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Auction to benefit Boys & Girls Club ... 40th annual Ski Swap starts Saturday ... Longtime Ashland New Plays Festival artistic director is retiring ... Auction to benefit Boys & Girls Club ... 40th annual Ski Swap starts Saturday ... AT THE MOVIES Listings for Varsity Theatre and Ashland Street Cinemas DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Nov. 28, 2014 @ 12:01 am Posted Nov. 28, 2014 @ 12:01 am » Social News Varsity Theatre Nov. 28-Dec. 4 The Theory of Everything Fri.-Sun. early show: 11:55 Daily showtimes: 2:45 5:40 8:35 The extraordinary story of one of the world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earth-shattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work, studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together, they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed. The film is based on the memoir "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen," by Jane Hawking. Directed by James Marsh; Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, David Thewlis. Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive material/123m. Pelican Dreams Fri.-Sun. early show: 12:00 2:10 Daily showtimes: 4:20 6:30 8:45     What's it like to try to get to know a flying dinosaur? Sundance- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving ("The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill") follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific Coast migration and survival challenges. The film is about wildness: How close can we get to a wild animal without taming or harming it? Why do we need wildness in our lives, and how can we protect it? Pelican Dreams, stars "Gigi" (for Golden Gate) and Morro (a backyard pelican with an injured wing).Rated G/80m.  Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Fri.-Sun. early show: 11:45 Daily showtimes: 2:35 5:30 8:25 Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she literally shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. Directed by Francis Lawrence. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material/123m. Citizenfour Daily showtimes: 3:25 9:00 A real-life thriller, unfolding by the minute, giving audiences unprecedented access to filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s encounters with Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, as he hands over classified documents providing evidence of mass indiscriminate and illegal invasions of privacy by the National Security Agency (NSA).Rated R for language/114m. Rosewater Daily showtimes: 4:05 9:10 The true story of Tehran-born Bahari, a 42-year-old broadcast journalist with Canadian citizenship living in London. In June 2009, Bahari returned to Iran to interview Mir-Hossein Moussavi, who was the prime challenger to controversial incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As Moussavi’s supporters rose up to protest Ahmadinejad’s victory declaration hours before the polls closed on election day, Bahari endured great personal risk by submitting camera footage of the unfolding street riots to the BBC. Bahari was soon arrested by Revolutionary Guard police, led by a man identifying himself only as “Rosewater,” who proceeded to torture and interrogate the journalist over the next 118 days. Directed by Jon Stewart; Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia, Haluk Bilginer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Golshifteh Farahani, Claire Foy. Rated R for language including some crude references, and violent content/103 min. Birdman Fri.-Sun. early shows 12:35 Daily showtime: 6:10 A black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) — famous for portraying an iconic superhero — as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content and brief violence/120 min. St. Vincent Fri.-Sun. early shows: 1:30 Daily showtimes: 6:40 Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year-old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, including sexual content, alcohol and tobacco use, and for language/103 min. Ashland Street Cinemas Nov. 28-Dec. 4 Penguins of Madagascar 3-D Fri.-Sun. early show: 1:00 (2-D) Daily showtimes: 3:20 (2-D) 5:40 (2-D) 8:00 (3-D)   Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private now must join forces with the chic spy organization, the North Wind, led by Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then ... you know), voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, voiced by John Malkovich, from taking over the world. Directed by Simon J. Smith. Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor/92m. Horrible Bosses 2 Fri.-Sun. early show: 1:10 Daily showtimes: 3:50 6:30 9:10 Fed up with answering to higher-ups, Nick, Dale and Kurt decide to become their own bosses by launching their own business, but a slick investor soon pulls the rug out from under them. Outplayed and desperate, and with no legal recourse, the three would-be entrepreneurs hatch a misguided plan to kidnap the investor's adult son and ransom him to regain control of their company. Starring Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston. Rated R for strong crude sexual content and language throughout/108m.          Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Fri.-Sun. early show: 12:15 Daily showtimes: 3:10 6:05 9:00 See capsule under Varsity Theatre Dumb and Dumber To Fri.-Sun. early shows: 1:30 Daily showtimes: 4:10 6:50 9:30  Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit "Dumb and Dumber." Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language and some drug references/109 min. Interstellar Fri.-Sun. early shows: 12:25 Daily showtimes: 4:00 7:45 With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history; traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Ellen Bursty. Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous action and brief strong language/169 min. Big Hero 6 Fri.-Sun. early shows: 12:10 Daily showtimes: 2:50 5:30 8:10 An action-packed comedy-adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius-thanks to his brilliant brother, Tadashi, and their like-minded friends. Rated PG for action and peril, some rude humor, and thematic elements/108. 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