CURRENT MOVIES

Amy

Documentary about soul diva Amy Winehouse. R for language and drug material. 128 min. Manor, Waterworks.

Ant-mAn

Armed with the ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor (Michael Douglas) protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit. In 3-D and IMAX in select theaters. PG-13 for sci-fi action violence. 117 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Twin Hi-Way; Galleria; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

inside out

Disney-Pixar animated story about an 11-yearold girl trying to navigate a new city, house and school. She is guided by her emotions Joy (voice of Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). In 3-D in select locations. PG for mild thematic elements and some action. 94 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide.

JurAssic worLd

Genetically modified dinosaurs are a very bad idea, as Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio and others discover. In 3-D in select locations. PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril. 124 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Dependable; Phoenix CV & NV; Wynnsong.

mAgic mike XXL

The story picks up three years after Mike (Channing Tatum) quit as a stripper while still at the top of his game. The remaining Kings of Tampa are also ready to throw in (or take off) the towel, but not before one last Myrtle Beach performance with Mike in tow. R for strong sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use. 115 min. AMCLoews; Carmike Greensburg; Cinemark North, Robinson & Tarentum, Phoenix CV.

mAX

The younger brother of a Marine killed in Afghanistan inherits his military dog and realizes the canine may provide some clues about what happened that deadly day. PG for action violence, peril, brief language and some thematic elements. 111 min. Phoenix NV.

me And eArL And the dying girL

Dramedy, set and shot in Pittsburgh, about a high school senior whose mother insists he spend time with a classmate with leukemia. Written by former Point Breeze resident Jesse Andrews and filmed in the old Schenley High School. PG-13 for sexual content, drug material, language and some thematic elements. 104 min. Manor.

minions

Sandra Bullock speaks for the animated Scarlet Overkill, the world’s first female super villain and the potential new evil boss of the Minions. In 3-D in select locations. PG for action and rude humor. 91 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park, Twin Hi-Way; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Galleria; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

mr. hoLmes

Ian McKellen is an aging Sherlock Holmes who, in 1947, returns from a journey to Japan where he hunts for a plant with supposed restorative qualities. He faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper (Laura Linney) and her bright, inquisitive son. PG for thematic elements, some disturbing images and incidental smoking. 105 min. AMC-Loews, Carmike Greensburg, Cinemark Robinson, Cranberry, Galleria, Manor, Waterworks.

pAper towns

Nat Wolff returns in an adaptation of another John Green novel, this one about a teen who shares an all-night adventure with his beautiful neighbor (Cara Delevingne). PG-13 for some language, drinking, sexuality and partial nudity

— all involving teens. 109 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Galleria; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

pAuL BLArt: mALL cop 2

Kevin James returns as Paul Blart, but this time he’s headed to Vegas for a security guard expo with his teenage daughter. PG for some violence. 94 min. AMC-Loews.

A pigeon sAt on A BrAnch reFLecting on eXistence

A pair of hapless novelty salesmen take the audience on a kaleidoscopic tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy unfolding in absurdist episodes. PG-13 for brief sexuality and some disturbing images. In Swedish with English subtitles. 101 min. Regent Square.

piXeLs

When intergalactic aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack Earth. The president (Kevin James) has to summon a childhood pal and 1980s video game champ (Adam Sandler) to lead old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to try to save the planet. PG-13 for some language and suggestive comments. 105 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park, Twin Hi-Way; Carmike Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

southpAw

Antoine Fuqua returned to his hometown of Pittsburgh to direct Jake Gyllenhaal as Billy Hope, a successful boxer who suffers a series of calamities. R for language throughout,

and some violence. 123 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Manor; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

spy

Melissa McCarthy plays an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst who volunteers to go deep undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer. R for language throughout, violence, and some sexual content including brief graphic nudity. 120 min. AMC-Loews, Phoenix

CV.

ted 2

Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of this sequel that comes with a change.org petition to “legalize” Ted and declare him a person. R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug

use. 116 min. AMC-Loews; Cinemark Robinson, Dependable, Phoenix NV.

TerminaTor Genisys

Not a sequel, not a prequel, not a reboot but a reset with new faces, familiar characters and Arnold Schwarzenegger. PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and gunplay throughout, partial nudity and brief strong language. 125 min. AMC-Loews, Dependable.

Trainwreck

Judd Apatow directs this comedy, written by and starring Amy Schumer as a magazine writer who starts to fall for a charming successful sports doctor (Bill Hader) and begins to question her father’s anti-monogamy mantra. R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use. 125 min. AMC-Loews; Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Galleria; Manor; Phoenix CV & NV; Southland; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

VacaTion

Rusty Griswold is all grown up, married and a dad and now played by Ed Helms in this comedy. He surprises his wife (Christina Applegate) and their two sons with a cross-country trip to Walley World. R for crude and sexual content and language throughout, and brief graphic nudity. 99 min. Carmike Bethel Park & Greensburg; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Galleria; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide; Waterworks; Wynnsong.

The VaTican Tapes

Not reviewed. Michael Pena is a priest brought in to wage war for the soul of a 27-year-old woman suffering from demonic possession along with life as we know it. PG-13 for disturbing violent content, and some sexual reference. 88 min. AMC-Loews.

Closing today: “Aloft,” “Self/Less.”

Screening times in many of the movie theater ads in this section are for Thursday only. See Friday’s Magazine for Friday show times.