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August 20. 2015 12:01AM Movie listings: Aug. 21-27 Varsity Theatre Aug. 21-27 See www.catheatres.com for additional showtimes Phoenix NEW Daily showtimes: 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Nelly, a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly emerges with a new face, one similar but different enough that her former husband doesn't recognize her. Rather than reveal herself, Nelly walks into a dangerous game of duplicity and disguise as she tries to figure out if the man she loves may have been the one who betrayed her to the Nazis. Directed by Christian Petzold. Starring Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Imogen Kogge. Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief suggestive material/98m. In German with English subtitles. The End of the Tour NEW Daily showtimes: 12:45, 3:20, 5:55, 8:30 The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest. As the days go on, a tenuous yet intense relationship seems to develop between journalist and subject. The two men bob and weave around each other, sharing laughs and also possibly revealing hidden frailties — but it's never clear how truthful they are being with each other. Directed by James Ponsoldt. Also starring Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, Anna Chlumsky, Mickey Sumner. Rated R for language including some sexual references/106m/S/A24. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Daily showtimes: 12:55, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 Set in the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, this film centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin. Forced to set aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Henry Cavill, Alicia Vikander, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Debicki, Luca Calvani. Rated PG-13 for action violence, some suggestive content, and partial nudity/116m. Ricki and the Flash Daily showtimes: 1:20, 6:30 In a film loaded with music and live performance, Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family. Streep stars opposite her real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Rick'’s long-suffering ex-husband. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Also starring Sebastian Stan, Audra McDonald. Rated PG-13 for thematic material, brief drug content, sexuality and language/101m.  Irrational Man Daily showtimes: 1:10, 6:40 When a burned-out, brilliant professor — one who believes in lessons from life rather than textbooks — takes a job at a small college, everyone there is abuzz. He becomes involved with a teacher as well as a precocious student, but it takes a dramatic, existential act to turn his life around and make him see the world through a much rosier and more positive perspective. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Parker Posey, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Jamie Blackley. Rated R for some language and sexual content/95m. Mr. Holmes  Daily showtimes: 3:55, 9:05 A new twist on the world's most famous detective. In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love before it's too late. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring Frances de la Tour, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Philip Davis, Milo Parker. Rated PG for thematic elements, some disturbing images and incidental smoking/105m. Trainwreck Daily showtimes:  3:40, 8:55 Since she was a little girl, it's been drilled into Amy's (Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn't realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo, enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment, but in actuality, she's kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she's writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners (Bill Hader), Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something. Directed by Judd Apatow. Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use/124m.   Ashland Street Cinemas Aug. 21-27 See www.catheatres.com for additional showtimes Sinister 2 NEW Daily showtimes:  12:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 A protective mother and her 9-year-old twin sons find themselves in a rural house marked for death. Directed by Ciaran Foy. Starring James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Sloan, Dartanian Sloan. Rated R for strong violence, bloody and disturbing images, and language/97m American Ultra NEW Daily showtimes: 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Mike (Jesse Eisenberg), a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Also starring Topher Grace, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo. Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout, drug use and some sexual content/96m. Hitman: Agent 47 NEW Daily showtimes: 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 An elite assassin genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, Agent 47 is the culmination of decades of research — and forty-six earlier Agent clones — endowing him with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. His latest target is a mega-corporation that plans to unlock the secret of Agent 47’s past to create an army of killers whose powers surpass even his own. Directed by Aleksander Bach. Starring Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann. Rated R for sequences of strong violence, and some language/96m. Straight Outta Compton Daily showtimes: 1:55, 5:25, 8:45 In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. Five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, giving an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Through the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told the world the truth about life in the hood. Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Aldis Hodge, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchel, Neil Brown Jr., Paul Giamatti Rated R for language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use/147m. The Gift Daily showtimes:  5:50, 8:35 Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going just as planned until a chance encounter with an acquaintance from Simon's high school sends their world into a harrowing tailspin. Simon doesn't recognize Gordo at first, but after a series of uninvited encounters and mysterious gifts prove troubling, a horrifying secret from the past is uncovered after more than 20 years. As Robyn learns the unsettling truth about what happened between Simon and Gordo, she starts to question: how well do we really know the people closest to us, and are past bygones ever really bygones? Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Hall. Rated R for language/108m. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation  Daily showtimes: 1:10, 3:05, 6:00, 9:00 Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin and Rebecca Ferguson. Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and brief partial nudity/132m.   http://www.dailytidings.com/article/20150820/NEWS/150829996 © 2015 Copyright © 1995-2011 Crain Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use Privacy Statement -->