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Review: 'The Last Station' Review: 'The Last Station'
Writer-director Michael Hoffman's adaptation of Jay Parini's novel about Leo Tolstoy's disorderly final months provided a friendly platform to lift the never-before-nominated Christopher Plummer and Oscar darling Helen Mirren into contention as Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress in this year's Oscar race. -- PC

Review: 'From Paris with Love' Review: 'From Paris with Love'
A foreign film for guys who hate foreign films (no pesky subtitles), "From Paris with Love" gets most of its mileage from John Travolta's wild-child CIA agent. His "oo-eeee!" antics here aren't anything new, but they're still snappy. -- PC

 
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor NEW
PG-13
Not Reviewed

Live from Lake Wobegon it's an evening of comedy, music, Minnesota mayhem and special guest Elvis Costello.

8 p.m.
8 p.m.

R
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A day in the life of a gay man dealing with the death of his partner and, oh yeah, the Cuban Missile Crisis.

5:30 & 8:30 p.m.
1, 3:50, 7:05 & 9:30 p.m.

PG-13
Whole star Whole star Whole star
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James Cameron's first movie since "Titanic" employs cutting-edge special effects to tell the story of a disabled vet reborn on a distant planet as an aboriginal warrior.

In 3D at 11:20 a.m.; 12:35, 1:40, 2:50, 4:10, 5:30, 6:30, 8:05, 9:05 & 10 p.m.

PG-13
Whole star Whole star
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Heartwarming story about an African-American boy from the wrong side of the tracks who becomes an All American offensive tackle. Sandra Bullock stars.

12:40, 3:55, 7:20 & 10:25 p.m.

R
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A lone warrior wanders postapocalyptic America in search of hope and humanity, felling any hopeless inhumane enemies in his path; Denzel Washington stars.

11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m.

R
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Jeff Bridges as a dilapidated country music star who glimpses salvation in the person of Maggie Gyllenhaal.

11:25 a.m.; 2, 4:35, 7:15 & 9:55 p.m.
2, 4:40 & 7:15 p.m.

Dear John NEW
PG-13
Whole star Whole star
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Lasse Hallstrom drama about the star-crossed romance between a soldier and a college girl in the wake of 9/11.

11:20 a.m.; 12:30, 1:50, 3, 4:25, 5:35, 7, 8:10, 9:35 & 10:45 p.m.

R
Whole star Whole star Whole star
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Grizzled Boston cop Mel Gibson searches for his daughter's killer and uncovers a web of corporate malfeasance and political corruption.

11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 3:40, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m.

R
Whole star Whole star
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Two American secret agents team up to stop a terrorist attack in the City of Light.

11:55 a.m.; 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 8:25, 9:40 & 10:45 p.m.

PG-13
Whole star Whole star Whole star Half star
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True tale of Nelson Mandela's attempts to bring his country out of the shadow of apartheid with a helping hand from South Africa's rugby team; Clint Eastwood directs Morgan Free and Matt Damon.

12:50 p.m.

R
Whole star Whole star Whole star
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Meryl Streep as a happily divorced mother of three who enters into an affair with ex-hubby Alec Baldwin; dashing Steve Martin complicates matters.

11:15 a.m.; 1:55, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m.

R
Whole star Whole star Half star
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Christopher Plummer stars as a dying Leo Tolstoy beset by journalists, disciples and his own conflicted legacy.

3:15, 6 & 8:45 p.m.

Legion
R
Not Reviewed
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Finally fed up with us Earthlings, God puts the Apocalypse in motion … but Paul Bettany has other plans.

12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.

G
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Disney's first hand-drawn cartoon in half a decade transports the Grimm fairy tale to New Orleans' rollicking French Quarter of the 1920s.

11:40 a.m. & 1:55 p.m.

PG-13
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The super-sleuth is back in the form of Robert Downey, Jr.; Jude Law is Dr. Watson and Guy Ritchie ("Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") directs.

1:15, 4:15, 7:10 & 10:15 p.m.

The Spy Next Door
PG
Not Reviewed
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Retired CIA agent Jackie Chan takes on one last mission: protecting his fiancee's three rambunctious kids from clueless terrorists.

11:30 a.m.; 1:45, 4 & 6:10 p.m.

Tooth Fairy
PG
Not Reviewed
Trailer

Dwayne Johnson as a tough, mean hockey player who atones for his sins by working out the week as a tutu'd tooth fairy; Ashley Judd costars.

11:25 a.m.; 1:50, 4:30, 6:55 & 9:25 p.m.

R
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Jason Reitman's quirky comedy stars George Clooney as a corporate hatchet man who finds true love with a fellow frequent flyer.

11:50 a.m.; 2:25, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m.

PG-13
Half star
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Lovelorn Kristen Bell heads for sunny Italy and in no time attracts a bevy of suitors ... a few of them fairly normal.

12:45, 3:05, 4:20, 5:25, 6:50, 7:50, 9:10 & 10:10 p.m.

R
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The choristers in a small German village are beset by a series of unexplained (perhaps vindictive?) "accidents."

4:30 & 8 p.m.

PG
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Emily Blunt as the 19th century monarch in the early years of her reign.

2:20, 4:50 & 7:20 p.m.


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