>OPENING
"The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (R) ★★★
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1, 4:20 p.m.
Synopsis: Robert Ford, who's idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (R) ★★★½
Where: Gold Town Nickelodeon. Times: Shows Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7, 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 4, 7 p.m. Thursdays include one free bag of popcorn.
Synopsis: When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling toward a shattering climax.
"The Golden Compass" (PG-13) ★★
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 6:50 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9:20 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:40, 4 p.m.
Synopsis: In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
"Love in the Time of Cholera" (R) ★½
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:20, 4:10 p.m.
Synopsis: Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.
ALSO SHOWING
"Paprika" (R) ★★★
Where: Back Room at the Silverbow. Times: Shows Monday-Wednesday, Dec. 10-12, 8 p.m.
Synopsis: In this anime tale, reality and the dreamworld are on a collision course after an experimental device that can record dreams is stolen.
CLOSING
"Bee Movie" ★★½
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Ends Thursday, 6:50 p.m.
Synopsis: A bee discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.
"Lions for Lambs" (R) ★½
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Ends Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
Synopsis: Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
"The Mist" (R) ★★½
Where: 20th Century Twin. Times: Ends Thursday, 7:15 p.m.
Synopsis: A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
CONTINUING
"Beowolf" (PG-13) ★★★
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 7:20 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9:50 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30, 3:50 p.m.
Synopsis: The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
"Enchanted" (PG) ★★★
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 7:10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:50, 4:30 p.m.
Synopsis: A classic Disney fairytale collides with modern-day New York City in a story about an animated fairytale princess who is banished to real-world Manhattan.
"Hitman" (R) ★½
Where: 20th Century Twin. Times: Daily, 7:15 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2, 4:30 p.m.
Synopsis: A gun-for-hire known only as Agent 47 is ensnared in a political conspiracy.
"This Christmas" (PG-13) ★★★
Where: Glacier Cinemas. Moves to 20th Centuray Twin on Friday. Times: Daily, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 9:45 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:45, 4:15 p.m.
Synopsis: A Christmastime drama centered around a family's first holiday together in four years.