- 2012
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
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A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
- A Serious Man
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Amelia
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An Education
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Astro Boy
- Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
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Bright Star
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Coco Before Chanel
- Michael Jackson's This is It
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New York, I Love You
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Paranormal Activity
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Planet 51
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Sharks (3D)
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Star Trek (IMAX)
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The Blind Side
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The Fourth Kind
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
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The Polar Express (IMAX)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
150 min • Drama/ Comedy
• Rated PG-13
Arnaud Desplechin’s A Christmas Tale feels like a yuletide miracle in reverse: Christmas remains in the background, no match for the wrenching problems yet stubborn togetherness of the Vuillard family. Matriarch Junon (Catherine Deneuve, the de facto first lady of French cinema) discovers that she has a terminal illness and a transplant may be the only means of saving her. Two possible donors may be her alcoholic, contentious middle son Henri (Mathieu Almaric) and her troubled teenaged grandson Paul (Emile Berling). Any transplant carries the risk of “graft vs. host” disease, in one of the film’s many medical metaphors for the paradoxes of family life. Can’t live with them, can’t live without their bone marrow. Desplechin employs numerous techniques to clarify and enrich the complex narrative, including text titles, monologues to the camera and a shadow-puppet prologue that explains the haunting death of the Vuillard’s first-born while still a child. Superb across the board, the cast shows how the roles adjust their passionate feelings ever so slightly and A Christmas Tale ends on a hopeful note without building to cheap epiphanies.
Reviewed by CH.
- Century Cinemas Del Monte Center
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1700 Del Monte Center, Monterey
373-8051 - Golden State Theater
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417 Alvarado St., Monterey
372-4555 - Maya Cinemas
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153 Main St., Salinas
757-Maya - A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
- 10:15am; 12:20; 2:30; 4:30; 6:55
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- 11:10am; 1:20; 3:30; 5:40; 7:50; 10:05
- The Blind Side
- 12:15; 3:15; 6:15; 9:15
- Michael Jackson's This is It
- 10:20am
- 2012
- 10:10am; 10:50am; 11:55am; 1:35; 2:00; 3:20; 5:05; 5:50; 7:05; 8:45; 9:20; 10:30
- Planet 51
- 10:30am; 11:15am; 12:45; 1:30; 3:05; 3:50; 5:15; 6:05; 7:30; 8:10; 9:45
- Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
- 7:20; 10:20
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- 12:10; 2:20; 4:50
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- 10:00am; 10:45am; Noon; 1:00; 1:45; 3:00; 4:00; 4:45; 6:00; 7:00; 7:45; 9:00; 10:00; 10:35
- The Fourth Kind
- 10:10pm
- Northridge Cinemas
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350 Northridge Shopping Center, Salinas
449-4168 - A Christmas Carol (3D) (2009)
- 11:50am; 2:20; 4:50; 7:20
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- 12;45; 3:20; 5:45
- Michael Jackson's This is It
- 6:35; 9:15
- Paranormal Activity
- 8:15; 10:35
- 2012
- 11:40am; 12:50; 2:00; 5:30; 6:45; 7:55; 9:00
- Astro Boy
- 11:35am; 1:55; 4:15
- The Fourth Kind
- Noon; 2:35; 5:00; 7:35
- The Blind Side
- 11:25am; 1:00; 2:25; 4:00; 8:25; 10:00
- Planet 51
- 11:45am; 12:55; 2:15; 3:25; 7:15; 8:20; 9:45; 10:45
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- 11:30am; 12:30; 1:30; 4:30; 5:30; 6:30; 7:30; 10:30
- Osio Cinemas
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350 Alvarado St., Monterey
644-8171 - New York, I Love You
- 12:20; 2:40; 5:00; 7:30; 9:50
- Paranormal Activity
- 12:15; 2:15; 4:30; 7:00; 9:15
- An Education
- 12:30; 2:45; 5;00; 7:15; 9:30
- Amelia
- Noon; 2:25; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40
- A Serious Man
- Noon; 2:20; 4:40; 7:00; 9:20
- Coco Before Chanel
- 12:10; 2:35; 5:00; 7:25; 9:45
- Cannery Row IMAX Theatre
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640 Wave St., Monterey
372-4629 - Sharks (3D)
- 11:00am; 2:00; 5:00
- The Polar Express (IMAX)
- Noon; 3:00; 6:00
- Star Trek (IMAX)
- 8:00
- Lighthouse Cinemas
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525 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove
643-1333 - Bright Star
- 10:20am (Sat and Sun only); 3:10; 8:00
- Michael Jackson's This is It
- 12:45; 5:40; 10:30 (Sat and Sun only)
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- 9:45am (Sat and Sun only); 11:45am (Sat and Sun only); 1:45 (except Fri); 3:45 (except Fri); 5:45 (except Fri); 7:45; 9:45 (Fri and Sat only)
- The Blind Side
- 11:30am (Sat and Sun only); 2:10; 4:50; 7:30; 10:15 (Fri and Sat only)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- 10:30am (Sat and Sun only); 1:15; 4:15; 7:00; 10:00 (Fri and Sat only)
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