New this weekBeauty and the Beast: Reissued Disney movie. Belle, whose father is imprisoned by the Beast, offers herself instead and discovers her captor to be an enchanted prince. Rated G. (GT10)Contraband: To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills. Rated R for violence, pervasive language and brief drug use. (HOR)Joyful Noise: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir’s newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group’s direction as they head into a national competition. Rated PG-13 for some language including a sexual reference. (GT10)Nostalgia for the Light: A documentary from Chile about the Atacama Desert and its unique conditions — an ultra-transculent sky and well-preserved human remains. Part of the Bay Film Series, screening Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 and 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 16-17, 6 p.m.; thebaytheatre.com. (BAY)Information is based on data available at press time from Traverse City area Carmike theaters (GT10, HOR), the State Theatre (ST), the Garden Theatre in Frankfort, (GAR) the Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), Cherry Bowl DriveIn (CB) and The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY).Showing locallyThe Adventures of TinTin: Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship. Rated PG for adventure action violence, some drunkenness and brief smoking. (GT10, ER)Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked: Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems. Rated G. (GT10)The Darkest Hour: In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some language. (HOR)The Descendants: A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident. Rated R for language including some sexual references. (ST)The Devil Inside: In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism. Rated R for some sexual references, disturbing violent content, language and grisly images. (HOR)The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. Rated R for brutal violent content including rape and torture, strong sexuality, graphic nudity, and language. (HOR)Jack and Jill: Family guy Jack Sadelstein prepares for the annual event he dreads: the Thanksgiving visit of his identical twin sister, the needy and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave. Rated PG for crude and sexual humor, language, comic violence and brief smoking. (GT10)Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol: The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization’s name. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence. (HOR)New Year’s Eve: The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year’s Eve. Rated PG-13 for language including some sexual references. (HOR)Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows: Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some drug material. (HOR, BAY, GAR)The Sitter: A comedy about a college student on suspension who is coaxed into babysitting the kids next door, though he is fully unprepared for the wild night ahead of him. Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug material and some violence. (HOR)The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven. Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, sexuality/partial nudity and some thematic elements. (GT10)War Horse: Young Albert enlists to service in WWI after his beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on. (HOR)We Bought a Zoo: Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo. Rated PG for language and some thematic elements. (GT10)Young Adult: Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now married with kids. Rated R for language and some sexual content. (GT10)Information is based on data available at press time from Traverse City area Carmike theaters (GT10, HOR), the State Theatre (ST), the Garden Theatre in Frankfort, (GAR) the Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), Cherry Bowl DriveIn (CB) and The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY).
