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“MONEYBALL” (PG-13) (2:13) Stars Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill. Directed by Bennett Miller. Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane works to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. Strong language.

Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Fri-Wed 1, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30; Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:50; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Fri-Wed 12, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20; Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40; Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20; Falmouth 10 Fri 4, 7, 10 Sat 1, 4, 7, 10 Sun 1, 4, 7 Mon-Wed 4, 7

“ABDUCTION” (PG-13) (1:46) Stars Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins and Alfred Molina. Directed by John Singleton. When Nathan, who has always felt distanced from his parents, discovers that he was kidnapped as a child, he begins to uncover a vast conspiracy and must go on the run in order to survive. Sequences of intense violence and action, brief language, some sexual content and teen partying.

Opening at: Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Fri-Wed 12:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50; Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed 11:50 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50; Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20; Falmouth 10 Fri 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:40

“KILLER ELITE” (R) (1:40) Stars Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro. Directed by Gary McKendry. A retired member of Britain’s Elite Special Air Service is forced into action when his mentor is taken captive. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader. Strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.

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Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4, 6:50, 9:20; Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:20, 10; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Fri-Wed 12:10, 4, 7:10, 9:50; Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 7, 9:40; Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:10, 6:45, 9:15; Falmouth 10 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 2, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 2, 4:50, 7:30 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30

“DOLPHIN TALE” (PG) (1:53) Stars Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. Directed by Charles Martin Smith. A boy befriends a dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap. Inspired by a true story, everyone who knows the young man works together to create a prosthetic appendage for the dolphin, who in turn becomes an inspiration for people with special needs. Some mild thematic elements.

Opening at: Brunswick 10 Fri-Wed 1, 1:30 (3D), 3:40, 4:10 (3D), 6:40, 7:05 (3D), 9:40 (3D); Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Fri-Wed 12:30, 4:10 (3D), 7, 9:30 (3D); Cinemagic Westbrook Fri-Wed 12, 12:10, 3, 3:10, 6:40, 6:50, 9:20, 9:30; Cinemagic Saco Fri-Wed 12 (3D), 2:05, 4:30, 6:55, 9:25; Falmouth 10 Fri 4:20, 7:10 (3D), 9:45 Sat 1:40 (3D), 4:20, 7:10 (3D), 9:45 Sun 1:40 (3D), 4:20, 7:10 (3D), Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10 (3D)

“THE WHISTLEBLOWER” (R) (1:52) Stars Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci and Vanessa Redgrave. Directed by Larysa Knodracki. Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac takes a one-year contract serving as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia, where she outs the U.N. for covering up cases of sex trafficking. Disturbing violent content including a brutal sexual assault, graphic nudity and language.

Opening at: Eveningstar (Brunswick) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4, 6:40, 8:45

• NOW SHOWING

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“APOLLO 18” (PG-13) (1:25) Directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego. Decades-old found footage from NASA’s Apollo 18 mission, in which two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon. Showing at: Cinemagic Saco Today 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:30, 4:30; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:10, 9:30; Brunswick 10 Today 4:20, 9:50

“BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR” (R) Stars Nick Swardson, Don Johnson and Christina Ricci. Directed by Tom Brady. After learning that his parents were porn stars in the 1970s, a nerdy guy leaves his home in northern Iowa for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps. He’s taken in by a down-and-out director who sees a bright future for himself and the kid. Pervasive crude sexual content, language and some nudity.

Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:30, 3:30, 7, 9:20; Cinemagic Saco Today 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7, 9:15; Brunswick 10 Today 9:45

“CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER” (PG-13) (2:05) Stars Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Joe Johnston. After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals. Intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action.

Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today 3, 6:50

“COLOMBIANA” (PG-13) (1:47) Stars Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan and Callum Blue. Directed by Olivier Megaton. Cataleya Restrepo, who was raised in the U.S. by her uncle to be a top-tier assassin, looks to settle with the Colombian drug lord who executed her parents when she was 10 years old. Violence, disturbing images, intense sequences of action, sexuality and brief strong language.

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Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today 4, 6:40; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 6:40, 9:10

“CONTAGION” (PG-13) (1:45) Stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. An action thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Disturbing content and some language.

Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:30, 3:30, 7, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 7:10, 9:40; Cinemagic Saco IMAX Today-Wed 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today-Wed 12:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40; Brunswick 10 Today 1:10, 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:25, 7:25, 9:55; Falmouth 10 Today 4:20, 7 Fri 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Sat 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:05 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05

“CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE” (PG-13) (1:58) Stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Julianne Moore. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. A father’s life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children. Coarse humor, sexual content and language.

Opening at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20

“THE DEBT” (R) (1:54) Stars Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by John Madden. In 1965, Mossad agent Rachel Singer was part of a secret mission to capture and bring to trial the Surgeon of Birkenau, a Nazi war criminal. In her present-day life, when a man claiming to be the killer surfaces in Ukraine, Singer travels to Eastern Europe to seek out the truth. Some violence and language.

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Showing at: Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today 12:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 12:10, 3, 7:10, 9:50; Cinemagic Saco Today-Wed 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35; Falmouth 10 Today 4:15, 6:50 Fri 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Sat 1:25, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25 Sun 1:25, 4:10, 6:45 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45; Brunswick 10 Today 1:15, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Wed 9:35; Nickelodeon Today 1:30, 4, 6:50 Fri-Wed 5:15, 9:45

“DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK” (R) (1:39) Stars Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison. Directed by Troy Nixey. A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.

Showing at: Cinemagic Saco Today-Wed 6:50, 9:1

“DRIVE” (R) (1:40) Stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put out on him after a heist gone wrong. Strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity.

Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7, 9:15; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50; Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 7:20, 9:50; Cinemagic Saco Today 12:05, 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:25; Brunswick 10 Today 1:25, 1:45, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 10 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:35, 10:10; Falmouth 10 Today 4:50, 7:20 Fri 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Sat 1:55, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:15 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15

“THE GUARD” (R) (1:36) Stars Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong. Directed by John Michael McDonagh. An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Pervasive language, some violence, drug material and sexual content.

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Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today 1, 3:10, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:10, 7:40 

“HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2” (PG-13) (2:10) Stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Directed by David Yates. The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord’s three remaining Horcruxes. Some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images.

Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today 4:55, 7:45 Fri 6:40 Sat-Sun 1:10, 6:40 Mon-Wed 6:40; Cinemagic Saco Today 12:20, 3:20; Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20; Brunswick 10 Today 1:35, 6:40

“THE HELP” (PG-13) (2:26) Stars Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. Directed by Tate Taylor. Jackson, Mississippi, 1962: Aspiring writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan returns home after college, where unexpected friendships with African-American maids Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson result in a book that gives a previously unheard voice to a community’s suffering.

Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 11:50 a.m., 3:10, 6:30, 9:30; Cinemagic Saco Today-Wed 12:15, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30; Falmouth 10 Today 4:40, 7:40 Fri 4:30, 7:35 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:30, 7:35 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:35; Brunswick 10 Today-Wed 1, 4:15, 7:15; Nickelodeon (Portland) Today-Wed 1:45, 4:45. 7:45; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today 12:30, 4, 7:30

“I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT” (PG-13) (1:35) Stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammer. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Kate Reddy is a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids. A new account adds another layer to her already packed schedule — and it includes temptation in the form of business associate Jack Abelhammer.

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Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12, 2:10, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Wed 12, 2:10, 4:30, 7, 9:10; Cinemagic Saco Today-Wed 12:30, 2:35, 4:40, 7:15, 9:20; Brunswick 10 Today 1:30, 3:40, 7, 9:40 Fri-Mon 1:15, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25 Tue 1:15, 3:45 Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:50, 9:25

“THE LION KING” (G) (1:29) Animated with the voices of Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones. Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff. Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future king. First released in 1994.

