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Review: 'Bernie'
From the "News of the Weird" file comes the new comedy "Bernie," a Texan tale of murder that opens with the promise "What You're Fixin' to See Is a True Story." And it is funny, in the manner of the fictionalized "To Die For" and the fictional "Fargo." -- PC

Review: 'The Dictator'
Certainly in 2012, a brutal dictator qualifies as an easy target for comedy (that wasn't true in 1940, when Charlie Chaplin released "The Great Dictator," to which "The Dictator" implicitly nods). The premise sounds more promising than what star Sacha Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles deliver. -- PC

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Battleship NEW

PG-13

Not Reviewed

Swabbies Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson are enlisted to protect the planet from marauding aliens.

Century 16:

11 a.m.; noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6:10, 7:30, 8:40, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m.

Century 20:

11 a.m.; noon, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 p.m.

Bernie NEW

PG-13

Dark comedy about the unlikely real-life romance between a mortician-turned-murderer and a much-despised Texas heiress; Shirley MacLaine and Jack Black star.

Guild Theatre:

4:15, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

PG-13

Maggie Smith and Judi Dench head to India for some postretirement exotica and find themselves living in a run-down yet charming old palatial hotel.

Century 20:

11:05 a.m.; 1:55, 4:55, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m.

Palo Alto Square:

1:15, 2:30, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m.

Chimpanzee

Disney True Life Adventure tracks the exploits of a fun-loving baby chimp in the lush forests of the Ivory Coast.

Century 20:

11:15 a.m.; 1:25 & 3:35 p.m.

Dark Shadows

PG-13

Big-screen sendup of the cult Gothic soap opera stars Johnny Depp as an 18th century vampire who rises from the dead smack dab in the middle of the swinging, dysfunctional 1970s; Tim Burton directs.

Century 16:

11:30 a.m.; 12:30, 2:20, 3:40, 5, 7:20, 8:20 & 10:20 p.m.

Century 20:

11:15 a.m.; 12:35, 2, 2:40, 4, 4:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:35 & 10:15 p.m.

The Dictator NEW

Sacha Baron Cohen as a deposed North African dictator trying to re-create his former majesty in the blase USA.

Century 16:

11 a.m.; noon, 1:10, 2:10, 3:20, 4:20, 5:30, 7, 8, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m.

Century 20:

11:10 a.m.; 12:15, 1:20, 2:25, 3:30, 4:35, 5:40, 7, 8, 9:15 & 10:25 p.m.

First Position

Not Rated

Not Reviewed

Documentary follows six talented young ballet dancers as they compete in the grueling, prestigious Youth America Grand Prix.

Aquarius Theatre:

4:15, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

The Five-Year Engagement

Emily Blunt and Jason Segel as a quasi-committed couple making a tortured, half-decade journey from "yes" to "I do."

Century 20:

11:50 a.m. & 5:15 p.m.

Girl in Progress

PG-13

Not Reviewed

A prepubescent girl with a distracted, inattentive mother decides to skip adolescence altogether and take a quick shortcut to adulthood.

Century 16:

11:20 a.m.; 1:50, 4:05, 6:40 & 9:10 p.m.

Century 20:

12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15 & 9:40 p.m.

Headhunters NEW

Not Reviewed

Norwegian thriller about a corporate headhunter whose sideline (art theft) takes a nasty, violent turn for the worst.

Century 16:

11 a.m.; 1:30, 4:10, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m.

The Hunger Games

PG-13

In post-apocalyptic North America a teenage girl fights for her life against a squad of trained assassins on a popular government-sponsored reality show!

Century 16:

11 a.m. & 6:10 p.m.

Century 20:

5:40 & 8:50 p.m.

The Lucky One

PG-13

Not Reviewed

An ex-Marine searches for the unknown woman whose good-luck photograph kept him alive through three tours of duty in Iraq.

Century 20:

1:15 & 6:50 p.m.

Marvel's The Avengers

PG-13

An all-star cast of superheroes (Iron Man, The Hulk and Black Widow among them) team up to thwart a fiend bent on global domination; Joss Whedon directs Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson.

Century 16:

11:10 a.m.; 2:10, 3, 7, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m.; In 3D at 11:50 a.m.; 1, 3:50, 4:50, 7:50 & 8:30 p.m.

Century 20:

11 a.m.; 1, 2:15, 3:35, 4:15, 5:35, 7:40, 8:55 & 10:15 p.m.; In 3D 11:40 a.m.; 12:20, 1:40, 2:55, 4:55, 6:15, 7, 8:20 & 9:35 p.m.

Monsieur Lazhar

PG-13

An Algerian schoolteacher living in Quebec connects with pupils still recovering from the suicide of their old headmaster.

Aquarius Theatre:

3:45, 6:15 & 8:45 p.m.

Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary

Not Rated

Not Reviewed

Direct from London's Royal Albert Hall it's a sumptuous silver-anniversary production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about a masked, elegant, sewer-stalking crackpot.

Century 16:

7:30 p.m.

Century 20:

7:30 p.m.

Palo Alto Square:

7:30 p.m.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Swashbuckling cartoon about three buccaneers' quest for their profession's highest honor: Pirate of the Year.

Century 16:

11:15 a.m. & 3:55 p.m.; In 3D at 1:35 p.m.

Century 20:

12:20 & 5 p.m.; In 3D at 2:40 p.m.

Think Like a Man

PG-13

Not Reviewed

Four women learn to manipulate their boyfriends after reading Steve Harvey's best-selling insider-info love guide.

Century 20:

7:30 & 10:20 p.m.

What to Expect When You're Expecting NEW

PG-13

Not Reviewed

Ensemble comedy about five couples and how they cope with the unexpected demands of incipient parenthood; Dennis Quaid, Jenifer Lopez and Elizabeth Banks star.

Century 16:

11 a.m.; noon, 1:40, 2:40, 4:20, 5:20, 7:40, 8:30 & 10:30 p.m.

Century 20:

11:15 a.m.; 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 5:55, 7:15, 8:35 & 10 p.m.

Movie Theaters
Aquarius Theatre: 430 Emerson St. Palo Alto
Century 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View
Century 20: 825 Middlefield Road Redwood City
Guild Theatre: 949 El Camino Real Menlo Park
Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Building 6 Palo Alto
Spangenberg Theatre: 780 Arastradero Road Palo Alto
Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave. Palo Alto