Movie Guide

Published Thursday, October 2, 2008

MPAA ratings and reasons: G: General audiences; PG: Parental guidance suggested; PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned: some material unsuitable for children younger than 13; R: Restricted; children under 17 admitted with parent/guardian; NC-17: No children younger than 17 admitted

L: Language, profanity, crude humor N: Nudity S: Sex, sensuality V: Violence, strong action D: Drug use

Movies are rated on a scale of one to five, five being the best.

Film The Story Rating Length Theater
Ama: A memory of Time NEW Relatives of Jose Feliciano Ama, the leader of Nahua-Pipil indigenous peasants during El Salvador’s 1932 uprising, reflect on his role.  Not Rated 1:03 Ragtag
An American Carol NEW A filmmaker who’s out to abolish a holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to show him the good sides of his own country.  PG-13
L
1:35 Stadium 14
Bee Movie Jerry Seinfeld is the voice of Barry B. Benson, a honeybee who decides to sue the human race for stealing bees’ honey.  PG 1:40 Forum 8
Beverly Hills Chihuahua NEW A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua finds herself lost in the mean streets of Mexico without a day spa or boutique anywhere in sight.  PG 1:45 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Blindness NEW When a plague of blindness devastates a city, the afflicted band together to overcome the horrific conditions of their quarantine.  R
VLNS
1:20 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Burn After Reading Brad Pitt, George Clooney and John Malkovich star in the Coen Brothers’ comedy about a CIA disc that falls into the wrong hands.
See Scott May's review.
Scott May's rating:
R
LSV
1:35 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Choke NEW A con man regularly fakes choking in upscale restaurants, gets “saved” and collects checks from generous restaurant patrons.
See Scott May's review.
Scott May's rating:
R
SNL
1:32 Ragtag
Eagle Eye Shia LaBeouf is forced to carry out the plans of a mysterious woman whom he has never met but seems to know his every move. PG-13
VL
2:10 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
The Edge of Heaven  Six people connect on emotional voyages toward forgiveness and reconciliation in Germany and Turkey.  Not Rated 1:22 Ragtag
The Family that Preys Two families are linked by scandal that threatens to unravel the lives of all involved. PG-13
SV
1:51 Stadium 14
Flash of Genius NEW Greg Kinnear stars in the true story of an inventor’s long battle with the automobile industry to receive recognition for his ingenuity.  PG-13
L
1:20 Stadium 14
Ghost Town After being dead for seven minutes, a man is miraculously revived to discover he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.
See Scott May's review.
Scott May's rating:
PG-13
LSD
1:43 Stadium 14
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People NEW A small-time British celebrity journalist is hired by an upscale New York magazine and enters high society with disastrous results.  R
LND
1:49 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Igor  A hunchbacked lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist and winning first place at the annual Evil Science Fair. PG
L
1:26 Forum 8
Lakeview Terrace  Samuel L. Jackson is a tightly-wound LAPD officer who terrorizes the young interracial couple that moves into the house next door. PG-13
VSLD
1:43 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
The Made-for-TV Election NEW A 1993 documentary analyzes the three commercial networks’ coverage of the 1980 presidential election.  Not Rated 1:33 Forum 8
Miracle at St. Anna Four soldiers from the army’s Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines during World War II.
See synopsis
R
VLSN
2:40 Stadium 14
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist NEW Two teens, with nothing in common except their taste in music, go on an all-night quest to find their favorite band’s secret show.  PG-13
SL
1:30 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Nights in Rodanthe Richard Gere and Diane Lane star as unhappy strangers who share a life-changing romance at a seaside North Carolina inn. PG-13
S
1:50 Forum 8,
Stadium 14
Nosferatu In this 1921 classic, director F.W. Murnau produces a Dracula film that is arguably still the best version ever filmed.  Not Rated 1:21 Ragtag
Religulous NEW In this documentary, comedian Bill Mahr and director Larry Charles (“Borat”) investigate the more ludicrous aspects of organized religion. 
See synopsis
Not Rated 1:41 Ragtag
Tell No One In this French psychosexual thriller, a pediatrician is knocked into a coma the night his wife was killed, apparently by the same attackers.  Not Rated 1:25 Ragtag
Wall-E After years of doing what he was built for, a lonely robot discovers what he was meant for and chases his dream across the galaxy.  G 1:20 Jesse Wrench Auditorium, MU Campus

Click here for movie times, or contact the theater.
Forum 8:
1209 Forum-Katy Parkway, 445-7469
MSA/GPC Film Series: A022 Brady Commons, 882-3780
MU Museum of Art and Archaeology: Pickard Hall, 882-3591
Ragtag Cinemacafé: 23 N. Tenth St., 443-4359, www.ragtagfilm.com
Stadium 14 : 2800 Goodwin Pointe Drive, 817-0770