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Posted: 06 Feb 2010 02:34 AM PST

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Reviewed this week

"Dear John" *

"From Paris with Love" **

Also opening today

"District 13: Ultimatum": In Paris in the near future, corrupt cops and government officials are conspiring to create unrest in a racially charged ghetto. Their goal is to raze the area and cash in on its redevelopment, but an idealist and a lawman get wind of the plot and set out to restore order. The action drama was produced and written by French action master Luc Besson, who also produced and wrote this week's "From Paris with Love." Rated R; violence, language, drug content. 1 hour, 41 minutes. At the Maple Art Theatre, 4135 W. Maple Road, Bloomfield Township.

MICHIGAN FILM AWARDS: Nominees announced

Nominations for the first Michigan Film Awards, which will honor the best independent features and shorts from state filmmakers in 2009, were announced this week. Nominees were chosen by industry professionals and critics working in Michigan.

Competing for best Michigan feature are: "Fairview St.," produced by Michael McCallum, Anthony E. Griffin and William McCallum; "The Stevie Wonder Show" (Mark Pasley, Andrew Tomakyo and Ryan Wehner); "Street Boss" (Mark Beirlin, Lance Kawas and Philip R. Kerby); "Tracy" (Brian Fee and Dan Scanlon), and "The Twenty" (David Japka).

Awards will be handed out March 6 as part of the Detroit Independent Film Festival. The festival, March 3-7 at the new Burton Theatre, 3420 Cass in Detroit, is being hosted by the Burton and Wayne State University. For more: detroitindiefest.com or burtontheatre.com.

ON SCREEN NOW: War drama returns

Returning to metro Detroit today: Leading Oscar contender "The Hurt Locker." It's at the Maple Art Theatre, 4135 W. Maple Road, Bloomfield Township, and Cinemark Movies 16, Warren.

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Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:00 PM PST

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Century El Con 20*

3601 E. Broadway

1-800-FANDANGO (326-3264), Ext. 902

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 11:45, 2, 4:15.

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11:15, 12:50, 2:45, 4:20, 6:15, 7:55, 9:50.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 12:35, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40.

Book of Eli (R) - 11:25, 2:15, 5:10, 8, 10:45.

Crazy Heart (R) - 11:25, 12:45, 2:10, 3:30, 4:55, 6:20, 7:40, 9:05, 10:25.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:20, 12:40, 1:55, 3:20, 4:30, 6, 7:10, 8:40, 9:55.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 11:30, 1, 2:15, 3:50, 5:05, 6:40, 7:55, 9:30, 10:40.

From Paris With Love (R) - 11:30, 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 10.

It's Complicated (R) - 11:20, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:30.

Leap Year (PG) - 7:30, 10:05.

Legion (R) - 12:15, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 3:40, 10.

Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra (NR) - 11 a.m.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 12:55, 4, 7:10, 10:10.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 11:35, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 10:20.

Up in the Air (R) - 5, 7:50, 10:35.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11:55, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45.

Young Victoria (PG) - 11:15, 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35.

Century Gateway 12*

770 N. Kolb Road

1-800-FANDANGO (326-3264), Ext. 962

2012 (PG-13) - 12:05, 3:35, 7:15.

Armored (PG-13) - 7:40, 9:50.

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (R) - 12:50, 3:30, 7:25, 10:05.

Brothers (R) - 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG) - noon, 2:30, 4:45.

Couples Retreat (PG-13) - 12:30, 3:05, 7:10.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) - noon, 4:40, 9:35.

Inglourious Basterds (R) - 9:45.

Old Dogs (PG) - 12:25, 2:50, 5:05, 7:30, 9:45.

Planet 51 (PG) - 12:10, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40.

Road (R) - 12:40, 3:25, 7:35, 10:10.

A Serious Man (R) - 12:35, 3, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20.

Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) - 12:20, 2, 3:20, 5:10, 7, 9, 10.

Where the Wild Things Are (PG) - 2:25, 7:05.

Century Marketplace*

12155 N. Oracle Road, at the Oro Valley Marketplace

1-800-FANDANGO (326-3264), Ext. 899

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11:15, 2:55, 6:35, 10:15.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 1, 7:15.

