Published: August 20, 2009 11:13 pm         

Movies showing this weekend 8/21/09

Playing at Oakwood Mall Theater

(580) 233-7469



‘Inglorious Basterds’ (R)

Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine.

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of the Nazis, narrowly escapes and flees to Paris. Elsewhere in Europe, Lt. Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins a German actress and undercover agent on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich.



‘G-Force’ (PG)

Voices of Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan.

“G-Force” is a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws.

‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ (PG-13)

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Byung Hun Lee, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Said Taghmaoui, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid.

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. Joe team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.



‘Julie & Julia’ (PG-13)

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond.

Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and saved her soul. She is 30 years old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that’s going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment: take her mother’s dog-eared copy of Child’s 1961 classic and cook all 524 recipes in the span of one year.

‘Shorts’ (PG)

Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, Leo Howard.

Set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that’s sweeping the nation. Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX has done nothing for 11-year-old Toe Thompson, who just wants to make a few friends until a mysterious rainbow-colored rock falls from the sky, hits him in the head and changes everything.



‘District 9’ (R)

Sharlto Copley, David James.

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack or giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s “District 9” as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out.

‘Time Traveler’s Wife’ (PG-13)

Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston.

Based on the best-selling book about a love that transcends time, Clare (Rachel McAdams) has been in love with Henry (Eric Bana) her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated. Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control.



‘Post Grad’ (PG-13)

Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro, Jane Lynch, Bobby Coleman, Catherine Reitman, Craig Robinson, Carol Burnett, Michael Keaton.

Ryden Malby had a plan. Do well in high school, thereby receiving a great college scholarship. Now that she’s finally graduated, it’s time for her to find a gorgeous loft apartment and land her dream job at the city's best publishing house. But when her college nemesis steals her perfect job, Ryden is forced to move back to her childhood home. If she’s going to survive life as a post grad, it may be time to come up with a new plan.





Playing at 89er Theatre

(405) 699-3489



‘Orphan’ (R)



‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs’ (PG)



‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ (PG-13)





Playing at Royal Theater

(580) 227-3511



‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ (PG-13)





Playing at Rialto Theater

(580) 327-0535



‘The Ugly Truth’ (R)



‘Julie & Julia’ (PG-13)



‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ (PG-13)