Movie listings

JUNEAU

GOLD TOWN NICKELODEON

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“Room” — Held captive for nearly a decade in a tiny shed converted into a living space, a single mother (Brie Larson) and her five-year-old son (Jacob Tremblay) break away from their captor after a daring escape. The mother and son are thrown back into society after years of isolation and struggle to adjust to life outside the room. Lenny Abrahamson directs this deeply emotional drama based on the novel by Emma Donoghue.

20TH CENTURY TWIN

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“Dirty Grandpa” (R) — Synopsis: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break.

“13 Hours: the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (R) — Synopsis: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.

GLACIER CINEMAS

“The Revenant” (R) — Synopsis: A frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear.

“The Fifth Wave” (PG-13) Synopsis: Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.

“Star Wars: Episode 7: The Force Awakens” (PG-13) — Synopsis: A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI.

“Norm of the North” (PG) Synopsis: Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.

“Ride Along 2” (PG-13) Synopsis: As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who’s supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.

KETCHIKAN

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KETCHIKAN COLISEUM

“The Revenant” (R) — Synopsis: A frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear.

“Point Break” (PG-13) — Synopsis: A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists.

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