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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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THE BUTLER—Forest Whitaker as a White House butler who strives to be invisible over his long career, while his son (David Oyelowo) becomes involved with the Civil Rights Movement. Co-starring Oprah Winfrey, Clarence Williams III, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Lenny Kravitz. Directed by Lee Daniels (Precious). Reviewed this issue. Amherst, Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

BLUE JASMINE—This year’s Woody Allen movie (and his first filmed in San Francisco). Starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Sally Hawkins, Andrew Dice Clay, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Stuhlbarg, Louis C.K., and Peter Sarsgaard. Reviewed this issue. Amherst, Eastern Hills

JOBS—Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. No, seriously. Co-starring Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine, J.K. Simmons and Lesley Ann Warren. Directed by Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote). Reviewed this issue. Amherst, Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

KICK-ASS 2—Sequel. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Morris Chestnut, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down). Flix, Market Arcade, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In

PARANOIA—A new hire at a tech company gets caught in a battle of wills between two powerful industrialists. Starring Amber Heard, Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman. Directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria


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THE BEAST MUST DIE (1974)— From Amicus, the British studio that tried to beat Hammer at the horror game, a mystery in which nine people at a secluded country estate have to discover which is them is a murderous werewolf. Starring Peter Cushing, Calvin Lockhart, Charles Gray, Michael Gambon, and Anton Diffring. Directed by Paul Annett (“Eastenders.”) Screening Room

BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME—Documentary on the legendary 70s band that only gained a following decades after its original existence. Reviewed this issue. Squeaky Wheel

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971)—Film adaptation of the hugely popular broadway musical about a rural Jewish family in late 19th century Russia. Starring Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Michael Glaser and Rosalind Harris. Directed by Norman Jewison. Screening Room

MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)—Even in the 1980s we figured the future was going to be awful, at least as evidenced in this week’s retro double feature. Transit Drive-In

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)—Knowing in advance whodunit (surely everyone already does?) doesn’t take away any of the pleasure of watching this all-star adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery. Starring Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Michael York and Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. Directed by Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon). Screening Room