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-------------------------------Movie Times • Thursday-Wednesday, July 21-27 ------------------------------ into bed every chance they get. Can for Stu’s wedding. OPENING THIS WEEK CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST CARS 2 (G) — The usual suspects are someone say “deja vu”? • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE AVENGER (PG13) — Chris Evans back, including Lightning McQueen, • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE Ends Thursday, July 21 Captain America: The First and Tommy Lee Jones star in yet in this Pixar animated children’s Starts Friday, July 22 Thurs.: 9:15, 11:40 Avenger (PG13) another movie about a super hero. comedy about a bunch of cars rac- Fri.-Wed.: 11:50, 1:20, 2:20, 3:50, Friends With Benefits (R) Given the subtitle, how much you ing their way around the globe. 4:50, 6:20, 7:20, 8:50, 9:50, 11:20 HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY wanna bet there’s already a sequel • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE • COLD W ATER CROSSING 14, FORT WAYNE HALLOWS PART 2 (PG13) — in the works? Thurs.: 11:30, 12:50 (3D), 2:00, Starts Friday, July 22 Harry, Hermoine and Ron are BAD TEACHER (R) — Cameron Diaz • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE 3:20 (3D), 4:30, 5:50 (3D), 7:00, Thurs.: midnight back to battle He Who Must Not plays an uncouth teacher just Starts Friday, July 22 8:20 (3D), 9:30 Fri.-Wed.: 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, Be Named and his legion of Death dumped by her fiancé (Jason Segel) Fri.-Wed.: 11:30, 12:10 (3D), 1:30, Fri.-Wed.: 11:15, 12:20 (3D), 1:50, 10:20 Eaters in the movie adaptation of the and on the hunt for his replacement 1:40 (3D), 2:30, 3:15 (3D), 4:30, 3:00 (3D), 4:20, 5:40 (3D), 6:50, • HUNTINGTON 7, HUNTINGTON final (sigh) book of this beloved teen (Justin Timberlake) in this comedy 4:45 (3D), 5:30, 6:15 (3D), 7:30, 9:20 Starts Friday, July 22 series from JK Rowling. from the director of Walk Hard. 7:40 (3D), 8:30, 9:15 (3D), 10:30, • COLD W ATER CROSSING 14, FORT WAYNE Fri.-Sat.: 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, • AUBURN /GARRETT DRIVE -IN, GARRETT • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE 10:40 (3D), 11:30 Thurs.: 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 9:25, 11:50 Precedes Monte Carlo Thurs.: 12:40, 3:10, 5:45, 8:10, • COLD W ATER CROSSING 14, FORT WAYNE Fri.-Wed.: 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 Sun.-Wed.: 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7:00, Thurs.: 9:30 p.m. 10:45 Thurs.: midnight • HUNTINGTON 7, HUNTINGTON 9:25 Follows Zookeeper Fri.-Wed.: 8:10, 10:30 Fri.-Wed.: 12:40 (3D), 1:10, 1:40, Ends Thursday, July 21 • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE Thurs.: 11:15 p.m. • COLD W ATER CROSSING 14, FORT WAYNE 3:40 (3D), 4:10, 4:40 (3D), 6:40 Thurs.: 11:05, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:05 Starts Friday, July 22 • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE Thurs.: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:45 (3D), 7:10, 7:40, 9:40 (3D), 10:10, • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE Fri.-Wed.: 11:25, 1:25, 2:25, 4:25, Thurs.: 11:00, 11:40 (3D), 12:00, Fri.-Wed.: 9:25 p.m. 10:40 (3D) Thurs.: 5:20, 8:20 5:25, 7:25, 8:25, 10:05, 11:05 1:00, 1:20 (3D), 2:00, 2:40 (3D), • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE • HUNTINGTON 7, HUNTINGTON Fri.-Wed.: 12:45, 3:45, 6:55 • NORTH POINTE 9, WARSA W 3:00, 4:00, 4:15 (3D), 5:00, 5:40 Thurs.: 11:10, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, Starts Friday, July 22 • NORTH POINTE 9, WARSA W Starts Friday, July 22 (3D), 6:00, 7:00, 7:30 (3D), 8:00, 10:20 Fri.-Wed.: 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, Ends Thursday, July 21 Fri.-Wed.: 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 8:40 (3D), 9:00, 10:00, 10:40 (3D), Fri.-Wed.: 9:05 p.m. 10:00 Thurs.: 2:00, 4:30 (3D), 7:00, 9:20 11:00, 11:40 (3D) • NORTH POINTE 9, WARSA W • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE (3D) THE GREEN LANTERN (PG13) — Ryan Fri.-Wed.: 11:00, 11:20 (3D), 12:00, Thurs.: 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Starts Friday, July 22 Reynold’s is the green-tinted super 12:50 (3D), 1:00, 2:00, 2:15 (3D), Fri.-Wed.: 5:00, 9:30 Fri.