At the movies

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

Cars 2

Animation/adventure – Rated G

Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own – international espionage.

• Directed by: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis.

• Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro.

• This film is rated G.

Bad Teacher

Comedy – Rated R

Bad Teacher is a comedy centered around a foul-mouthed junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague – a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher.

• Directed by: Jake Kasdan.

• Cast: Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Phyllis Smith, John Michael Higgins.

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

Earthwork

Drama – Rated PG

In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel to become his crew. Over the months it took to complete the earthwork, Stan dealt with a myriad of difficulties in bringing his unique, rural art form to an urban canvas and the many costs his art exacted upon his life. In the process, he unexpectedly encountered the true meaning of his art and its ultimate, lasting rewards.

• Directed by: Chris Ordal.

• Cast: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie, Chris Bachand.

• This film is rated PG for thematic elements, smoking and mild language.

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