Book of Eli (R) - 7:20, 10:20.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:35, 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:30.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 1:10, 4:05, 7, 9:50.

An Education (PG-13) - 11:25, 2:10, 4:40, 7:25, 10.

From Paris With Love (R) - noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10:05.

It's Complicated (R) - 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55.

Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra (NR) - 11.

Precious (R) - 11:10, 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 4:20, 10:35.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 11:10, 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30.

Up in the Air (R) - 11:20, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11:30, 2, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35.

Century Park 16*

1055 W. Grant Road

1-800-FANDANGO (326-3264), Ext. 901

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30.

Avatar (PG-13) - noon, 3:25, 6:55, 10:20.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 1, 4, 7, 10.

Book of Eli (R) - 1:25, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50.

Daybreakers (R) - 3:20, 8.

Dear John (PG-13) - 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:10.

From Paris With Love (R) - 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15.

Legion (R) - 12:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:05.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 12:50, 3:55, 7, 10.

Nine (PG-13) - 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35.

Princess and the Frog (G) - 1:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:05.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25.

Spy Next Door (PG) - 12:15, 2:30, 5, 7:20, 9:40.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55.

Up in the Air (R) - 1:50, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45.

Youth in Revolt (R) - 12:55, 5:45, 10:30.

Century Park Place 20*

5870 E. Broadway

1-800-FANDANGO (326-3264), Ext. 903

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 11:40, 2, 4:15.

Avatar (PG-13) - 12:50, 4:30, 8:10.

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11, 11:55, 1:45, 2:40, 3:35, 5:25, 6:20, 7:15, 9:05, 10.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 1, 4, 7:10, 10:15.

Book of Eli (R) - 11:10, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30.

Crazy Heart (R) - 11:35, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:25.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:30, 12:45, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:10, 7:30, 8:50, 10:10.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 12:20, 1:50, 3:10, 4:35, 6, 7:20, 8:45, 10:05.

Extraordinary Measures (PG) - 3:05, 8:15.

From Paris With Love (R) - 11:15, 12:30, 1:40, 2:55, 4:05, 5:20, 6:30, 7:55, 8:55, 10:20.

It's Complicated (R) - 6:55, 9:45.

Legion (R) - 11:45, 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 4:10, 7:10, 10:15.

Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra (NR) - 11 a.m.

Princess and the Frog (G) - 11:05.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 11:20, 12:35, 1:55, 4:25, 5:45, 7, 9:30.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11:50, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35.

Crossroads*

4811 E. Grant Road, 327-7067

2012 (PG-13) - 12:10, 3:20, 8:30.

A Serious Man (R) - 11:40, 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 9:20.

Brothers (R) - 4:10, 6:40, 9:10.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) - 11:10 a.m.

Hurt Locker (R) - 1:10, 7:10, 9:45.

Inglourious Basterds (R) - 4.

Old Dogs (PG) - 6;30.

Planet 51 (PG) - noon, 2.

Road (R) - 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45.

Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13) - 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:40.

Foothills*

7401 N. La Cholla Blvd., 1-888-AMC-4FUN

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11:35, 3:15, 7, 10:30.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05.

Book of Eli (R) - 11:20, 2:05, 5:10, 7:55, 10:35.

Crazy Heart (R) - 11:15, 2, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:45, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 10:35, 11:30, 1:15, 2:15, 4, 5, 6:45, 7:40, 9:30, 10:15.

From Paris With Love (R) - 10:30, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05.

It's Complicated (R) - 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10.

Legion (R) - 10:30, 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15, 10:35.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 10:50, 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:45.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:25, 10:20.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 10, 1, 3:25, 5:50, 8:10, 10:40.

Up in the Air (R) - 2:20, 4:45, 10:10.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11, 1:10, 3:30, 5:45, 8, 10:25.

Harkins Spectrum*

5455 S. Calle Santa Cruz, 806-4275, Ext. 843

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15.

Avatar (PG-13) - 1, 4:45, 8:20.

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11, noon, 2:40, 3:40, 6:20, 7:20, 10, 11.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 10:05, 1:10, 4:20, 7:45, 10:45.

