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OPENING THIS WEEK:

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL—Sequel. Starring Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, and Jim Broadbent. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Reviewed this issue. Flix, Maple Ridge, Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Galleria, Regal Hollywood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Transit Drive-In

SON OF RAMBOW—In the early 1980s, two British schoolboys with a video camera make an amateur action movie for a BBC contest. Starring Neil Dudgeon, Bill Milner, and Jessica Hynes. Directed by Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe). Reviewed this issue. Amherst

THEN SHE FOUND ME—Helen Hunt makes her directorial debut and stars in this bittersweet comedy about a nearing-40 woman facing an uncomfortable mixture of motherhood and marriage issues. With Colin Firth, Bette Midler, and Matthew Broderick. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills

THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION—Brazilian coming-of-age story about a ten-year-old boy cared for by a Jewish community while his parents are away during a junta in 1970. Starring Michel Joelsas, Germano Haiut and Paulo Autran. Directed by Cao Hamburger. Reviewed this issue. Eastern Hills


ETC:

MADMAN MUNTZ: AMERICAN MAVERICK—Test screening of a new documentary about the legendary American entrepreneur who developed an eccentric image to use in pitching consumer electronics in the 1950s and 60s. This focus screening is free, as long as you don’t mind contributing your reaction afterward. Fri 9pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza Business Center, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376)

NIAGARA (1953)—Marilyn Monroe’s last film before becoming a major star in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was this not-too-suspenseful thriller in which she plays a wife scheming to murder her husband (Joseph Cotton) while vacationing just a few miles north of Buffalo. With Jean Peters and Richard Allen. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Fri 7:15pm. The Screening Room, Northtown Plaza in the Century Mall, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst (837-0376)


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