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Featured Films This Week at Apex Theaters
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INDIANA JONES
AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTALSKULL (PG13)
-Coming To BAXTER at MIDNIGHT on May 21
Indiana Jones is back with a new globe-trotting adventure! The year is 1957 and archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is living a quiet life as a teacher at Marshall College. There Indy encounters young renegade Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf), who needs Dr. Jones's help in finding the mysterious Crystal Skull of Akator. Legend says that the skull was stolen from a mysterious City of Gold guarded by the living dead in the Amazon. Whoever returns it to the city's temple will become master of the skull's powers. Together they travel to Peru where they find themselves battling the Soviets under nefarious Irina Spalko (Cate Blanchett), who wants the power of the skull as an advantage in the Cold War. Co-starring Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt and Jim Broadbent. Screenplay by David Koepp (Spider-Man, Jurassic Park), based on a story by George Lucas (Star Wars). Directed by Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark).
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FLAWLESS
(PG13) Louisville Exclusive Films, Village 8 Theaters
From
director Michael Radford (The Merchant of Venice, Il Postino)
comes a clever diamond-heist thriller set in swinging 1960s
London. Demi Moore plays Laura Quinn, a bright, driven and
beautiful executive at the London Diamond Corporation who finds
herself frustrated by a glass ceiling after years of faithful
employment. Michael Caine is Hobbs, the nighttime janitor at
London Diamond who is virtually invisible to the executives that
work there, but over the years has amassed a startling amount of
knowledge about how the company runs. Hobbs has his own bone to
pick with London Diamond. Observing Laura’s frustration, he
convinces her to help him execute an ingenious plan to steal a
hefty sum in diamonds. But unbeknownst to Laura, Hobbs plans go
even farther than he’s let on, and together they set in motion
a thrilling heist of dizzying proportions, the likes of which
London has never seen.
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THE VISITOR
(PG13) -Baxter Avenue Theaters
Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, 62-year-old
Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) fills the void by trying to
learn to play classical piano. Sent to Manhattan to attend a
conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has
taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate
scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai
Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go.
In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter
reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his
kindness, the talented Tarek insists on teaching the aging
academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant
rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes
to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum
circles. When Tarek is arrested as an undocumented citizen and
held for deportation, Walter finds himself compelled to help
his new friend with a passion he thought he had long ago lost.
Written and directed by Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent).
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LEATHERHEADS
(PG13) -Village
8 Theaters
Director/star George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits
in a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of Americas
nascent pro-football league in 1925. Clooney plays Dodge
Connolly, a charming, brash football hero determined to
guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after
the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces
certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to
join his ragtag ranks. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford
(John Krasinski), Americas favorite son. A golden-boy war
hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to
surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and
unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost
too good to be true, and spitfire newswoman Lexie Littleton
(Zellweger) aims to prove thats the case. But while she
digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field
rivals for her fickle affections.
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SPEED
RACER (PG)
-Baxter Avenue 8
Theaters
Born to race cars, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is aggressive, instinctive and,
most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he
idolized—the legendary Rex Racer, whose death has left behind a legacy that
Speed is driven to fulfill. Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by
his father (John Goodman), the designer of Speed's thundering Mach 5. When Speed
turns down a lucrative offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates
the company's maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret—some
of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls. If Speed
won't drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses
another finish line. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend,
Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious
Racer X (Matthew Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother's life: the
death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible. Written and directed
by Larry & Andy Wachowski (The Matrix trilogy).
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