Book of Eli (R) - 9:55, 12:45, 3:45, 7, 10:10.

Crazy Heart (R) - 11:20, 2:20, 5, 7:40, 10:20.

Dear John (PG-13) - 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 9:50, 10:50, 12:50, 1:50, 3:50, 4:50, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:50.

Extraordinary Measures (PG) - 5:20, 8, 10:35.

From Paris With Love (R) - 10:10, 11:40, 12:40, 2:10, 3:10, 4:40, 5:40, 7:10, 8:10, 9:40, 10:40.

Legion (R) - 10:40, 1:20, 4, 6:30, 9.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 11:30, 2:50, 6:10, 9:30.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15.

Spy Next Door (PG) - 12:20, 2:45.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 10, 12:30, 3:30, 6:15, 9:20.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10.

Loft*

3233 E. Speedway, 795-7777

An Education (PG-13) - 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7.

Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (PG-13) - 2:30, 7:30, 10.

Let the Right One In (R) - 10.

A Single Man (R) - 12:15, 5:15.

Oracle View

4690 N. Oracle Road, 292-2430

2012 (PG-13) - noon, 1:15, 4:30, 7:45, 9:10.

Armored (PG-13) - 12:40, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG) - noon, 2:50.

Couples Retreat (PG-13) - 4:45, 7.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG) - 3.

Hurt Locker (R) - 2:10, 7:10.

Men Who Stare at Goats (R) - 4:50, 7.

Planet 51 (PG) - 12:30, 2:40, 4:45, 6:40, 9.

Where the Wild Things Are (PG) - 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50.

Zombieland (R) - 9:20.

Tower Theatres*

8031 N. Business Park Drive, Marana,

579-0500

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 11:35, 4:30.

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11, 12:45, 2:20, 4:15, 5:45, 7:45, 9:10.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 11:05, 4:10.

Book of Eli (R) - 11:25, 2, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:40, 2:10, 4:35, 7, 9:25.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 11:45, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10.

Extraordinary Measures (PG) - 10 a.m.

From Paris With Love (R) - 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40.

Hurt Locker (R) - 1:40, 6:50, 9:35.

It's Complicated (R) - 11, 4:25.

Legion (R) - 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 1:35, 7:05.

Precious (R) - 1:45, 6:55, 9:20.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 11:15, 1:20, 3:25, 5:30, 7:40, 9:45.

Desert Sky Cinema*

70 W. Duval Mine Road, Sahuarita, 393-1222

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 1, 4:15, 8.

Dear John (PG-13) - 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30.

An Education (PG-13) - 1, 4, 7, 9:30.

Extraordinary Measures (PG) - 1, 7.

From Paris With Love (R) - 1, 4, 7, 9:15.

Up in the Air (R) - 4, 9:15.

Oasis Cinema

240 W. Roper Road, Nogales, Ariz., 1-520-761-1777

Book of Eli (R) - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30.

Broken Embraces (R) - 1:30, 7:30.

Dear John (PG-13) - 2, 5, 8:15.

Edge of Darkness (R) - 2, 4:30, 7:45.

From Paris With Love (R) - 2:15, 5:15, 8:30.

Legion (R) - 1:45, 4:45, 8.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 1:30, 4:30, 7:30.

Spy Next Door (PG) - 4:45.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 1:45, 4:45, 7:45.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 1:45, 5, 8.

Cinemark 10*

2175 El Mercado Loop, Sierra Vista,

1-520-458-1980

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG) - 11:55, 2:10, 4:45.

Avatar 3-D (PG-13) - 11:35, 3:15, 7, 10:35.

Blind Side (PG-13) - 1:10, 7:15.

Book of Eli (R) - 1:05, 4, 7:05, 10.

Dear John (PG-13) - 11:40, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25.

An Education (PG-13) - 11:45, 2:25, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15.

Extraordinary Measures (PG) - 4:05, 10:20.

From Paris With Love (R) - 11:30, 2:05, 4:35, 7:20, 9:45.

Legion (R) - 5:10, 7:40, 10:05.

Metropolitan Opera: Simon Boccanegra (NR) - 11 a.m.

