Thursday, December 03, 2009

Now Showing at Wood Theater for Dec. 3

Now Showing—Wood TheaterWhere the Wild Things Are - Tonight and Saturday, 6 p.m., Sunday, 4 p.m. (Max Records, Benicio Del Toro) Misunderstood at home and at school, mischievous Max leaves home to become the leader of the Wild Things and promises to create a kingdom where everyone will be happy. But he soon finds that being the king is not as easy as he thought. Rated PG (mild thematic elements, adventure action, and brief language). 1 hr 34 mins.

The Stepfather - Tonight, 8 p.m. and Friday, 6 p.m. (Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh) When a son returns home from military school, he meets the new man in his mother’s life who he becomes increasingly suspicious of, and wonders if his pleasant exterior hides a sinister side. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, mature thematic material and brief sensuality). 2 hrs 21 mins.  

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampires Assistant - Friday, 8:30 p.m. (John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson) When he turned into one of the undead by a vampire, a 16-year-old joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snake boy and a wolf man to a bearded lady and a gigantic barker. Rated PG-13 (intense supernatural violence/action, disturbing images, thematic elements, language). 2 hrs 17 mins.

Julie & Julia - Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday, 6 p.m. (Meryl Streep, Amy Adams) A frustrated temp secretary creates a popular blog about her trials and tribulations during a yearlong culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s ‘“Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” Rated PG-13 (brief strong language, some sensuality). 2 hrs 3 mins.

Astro Boy (PG) - Sunday, 2 p.m. (Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage) A young robot sets out on an epic journey to find his true place in the world and comes face to face with an underworld army of robots and other strange creatures as he learns to experience human feelings and emotions. Rated PG (some action and peril, and brief mild language). 1 hr 34 mins.  

Couples Retreat - Wednesday, 6 p.m. (Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman) In a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couples, four Midwestern couples journey to a tropical island resort for a group-rate vacation and discover that participation in the resort’s couples therapy is not optional. Rated PG-13 (sexual content and language). 2 hrs 11 mins.

Law Abiding Citizen (R) - Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. (Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler) An upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion seeks revenge on the justice system after one of the suspects receives a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Rated R (strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a scene of rape and pervasive language). 1 hr 49 mins.

Closed - Monday and Tuesday.

Upcoming: Couples Retreat (PG-13) - Dec. 10 and 13, 6 p.m.; Law Abiding Citizen (R) - Dec. 10, 8:30 p.m.; Dec. 11, 6 p.m.; Dec. 12, 8 p.m.; Saw VI (R) - Dec. 11, 8:30 p.m. and Dec. 12, 6 p.m.; Astro Boy (PG) - Dec. 12 and 13, 4 p.m.; A Christmas Carol (PG) - Dec. 13, 1:30 p.m. and Dec. 16, 6 p.m.; This Is It (PG) - Dec. 16, 8:30 p.m.; Closed - Dec. 14 and 15.