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and take a manager hostage, the episode sparks a series of events that leads Doug to question whether he’s ready to leave Charlestown’s tribal life of murder and mayhem while being pursued by an FBI agent (Jon Hamm). (R, 130 minutes) Contains strong violence, pervasive profanity, sexuality and drug use. At University Mall Theatres.
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The director Tony Scott achieves something close to the action movie in its ideal form with “Unstoppable,” which can be summed up thusly: Train out of control! Must stop train! A young, inexperienced railroad conductor named Will (Chris Pine) is on his first shift with veteran train operator Frank (Denzel Washington) on the same day that a train carrying tons of hazardous materials has been sent hurtling down its tracks without a conductor or functioning brakes. With the help of a coolheaded train executive named Connie (Rosario Dawson), who keeps in near constant contact with the men, Will and Frank narrowly escape colliding with what she calls “a missile the size of the Chrysler Building.” Out of harm’s way, their next priority is to chase the errant locomotive down and stop it before it hits a dangerous S-curve and crashes in the middle of a busy Pennsylvania city. Scott proves a master of action with “Unstoppable,” which sustains a nicely simmering level of suspense and physical peril without succumbing to bombast or deafening overkill. (PG-13, 98 minutes) Contains sequences of action and peril, and some profanity. Area theaters.
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rrr½WAITING FOR ‘SUPERMAN’ In filmmaker Davis Guggenheim’s movie, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee comes across as a heroic, if polarizing, reformer. If there’s a villain in the piece, it’s Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers. Her union, and its historical institutional resistance to teacher evaluations, merit pay and the elimination of automatic tenure, are here seen as self-serving, if not downright harmful to children. But there are others in the film with greater emotional pull, such as Geoffrey Canada. The founder of the Harlem Success Academy, a much-sought-after charter school in New York, gives the film its title when he tells the story of his childhood disappointment upon learning that TV’s Superman wasn’t real and would never be coming to save him. In the end, this film argues, it isn’t the adults who matter in this fight, but the millions of children. (PG, 111 minutes) Contains references to drug abuse and troubled families. AtAMC Loews Shirlington and Landmark’s E Street Cinema.
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BUSBOYS AND POETS “The Calling,” Sunday at 5. Free, registration required. 2021 14th St.NW. 202-387-7638.
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CAPITAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL At Goethe- Institut: “The Secret of Kells,” Saturday at 2. “Perrier’s Bounty,” Saturday at 4:30. “Savage,” Saturday at 7:30. “Between the Canals,” Saturday at 9:30. Shorts program 1 Sunday at 2. “The Alarms,” Sunday at 4. “32A,” Tuesday at 7. “Horses,”Wednesday at 7. “His and Hers,” Thursday at 8. At Renaissance Hotel: “Seaview,” Monday at 7. 1143 New Hampshire Ave.NW. 1-800-494-8497.
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CINEMA ARTS THEATRE DMV Indie Film Showcase, Sunday at 7. $10. Route 236 West and Pickett Road, Fair City Mall, Fairfax. 703-978-6991.
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AilishMcCarthy stars in “32A,” which screens Tuesday as part of the Capital Irish Film Festival.
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AIR AND SPACEMUSEUM/DOWNTOWNAt the Albert Einstein Planetarium: “OneWorld, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” Friday at 10:30. Free. “Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity,” Friday-Thursday at 11, noon, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. $9 age 13 and older, $8 age 60 and older, $7.50 ages 2 to 12. “The Stars Tonight,” Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday at 10:30. Free. At the Lockheed Martin Imax Theater: “Hubble 3D,” Friday-Thursday at 10:20, 12:25, 3 and 5:05. “Legends of Flight 3D,” Friday-Thursday at 11:25, 1:30 and 4:05. “To Fly!” Friday-Thursday at 2:25. $9 age 13 and older, $8 age 60 and older, $7.50 ages 2 to 12. Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-4629. 877-932-4629.
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AIR AND SPACEMUSEUM/DULLES/ STEVEN F. UDVAR-HAZY CENTER “Legends of Flight,” Friday, Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday at 11, 1 and 3, Saturday and Wednesday at 1 and 3. $9 age 13 and older, $8 age 60 and older, $7.50 ages 2 to 12. 14340 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly. 202-633-4629.
www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy.
ALEXANDRIA OLD TOWNTHEATER Fourth Annual iMovie Mentors Film Festival, Tuesday 6 to 8. $5 suggested donation. 815 1/2 King St., Alexandria. 703-683-8888.
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AMERICAN CITY DINER “Night of the Living Dead,” Friday at 8. “Sleepless in Seattle,” Saturday at 8. “Miracle on 34th Street,” Sunday at 8. “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Monday at 8. “The Maltese Falcon,” Tuesday at 8. “On theWaterfront,” Wednesday at 8. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Thursday at 8. Free. 5532 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-244-1949.
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DIRECTED BY VICTOR FLEMING “Red Dust,” Friday at 5, Saturday at 12:45 and Tuesday at 4:30. “Bombshell,” Friday at 7, Saturday at 2:45 and Monday at 4:30. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Friday at 9:15, Sunday at 9:40,Wednesday at 9:30 and Thursday at 4:30. $10, $9 seniors, $6 age 12 and younger. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720.
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GLOBAL LENS 2010 “My Tehran for Sale,” Wednesday at 7. $5; students free. International Arts & Artists' Hillyer Art Space, 9 Hillyer Ct.NW. 202-338-0680.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—PACKARD CAMPUS “Shotgun Assassin,” Friday at 7:30. “Babe,” Saturday at 2. “Dodsworth,” Thursday at 7:30. Free, reservations encouraged. 19053 Mount Pony Rd., Culpeper. 202-707-5840.
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MADE IN WEST/EAST GERMANY “Divided Heaven” (“Der Geteilte Himmel”), Monday at 4. “Yesterday Girl” (“Abschied von Gestern”), Monday at 6:30. $7; $4 students and seniors. Goethe-Institut, 812 Seventh St. NW. 202-289-1200.
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, EAST BUILDING “Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy,” Friday at 11:30. “Film Design: TranslatingWords Into Images,” Sunday at 2. “Force of Evil,” Sunday at 5. Free. Fourth Street and Constitution AvenueNW. 202-737-4215.
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REEL JOURNALISM FILM SERIES “The Pelican Brief,” Thursday at 7. $15. Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave.NW. 888-639-7386.
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WASHINGTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL “The Debt,” Saturday at 7. “Phobidilia,” Saturday at 9:15. “Jews and Baseball,” Sunday at 4:30. “After the Cup,” Sunday at 7:30. “The Loners,” Monday at 7. “Jaffa,” Monday at 9:15. “Gei Oni,” Tuesday at 6:45. “Jews in Space,” Tuesday at 9:15. “David Perlov: Pioneer of Israeli Cinema,” Wednesday at 7. “Berlin ’36,” Thursday at 7. “Five Hours From Paris,” Thursday at 9:15. $11, $10 students and seniors. AFI Silver Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring. 301-495-6720.
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