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Review: 'Repo Men' Review: 'Repo Men'
The Biblical book of Ecclesiastes maintains "There is nothing new under the sun." But to watch "Repo Men" is to think, "There is nothing new under the video billboards of a futuristic dystopian skyline." Parts of "Blade Runner," "Logan's Run," "Fahrenheit 451" and "Brazil" can be seen in the machinery of "Repo Men." -- PC

Review: 'Most Dangerous Man in America' Review: 'Most Dangerous Man in America'
Few personal stories on the national stage hinge on so dramatic a change as the one Daniel Ellsberg underwent during the Vietnam War. His tale of irrepressible conscience returns in Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich's Oscar-nominated documentary. -- PC

 
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Cannes Grand Prix winner follows a naïve young convict's path to violence, gangsterism and self-reliance.

9:05 p.m.

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Tim Burton directs Christopher Lee, Anne Hathaway, Johnny Depp and a host of others in the latest screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll's socio-surreal Victorian fable.

11:40 a.m.; 1, 2:25, 3:45, 5:10, 6:30, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m.; In 3D at 11 a.m.; 12:20, 1:35, 3:05, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15, 8:35 & 9:55 p.m.
10:40 a.m.; Noon, 1:20, 2:40, 4:05, 5:20, 6:40, 8:05, 9:20 & 10:40 p.m.; In 3D at 12:45, 2, 3:20, 4:45, 6, 7:30, 8:45 & 10:10 p.m.

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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 12:50, 4:20 & 8 p.m.

The Bounty Hunter NEW
PG-13
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Unlucky bounty hunter Gerard Butler can't say no when he's hired to track down bail-jumping ex-wife Jennifer Aniston.

11:20 a.m.; 2, 4:35, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m.
11:15 a.m.; 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 6, 7:20, 8:50 & 10:05 p.m.

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Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Richard Gere star in Antoine Fuqua's intense police drama.

1:05, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:15 p.m.

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

11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:25, 7:25 & 10 p.m.

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Family-friendly comedy looks at a year in the life of a wiseacre 12-year-old.

11:50 a.m.; 2:15, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:30 p.m.
11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:25 p.m.

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Polanski political thriller about a Tony Blair-like former PM and the biographer who learns more about his subject's ties to the CIA than he ought to; Pierce Brosnan stars.

11:25 a.m.; 1, 2:20, 3:55, 5:15, 6:50, 8:10 & 9:50 p.m.
1:25, 4:20 & 7:15 p.m.

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Stieg Larsson's bestseller hits the big screen with Michael Nykvist as a down-and-out newspaperman out to crack a long-forgotten unsolved murder.

1:45, 5 & 8:30 p.m.

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Paul Greengrass thriller stars Matt Damon as an Army spook trying to prevent a military flareup in an unstable region.

11:30 a.m.; 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 8:55 & 10:10 p.m.
10:15 & 11:35 a.m.; 12:55, 2:20, 3:40, 5:05, 6:25, 7:50, 9:10 & 10:35 p.m.

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A bomb disposal unit in war-torn Baghdad is taken over by a new commander with a dangerously high bravado level.

2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m.

Kagemusha (1980)
PG
Not Reviewed

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

2:50 & 7:30 p.m.

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Oscar-nominated documentary about the Defense Department strategist who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times and helped bring down the President himself.

2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Mother (2010)
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Darkly witty Korean thriller about an herbalist out to solve the murder of a young sexpot.

12:55, 4, 7 & 10:05 p.m.

Our Family Wedding NEW
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Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia as two alpha dads battling over their offsprings' upcoming nuptials.

Noon, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m.
11:25 a.m.; 1:50, 4:25, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
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Chris Columbus fantasy flick about a schoolboy who finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between a troupe of surly Greek gods.

11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m.

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A young couple's secrets threaten their intense yet tenuous romantic relationship.

11:05 a.m.; 1:40, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m.
11:10 a.m.; 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:55 p.m.

Repo Men NEW
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Sci-fi comedy thriller about a futuristic world where trained thugs repossess artificial organs the hard way.

11:35 a.m.; 2:20, 5:05, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m.
11:55 a.m.; 2:35, 5:15, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.

The Runaways NEW
R
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Rockin' biopic of the seminal '70s all-girl garage band; Kristen Stewart IS Joan Jett.

11:40 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m.
1:45, 4:30 & 7:20 p.m.

Sanjuro (1962)
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Not Reviewed

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

5:40 & 10:20 p.m.

She's Out of My League NEW
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A doofus security guard can't believe his luck when a gorgeous babe falls under the spell of his questionable charms.

11:15 a.m.; 12:30, 1:45, 3, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:15 & 10:30 p.m.
11:45 a.m.; 2:25, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m.

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Atmo-rich Martin Scorsese thriller about the misterioso goings-on at a remote island insane asylum; Leo DiCaprio and Max von Sydow star.

12:35, 3:40, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m.
12:20, 3:45, 7:05 & 10:15 p.m.

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