Beauty and the Beast 3D Nationwide One of Disney’s most beloved films follows in the footsteps of last year’s “Lion King” release and gets the whole third-dimension treatment. Relive your childhood with the story of a prince who is transformed into a beast and a young woman named Belle imprisoned in his castle. Opens 01/13 Contraband Nationwide Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) thought he had left his criminal past behind him, but is forced back in order to settle his brother-in-law’s debt. Here’s hoping this film is more like Wahlberg’s enjoyable pictures (“The Fighter,...
Carnage follows two sets of parents who meet up to talk after their children have been in a fight that day at school. The black comedy was written and directed by Roman Polanski and stars Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly. Expect a handful of Academy Award nods for this one come Oscar time next year. ...
Watching the opening scene of “The Housemaid”, one might get the sense of Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s films steeped in realism. Instead, the film is the latest from South Korean director Im Sang-soo — who hasn’t made a film since “The Old Garden”, which screened at the 2007 Cleveland International Film Festival. What follows is a slow-burning but increasingly rewarding film not to be missed. When an upper-class couple with one daughter and twins on the way are in search of a new housemaid, the young, innocent Eun-yi fits the bill. But when an affair between Eun-yi and Hoo...
