MOVies
F R I D AY may 3 1 — T H U R S D AY j u ne 6 M ovie summaries by M at t hew St af fo r d
k New Movies This Week
Showtimes for the Northgate and Regency cinemas were unavailable as we went to press. Please visit Cinemark.com for schedule updates. We regret the inconvenience. After Earth (PG-13) kBitter Seeds (Not Rated) kChina Blue (Not Rated) kElemental (Not Rated)
Epic (PG)
Fast & Furious 6 (PG-13) Frances Ha (R) The Great Gatsby (PG-13)
The Hangover Part III (R)
Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfus need a bigger boat in ‘Jaws,’ playing at the Regency and the Sequoia Sunday and Wednesday. l After Earth (1:40) M. Night Shyamalan l The Iceman (1:1:45) Prize-winning biopic
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 Bitter Seeds (1:28) Must-see documentary about Monsanto’s hybrid fabrics and their disastrous effect on the cotton farmers of central India. l China Blue (1:27) Micha X. Peled’s riveting documentary looks at a Chinese teenager and her underpaid, overworked life in a sweatshop making blue jeans for you and me. 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 Elemental (1:33) Documentary follows three grassroots ecologists on their inspiring struggle against pipelines, pollution and other global mega-issues. 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 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.
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 Jaws (2:04) Spielberg’s best movie, about a great white shark seeking protein along the New England coast, is really about the terrific acting chemistry between mammals Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss. 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 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 Now You See Me (1:56) A band of elite magicians employ their talents to rob from the rich and give to the poor; Isla Fisher and Woody Harrelson star. 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
Iron Man 3 (PG-13) kJaws (PG)
Midnight’s Children (Not Rated) kNow You See Me (PG-13)
Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13)
Stories We Tell (PG-13)
Cinema: Fri-Sun 11:20, 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:35 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7, 9:35 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:25 Sun-Thu 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7 Rowland: 10, 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 Rafael: Sun 7 (director Micha X. Peled in person with local ecologists Ignacio Chapela and Mark Squire) Rafael: 7 (director Micha X. Peled via Skype) Rafael: Fri 6:30 (director Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee in person) Sat 2, 6:30 (Vaughan-Lee in person at 6:30 show) Sun 2, 6:30 Mon, Wed, Thu 6:30 Tue 6:30 (Vaughan-Lee in person) Fairfax: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Lark: Fri-Sat 3, 5:30, 8 Sun, Tue-Thu 2, 4:30, 7 Mon 4:30, 7 Marin: Fri 4:15, 9:45; 3D showtime at 7:15 Sat 4:15, 9:45; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:15 Sun 4:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:15 Mon-Thu 4:40; 3D showtime at 7:15 Rowland: 11, 4:30, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 1:45, 7:10 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 7:15, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:45, 4, 7:15, 10:20 Rowland: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Sat-Sun 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sun-Thu 12:20, 3:30, 6:30 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 7; 3D showtime at 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:30, 7; 3D showtimes at 3:45, 10:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 3:55, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 12:45, 7:05 Sun 4:45; 3D showtime at 7:55 Mon-Tue, Thu 3:55; 3D showtime at 7:05 Wed 3D showtime at 2 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Sun-Thu 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25 Marin: Fri 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 Mon-Thu 4:50, 7:45 Playhouse: Fri 5, 7:30, 9:55 Sat 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30 Mon-Thu 5, 7:30 Rowland: 10:05, 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:30 Rowland: 10:10, 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Rafael: Fri 4, 7:30 Sat 1:15, 4, 7:30 Sun 1:15, 4 Mon, Tue, Thu 4, 7:30 Wed 4 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 1:15, 4, 6:50, 9:35 Sun-Thu 1:15, 4, 6:50 Northgate: 11, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Playhouse: Fri 4, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 1, 4, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 1, 4, 6:50 Mon-Thu 4, 6:50 Rowland: 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 Fairfax: Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Sun-Thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri, Mon-Thu 7:30; 3D showtime at 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:15, 7:30; 3D showtimes at 4:15, 10:30 Marin: Fri 4, 10; 3D showtime at 7 Sat 4, 10; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Sun 4; 3D showtimes at 1, 7 Tue-Thu 4:30; 3D showtime at 7:30 Playhouse: Fri 4:20, 7:10, 10 Sat 12:50, 4:20, 7:10, 10 Sun 12:50, 4:20, 7:10 Mon-Thu 4:20, 7:10 Rowland: 10:15, 4:15, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 1:15, 7:15 Rafael: 4:15, 9
Activists protest the Keystone Pipeline in ‘Elemental,’ opening at the Rafael Friday with filmmaker Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee in person.
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