At the Movies - 06-05-09

Here are some of the movies playing this week at Midway Mall Cinema 9. For complete information, log onto www.midwaycinema9.com.

The Hangover

Comedy – R

Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three buddies drive to Vegas for a blowout night they’ll never forget. But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can’t remember a thing. Their posh hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found. With no clue of what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time for his wedding. However, the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they’re really in.

•Directed by: Todd Phillips.

•Cast: Heather Graham, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Bryan Callen, Sasha Barrese and Justin Bartha.

•This film is rated R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.

Land of the Lost

Adventure/Comedy –

PG-13

Has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall was sucked into a vortex and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world – a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land of the Lost. Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly and a redneck survivalist named Will. Chased by T Rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally – a primate called Chaka – to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they’ll be permanent refugees in the Land of the Lost.

•Directed by: Brad Silberling.

•Cast: Will Ferrell, Danny McBride, Anna Friel and Jorna Taccone.

•This film is rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference.

Up

Animated Action/

Adventure – PG

From Disney-Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip – an overly optimistic 9-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. From the Academy Awards-nominated director Pete Docter, Disney-Pixar’s Up invites you on a hilarious journey into a lost world, with the least likely duo on Earth.

•Directed by: Pete Docter.

•Cast: The voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger and Delroy Lindo.

•This film is rated PG for some peril and action.

Night at the Museum:

Battle of the Smithsonian

Action/Comedy – PG

It’s a new “Night” and “Museum” for Ben Stiller, who is joined by new characters from history – Amelia Earhart, Kamunrah, Ivan the Terrible and Napoleon. Cowboy Jedediah and Teddy Roosevelt are also back. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington…until Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

•Directed by: Shawn Levy.

•Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat and Robin Williams.

•This film is rated PG for mild action and brief language.

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