Sherlock Holmes (PG-13) - 7:30, 10:30.

Tooth Fairy (PG) - 11:50, 2:15, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55.

When in Rome (PG-13) - 12:05, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35.

Uptown Theatre*

4341 S. State Highway 92, Sierra Vista,

1-520-378-2858

Edge of Darkness (R) - 1, 4, 7, 9:30.

Lovely Bones (PG-13) - 3:40.

Precious (R) - 12:40, 6:40, 9:30.

Up in the Air (R) - 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30.

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Movie Review | 'Dear John' - Courier-Journal

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:04 AM PST

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What "Dear John" does have going for it is Amanda Seyfried, one of the children of polygamists in HBO's "Big Love." Seyfried plays Savannah, a college student in North Carolina who drops her purse off a pier. John (Channing Tatum), a soldier ...

Banking giant helps bring 3-D to movie screens - Los Angeles Times

Posted: 06 Feb 2010 12:04 AM PST

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Lifting a roadblock limiting the availability of 3-D movies at the local multiplex, banking giant JP Morgan Chase & Co. has raised nearly $700 million on behalf of a group of the country's largest theater operators, a move many in Hollywood hope will win over a new generation of filmgoers who enjoy an increasing array of options for entertainment.

The financing, delayed for more than a year because of the financial crisis and the tightening of credit markets, will speed the rollout of 3-D movies to the country's movie screens as Hollywood races to capitalize on the success of such blockbusters as "Avatar" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs."

3-D movies, once considered a cultural misstep on a par with the Edsel and New Coke, have taken off at the box office over the last year, fueled by advances in filmmaking technology and an audience eager for riveting special effects.

The format's proponents believe 3-D movies represent the next leap for Hollywood, equal to the introduction of sound and color, which they hope will revitalize an industry under siege by video games and the Internet.

Anticipating a coming gold rush, the studios plan to release about 20 films in 3-D this year.

JP Morgan's financing would pay for the installation of digital projectors in about 12,000 locations, thus easing a bottleneck caused by an abundance of 3-D movies competing for too few screens.

At present, less than 9% of the country's nearly 40,000 theater screens can play 3-D movies.

Theater owners, who have been dealing with attendance levels largely unchanged from a decade ago, have seen a surge in business thanks to 3-D screenings, which helped fuel a record year in box office revenues. The higher box office from 3-D films, however, is driven in part by their ticket prices, which can run 25% or higher than prices for a typical movie.The dearth of screens is creating friction between rival studios muscling one another to get their 3-D pictures into theaters.

Warner Bros., for example, has decided to release the action movie "Clash of the Titans" in 3-D on April 2, a week after DreamWorks Animation Studios releases its "How to Train Your Dragon," aimed at children. Those films also will compete for screens with Walt Disney Pictures' family film starring Johnny Depp, "Alice in Wonderland," which premieres March 5 -- and possibly even "Avatar" if it continues to play in theaters that long.

Even with the new funding, however, the logjam won't end soon. It could take three to four months to manufacture the digital equipment before it can be installed in movie theaters.

The funding, which is expected to be formally announced in the next two weeks after studios sign off on the deal, comes nearly three years after the nation's largest exhibitors -- AMC, Cinemark and Regal -- formed a consortium know as Digital Cinema Implementation Partners to pay for the "digital conversion" of theaters.

Changing over to digital is expensive, however. Installing the technology costs about $70,000 per theater.

As a result, determining who will pay for retrofitting screens -- theater owners who exhibit the movies or the studios that make them -- had been an issue.

The problem seemed to have been overcome in 2008, when the theater consortium said it reached an agreement with five studios to help pay for the $1 billion toward installing 20,000 digital screens in the U.S. and Canada.

Studios agreed to pledge "virtual print fees" -- the money they saved by no longer having to make film prints -- to secure the financing.

But the ensuing economic meltdown dried up credit markets, forcing major theaters and studios to forestall their ambitious 3-D plans.

Since the markets have begin to thaw, however, JP Morgan was able to go back and raise the money.

richard.verrier @latimes.com

Times staff writer Claudia Eller contributed to this report.

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