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  .MOVIE LISTINGS | MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE | THEATER INFO
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OR RETURNING: Akeelah and the Bee: 11-year-old Akeelah (Keke Palmer) has a gift for words. Though her mother (Angela Bassett) isn't behind her, Akeelah (with the help of tutor Laurence Fishburne) enters spelling bees, eventually winning a chance to compete nationally. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. Basic Instinct 2: Sharon Stone is back as Catherine Trammell, now a best-selling crime novelist. To no one's surprise, she winds up on the wrong side of the law. Also stars David Morrissey, David Thewlis and Charlotte Rampling. Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. R. Movies 12. Children's Nature Film Festival: Award-winning, nature-related short films from around the world, including two from Eugene filmmakers. Plays at 2 pm April 30 at the McDonald Theatre. Free. Drum Corps International Classic Countdown Big Screen Concert: The top 12 drum corps performances of all time, selected from more than 4 decades of DCI finals performances. The last performance shown is the winning corps, as selected by fans voting online. Plays at 7 pm April 27 at Cinemark. Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women: Never-before-seen backstage jams, interviews and behind-the-scenes documentary footage of the artists on the 1997 first all-female music tour. Includes performances from Sarah McLachlan, the Indigo Girls, Sheryl Crow and others. Not rated. Bijou LateNite. Mission Impossible 3: Can Tom Cruise dodge the mountains of press about his personal life — er, many guys with guns and explosives in his way — and save the woman he loves from an impressively creepy Philip Seymour Hoffman? R. Sneak peek at 12:01 am May 4 at Cinemark. Pirates of the 20th Century: Director Boris Durov's film is based on a true story about present-day pirates commandeering a cargo ship carrying medical opium. Plays at 7 pm May 3 in 111 Pacific, UO. Pride & Prejudice: Jane Austen's romantic, witty and emotionally delicious romance stars Keira Knightley as Lizzie and Matthew Macfadyen as the man she loves to hate, Mr. Darcy. Ably directed by Joe Wright and adapted by Deborah Moggach, film also stars Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland. Playful and pleasing but with strong subtext of the situation of poor women, this excellent social comedy has stayed timely since its publication in 1813. Highest recommendations. PG. Plays at 7 pm April 28 at Unity of the Valley. Free. Online archives. RV: In Barry Sonnenfeld's latest film, Robin Williams tells his family they're going on vacation to Hawaii — but instead packs his wife and kids into an RV and heads to Colorado. Jeff Daniels heads up a wacky bunch of full-time campers. It's a sure bet there are hijinks involved. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Salmon on the Backs of Buffalo: With Shake Your Oncorhynchus and Last Chance for the Umpqua. Three short films on the plight of declining endangered salmon due to threats to their habitat. Plays at 7 pm May 2 in 110 Willamette, UO. Free. Sixteen Blocks: NYPD detective Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) has one last job for the day: take petty criminal Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) from lockup to the courthouse where he will testify in a grand jury case. R. Movies 12. Stick It: From the writer of Bring It On comes this slightly absurd-sounding film in which a rebellious former gymnastics star, forced to return to the world of gymnastics after trouble with the law, butts heads with a hard-nosed coach (Jeff Bridges). Bring It On the Floor Mat? Nah, their title is better. PG-13. Cinemark. Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story: Instead of a straight adaptation of a supposedly unfilmable novel, Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) created a post-modern film that turns into a story about the making of … itself. Sort of. Steve Coogan stars as "Steve Coogan," with Kelly McDonald and Rob Brydon. R. Bijou. United 93: The first of this year's 9/11 movies, director Paul Greengrass's (The Bourne Supremacy) film looks at how things might have happened when United Flight 93 went down over Pennsylvania. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. UO Disability Studies Film Fest: "Push Your Limit!," three days of documentary films challenging social stereotypes about disability. Little Man and 39 Pounds of Love play at 6:30 pm April 27 in 100 Willamette, UO; Touch the Sound and JazzArtSigns: See, Hear and Feel the Music play at 6:30 pm April 28 in 100 Willamette, UO; Murderball, The Kids are All Right and Speedracer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chesnutt play at 6:30 pm April 29 at DIVA. Free. Widespread Panic: Live from the Atlanta Fox Theatre: An exclusive Big Screen Concerts event brings the popular band to local screens via satellite from Atlanta, Ga. Plays at 5 pm May 9 at Cinemark. $15.
