Films This Week
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New This Week
HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis return as the three working guys who outwitted their employers in the first film now trying to launch their own business—and running into flak from incoming guest stars Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine. Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Spacey also reprise their original roles. Sean Anders directs. (R) 108 minutes. Starts Wednesday.
THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR In this animated family comedy, the lovable goofball penguins from the Madagascar franchise get their own movie, in which they are recruited as international spies. Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knights provide the main voices; Benedict Cumberbatch voices their mysterious spymaster. Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith direct. (PG) 92 minutes. Starts Wednesday.
Film Events
CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES This informal movie discussion group meets at the Del Mar mezzanine in downtown Santa Cruz. Movie junkies are invited to join in on Wednesday nights to pursue the elusive and ineffable meanings of cinema. This week (Nov. 26): WHIPLASH Discussion begins at 7 p.m. and admission is free. For more information visit groups.google.com/group/LTATM.
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Now Playing
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 Jennifer Lawrence returns again as Katniss Everdeen—along with most of the original cast—in this first installment of the third and last book in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian futurist sci-fi series. (Part 2 comes out next year.) Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Julianne Moore head the cast. Francis Lawrence directs. (PG-13) 123 minutes.
PELICAN DREAMS San Francisco-based filmmaker Judy Irving has pretty much cornered the market on avian documentaries. Her last film was the irresistible The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, about an improbable flock of tropical birds in the canyons of the city and the singular man who made it his life’s work to care for them. Pelican Dreams does not have quite the same Shakespearean range of high drama, low comedy, romance and heartache as the earlier film, but, as a glimpse into the private lives of these wild shorebirds and the challenges they face, it’s often fascinating. (Not rated) 80 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen.
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 123 minutes. (****)—Lisa Jensen.
