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September 7, 2012

ABOUT THE MOVIES

Kennebec Journal Staff

NEW THIS WEEK

"Bachelorette" Three former high school mean girls (Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan and Isla Fisher) are asked to be bridesmaids at the wedding of a friend (Rebel Wilson) they used to taunt as teenagers. (R)

"The Cold Light of Day" A tourist (Henry Cavill) vacationing in Spain goes on the run after his family is kidnapped and some sinister agents (including Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver) start asking him about a briefcase he knows nothing about. 93 minuts (PG-13)

"Cosmopolis" While traveling across Manhattan in his limousine, a 28-year-old billionaire financier finds his own life and the outside world increasingly fraught with danger and uncertainty. With Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon and Samantha Morton. Written and directed by David Cronenberg. 108 minutes 109 minutes (NR)

"For a Good Time, Call" In order to afford a New York City apartment, two college friends and roommates (Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller) start a thriving phone-sex business. 86 minutes (R)

"Remeber My Name" Original 35mm print. Alan Rudolph's "Remember My Name" features performances from Geraldine Chaplin, Anthony Perkins (Berenson's real-life husband) and Berry Berenson, (Marissa's sister), who only appeared in four films, and died tragically in the attacks on 9/11. The film's other star is 80-plus-at-the-time blues singer Alberta Hunter, whose music is central to the film's story, in which Chaplin plays a mysterious woman who stalks Perkins' hardhat worker for reasons not immediately clear. 91 minutes (R)

"The Words" Bradley Cooper is a frustrated writer who makes the find of a lifetime - an award-worthy manuscript, unpublished and unsigned, tucked away inside an old briefcase. Jeremy Irons is the stranger who shows up after the book has been published to great success, claiming the work is his. 96 minutes (PG-13)

ALSO IN THEATERS

"The Bourne Legacy" When a plan is put into motion by a top-secret government program to wipe out all the genetically modified killers it created, one such operative must flee in order to save his life. With Jeremy Renner, Scott Glenn, Stacy Keach, Edward Norton. Written by Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy, Robert Ludlum. Directed by Tony Gilroy. 135 minutes (PG-13)

"Brave" A princess will have none of the suitors her parents want her to consider for marriage. She'd rather ride her horse and shoot her arrows. And when a witch puts a curse on her mother, she has to do all of that and more. 100 minutes (PG)

"The Campaign" Two rival South Carolina politicians with presidential aspirations tangle with one another. With Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis. 85 minutes (R)

"Celeste and Jesse Forever" A young married couple who met in high school find themselves on the verge of divorce but have trouble extricating themselves from each other's lives. With Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg. 91 minutes (R)

"The Expendables" Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li and Terry Crews reunite for head-banging exploits. Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris join the '80s action-star party. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis show up for more than just cameos. 102 minutes (R)

"Hit & Run" A road comedy about a retired getaway driver (Shepard) who busts out of the Witness Protection Program to drive his girlfriend (Kristen Bell) to a job interview. 100 minutes (R)

"Hope Springs" Kay and Arnold are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a specialist in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. 100 minutes (PG-13)

"Ice Age: Continental Drift," Pals Manny, Sid and Diego (voiced by Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary) float off to new adventures on an iceberg thanks to some old-school global warming. (PG)

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