-Wed.: 11:15, 1:15, 1:45 (3D), FAST FIVE (PG13) — Vin Diesel is back hero and Blake Lively is his love 3:00, 3:45 (3D), 4:00, 5:00, 5:20 2:15, 4:15, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45 (3D), for what we can only hope is the interest in this film from the director (3D), 6:00, 6:40 (3D), 7:00, 8:00, BRIDESMAIDS (R) — Kristen Wiig and 8:15, 10:15, 10:45 (3D), 11:15 final installment of action flicks about of Casino Royale. 8:20 (3D), 9:00, 9:40 (3D), 10:00, Maya Rudolph star in this comedy • NORTH POINTE 9, WARSA W boys and their very fast cars. • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE 11:00, 11:15 (3D) that’s basically The Hangover but Starts Friday, July 22 (all show- • COVENTRY 13, FORT WAYNE Ends Thursday, July 21 • COLD W ATER CROSSING 14, FORT WAYNE with ladies instead of dudes. ings in 3D) Thurs.: 12:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 Thurs.: 12:00, 6:55 Thurs.: 11:30 (3D), 12:30, 1:00, • CARMIKE 20, FORT WAYNE Fri.-Wed.: 2:30, 5:45, 8:45 Fri.-Wed.: 12:45, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 1:30 (3D), 2:00, 2:30 (3D), 3:00, Thurs.: 6:50, 9:40 • STRAND THEATRE , KENDALLVILLE THE HANGOVER 2 (R) — If you thought 3:30 (3D), 4:00, 4:30 (3D), 5:00, Fri.-Sat.: 9:45, 11:30 Starts Friday, July 22 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R) — This the guys (Bradley Cooper, Ed 5:30 (3D), 5:45, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 Sun.-Wed.: 9:45 Fri.: 7:00, 9:15 romantic comedy tells the unlikely Helms, Justin Bartha and Zach (3D), 8:00, 8:40, 9:00 (3D), 9:30 • JE ff ERSON POINTE 18, FORT WAYNE Sat.: 2:00, 7:00, 9:15 story of two friends – Mila Kunis Galifianakis) could get into a lot of (3D), 10:00, 10:30 (3D) Thurs.: 12:40, 4:40, 8:10, 11:05 Sun.: 2:00, 7:00 and Justin Timberlake – who try to trouble in Vegas, imagine what crap Fri.-Wed.: 12:30 (3D), 1:00, 1:30, Fri.-Wed.: 2:40, 6:50, 10:20 Mon.-Wed.: 7:00 keep it casual even while hopping they land themselves in in Bangkok 2:00, 2:30 (3D), 3:30 (3D), 4:00, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Franchise Might be Ending But Harry Lives On “Childhood RIP” read the artistically distressed Styrofoam Snape the proper sense of mysteriousness. Maggie Smith gets headstone carried by a sweet-faced, black robe-draped fan to say a few very fun lines. A couple dozen more familiar waiting in line for hours to see an early screening of the last Flix faces make satisfying ending performances. movie adaptation of the Harry Potter saga. She was smiling We also get to tour Hogwarts one last time while it’s un- and crying at the same time, sighing over the ending of the CATHERINE LEE der siege and nearly destroyed. All the effects look stunning. books and movies that have followed her from the time she Many are also beautiful. There are little side trips back in time was a genuine kid – younger than a tween – to post-teenage Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, doom and de- to remind us of earlier bits of the story and to remind us of life. “I feel like my childhood is over,” she lamented. struction are nearly constant, but one of my favorite scenes in just how far the characters have come. The contrasts between I smiled at the sweetness of her emotions, but I also rolled the movie is at the very beginning. Harry is negotiating with present day Harry and friends and their much younger selves my eyes a bit. Maybe she thinks her childhood is over now. Griphook the goblin. The camera lingers on Griphook’s face, can’t help but make us remember the whole series fondly. Childhood should have ended or her attentions should have at and I marveled at how wonderfully executed every detail of The action piles on a bit as the climactic battle nears, but least shifted considerably some years ago. Some rite of pas- the character is. Hair, teeth and fingernails are all perfect and director David Yates has had enough Harry experience at this sage – suffering a broken heart (Juliet was dead at 15), flunk- perfectly creepy. point to keep things from getting too out of control. And it ing a class, losing or winning a game or championship, getting This is nearly the only moment of quiet. Harry, Ron and feels a bit odd and empty when the fighting stops. The little the solo or lead role in some event or show, parents divorcing, Hermione must find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, glimpse of the future that ends the movie brings us nicely friends drifting off, graduating high school, having to contrib- each containing a little piece of Voldemort’s soul, if they are home to where we began.