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AMELIA ★★ 1/2  Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor Biopic about Atchison native and aviator Amelia Earhart. (10/23) Wide PG for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking  1:41
             
 AMREEKA ★★★ 1/2  Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass Immigrant mother and her teenage son end up in Illinois. REVIEW ON D2 Glenwood PG-13 for brief drug use involving teens, and some language; some Arabic with subtitles 1:36
             
ASTRO BOY ★★ Voices of Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Lane Animated story about a robot boy with superpowers. (10/23)  Wide PG for some action and peril, and brief mild language  1:33
             
 BAADER  MEINHOF  COMPLEX ★★★ Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek Oscar-nominated dramatization of lives of notorious German anarchists of the 1970s. REVIEW ON D2 Tivoli  R for strong bloody violence, sexual content, graphic nudity and profanity; German with subtitles 2:30
             
BRIGHT STAR  ★★ 1/2  Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider Romance of poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne. (9/25) Leawood PG for some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking  1:55
             
CAPITALISM:A LOVE STORY ★★★  Michael Moore Gadfly Michael Moore takes on greed. (10/2) Wide R for language 2:07
             
CIRQUEDU FREAK  1/2  John C. Reilly, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson  Teen joins traveling freak show, becomes apprentice to a real vampire. (10/23) Wide PG-13 for intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, some language 1:49
             
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OFMEATBALLS ★★ Voices of Bill Hader, Anna Ferris, James Caan Animated yarn about a town where food falls from the sky. (9/18) Wide  PG for brief mild language 1:21
             
COUPLES RETREAT ★★ Vince Vaughn, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Jason Bateman Vacationing friends are stuck in couples counseling. (10/9) Wide PG-13 for sexual content and language  1:47
             
DEPARTURES ★★★  1/2  Masahiro Motoki, Ryoko Hirosue, Tsutomu Yamazaki Unemployed musician takes job at Japanese mortuary. Won an Oscar. (8/7) Tivoli PG-13 for thematic material; Japanese with subtitles 2:10
             
FAME ★★ Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Debbie Allen  Remake of evergreen about students at a high school for the performing arts. (9/25) Wide PG for teen drinking, a sexual situation and language  1:47
             
GOOD HAIR ★★★ Chris Rock, Raven-Symone, Ice-T, Nia Long Chris Rock’s doc looks at black women’s love/hate relationship with hair. (10/23) Wide PG-13 for some language including sex and drug references, and brief partial nudity  1:35
             
HALLOWEEN II  Scout Taylor-Compton, Tyler Mane, Brad Dourif, Sheri Moon Zombie Director Rob Zombie continues his remakes of the Michael Myers franchise. (8/28) Wide R for brutal bloody violence throughout, terror, language, nudity 1:41
             
I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF ★★ Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Adam Rodriguez Madea puts miscreant kids into the hands of their nightclub singer aunt. (9/11) Regal PG-13 for a sexual assault on a minor, violence, drug references and smoking 1:53
             
THEINFORMANT! ★★ Matt Damon, Scott Bakula Corporate whistle-blower misleads government investigators. (9/18) Wide R for language 1:48
             
INGLOURIOUSBASTERDS ★★★  1/2  Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Melanie Laurent Tarantino’s revenge fantasy has savage Jewish commandos terrorizing Nazis. (8/21) Regal, Westglen R for graphic violence, language, brief sexuality; some subtitles 2:33
             
IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN ★★★ Beethoven experts and musicians Doc about the great composer and his creations. (10/1) Tivoli Not rated 2:19
             
INVENTION OF LYING ★★★ Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe In a world where everyone tells the truth, one man learns how to lie. (10/2) Wide PG-13 for language, some sexual material, drug reference  1:39
             
LAW ABIDINGCITIZEN  Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx When his family’s killers get a sweet deal, vigilante decides to cleanse the justice system.(10/16) Wide R for strong bloody brutal violence and torture, a rape, pervasive language  1:48
             
LOVE HAPPENS  Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston Widower writes best-seller about coping but can’t follow own advice. (9/18) Wide PG-13 for some language including sexual references 1:49
             
MY ONEAND ONLY  ★★★ Renee Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Chris Noth In the 1950s a woman tours the country looking for a suitable rich husband. (9/11) Rio PG-13 for sexual content and language  1:48
             
PARANORMALACTIVITY ★★★ Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat Couple’s struggle with ghost is revealed in surveillance tapes shot in their bedroom. (10/9) Wide R for language 1:39
             
SAW VI ★★ Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor More death and dismemberment, courtesy of Jigsaw. (10/23) Wide R for grisly bloody violence and torture, and language 1:30
             
 A SERIOUS  MAN ★★★ Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick Coen brothers retell the story of Job in a ’60s Minneapolis suburb. REVIEW ON D1  Wide R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence. 1:45
             
THESTEPFATHER ★★ Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley Serial killer marries divorcee and contends with her suspicious son. (10/16) Wide PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, brief sensuality  1:45
             
SURROGATES ★★ Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell In a future where recluses interact via robots, a cop must solve a murder. (9/25) Barrywoods, Regal PG-13 for violence, language, sexuality and a drug-related scene  1:28
             
 THIS IS IT ★★★ 1/2  Michael Jackson Final film of the King of Pop is based on concert rehearsal footage.REVIEWED WEDNESDAY  Wide and IMAX PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images  1:52
             
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ★★  Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo Troublesome boy has adventure in an imaginary wild place. (10/16) Wide and IMAX PG for some adventure action and brief language  1:41
             
WHIP IT ★★★ Ellen Page, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore Unhappy teen finds her calling with a roller derby team. (10/2) Barrywoods PG-13 for crude dialogue, language and drug material  1:47
             
ZOMBIELAND ★★★ Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone After a zombie uprising, misfits discover they’re at the top of the food chain. (10/2) Wide R for horror violence/gore and language  1:28


★★★★■Above the rest  ★★★ See it soon  ★★ It’s a rental  ★ Life’s too short

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