• OPENING THIS WEEK
“THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2” (PG-13) (2:22) Stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti. Directed by Marc Webb. Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him and Peter realizes that all of his powerful enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.
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Opening at: Brunswick 10 (also in 3D); Nickelodeon (Portland); Nordica (Freeport) (also in 3D); Cinemagic Grand (South Portland); Cinemagic (Saco) (also in IMAX 3D); Cinemagic (Westbrook) (also in 3D); Smitty’s (Biddeford); Smitty’s (Sanford); Smitty’s (Windham)
“FINDING VIVIAN MAIER” (NR) (1:23) Stars Vivian Maier, John Maloof and Mary Ellen Mark. Directed by John Maloof, Charlie Siskel. Directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel. A documentary about the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose secret cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one the most accomplished of street photographers.
Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland)
• SPECIAL SHOWINGS
“FOCUS ON THE FAMILY PRESENTS IRREPLACEABLE” (NR) (2:00) Showing Tuesday only at: Brunswick 10; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland)
”SUPER DUPER ALICE COOPER” (NR) (1:26) with Elton John and Iggy Pop. Showing Tuesday only at: Cinemagic (Saco); Cinemagic (Westbrook)
• ALSO SHOWING
“BAD WORDS” (R) (1:29) Stars Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn and Allison Janney. Directed by Jason Bateman. A revengeful spelling bee loser tries to find a loophole to compete as an adult.
“BEARS” (G) (1:17) Narrated by John C. Reilly. Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey. A Disney documentary follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs learn the important lessons of survival amid the stunning scenery of the Alaskan wilderness.
“BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY” (NR) (1:56) Stars Emory Cohen, Callan McAuliffe, Aidan Gillen and Carla Gallo. Directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly. Loyal friends since childhood, two boys are desperate for a way out of their quiet town on the Maine-Canada border. They make a pact to pool their earnings on a car and hit the road. But when one of them is drawn into drug smuggling with his outlaw father to pay his share, their friendship is pushed to the brink.
“BRICK MANSIONS” (PG) (1:30) Stars Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA and Gouchy Boy. Directed by Camille Delamarre. Abandoned brick mansions in Detroit left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals. Unable to control the crime, the police surrounded the neighborhood with a containment wall. A police officer and an ex-con team up in order to bring down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the whole city.
“CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER” (PG 13) (2:16) Stars Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Redford. Directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Joss Whedon. Captain America and the Black Widow battle a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier.
“DIVERGENT” (PG-13) (2:19) Stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet and Jai Courtney. Directed by Neil Burger. In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in. She discovers a plot to destroy Divergents and must find out what makes them dangerous before it’s too late.
“DOM HEMINGWAY” (R) (1:33) Stars Jude Law, Richard E. Grant and Demian Bichir. Directed by Richard Shepard. After spending 12 years in prison for keeping his mouth shut, notorious safe-cracker Dom Hemingway is back on the streets of London looking to collect what he’s owed.
“DRAFT DAY” (PG-13) (1:49) Stars Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner and Frank Langella. Directed by Ivan Reitman. Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick at the NFL Draft while the pro football dreams of a many young men hang on his decision.
“GOD’S NOT DEAD” (PG) (1:53) Stars Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo, David A.R. White and Dean Cain. Directed by Harold Cronk. The faith of a college student is challenged by his philosophy professor, who believes God does not exist.
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL” (R) (1:40) Stars Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric and Adrien Brody. Directed by Wes Anderson. The adventures of Gustave, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
“A HAUNTED HOUSE 2” (R) (1:27) Stars Marlon Wayans, Jaime Pressly, Cedric the Entertainer and Essence Atkins. Directed by Michael Tiddes. Malcolm has exorcised the demons of his ex and is starting fresh with his new girlfriend and her two children but the parnormal activities return.
“HEAVEN IS FOR REAL” (PG) (1:40) Stars Greg Kinnear and Kelly Reilly. A father must find the courage and conviction to share his son’s extraordinary experience with the world. Based on a true story.
“THE LEGO MOVIE” (PG) (1:40) Stars Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Berry and Alison Brie. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Mistakenly thought to be the MasterBuilder, an ordinary LEGO minifigure joins a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.
“LE WEEK-END” (R) (1:33) Stars Lindsay Duncan, Jim Broadbent and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Roger Michell. A British couple attempts to rejuvenate their marriage by returning to Paris where they spent their honeymoon many years earlier.
“MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN” (PG) (1:32) Animated. Stars Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert and Leslie Mann. Directed by Rob Minkoff. The time-travelling adventures of the world’s the most accomplished dog and his adopted son continue when Sherman accidentally rips a hole in the universe and it must be fixed before all history is altered.
“MUPPETS MOST WANTED” (PG) (1:52) Stars Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey and Steve Whitmire. Directed by James Bobin. The Muppets are on a world tour when they find themselves caught up in a jewel-heist that is headed by Constantine, a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his evil sidekick.
“NOAH” (PG-13) (2:18) Stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins and Emma Watson. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. God chooses Noah to undertake a monumental rescue mission before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.
“OCULUS” (R) (1:45) Stars Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites and Katee Sackhoff, Directed by Mike Flanagan. A woman tries to clear her brother of a murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
“THE OTHER WOMAN” (PG-13) (1:49) Stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. After discovering her boyfriend is married, a woman tries to get her life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the cheater’s wife, she realizes they have a lot in common. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge.
“THE QUIET ONES” (PG-13) (1:38) Stars Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke and Erin Richards. Directed by John Pogue. A university professor and a team of students conduct an experiment on a young woman, uncovering terrifyingly dark, unexpected forces in the process.
“RIO 2” (G) (1:41) Animated with the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, and Andy Garcia. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Blu, Jewel and their three kids leave Rio de Janeiro for the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
“TRANSCENDENCE” (PG 13) (1:59) Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy. Directed by Wally Pfister. Dr. Will Caster is working to create an omniscient, sentient machine while an anti-technology organization tries to prevent his establishing a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
“UNDER THE SKIN” (R) (1:48) Stars Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams and Lynsey Taylor Mackay. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. An alien seductress preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.
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