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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Elizabeth Banks portrays Laura Bush in “W,” now playing.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Opening today:High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) plan an elaborate spring musical. Running time: 1:52

Rating: G Hayden: 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:20. NorthTown Mall: noon, 1:15, 2:35, 4:15, 5:10, 7, 7:40, 9:45, 10:20. Post Falls: 12:25, 3, 5:45, 8:20. River Park Square: 10:45 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7, 9:15, 9:45. Riverstone: 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:45, 2:15, 4:30, 5, 7:15, 7:45, 10, 10:30. Spokane Valley Mall: 11 a.m., 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 7:30, 9:50, 10:20. Village Centre: 11:20 a.m., noon, 1:40, 2:20, 4, 4:40, 6:20, 7, 8:40, 9:20.

Pride and Glory

A detective probes a failed drug bust in which four of his brother’s men were killed. Running time: 2:09

Rating: R (drug content, pervasive language, violence) NorthTown Mall: 12:20, 3:15, 6:20, 9:20. River Park Square: 10:45 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15. Riverstone: noon, 3:45, 7, 10:20. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:40. Village Centre: 11 a.m., 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25.

Saw V

Jigsaw disciple Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) must tie up loose ends to protect his secret. Running time: 1:32

Rating: R (nudity, language, sequence of grisly bloody torture and violence) Hayden: 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:15. NorthTown Mall: 12:05, 1, 2:25, 4, 5, 6:50, 7:30, 9:15, 10. Post Falls: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. River Park Square: 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:25, 2, 4:05, 4:35, 6:45, 7:15, 9:10, 9:40. Riverstone: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15. Spokane Valley Mall: 2, 4:30, 7:10, 10:25. Village Centre: 11:10 a.m., 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:40.

Continuing:Appaloosa

Two lawmen (Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen) contend with a malevolent rancher. Running time: 1:56

Rating: R (language, violence) River Park Square: 10:50 a.m., 4:20, 9:35. Riverstone: 12:10, 4, 6:45, 9:45. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:05, 7:05. Village Centre: 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 6:40, 9:15.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

A pampered pooch (Drew Barrymore) from Beverly Hills becomes lost on the mean streets of Mexico. Running time: 1:31

Rating: PG (thematic elements) Hayden: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. NorthTown Mall: 1:10, 3:55, 6:30, 9:05. Post Falls: 12:35, 2:35, 4:35, 6:35, 8:35. River Park Square: 11:25 a.m., 2:05, 4:35, 6:50, 9:05. Riverstone: 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:05, 6:30, 9:25. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05. Village Centre: 11:30 a.m., 1:50, 4, 6:20, 8:30.

Body of Lies

••• When laboring to uncover a terrorist cell, a CIA operative (Leonardo DiCaprio) encounters problems when his Washington-based boss (Russell Crowe) disregards the dictates of Jordan’s head of intelligence (Mark Strong). Fast-paced and well-acted, the film suffers only from a too-pat ending. Running time: 2:08

Rating: R (language, violence, torture) NorthTown Mall: 4:05, 9:30. River Park Square: 11:40 a.m., 3, 6:30, 9:25. Riverstone: 11:55 a.m., 3:35, 6:50, 9:55. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55. Village Centre: 12:50, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35.

Burn After Reading

••• This is Coen brothers lite, an entertainment that is funny but only occasionally hilarious. It follows a group of dimwitted Washington, D.C., types who, each empowered by his own misguided view of life, cause problems for each other because of a misplaced compact disc. Running time: 1:35

Rating: R (language, sexual content, violence) River Park Square: 11:25 a.m., 1:45, 4:10, 6:35, 9.

City of Ember

Two teens must find the secret of their underground city’s existence before its light dies forever. Running time: 1:35

Rating: PG (peril, thematic elements) Post Falls: 12:50. River Park Square: 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5, 7:35, 9:55.

Deep Sea

Ocean-dwelling creatures forge unusual partnerships to survive in their environment. Running time: :40

Rating: G IMAX (Riverfront Park): 1, 2:15, 3:30, 4:45, 6.

The Duchess

••1/2 Married young to an older nobleman, Georgina Cavendish (Keira Knightley) becomes the fashionable Duchess of Devonshire – only to find her life to be an empty round of parties, gambling and attempts to bear an all-important male heir. Stately made, the film is hardly more than a costume-drama soap opera. Running time: 1:49

Rating: PG-13 (nudity, sexual content, thematic material) River Park Square: 1:40, 7:10.

Eagle Eye

Two strangers (Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan) become pawns of an unknown woman. Running time: 1:58

Rating: PG-13 (intense sequences of action and violence, language) Hayden: 2, 4:20, 6:40, 8:55. NorthTown Mall: 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:25. River Park Square: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05. Riverstone: 11:45 a.m., 3:55, 7:25, 10:10. Spokane Valley Mall: 1, 4, 7:20, 10:10. Village Centre: 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40.

