Traverse City Record-Eagle

Archive: Friday

June 15, 2012

Movie Capsules: 06/15/2012

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New this week

Rock of Ages: Set in 1987 Los Angeles, Drew and Sherrie are two young people chasing their dreams in the big city. When they meet, it's love at first sight, though their romance will face a series of challenges. Rated PG-13 for sexual content, suggestive dancing, some heavy drinking, and language. (HOR)

That's My Boy: While still a teen himself, Donny fathered a son,Todd, and raised him as a single parent. On Todd's 18th birthday, Donny cut the youth loose. After years of estrangement,the older man shows up unexpectedly on the eve of his son's wedding day, sending the young man's life into a tailspin. Rated R for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, pervasive language and some drug use. (HOR)

Hide Away: Helmed by critically acclaimed Native American director Chris Eyre the story focuses on a troubled man attempting to rebuild his life by restoring a boat in an idyllic harbor in northern Michigan. He is watched over by three harbor residents: a waitress, a veteran mariner, and a newly single father. Rated PG-13 for a scene of sensuality, brief strong language and thematic material. (ST)

Showing locally

The Avengers: Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference. (GT9, HOR)

Bernie: In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town's most beloved residents. The people of Carthage were shocked when it was reported that Marjorie Nugent had been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede was being charged with the murder. (GT9)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language. (ST, BAY)

Chernobyl Diaries: Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Rated R for violence, some bloody images and pervasive language. (HOR)

For Greater Glory: In late 1920s Mexico, retired Gen. Gorostieta and his wife watch their country degenerate into violent civil war. The general transforms a ragtag band of rebels into a formidable fighting force. (HOR)

Madagascar 3: Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to New York. This time the journey will take them to a traveling circus in Europe.(GT9, HOR, ER)

Men in Black III: Agent J travels in time to MIB's early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, and brief suggestive content. (GT9, GAR)

Prometheus: A team of explorers chase after the origins of mankind in the far reaches of space where they fight to save the future of their race. Rated R for sci-fi violence including some intense images and brief language. (HOR)

Snow White and the Huntsman: In a twist to the fairy tale, the Huntsman ordered to take Snow White into the woods to be killed winds up becoming her protector and mentor in a quest to vanquish the Evil Queen. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and brief sensuality. (HOR)

What to Expect When You're Expecting: A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, thematic elements and language. (GT9)

Information is based on data available at press time from Traverse City area Carmike theaters (GT9, HOR), the State Theatre (ST), the Garden Theatre in Frankfort, (GAR) the Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), Cherry Bowl Drive-In (CB) and The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY).

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