This Weekend’s Movies

a-prophetart_of_the_stealREGAL BATTERY PARK
Cop Out: Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan as—get this—cops.
The Crazies: The residents of a small town turn into “murderous maniacs”; remake of a 1973 George Romero flick.
• Still playing: Shutter Island, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Valentine’s Day, The Wolfman, From Paris With Love, Crazy Heart, Up in the Air, and that little movie that could, Avatar in 3-D.

LANDMARK SUNSHINE
Harlem Hostel: Twenty-somethings from Queens move to Harlem where their building is turned into a youth hostel.
• Still playing: Broken EmbracesInglourious BasterdsCreationNorth FaceThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and The Road.
• Midnight: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

ANGELIKA
A Prophet: Arab man in a French prison. Very strong reviews, but it sounds tough to watch.
• Still playing: Terribly Happy, The Last Station, Crazy Heart, A Single Man.

IFC CENTER
The Art of the Steal: A documentary about recent turmoil at the Barnes Foundation.
Band of Outsiders: Godard gangster film from 1964.
• Still playing: • 2010 Academy Award-Nominated Animated Shorts and Live-Action Shorts, Antichrist, Fish Tank, In the Loop, The Girl on the Train, Videocracy, House.
• Midnight: Point Break, Starship Troopers.

FILM FORUM
Five Easy Pieces: Jack Nicholson wants a chicken-salad sandwich on wheat toast, no mayonnaise, no butter, no lettuce.
• Still playing: Lourdes, The White Ribbon.

92YTRIBECA
Family Jams: Documentary about “freak folk” artists Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom and Vetiver on tour (Fri., 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.).
St. Nick: Two kids on the run, and not from Witch Mountain (Sat., 8 p.m.).

PLUS!
• Tribeca resident Kimberly Reed‘s documentary, Prodigal Sons, opens at Cinema Village.

 

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