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Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn stars as Hagar Shipley in this adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s beloved novel. At 90, Hagar may be considered old, but she hasn’t stopped fighting. As her son and daughter-in-law take her to a nursing home, Hagar resists and remembers a lifetime of boldness and courage. THE STONE ANGEL tells Hagar’s story in the past, as she began a forbidden romance. The film features a strong cast, including Ellen Page, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Dylan Baker, and newcomer Christine Horne as the young Hagar. (1 hr. 55 min.)

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Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization’s mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster’s complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the supernova of atomic oblivion. But our man Bond dispatches sultry spies, madmen, and double agents with the same coolness he displays while downing martinis and making love to beautiful blondes. In this, the second of the series, Bond travels to Turkey to meet a mysterious Russian woman who claims to have fallen in love with his photograph. She offers him a secret translating device if he will join her, although he does not know that she has been put up to the task by Rosa Klebb, formerly of the KGB, who has gone to work for SPECTRE. It’s Bond’s assignment to get the girl and the machine back to England–and to do it, of course, in style. (1 hr. 50 min.)

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When a university professor finds his program under pressure from campus politics, he decides to use the results of his experiments–a drug which causes its victims to giggle incontrollably before killing them–against his enemies rather than for the good of mankind. Based on the novel “Don Among the Dead Men” by C.E. Vulliamy.

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James Bond’s first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist Mollaka. Not everything goes as planned and Bond decides to investigate, independently of the MI6 agency, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world’s terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. ‘M’ places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond’s interest in her deepens as they brave danger together–and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Matthis, MI6’s local field agent, and Felix Leiter, who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax. (144 min.)

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Four high school juniors make a pact to have their first sexual experience before the summer ends. (1 hr. 26 min.)

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