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BIG WEDDING—Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton head a dysfunctional family trying to act normal for their daughter’s wedding. It was supposed to be released last year and it’s not being previewed anywhere: caveat emptor. With Katherine Heigl,Topher Grace and Robin Williams. Directed by Justin Zackham (Going Greek). Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP—Robert Redford directed and stars in this suspense drama about 70s radicals whose comfortable new lives and disrupted when one of them turns herself in to the police. Co-starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris Cooper, Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Richard Jenkins, Sam Elliott, Shia LaBeouf, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon and Terrence Howard. Reviewed this issue. Amherst, Eastern Hills, Regal Quaker
MUD—Two Arkansas teens help a fugitive escape from bounty hunters. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland and Sarah Paulson. Directed by Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter). Eastern Hills
PAIN AND GAIN—Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg as Miami bodybuilders who get into the extortion business. Not previewed for the press, but the Hollywood Reporter says “The story is told in a hammer-on-anvil manner that evinces no gift for social satire or sharp cultural insight. “ Directed by Michael Bay (Transformers). Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Sunset Drive-In, Transit Drive-In, Flix, Market Arcade
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THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1939)—Basil Rathbone’s first appearance as the famous Victorial detective, planning to stop Professor Moriarty from carrying out “the crime of the century.” With Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, and George Zucco, Directed by Alfred Werker (He Walked by Night). Screening Room
ANTIVIRAL—Writer-director Brandon Cronenberg makes his debut with a subject that his father David would probably love, about a clinic that implants fans with diseases harvested from celebrities. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Wendy Crewson and Malcolm McDowell. Screening Room
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (1958)—Miles Davis provided a soundtrack improvised in the studio for Louis Malle’s early film about a businessman’s fatal slide after he commits a murder. Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Yori Bertin and Lino Ventura. Hallwalls
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)—Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer in the 1965 Academy Award winner for Best Picture. It beat out Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools and A Thousand Clowns. Go figure. Lockport Palace
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)—Suspense classic starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman terrorized by a gang of thugs looking for a cache of heroin that has been hidden in her apartment. With Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna. Directed by Terence Young (Thunderball). Screening Room
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