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1972. Rated R.
, Tower Heist: After the workers at a luxu-
ry condominium discover the penthouse
billionaire has stolen their retirement, they
plot the ultimate revenge. Rated P6-13
• A Very Harold and Kumar 3D
Christmas: After years of growing apart.
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel have replaced
each other with new friends and are prepar-
ing for their respective Yuletide celebra-
tions, But when a mysterious package mB- his town. Rated PG.
takenly arrives at Kumar's door on
Christmas Eve. his attem ~t to redirect it to • Footloose: Ren MacCorr
Harold's house ends with the "high grade" planted from Boston to the
contents - and Harold's father-in-law's prize town of Bomont. where ne
Christmas tree - gong up in smoke. Rated heavy dose of culture shoc
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• Puss in Boots: Long before he even night out, and Bomont's Io
meets Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and the beloved Rev, Shaw
and outlaw Puss in Boots becomes a nero ed by implementing ordina
when he sets off on an adventure with the it loud music and dancing.
tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and
the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save
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The following movie listingg include
of the Movies at Midway starting Tf
Dec. 1. Movie times and listings are
to change.
Movies ))
e. Up" and Wham's "' rake Me Up wl tat "The Mt ppets" maintains.
oscillating fan if there are - even more sophisticated anima- Before You Go-Go,'l (what, they It 1 reats its wi, le audience with
enough colors and sounds ema- tion, snappy voice work from couldfft get Katrin and the co aaplete resp ect, lobbing out •
nating from it, but for discerning Wood; Robin Williams (as the Wave's "Walking Sunshine"jol :es for all to enjoy.
parents, a trio of helium-voiced the penguin Casanova, Ramon), or Baha Men's "Who Let the The film is not really a reboot
rapping rodents just won't cut it Pink (taking over the late Brit- Dogs Out"?). | of he long-stagnant franchise,
as entertainment, tany Murphy's role as mother ;here are certain y lesser op- buI more of a teintroduction, as
Here are a few of the offerings penguin Gloria) and a host of tions disguised as "family fare" w peek into the lives of Kermit
that are vying for your chil- others, more elaborate numbers, at the theater (I'm!9oking at an [ his fuzzy (riends trying to
dren's (or grandchildren's) at- and an even-more-dire environ- your cold, dead eye , "Jack & eke outa livingin a world that
tention and your dollars:mental plea. Director George Jill"), but this sequel'pales corn- mgy have passed thernby. But,
, ith the h61idays Happy Feet 2: While there was Miller is the rare director whose pared to the other Offerings in as Segel's script suggests,
no overwhelming urge to revisit sequels can improve upon his this list. ' though the marketing to chil-
upon us, the e are the shuffling flightless foul originals (see "The Road War- The Muppets: Putting the 'felt' drln may havl shifted to all
countless oppor-Mumbles the penguin (voice by rior" and "Babe: Pig in the City") in heartfelt, the Muppets are Coltinued on page 85
tunities for gener- Elijah Wood) and his flock, they and he at the very least captures back in a way that closer tO
ations to share a movie-golng make a mildly diverting return, the spirit of the original here. their original show Iand film)
experience. But often, wh t may The ene, rgy level is amped, and And the addition of two than their last few theatrical out-
efitertain one age group can be a the stakes are higher (the entire comedic krill (voiced by Brad ings. Star Jason Seg¢l ("How I
laborious endurance test for an- penguin clan is trapped in a cre- Pitt and Matt Damon) provides Met Your Mother")[is largely re- r |
other, vasse from which the ordy the film with its biggest belly sponsible for the big-screen re-
So we here at the Cape means of escape is throughlaughs from its tiniest source, turn of these long-16st pop-cul-
Gazette have sifted through the teamwork throughout the food The only thing that trips ture puppets, and h truly un- December8
multiplex offerings and pr0vid- chain), and the messages of ac- "Feet" is tile soundtrack itself, derstands their app al.
ed some helpful hints as just ceptance, friendship and tribal which feels hopelessly cloying, There's a ondez ful YouTube
what's available, what's tolerable unity are earnest and urgent, and even the originals feel dat- clip of Fred Rogers another im-
and what's enjoyable. Let's face In certain ways, the film ex- ed. Where the first "Happy Feet" passioned proponeJ t of quality OK!
