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 Online Film Critics Society reviews of selected films marked by * are also underlined).

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Now Showing

Avatar[4 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 Book of Eli[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.

Dear John[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.

Edge of Darkness[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.

From Paris With Love[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.

The Tooth Fairy[1.5 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.

2012[2.5 stars]
Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth St., Laramie. Shows at 7 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Rated PG-13, running time 158 minutes. All tickets $3.

When in Rome[1.5 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.

Ending this week
(Last show on Thursday, February 11)

The following movies are likely to leave town on Friday:

The Book of Eli[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.

The Tooth Fairy[1.5 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.

2012[2.5 stars]
Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth St., Laramie. Shows at 7 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Rated PG-13, running time 158 minutes. All tickets $3.

When in Rome[1.5 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.

Starting Friday, February 12

The most likely new film to open Friday is the romantic comedy Valentine's Day. Also likely to open are the horror remake The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, and the supernatural adventure Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, starring Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Keener, Joe Pantoliano and Uma Thurman. Also opening for its second run in Laramie is the hit film The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians[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 Twilight Saga: New Moon[2 stars]*
Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth St., Laramie. Shows at 7 p.m. daily, except Sunday. Rated PG-13, running time 130 minutes. All tickets $3.

Valentine's Day[2 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 Wolfman[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 Annual Spring Film series at the Wyo Theatre

An Education[3.5 stars]

Playing at the Wyo Theatre, 309 S. Fifth. Shows at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 14 only. An Education -- A young girl (played by Carey Mulligan) has an affair with an older man (Peter Sarsgaard) and this teaches her more about life than she is learning in the strict religious school she attends. Mulligan won numerous international acting awards at film festivals and from critics and professional groups for her performance in this film. The film has been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar and has received two other Oscar nominations for writing and best leading actress (Mulligan). The film won an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. Rated PG-13, 95 minutes. Click here for more information on the annual Spring Art and Foreign Film Series at the Wyo Theatre.

* Denotes a composite (calculated average) rating, using data provided by members of the Online Film Critics Society, or similar data found at toptenreviews or at Metacritic.com.

Click here for OFCS reviews of Dear John
Click here for OFCS reviews of Edge of Darkness
Click here for OFCS reviews of From Paris With Love
Click here for OFCS reviews of Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Click here for OFCS reviews of Tooth Fairy
Click here for OFCS reviews of Valentines Day
Click here for OFCS reviews of The Wolfman
Click here for more reviews of current and upcoming films at the Movie Review Query Engine
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at TopTenreviews.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

Anvil: The Story of Anvil[4 stars]
Astro Boy[3 stars]
Big Fan[3 stars]
Blood Equity[3.5 stars]
Bright Star[3 stars]
Bronson[3 stars]
The Burning Plain[3.5 stars]
Capitalism: A Love Story[3 stars]
Che (parts 1 and 2)[3 stars]
The Cove[4 stars]
Crazy Heart[4 stars]
Drag Me to Hell[3 stars]
Earth[3 stars]
An Education[3.5 stars]
Everybody's Fine[3 stars]
The Girlfriend Experience[2 stars]
Goodbye Solo[3 stars]
Humpday[1 star]
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus[3 stars]
In the Loop[3 stars]
The Ister[3 stars]
The Lovely Bones[3 stars]
The Messenger[3 stars]
My Neighbor My Killer[3 stars]
9[2 stars]
Outrage[3 stars]
Police Adjective (Politist, adj.)[1 star]
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire[4 stars]
A Serious Man[3 stars]
Silent Light (Stellet Licht)[2 stars]
Sita Sings the Blues[3 stars]
The Stoning of Soraya M.[2 stars]
Summer Hours (L'heure d'été)[3 stars]
That Evening Sun[3 stars]
Trucker[3.5 stars]
Two Lovers[2.5 stars]
Up in the Air[4 stars]
Valentino: The Last Emperor[3 stars]
Yoo-Hoo Mrs. Goldberg[3 stars]
The Young Victoria[3 stars]

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