With spring break approaching, students staying in Walla Walla find themselves with little to do but flip through television channels and scroll through the profiles of far more interesting Facebook friends. If one finds an extra $9.50 (and perhaps another $3.50 for 3D), one can escape to worlds of adventure, dystopia, fantasy and romance: the movies. More specifically, those below and other prior releases will be available at the Grand Cinemas at 1325 W. Poplar St. in Walla Walla.
March 23
“Hunger Games” PG-13
Based on Suzanne Collins’ novel, the story follows Katniss, who volunteers to take the place of her younger sister in “The Hunger Games,” a brutal televised survival competition.
Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence
Josh Hutcherson
Liam Hensworth
March 30
“Wrath of the Titans” PG-13
Follow up to 2010’s 
“Clash of the Titans,” the hero Perseus is found living in a fishing village with his son, while plots to overthrow Zeus are underway by the evil Hades, father Kronos and dastardly son Ares.
Cast
Sam Worthington
Liam Neeson
Ralph Finnes
“Mirror Mirror” PG
The first of multiple
re-tellings of Snow White to arrive this year, this slightly dippy PG version contains gratuitous dimples and dwarf humor.
Cast
Julia Roberts
Lily Collins
Armie Hammer
April 4
“Titanic” PG-13
James Cameron’s high-priced disaster thriller with a love story thrown in for good measure returns to the screen for film company Paramount’s 100th anniversary. To the sounds of Celine Dion, expect exactly what appeared on DVD in past years, but in 3D.
Cast
Leonardo Di Caprio
Kate Winslet
Billy Zane
April 6
“The Cold Light of Day”
After discovering that his family has been kidnapped while in Spain, an American embarks on an adventure to rescue them, revealing deeply rooted conspiracies in the process.
Cast
Henry Cavil
Bruce Willis
Sigourney Weaver
