Saturday, May 11, 2013
'Great Gatsby' is playing this weekend in Canton.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Baz Luhrmann's take on "The Great Gatsby," which is at times more style than substance – just like like the novel's main character himself – say some critics. "The Great Gatsby" is rated PG-13 and runs two hours and 22 minutes. It is now playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. Here's what else the critics are saying: Baz Luhrmann’s new film version of The Great Gatsby is stylish, slick, funny and entertaining—a bit detached at points, a bit overblown at others. That should be all that matters. — Jeremy Mathews, Paste Magazine Just because a film looks like it was dipped in 18-karat gold doesn’t mean it’s rich in quality. Take …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
'Iron Man 3' is playing this weekend in Canton.
Robert Downey Jr. and gang are back for the third "Iron Man" installment. "Iron Man 3" is rated PG-13 and runs two hours and 20 minutes. It is now playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. Here's what the critics are saying: This weekend, the summer movie season kicks off in spectacular fashion . . . with Disney and Marvel's "Iron Man 3." The third film in the series and the fourth featuring national treasure Robert Downey Jr. as genius billionaire playboy-philanthropist Tony Stark (after last summer's superhero free-for-all "The Avengers"), it raises the stakes considerably, to the point that, should RDJ never want to put on the robotic suit again, the …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
The ensemble comedy opening this weekend at Movies 400 and AMC Avenue Forsyth 12.
"The Big Wedding" is playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. The premise, courtesy of the film's official website: With an all-star cast lead by Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried and Topher Grace, "The Big Wedding" is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Oblivion opens this weekend.
Tom Cruise leads a cast of well known actors in his latest thriller, out this weekend. Oblivion is rated PG-13 and runs 126 minutes. It is now playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. Here's what the critics are saying: "The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie." Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice. Full Review "A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
42 tells the story of two men, baseball legend Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager Branch Rickey.
Editor's note: Catch 42 this weekend at Carmike RiverStone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. The film is rated PG-13 and run 128 minutes. One sentence plot: 42 tells the story of two men — the great Jackie Robinson and legendary Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey — whose brave stand against discrimination forever changed the world by changing the game of baseball. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 97 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 68 Reviews: "It's a sports film non-sports fans can love; it's a family film that never preaches; it's a biopic that also takes in the world and people around its subject." New York Daily News "'42' can feel incomplete (the bland music and the filmmaker's…
Saturday, April 6, 2013
It's blood, blood and more blood in the remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic.
See "Evil Dead" at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas, 5 Reinhardt College Pkwy., Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. The premise, courtesy of the film's official website: In the much-anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five 20-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival. Here's what critics are saying: Despite numerous visual winks to the original, (Director Fede) Alvarez sacrifices its camp, crass humor for lashings of slick, sick gore. Hard-core fans may love it. But, …
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson leads the way in this new action-packed movie.
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout, and for brief sensuality and language. The film runs 110 minutes and is showing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. The premise, courtesy of the film's official website: A follow-up to the 2009 blockbuster "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," which grossed over $300 million worldwide. In "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," the team is not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra, but they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. Here's what critics are saying: The Rock ... makes good on his reputation…
Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Croods delight critics in this animated adventure starring the voice of Nicholas Cage.
The Croods tells the story of the world's first family road trip: When their cave is destroyed, the Crood family must embark on a comedy adventure into strange and spectacular territory in search of a new home. The movie is rated PG due to some scary action and runs 98 minutes. You'll hear the voices of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke and Cloris Leachman. See 'The Croods' at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. Reviews: "Despite a few too many mother-in-law jokes, "The Croods" nicely makes it clear that even before they had fire, families understood how important it was to cherish and protect each other." Chicago Sun-…
Saturday, March 16, 2013
This movie about aging magicians might make you want to attempt a disappearing act from the theater.
The premise, courtesy of IMDb: When a street magician's stunt begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton look to salvage their act — and their friendship — by staging their own daring stunt. 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' is rated PG-13 and runs 100 minutes. Now playing at the Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the link above. What critics are saying: There's nothing particularly smart or fun about this film. It can be silly but rarely in an inspired way. And with a cast this well stocked with comedy talent, and direction by Don Scardino (an Emmy nominee for 30 Rock), you'd think just a few more laughs would not feel …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Like its main character, the movie is neither great nor powerful, but it's okay.
Ever wonder how that Man Behind the Curtain got to Oz in the first place? ---The film, rated PG and runs 130 minutes, is playing at Carmike Riverstone 15 Cinemas in Canton. For more theater information, show times and pricing, click the links above. Director Sam Raimi's new movie fills in the back-story of Oscar "Oz" Diggs, an unctuous charlatan in a traveling sideshow. He flees from an unsympathetic crowd in a hot air balloon, gets caught up in a tornado--what a cool idea!--and lands in the magical land of Oz. There, he meets three witch sisters, Evanora (Rachel Weisz), Glinda (Michelle Williams) and Theodora (Mila Kunis). And a cute, flying monkey and a China doll, who may be the movie's best characters. The witches try to convince Oscar…