The Express

Ernie Davis overcomes poverty and prejudice to win college football’s Heisman Trophy in 1961.Running time: 2:09

Rating: PG (sensuality, language involving racism, thematic content, violence) Village Centre: 11:25 a.m., 4:20, 9:20.

Fireproof

Running time: 2:02

Rating: PG (peril, thematic material) Hayden: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9:05. Post Falls: 12:30, 3, 5:25, 7:45. River Park Square: 10:55 a.m., 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 10. Riverstone: 12:05, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:45, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

••1/2 Latest take on Jules Verne’s adventure novel is typical summer entertainment, simplistically told and acted. Running time: 1:33

Rating: PG (intense adventure action, scary moments) Garland: 5:05.

Mamma Mia!

••• A young woman (Amanda Seyfried), hoping to meet the father she has never known, invites three men to her wedding – without telling her mother (Meryl Streep) that her ex-lovers are coming. Running time: 1:49

Rating: PG-13 (sex-related comments) Garland: 9:15 p.m.

Max Payne

Vengeance drives a cop deep into the underworld to find the killers of his partner and his family. Running time: 1:39

Rating: PG-13 (language, drug content, intense shooting sequences, sexuality, violence) Hayden: 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:10. NorthTown Mall: 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10. Post Falls: 12:45, 2:45, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. River Park Square: 10:55 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:20, 2, 3:45, 4:30, 6:40, 7:40, 9:20, 10:10. Riverstone: 11:25 a.m., 1:50, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:10, 4:15, 7:35, 10:35. Village Centre: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15.

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

••• Two New York high-schoolers (Michael Cera, Kat Dinnings) meet cute, then spend a night trying to help a drunk girl, find a secretive band’s concert site and, in the process, fall in love. Not as cute as “Juno” but still enjoyable in the same general genre. Running time: 1:29

Rating: PG-13 (crude behavior, language, mature thematic material, sexuality, teen drinking) NorthTown Mall: 12:55, 7:05. River Park Square: 11:05 a.m., 1:20, 3:35, 5:45, 7:50, 10:15. Riverstone: 11:35 a.m., 4:50, 9:50. Village Centre: 2:20, 7:10.

Nights in Rodanthe

Two troubled souls (Richard Gere, Diane Lane) find solace with each other at a North Carolina inn. Running time: 1:36

Rating: PG-13 (sensuality) Riverstone: 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:20, 6:55, 9:35. Village Centre: 4:10.

Quarantine

A reporter and a cameraman become trapped with victims of a disease turning people into cannibals. Running time: 1:29

Rating: R (bloody and disturbing content, language, terror, violence) NorthTown Mall: 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55. Post Falls: 2:50, 4:50, 6:50, 8:50. River Park Square: 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 4:40, 6:55, 9:05. Riverstone: 11:40 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 10:05. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:40, 4:45, 7:25, 10:30. Village Centre: 11:45 a.m., 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45.

Religulous

••• Acid-tongued comic Bill Maher goes on a spiritual quest that starts with a simple precept: How can people believe in religions that are as believable as the myth of Santa Claus? Preaching mostly to the atheistic choir, Maher asks questions that will either make you laugh or wince – or maybe both. Running time: 1:41

Rating: R (sexual material, language) River Park Square: 10:50 a.m., 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:30.

The Secret Life of Bees

Sisters take in a teen (Dakota Fanning) who has come to their town to uncover her mother’s past. Running time: 1:50

Rating: PG-13 (violence, thematic material) NorthTown Mall: 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15. River Park Square: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50. Village Centre: 11:25 a.m., 2, 4:20, 6:45, 9:10.

Sex Drive

•• A regular guy (Josh Zuckerman), posing as an online stud, drives across the state to meet up with his online dream date. Derivative of better films such as “Superbad” and “Clerks,” “Sex Drive” offers little more than a few yuks and a predictably happy ending. Running time: 1:48

Rating: R (all involving teens, language, nudity, drug and alcohol use, crude and sexual content) NorthTown Mall: 11:55 a.m. River Park Square: 11:05 a.m., 1:40, 4:15, 7:20, 9:50. Riverstone: 2:05, 7:10. Spokane Valley Mall: 4:05, 10:15. Village Centre: noon, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40.

W.

The life and controversial presidency of George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) .Running time: 2:11

Rating: PG-13 (alcohol abuse, disturbing war images, language, sexual references, smoking) NorthTown Mall: 12:40, 3:35, 6:45, 9:50. River Park Square: 11:55 a.m., 3:15, 6:45, 9:40. Riverstone: 11:50 a.m., 3:30, 6:35, 9:30. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:40, 3:45, 6:55, 10. Village Centre: 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20.