Film Clips: To Rome with Love July 13 2012
Prehistoric mammals, Woody Allen, and inmates sing the blues this weekend at the movies.
OPENING TODAY:
- Sony Pictures
- Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love
’’ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG) Everyone’s favorite group of prehistoric mammals are back, but this time their whole world is changing and shifting, literally. As the continents drift apart Manny, Sid, and Diego’s world becomes a life at sea, using an iceberg as a makeshift ship. When the gang runs into a band of pirates led by an angry baboon, Manny’s journey to reunite with his love takes a detour. Come see Pangaea split apart.
’’TO ROME WITH LOVE (R) Woody Allen’s latest film follows the interwoven love stories of eight people, staring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Woody Allen, Roberto Benigni, Judy Davis, and Greta Gerwig. A hilarious take on the romantic cliches in Rome.
DULY NOTED:
MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE (NR) Director Bruce McDonald follows Rita Chiarelli’s pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues, Angola Prison in Louisiana. This documentary offers rare performance footage of Chiarelli performing soulful blues classics with inmates convicted of everything from armed robbery, to murder and rape. Plaza Theatre 1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. 7:30 p.m. tonight’’
NATURAL SELECTION (R) Linda is a devoted Christian wife, but when she discovers her dying husband has a 23-year-old illegitimate son, her world is turned upside down. Her husbands dying wish is that Linda connects with his son, Raymond. Linda’s strange journey to find Raymond and bring him home teaches her more about herself than she ever knew before. Midtown Art Cienma 931 Monroe Drive ‘’
TAKE THIS WALTZ (R) Margot is happily married to Lou, a cookbook writer, and her life seems great. But one day, when she meets a man named Daniel, their chemistry is immediate and intense. She soon discovers that Daniel is actually one of their neighbors, and begins stealing away moments with him, forcing Margot to reexamine how relationships can change perspectives of love, sex, and herself. Midtown Art Cienma 931 Monroe Drive
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