction that’s crippled Star Fleet and everything it stands for! l Stories We Tell (1:48) Documentarian/ actress Sarah Polley trains her camera on her own family and gets a veritable Rashomon of conflicting stories about her late mother. l What Maisie Knew (1:39) Henry James’ novel (revised and updated) hits the big screen with Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan as parents too self-involved to raise their child with any sort of empathy. Y
The Iceman (R) Iron Man 3 (PG-13)
Kon-Tiki (PG-13) Love Is All You Need (R) Midnight’s Children (Not Rated) Mud (PG-13) Pain & Gain (R) Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13)
Stories We Tell (PG-13) kWhat Maisie Knew (R)
Rowland: Thu 9pm, midnight Regency: Sun 2 Sequoia: Sun 2 Northgate: 11:10, 4:20, 9:35; 3D showtimes at 1:35, 7:05 Fairfax: Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10 Lark: Fri 3, 5:30, 8 Sat 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 Sun-Mon 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7 Tue-Thu 4:30, 7 Marin: Fri-Sun 4:15, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:15 Mon 4:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:15 Tue-Thu 4:40; 3D showtime at 7:15 Northgate: 12:50, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50; 3D showtimes at 11:30, 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Rowland: 11, 4:30; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:10, 9:50 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Thu 7:15, 10:20 Sat-Mon 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:20 Northgate: 10:45, 11:45, 12:40, 1:45, 2:45, 3:50, 4:40, 5:45, 7, 7:45, 8:45, 10:10 Rowland: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 Regency: Thu 7:30 Sequoia: Thu 7:30 Northgate: 10:55, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Rafael: Fri 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Sat-Mon 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Tue-Thu 6:45, 8:45 Fairfax: Fri-Sun 12, 3:10, 6:20, 9:30 Mon-Wed 12, 3:10, 6:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Thu 7; 3D showtime at 10:15 Sat-Mon 12:30, 7; 3D showtimes at 3:45, 10:15 Playhouse: Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon 12:30, 3:50, 6:50 Tue-Wed 3:50, 6:50 Regency: FriSat, Mon-Tue 12:20, 3:40, 7, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 10:45, 1:55, 5:20, 8:40 Rowland: 10, 4:20, 10:40; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7:30 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 3:55, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:05 Mon 3:55; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:05 Tue-Thu 3:55; 3D showtime at 7:05 Cinema: Fri-Mon 11:20, 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:35 Tue 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:35 Fairfax: Fri-Sun 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25 Marin: Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Mon 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Tue-Wed 4:50, 7:45 Playhouse: Fri 5, 7:30, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:55 Mon 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30 Tue-Wed 5, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 11:30, 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:10, 7:30, 8:50, 10:10 Rowland: 10:05, 12:30, 3, 5:25, 7:55, 10:30 Northgate: 11:15, 2, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Fairfax: Fri-Sun 1, 4, 7, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1, 4, 7 Larkspur Landing: Fri, TueThu 7:40, 10:35 Sat-Mon 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:35 Northgate: 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20; 3D showtimes at 10:50, 1:55, 4:55, 7:55 Rowland: 10:10, 4:05, 10:05; 3D showtimes at 1:05, 7:05 Thu 10:10, 4:05; 3D showtime at 1:05 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 4:15, 10:20; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:20 Mon 4:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:20 Tue-Wed 4:15; 3D showtime at 7:20 Thu 4:15 Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 11:45, 2:20, 5, 7:45, 10:20 Northgate: 4:25, 10:25 Rafael: Fri 4:30, 7:30 Sat-Mon 1:15, 4:30, 7:30 Tue-Thu 7:30 Northgate: 10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Northgate: 1:20, 7:20 Fairfax: Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:40; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Tue-Thu 7:30; 3D showtime at 10:30 Sat-Mon 1:15, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:15, 10:30 Marin: Fri-Sun 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Mon Fri-Sun 4; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Tue-Thu 4:30; 3D showtime at 7:30 Northgate: 12:05, 2:10, 3:10, 6:15, 8:20, 9:25; 3D showtimes at 11:05, 1:05, 4:10, 5:15, 7:15, 10:20 Playhouse: Fri 4:20, 7:10, 10 Sat-Sun 12:50, 4:20, 7:10, 10 Mon 12:50, 4:20, 7:10 Tue-Wed 4:20, 7:10 Rowland: 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45; 3D showtimes at 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Rafael: Fri 4, 6:30, 9 Sat-Mon 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 Tue-Thu 6:30, 9 Regency: Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 11, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10
Onata Aprile is caught between Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan in ‘What Maisie Knew,’ opening at the Regency Friday.
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