Elite Squad: The Enemy Within at Tower Theater through January 19

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Tower Theater

1508 SW 8th St.
Miami, FL 33135

Category: Movie Theaters

Region: Little Havana

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116 minutes. Not rated. 4 and 9:15 p.m. Friday, January 7; 5:05 p.m. Saturday, January 8; 6:35 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, January 10 and 11; 9:15 p.m. Thursday, January 12; and noon Friday, January 13, through Thursday, January 19, at the Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami; 305-642-1264; www.mdc.edu/tower.

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• Wagner Moura
• Rio de Janeiro
• Irandhir Santos
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