Complete listings at www.spokane7.com/movies
Opening today:
Changeling
After her son is kidnapped and later found, a woman insists that the returned boy is not hers. Running time: 2:21 Rating: R (disturbing content, language, violent content) NorthTown Mall: 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15. River Park Square: 11:45 a.m., 12:30, 3, 3:45, 6:15, 7, 9:30, 10:15. Riverstone: 11:45 a.m., 3:45, 7, 10:15.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
A teen (Haley Bennett) discovers the horrifying truth about her heritage. Running time: 1:27
Rating: PG-13 (language, thematic material, teen drinking, terror, violence) NorthTown Mall: 1:15, 3:30, 5:40, 7:55, 10:05. River Park Square: 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:25, 6:40, 9. Riverstone: 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4, 7:15, 9:45. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35. Village Centre: 11 a.m., 1, 3, 5, 7:10, 9:20.
Passengers
A therapist (Anne Hathaway) becomes involved with the secretive survivor of a plane crash. Running time: 1:32 Rating: PG-13 (sensuality, scary images, thematic elements) River Park Square: 11:05 a.m., 1:30, 3:55, 7:10, 9:35.
RocknRolla
London’s crime lords scramble to cash in on a Russian gangster’s crooked land deal. Running time: 1:54 Rating: R (sexuality, drug use, language, violence) River Park Square: 10:50 a.m., 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45. Riverstone: 11:05 a.m., 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:20.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Two lifelong friends decide to make an adult film to solve their cash problems. Running time: 1:41 Rating: R (nudity, language, crude sexual content) Hayden: 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:20, 9:25. NorthTown Mall: 1:55, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55. River Park Square: 10:45 a.m., 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15. Riverstone: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10. Village Centre: noon, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45.
Continuing:Appaloosa
Two lawmen (Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen) contend with a malevolent rancher. Running time: 1:56 Rating: R (language, violence) Hayden: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10. Riverstone: 11:55 a.m., 3:55, 6:45, 9:50. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:35, 6:55. 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. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:15. 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) River Park Square: 11:40 a.m., 3, 6:40, 9:25. Riverstone: 3:30, 9:30. Spokane Valley Mall: 3:30, 9:50. Village Centre: 12:50, 3:45, 6:40.
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.
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) Village Centre: 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7.
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) NorthTown Mall: 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20. River Park Square: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05. Riverstone: 12:05, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:50, 3:50, 7:05, 10:05. Village Centre: 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40.
Fireproof
A fireman (Kirk Cameron) works to save his struggling marriage.
Running time: 2:02 Rating: PG (peril, thematic material) Hayden: 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9:05. River Park Square: 10:55 a.m., 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 10. Riverstone: 11:40 a.m., 6:40. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:40.
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: 1:20, 2:15, 4:15, 5:10, 7, 7:40, 9:35, 10:20. River Park Square: 10:50 a.m., 12:20, 1:30, 3:20, 4:15, 6:25, 7, 9:15, 9:45. Riverstone: 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:45, 2:15, 4:20, 4:50, 6:55, 7:25, 9:35, 10. Spokane Valley Mall: 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30. Village Centre: 10:50 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:30, 6:10, 7, 8:45, 9:35.
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: 5:05.
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) NorthTown Mall: 2:05, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10. River Park Square: 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:30, 7:40, 10:10. Riverstone: 11:25 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:10. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:20. Village Centre: 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:15, 6:40, 9.
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) River Park Square: 11:05 a.m., 1:20, 3:35, 5:45, 7:50.
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, 4:25, 6:50, 9:25. Village Centre: 4:10.
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, language, violence) NorthTown Mall: 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45. River Park Square: 10:45 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:10. Riverstone: 11:50 a.m., 3:35, 6:35, 9:40. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45. Village Centre: 11:15 a.m., 1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25.
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) River Park Square: 10:05 a.m.. Village Centre: 9:30 p.m.
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: 1:25, 6:35.
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: 1:25, 2:25, 3:50, 5, 6:35, 7:30, 9:10, 10. 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: 11:35 a.m., 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 10:25. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:25. Village Centre: 11:10 a.m., 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:40.
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: 1:35, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40. River Park Square: 11:10 a.m., 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55. 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) River Park Square: 10:55 a.m., 3:50, 9:20. Village Centre: 9:35.
Speed
Mankind uses various modes of transportation to reach high speeds. Running time: 40
Rating: IMAX (Riverfront Park): 7, 8, 9, 10.
Tropic Thunder
••1/2 When their director dumps them in a real war situation, five Hollywood actors find themselves making more than a movie. Occasionally hilarious, the movie isn’t the sharp-edged satire that writer-director Ben Stiller envisioned. Running time: 1:47
Rating: R (drug material, language, sexual references, violence) Garland: 9:35.
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: 1:05, 4, 6:55, 9:50. River Park Square: 11:55 a.m., 3:15, 6:50, 9:40. Riverstone: noon, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:55. Village Centre: 12:40, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20.
Film events
Jim Hightower Rebroadcast:
Presented by Sandpoint Community Radio and Lost Horse Press. Video recorded at Hightower’s April 27 presentation at the Panida Theater. He is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Swim Against the Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow. Saturdayat noon, East Bonner County Library, Sandpoint; Todayat 1 p.m. and Saturdayat 10 a.m., Sandpoint Community Center. Sandpoint. Free. (208) 255-4410.
“Frightened, Disgusted, Exhilarated: The Attractions of the Horror Film”:
By Carl Plantinga, Ph.D., of Calvin College. Today. 7:30 p.m., Gonzaga University, Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium. Free. (509) 777-4703.
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”:
Rated PG-13. Shows Today and Saturdayat 5:15 and 8 p.m.; Sundayat 4:15 and 7 p.m. 7 p.m., Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 S. Main St., Moscow. $6/adults, $3/students. (208) 882-4127.
“Running in Heels”:
Women’s Center Film Series. Screening of the documentary; popcorn will be provided. Today. Noon, University of Idaho, Memorial Gym, Room 109, 1001 University Ave., Moscow. Free. (208) 885-6616.
Free Halloween Bash:
For age 21 and older. Free movies at the Magic Lantern Theatre: “Shaun of the Dead” at 7 p.m., and “The Shining” at 10 p.m. Music and dancing with local band Through the Reflection. Costume contest with great prizes. Free food and non-alcoholic beverages. Sponsored by the Youth Sustainability Council, a project of Community-Minded Enterprises. Today. 7 p.m.-midnight, Community Building, 35 W. Main Ave. (509) 209-2603.
Projection Madness:
Three horror films featuring “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and two classic horror movies. Today. 10 p.m., Cretin Hop, 1317 N. Howard St. $5. (509) 327-7195.
Warren Miller Ski Movie:
“Children of Winter Never Grow Old,” with deep powder, huge air and world-class cinematography. Saturday. 8 p.m., INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. $18.50. (509) 325-SEAT.
Spokane’s GLBT Film Festival:
Nov. 7-9. Presented by the Inland Northwest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual Center. Friday-Saturday at 7 p.m., Saturday-Sunday at 3 p.m. Riverpoint EWU Auditorium, Phase I Classroom Building, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd. $8/adult, $5/student, $5/matinees; festival pass: $21/adults, $16/students.