OPENING THIS WEEK:

“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.

Opening at: Brunswick 10; Nordica (Freeport); Cinemagic Grand (South Portland); Cinemagic (Saco); Cinemagic (Westbrook); Smitty’s (Biddeford); Smitty’s (Sanford); Smitty’s (Windham)

 

“OCULUS (I)” (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.

Opening at: Brunswick 10; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland); Cinemagic (Saco); Cinemagic (Westbrook); Smitty’s (Biddeford); Smitty’s (Sanford); Smitty’s (Windham)

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“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.

Opening at: Brunswick 10 (also in 3D); Nordica (Freeport) (also in 3D); Cinemagic Grand (South Portland); Cinemagic (Saco) (also in 3D); Cinemagic (Westbrook) (also in 3D); Smitty’s (Biddeford); Smitty’s (Sanford); Smitty’s (Windham)

 

“THE FACE OF LOVE” (PG 13) (1:32) Stars Robin Williams, Ed Harris and Annette Bening. Directed by Arie Posin. A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland)

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“NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME I” (NR) (1:58) Stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård and Stacy Martin. Directed by Lars von Trier. Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, tells her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland)

 

“NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME II” (NR) (1:23) Stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Lars von Trier. The continuation of Joe’s sexually dictated life.

Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland)

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SPECIAL SHOWINGS

“AND THE OSCAR® GOES TO…” (NR) ((1:40) Documentary of the history of the Academy Awards.

Showing Wednesday only at: Cinemagic Grand (South Portland)

“HEAVEN IS FOR REAL” (PG) (1:40) Stars Greg Kinnear and Kelly Reilly.

Showing Wednesday only at: Cinemagic (Westbrook)

“NFINITY CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHEERLEADING EVENT” (NR) (2:30)

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Showing Thursday only at: Brunswick 10; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland)

“NOEL COWARD’S PRIVATE LIVES” (NR) ((2:20) Stars Toby Stephens and Anna Chancellor.

Showing Tuesday only at: Cinemagic Grand (South Portland)

“MOULIN ROUGE: ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET” (2:35) Stars Amanda Green and Christian Clark.

Showing Wednesday only at: Cinemagic (Saco); Cinemagic (Westbrook)

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“300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE” (R) (1:42) Stars Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey and Hans Matheson. Directed by Noam Murro. Greek general Themistokles leads the charge against invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes and Artemisia, the commander of the Persian navy.

 

“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.

 

“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.

 

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“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 the Divergents and must find out what makes them dangerous before it’s too late.

 

“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.

 

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“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.

 

“LONE SURVIVOR” (R) (2:01) Stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Peter Berg. Four members of SEAL Team 10 were assigned to capture or kill the notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd. Based on the failed 2005 mission “Operation Red Wings.”

 

“THE MONUMENTS MEN” (PG-13) (1:58) Stars George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett. Directed by George Clooney. A World War II platoon must rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.

 

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“MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN” (PG) (1:32) Animated. Stars Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert and Leslie Mann. Directed by Rob Minkoff. The time-traveling adventures of the world’s 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.

 

“NEED FOR SPEED” (PG 13) (2:10) Stars Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Scott Mescudi and Imogen Poots. Directed by Scott Waugh. A former street racer joins a cross country race hoping to avenge his being framed by a wealthy business associate that resulted in his being sent to prison. As the race begins, a huge bounty is placed on his head.

 

“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.

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“NON-STOP” (PG 13) (1:46) Stars Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Lupita Nyong’o and Anson Mount. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. After receiving a series of text messages that puts those on a trans-Atlantic flight in danger, an air marshal springs into action when demands are made to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account.

 

“SABOTAGE” (R) (1:49) Stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard and Olivia Williams. Directed by David Ayer. Elite DEA task force members are being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.

 


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