MOVIES AT THE RIVER CINEMA

Coming Soon: The Host, Iron Man 2!

MOVIES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 19 TO APRIL 25

Cinema 1 - Olympus Has Fallen showing at 4:30, 7:00 and 9:25.
Web Site: www.olympusmovie.com

Rated: R for strong violence and language throughout.

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Ashley Judd, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Radha Mitchell, Dylan McDermott, Cole Hauser, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune, Han Soto

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Screenplay: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt

Synopsis:

When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the president, and avert an even bigger disaster.

Cinema 2 - G.I. Joe: Retaliation showing at 4:15, 6:50 and 9:15.
Web Site: www.gijoemovie.com

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout, and for brief sensuality and language.

Cast: D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson

Director: Jon Chu
Screenplay: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Web Site: www.gijoemovie.com

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout, and for brief sensuality and language.

Cast: D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson

Director: Jon Chu
Screenplay: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick

Synopsis: 

A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in association with HASBRO and di Bonaventura Pictures, commences production on G.I. Joe: Retaliation. In this sequel, the G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. The film stars D.J. Cotrona, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, Jonathan Pryce, RZA, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum with Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Jon M. Chu, and produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Brian Goldner, from a screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe(R) characters, the film is scheduled to be released on June 29,2012.

Movies for the week of March 22 to March 28

Cinema 1 - The Croods showing at 4:30, 7:00 and 9:00.

Web Site: www.thecroodsmovie.com

Rated: PG for some scary action.

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman

Director: Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco

Screenplay: John Cleese, Kirk De Micco

Synopsis: The Croods is a 3D comedy adventure from DreamWorks Animation that takes us back to the beginning—to a previously undiscovered era known as the Croodacious—a time when Mother Nature was still experimenting and the flora and fauna we know today hasn’t evolved yet. At the heart of this comedically chaotic world is the Crood family, led by Grug (Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage), an over-protective father who, like all dads, is doing all he can to hold his family together as the world around them changes at a dramatic pace. Together with his wife (Catherine Keener), kids (Emma Stone and Clark Duke) and ornery mother-in-law (Cloris Leachman) in tow, Grug guides his family through this spectacular environment, full of amazing creatures, to find a new cave to call home. Along the way, they encounter Guy (Ryan Reynolds), an imaginative and resourceful newcomer who takes risks and wholeheartedly embraces the promise of tomorrow. Audiences will relate to the hilarious family antics as Guy helps the Croods navigate their way into the bright future.

Cinema 2 - Oz The Great and Powerful showing at 4:15, 6:50 and 9:15.

Web Site: www.disney.com/thewizard

Rated: PG for sequences of action and scary images, and brief mild language.

Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz

Director: Sam Raimi

Screenplay: Mitchell Kapner

Synopsis: Disney's fantastical adventure Oz The Great and Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

Coming Soon: Jack the Giant Slayer, The Croods, Oz the Great and Powerful

Cinema 1 - Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters showing at 4:30, 7:00 and 9:00.

Web Site: www.hanselandgretelmovie.com

Rated: R for strong fantasy horror violence and gore, brief sexuality/nudity and language.

Cast: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Screenplay: Dante Harper, Tommy Wirkola

Synopsis: After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches...their past.

Cinema 2 - Safe Haven showing at 4:15, 6:50 and 9:15.

Web Site: www.facebook.com/safehavenmovie

Rated: PG-13 for thematic material involving threatening behavior, and for violence and sexuality.

Cast: Josh Duhamel, Julianne Hough, David Lyons, Cobie Smulders

Director: Lasse Hallström

Screenplay: Dana Stevens, Gage Lansky

Synopsis: Safe Haven, based on the latest novel from best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, whose books have been made into the hit films The Notebook, The Last Song, Nights in Rodanthe and Dear John, is a gripping love story infused with suspense and discovery. When a young woman escaping her past moves to a small North Carolina town, and falls for a loving widowed father, he heals her heart, and helps her escape the danger that threatens her.