Showing at: Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today-Wed 12, 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:20; Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 11:50 a.m., 12 (3D), 2, 2:10 (3D), 4:20, 4:30 (3D), 6:50, 7 (3D), 9, 9:10 (3D); Cinemagic Saco Today 12:05 (3D), 12:30, 2:15 (3D), 2:30, 4:15 (3D), 4:30, 7 (3D), 7:15, 9:10 (3D), 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:05, 2:25 (3D), 4:25 (3D), 7 (3D), 9 (3D); Brunswick 10 Today 1:20, 1:40 (3D), 3:50, 4:10 (3D), 6:50, 7:10 (3D), 9:30 (3D) Fri-Wed (3D) 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 9:30; Falmouth 10 Today 4:30 (3D), 5, 7:10 (3D), 7:30 Fri (3D) 4:35, 7:20, 9:30 Sat 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 9:30 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:20 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:20

“MIDNIGHT IN PARIS” (PG-13) (1:40) Stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates. Directed by Woody Allen. A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better. Some sexual references and smoking.

Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today 3:20 Fri-Wed 3:10 

“OUR IDIOT BROTHER” (R) (1:30) Stars Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel. Directed by Jesse Peretz. A pot bust sends nice guy Ned to jail, and though he’s released early on good behavior, he returns home to discover that his girlfriend has left and taken his dog. Homeless and unemployed, he divides his time by couching-surfing at the homes of his three sisters. Sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout.

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Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today 7:15; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today 12, 2:20, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12, 2:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50; Cinemagic Saco Today 7:05, 9:05 

“RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” (PG-13) (1:55) Stars James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto. Directed by Rupert Wyatt. In present day San Francisco, a scientist looks for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease by experimenting on a chimpanzee named Caesar. The development of animal intelligence brings about a war for supremacy between humans and apes. Violence, terror, some sexuality and brief strong language.

Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today 4:10, 6:45 Fri-Sat 4:05, 9:35 Sun-Wed 4:05; Brunswick 10 Today 4:05, 9:25; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:20, 3:10, 7:10, 9:40; Cinemagic Saco Today 12:15, 2:30, 4:45; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today 6:50, 9:30

“SARAH’S KEY” (1:51) (PG-13) Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Melusine Mayance and Niels Arestrup. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. In modern-day Paris, a journalist finds her life becoming entwined with a young girl whose family was torn apart during the notorious Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup in 1942. Thematic material including disturbing situations involving the Holocaust.

Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today 5:10, 9:20; Eveningstar (Brunswick) Today 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:45 

“SMURFS” (PG) (1:26) Animated with the voices of Hank Azaria, Katy Perry and Jonathan Winters. Directed by Raja Gosnell. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours. Some mild rude humor and action.

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Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:20, 3:20; Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today 12:10, 2:20, 4:30

“SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D” (PG) (1:29) Stars Jessica Alba, Jeremy Piven and Joel McHale. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Retired agent Marissa Cortez Wilson gets back into action — and recruits her two stepchildren — to stop a supervillain known as the Timekeeper from taking over the planet.

Showing at: Falmouth 10 Today 4:05; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 11:50 a.m., 2, 4:20

“STRAW DOGS” (R) Stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard. Directed by Rod Lurie. L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife, Amy, to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both. Strong brutal violence including a sexual attack, menace, some sexual content and pervasive language.

Showing at: Cinemagic Grand (South Portland) Today-Wed 12:20, 4, 7, 9:40; Cinemagic Westbrook Today 12:20, 3:20, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3, 6:50, 9:30; Cinemagic Saco Today 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35; Fri-Wed 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35

“TABLOID” (R) (1:27) Stars Kent Gavin and Joyce McKinney. Directed by Errol Morris. Documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon missionary.

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Showing at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Today 1:10, 5:20, 7:20, 9:30

“WARRIOR” (PG-13) Stars Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte and Joel Edgerton. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Ex-Marine Tommy Riordan returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh to train for a mixed martial arts tournament with a major cash prize. Looking to his father, an alcoholic former coach, for guidance is tough enough, but Tommy’s chosen path also puts him on a collision course with his older brother, Brendan, a former MMA competitor and currently a struggling parent. Intense mixed martial arts fighting, some language and thematic material.

Showing at: Cinemagic Westbrook Today-Wed 12:10, 3:10, 6:30, 9:30; Cinemagic Saco Today-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:30, 9:25; Brunswick 10 Today 1, 4, 7:35

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