Thursday, March 19, 2009

Wood Theater

Now showing/Wood Theater

Notorious - Tonight, 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. (Antonique Smith, Naturi Naughton) The story of Christopher Wallace who, through raw talent and sheer determination, transforms himself from a Brooklyn street hustler to become the greatest rapper of all time, The Notorious B.I.G. This story charts his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectation. Rated R (pervasive language, strong sexuality including dialogue, nudity, drug content), 1 hr 43 mins.

Grand Torino - Tonight, 8:30 p.m. (Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley) Retired auto worker Walt, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. The people he once called his neighbors have all moved or passed away, replaced by Hmong immigrants, from Southeast Asia, he despises. Resentful of virtually everything and everyone he sees, Walt is just waiting out the rest of his life…until the night his teenage neighbor Thao tries to steal his prized ‘72 Gran Torino, under pressure from Hmong gang-bangers. Rated R (language throughout, violence), 2 hrs 2 mins.

New in Town - Friday, 6 p.m. and Sunday, 1 p.m. (Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr.) Lucy is an ambitious executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment, in the middle of nowhere, to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straight forward job assignment becomes a life changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams. Rated PG (language, suggestive material), 1 hr 36 mins.

Bride Wars - Saturday, 4 p.m. (Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson) Liv and Emma are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal “must have"list: a ceremony at New York’s ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they’re both about to get married; they’re about to realize their dreams; and they’re about to live happily ever after. Or maybe not… Rated PG (suggestive content, language, rude behavior), 1 hr 38 mins.

Quantum of Solace - Saturday and Sunday, 6 p.m. (Daniel Craig, Judi Dench) On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the worlds most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano. Using his associates in the organization, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land. In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greenes sinister plan and stop Quantum getting its way. Rated PG-13 (sequences of violence and action, sexual content), 1 hr 50 mins.
Marley and Me - Sunday, 3:30 p.m. (Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston) Marley is a yellow lab adopted by John and his wife Jenny. Their idea was to give them a taste of parenthood, but the dog proved to be a hyperactive handful. He wreaks havoc, gets kicked out of obedience school, yet Marley quickly becomes a rollicking force of nature in their lives. Rated PG (thematic material, suggestive content, language), 1 hr 55 mins.

Valkyrie - Wednesday, 6 p.m. (Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh) Colonel Von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country all the while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler. Realizing that time is running out, he decides that he must take action himself and joins the German resistance. Armed with a cunning strategy to use Hitler’s own emergency plan- known as Operation Valkyrie- these men plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. Rated PG-13 (violence, language), 2 hrs 1 min.

Yes Man - Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. (Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel) A man signs up for a self-help program based on one simple principle: say yes to everything… and anything. At first, unleashing the power of “yes"transforms his life in amazing and unexpected ways, but he soon discovers that opening up his life to endless possibilities can have its drawbacks. Rated PG-13 (crude sexual humor, language, brief nudity), 1 hr 44 mins.
Upcoming: Brothers at War (R) - Free Screening - Mar. 26, 6 p.m.; Doubt (PG13) - Mar. 27, 6 p.m. and Mar. 28, 8:30 p.m.; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13) - Mar. 27, 8:30 p.m. and Mar. 29, 6 p.m.; Marley and Me (PG)  - Mar. 28, 3:30 p.m.; Bedtime Stories (PG) - Mar. 29, 6 p.m. and Mar. 29, 3:30 p.m.; Paul Blart:  Mall Cop (PG) - Mar. 29, 1:30 p.m.; He’s Just Not That Into You (PG-13) - Apr. 1, 6 p.m.; Taken (PG-13) - Apr. 1, 8:30 p.m.