Movie Intelligence
Posted by: Marilyn Bethany
Posted on: Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Following are the films currently showing in our region, listed in order of their Metacritic score.* For a synopsis of the film and excerpts from the reviews that led to the score, click on the Metascore next to the film title. For show times, click on the theater name in the Movie Theaters directory at right.
Metascore/film title/(theaters)
98 Metropolis (TSL)**
95 Days of Heaven (Clark)
87 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (Beacon, Hudson Movieplex)
85 The Tree of Life (Spectrum)
82 The Trip (Spectrum)
81 Midnight in Paris (Spectrum)
80 Le Quattro Volte (Upstate)
78 The Guard (Upstate)
75 Tabloid (Crandell, Little Cinema)
72 Terri (Spectrum)
68 Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Bank Street, Beacon, Cinerom, Fairview, Lyceum, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt)
68 Crazy, Stupid, Love (Beacon, Crandell, Spectrum, Triplex)
64 Fright Night (Bank Street, Beacon, Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Lyceum, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt)
62 The Help (Bank Street, Bantam, Beacon, Cinerom, Fairview, Images, Lyceum, Moviehouse, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt, Spectrum, Triplex)
61 Our Idiot Brother (Beacon, Cinerom, Hudson Movieplex, Lyceum, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt, Spectrum)
59 The Tree (TSL)
58 Sarah’s Key (Cinerom, Little Cinema, Moviehouse, Spectrum, Triplex, Upstate)
55 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)
50 Final Destination 5 (Beacon, Hudson Movieplex, Roosevelt)
48 30 Minutes or Less (Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)
48 Glee: the 3-D Concert Movie (Hudson Movieplex)
48 One Day (Bantam, Cinerom, Lyceum, Moviehouse, Regal Berkshire, Spectrum, Triplex)
47 Colombiana (Fairview, Lyceum, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt)
37 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (Bank Street, Hudson Movieplex, Lyceum, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt)
37 Conan the Barbarian (Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire)
30 The Smurfs (Beacon, Hudson Movieplex, Regal Berkshire, Roosevelt)
*Metacritic is a site that weighs film reviews from dozens of sources, averaging the results to achieve a score—the closer to 100, the more positive the reviews.
**Free
Unscored
The Debt (Spectrum, Triplex)
Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place (TSL)
Pruitt-Igoe Myth (TSL)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (PS/21)**
Berkshire Jewish Film Festival
Metropolitan Opera Live on HD Tickets: Met Members/August 19, General Public/August 29 (Bardavon, Beacon, Clark, Mahaiwe, TSL)
