At the Movies – 03-20-09

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Here are the new movies starting this week at Midway Mall Cinema 9. For complete information, including other movies playing and times, log onto www.midwaycinema9.com.

Duplicity

Crime/Thriller – PG-13

CIA officer Claire Stenwick and MI6 agent Ray Koval have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first. For their employers – industry titan Howard Tully and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik – nothing is out of bounds. But as the stakes rise, the mystery deepens and the tactics get dirtier, the trickiest secret for Claire and Ray is their growing attraction. And as they each try to stay one double-cross ahead, two career loners find their schemes endangered by the only thing they can’t cheat their way out of: love.

•Directed by: Tony Gilroy.

•Cast: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti.

•This film is rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content.

I Love You, Man

Comedy/Romance – R

In I You Love, Man, Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his best man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward “man-dates,” before meeting Sydney Fife, a charming, opinionated man with whom he instantly bonds. But the closer the two men get, the more Peter’s relationship with Zooey suffers, ultimately forcing him to choose between his fiancée and his new found “bro,” in a story that comically explores what it truly means to be a “friend.”

•Directed by: John Hamburg.

•Cast: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jon Favreau and Jaime Pressly.

•This film is rated R for pervasive language, including crude and sexual references.

Knowing

Drama/Mystery – PG-13

When Professor Ted Myles’ son returns home from school with a piece of paper that had been buried in a time capsule for 50 years, he makes a startling discovery. Cryptic rows of apparently random numbers written on the page contain an encoded message, which has predicted the details of every major disaster of the past 50 years, including three that have yet to happen and one that involves destruction on a global scale. With time running out, Ted’s attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears so he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction – and perhaps the ultimate disaster – from taking place.

•Directed by: Alex Proyas.

•Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Ben Mendelsohn, Chandler Canterbury, Adrienne Pickering, Tamara Donnellan and Brett Robson.

•This film is rated PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language.

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