Drama or Things To Watch Movies

The Blind Side -

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head
A homeless black teenager, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in, transforming Michael's life and theirs. With help from his new-found family, tutors and coaches, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15

4020 Marlton Ave. - Los Angeles

LA Live Stadium 14 & IMAX

1000 W. Olympic Blvd. - Los Angeles (Downtown)

2012 -

Starring: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt
Earth's billions of inhabitants are unaware that the planet has an expiration date. With the warnings of an American scientist (Chiwetel Ejiofor), world leaders begin secret preparations for the survival of select members of society. When the global cataclysm finally occurs, failed writer Jackson Curtis (John Cusack) tries to lead his family to safety as the world starts falling apart.

Today's Showtimes:

Beverly Center Cinemas

8522 Beverly Blvd #835 - Los Angeles (Beverly Center)

Mann Chinese 6

6801 Hollywood Blvd. - Hollywood (Hollywood)

Inglourious Basterds -

Starring: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth
It is the first year of Germany's occupation of France. Allied officer Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) assembles a team of Jewish-American soldiers to commit violent acts of retribution against Nazi soldiers, including the taking of their scalps. He and his men join forces with Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and undercover agent, to bring down the leaders of the Third Reich. Their fates converge with theater owner Shosanna Dreyfus, who seeks to avenge Nazi execution of her family.

Me and Orson Welles -

Starring: Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Zoe Kazan
After a chance encounter, theater-loving teen Richard Samuels (Zac Efron) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when famed director Orson Welles (Christian McKay) gives him a small role in his 1937 production of ``Julius Caesar.'' Unexpectedly thrust into the heady world of the stage, Richard finds himself surrounded by ambition, clashing egos and sheer brilliance.

Today's Showtimes:

Culver Plaza Theatres

9919 Washington Blvd. - Culver City (Downtown Culver City)

Beverly Center Cinemas

8522 Beverly Blvd #835 - Los Angeles (Beverly Center)

Precious: Based on the Novel ``Push'' by Sapphire -

Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique , Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz
Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece ``Precious'' Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother (Mo'Nique ) . Precious instinctively sees a chance to turn her life around when she is offered the opportunity to transfer to an alternative school. Under the patient, firm guidance of her new teacher, Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins the journey from oppression to self-determination.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15

4020 Marlton Ave. - Los Angeles

Culver Plaza Theatres

9919 Washington Blvd. - Culver City (Downtown Culver City)

The Road -

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall
America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep the dream of civilization alive. They journey toward the sea, surviving as best they can on what they can scavenge, and try to avoid roving gangs of savage humans who will turn them into slaves, or worse.

Today's Showtimes:

Beverly Center Cinemas

8522 Beverly Blvd #835 - Los Angeles (Beverly Center)

The Landmark

10850 West Pico Blvd. - Los Angeles

An Education -

Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.

Today's Showtimes:

Culver Plaza Theatres

9919 Washington Blvd. - Culver City (Downtown Culver City)

Laemmle Sunset 5

8000 Sunset Blvd. - Los Angeles (Hollywood)

Armored -

Starring: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco
Following his return from Iraq, Ty Hackett (Columbus Short) takes a job at the same armored-car company where his late father worked. At the end of his probation period, his mentor and godfather, Mike Cochrane (Matt Dillon), reveals to Ty his plan to rob one of their company's trucks. Faced with the loss of his house and his younger brother to foster care, Ty reluctantly agrees to the plan, but when the heist goes terribly awry, it becomes every man for himself.

Today's Showtimes:

AMC Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15

4020 Marlton Ave. - Los Angeles

LA Live Stadium 14 & IMAX

1000 W. Olympic Blvd. - Los Angeles (Downtown)

The Lovely Bones -

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family (Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz) -- and her killer (Stanley Tucci) . As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

Today's Showtimes:

ArcLight Hollywood

6360 Sunset Blvd - Hollywood (Hollywood)