Laramie Movie Scope

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Laramie Movie Scope is an ongoing series of movie reviews, news, links and commentary, scoping out the film industry, penned by local film critics Robert Roten and Patrick Ivers. Roten is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and his reviews are also linked at rottentomatoes.com and both his and Ivers reviews are linked through the Movie Review Query Engine. LARIAT is delighted to post them as a free public service to filmgoers everywhere.
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This site is normally updated daily, click your browser's refresh or reload button to get the latest version. Click on the underlined movie titles below to read Robert Roten's reviews (links to Movie Review Query Engine reviews of selected films marked by * are also underlined).

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Now Showing

The Avengers[3 stars]
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Dark Shadows[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th, pass restricted -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

The Dictator[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th, pass restricted -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax[3 stars]*
Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth St., Laramie. Shows at 7 p.m. daily. Rated PG, running time 86 minutes. All tickets $3.

The Hunger Games[2.5 stars]
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Ending this week
(Last show on Thursday, May 17)

The following movie is likely to leave town on Friday:

The Hunger Games[2.5 stars]
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits[2.5 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

Starting Friday, May 18

The most likely new films to open in Laramie on Friday are the science fiction action film Battleship and the romantic comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Battleship[2 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th, pass restricted -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

What to Expect When You're Expecting[2 stars]*
Playing at the Fox Cinema, 505 S. 20th, pass restricted -- Click here for links to web sites with local showtimes, runtime and an MPAA rating for this film.

* Denotes a composite (calculated average) rating, using data found at Metacritic.com, or at the Movie Review Query Engine, or at Movie Review Intelligence.

Click here for Movie Review Query Engine reviews of Battleship
Click here for Movie Review Query Engine reviews of Dark Shadows
Click here for Movie Review Query Engine reviews of The Dictator
Click here for Movie Review Query Engine reviews of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Click here for MRQE reviews of The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Click here for MRQE reviews of What to Expect When You're Expecting
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at the Movie Review Query Engine
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at Movie Review Intelligence
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at Metacritic.com

Click here for links to web sites with showtimes, running times, and MPAA ratings for movies showing in most U.S. metropolitan areas. There are also links to movie information for theaters in Laramie and specific cities in Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and the Rocky Mountain region.

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Coming Attractions:
Reviews or previews of movies
which haven't been shown in Laramie yet

Angels Crest[3 stars]
Another Earth[3 stars]
Attack the Block[3 stars]
Beginners[3 stars]
Bellflower[3 stars]
A Better Life[3 stars]
Black Death[2 stars]
Blackthorn[3 stars]
The Carrier[2.5 stars]
Ceremony[2 stars]
Coriolanus[3 stars]
The Debt[3 stars]
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close[3 stars]
The Future[3 stars]
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front[3 stars]
I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boatda)[3 stars]
Happy Happy (Sykt lykkelig)[3 stars]
Hobo With a Shotgun[2 stars]
Illegal[3 stars]
The Interrupters[4 stars]
The Last Circus[2 stars]
Limelight[3 stars]
Magic Trip[3 stars]
Margin Call[3 stars]
Meek's Cutoff[2 stars]
Melancholia[1 star]
Midnight in Paris[4 stars]
The Other F Word[3 stars]
Page One: Inside the New York Times[3 stars]
Pariah[3.5 stars]
The Perfect Host[3 stars]
Point Blank (À bout portant)[3 stars]
Project Nim[3 stars]
Putty Hill[2 stars]
Rampart[3 stars]
Red Tails[3 stars]
Rejoice and Shout[3 stars]
13 Assassins[3.5 stars]
Rebirth[3 stars]
Shame[2 stars]
Square Grouper[3 stars]
The Strange Case of Angelica[3 stars]
The Tree of Life[4 stars]
Trollhunter[3 stars]
Tuck and Dale Versus Evil[3 stars]
Undefeated (2012)[3 stars]
We Were Here[3.5 stars]
Win Win[3 stars]

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of movies starting with the following letters:

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