CONTINUING: American Dreamz: Satirical spin on American Idol stars Hugh Grant as the bitter judge of a singing contest, Mandy Moore as a determined contestant and Sam Golzari as a show tune-loving terrorist. Directed by Paul Weitz (yes, he of American Pie). PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. See review this issue. Animation Show, The: A collection of the world's best short animated films, as selected by Mike Judge and Academy Award-nominated animator Don Hertzfeldt. Not rated. Bijou LateNite. Benchwarmers, The: Got picked last for kickball? So did these guys. David Spade, Jon Heder (aka Napoleon Dynamite) and Rob Schneider play grown-up geeks who start a baseball tournament to get revenge on nasty Little League teams. PG-13. Cinemark. Brigade, The: Aleksei Sidorov's 2002 critical and popular tale of the Russian "Mafia." The story follows four best friends as they choose a life of crime. Episode 15 shows at 9 pm May 3 in 111 Pacific, UO. Curious George: The Man in the Yellow Hat (Will Ferrell) tries his best to tame Curious George in this animated version of the beloved children's series. The inquisitive chimp passes the time by sipping lattes, ruining a woman's bubble bath and getting carried away by a bunch of balloons. Other voices include Drew Barrymore, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright and Dick Van Dyke. G. Movies 12. Eight Below: Two men fighting for their lives in the stormy Arctic are air-rescued but must leave their loyal dogs behind. PG. Movies 12. Firewall: As creator of a state-of-the-art security system for a Seattle-area bank, Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal (Paul Bettany) finds a way into Jack's personal life by targeting his family, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake. PG-13. Movies 12. Friends with Money: Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing) directs a quartet of stellar actresses, three of which (Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack and Frances McDormand) are worried about their single friend Olivia (Jennifer Aniston) — though all have troubles of their own. R. Bijou. Cinemark. Online archives. Fun With Dick and Jane: Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni star as middle-class thieves in Dean Parisot's remake of the limp 1977 comedy starring Jane Fonda and George Segal. Also stars Alec Baldwin and Angie Harmon. PG-13. Movies 12. Glory Road: Directed by James Gartner and based on a true story, the film follows Coach Dan Haskins (Josh Lucas) lead his 1966 Texas Western all-black starting line-up college basketball team to the NCAA national championship title. PG. Movies 12. Hoodwinked: Animated comedy gives Little Red Riding Hood's adventures at Grandmother's house a real kick in the seat. Stars Xzibit, Anthony Anderson, Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton and Jim Belushi. PG. Movies 12. Online archives. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown: Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo) and Diego (Denis Leary) are back for another adventure. The animals are excited that the ice is melting — it's a paradise of water parks! But where is all that new water going to go? PG. Cinemark. Cinema World. Inside Man: Spike Lee's new film is a hostage drama in which a tough cop (Denzel Washington) matches wits with a bank robber (Clive Owen), with Jodie Foster the situation's wild card. R. Movies 12. Lucky Number Slevin: Josh Hartnett comes between two dapper crime lords (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley) in a case of mistaken identity. Or is it? Lucy Liu also stars as the girl next door. R. Cinemark. Online archives. Munich: Steven Spielberg's already controversial film about the secret Mossad assassins who tracked down the masked Palestinian terrorists who murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics. Screenplay by Tony Kushner (Angels in America), film stars Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Kassovitz and Ciaran Hinds. Underrated film is seen as a vengeance flick, but it's really about what happens to a man (Eric Bana, who should have been nominated for an Academy Award), whose loyalty to Israel is without question but who holds disturbing doubts about his actions. Very highest recommendations. R. Movies 12. Online archives. New World, The: Terrence Malick's new adventure drama re-imagines the first meeting between explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and his shipmates with the Native Americans who inhabited the land they intended to claim. The Algonquian Chief's favorite daughter (Q'Orianka Kilcher) saves Smith's life. Ecstatic and beautiful, it's a great film, not to be missed. One of 2005's very best films. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives. Pink Panther: Bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clousseau (Steve Martin) must solve the murder of a world-famous soccer coach and catch the thief who stole his priceless diamond ring in this prequel to the 1964 classic. Also stars Kevin Kline, Jean Reno & Beyonce. PG. Movies 12. Scary Movie 4: Director David Zucker (Airplane!) takes on the fourth entry in the seemingly endless series, which sends up War of the Worlds, The Grudge, The Village, Saw and more. Stars Anna Faris and Regina Hall with an outlandish array of celebrity cameos, including Shaq, Dr. Phil and Lil' John. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Sentinel, The: When TV stars attack! Uh, just kidding. But Keifer Sutherland ("24") and Eva Longoria ("Desperate Housewives") co-star with Michael Douglas, who plays a Secret Service agent who may or may not be trying to murder the president. Let's hope there's more suspense in the movie than the preview suggests. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. See review this issue. Silent Hill: Sure, it's based on a video game, but it stars Radha Mitchell (High Art) and Sean Bean. Shouldn't that be good for something? Mitchell plays a mother whose quest to heal her terminally ill daughter takes a detour to the creepy titular town. R. Cinemark. Cinema World. Take the Lead: Stars Antonio Banderas as Pierre Dulane, a New York City ballroom dance teacher who taught inner-city kids to move their feet. PG-13. Cinemark. Thank You for Smoking: Jason Reitman (the son of director Ivan Reitman) directs Aaron Eckhart and a strong supporting cast in this sharp-eyed, satirical look at the tobacco industry. R. Bijou. Online archives. Ultraviolet: Sci-fi fantasy stars Milla Jovovich and Cameron Bright. PG-13. Movies 12. V for Vendetta: From the pages of David Lloyd & Alan Moore's graphic novel springs "V" (Hugo Weaving), a masked freedom fighter who's taken up arms against the totalitarian government in a futuristic Britain. Finding an unlikely ally in a young woman, Evey (Natalie Portman), V urges the citizenry to fight the oppression of the state. Andy & Larry Wachowski (The Matrix) wrote the screenplay. R. Cinemark. Online archives. Wild, The: Keifer Sutherland and Janeane Garofalo are among the actors voicing critters on a quest to rescue one of their own, who somehow got accidentally shipped off to the jungle. Madagascar, anyone? (William Shatner appears as a wicked wildebeest.) G. Cinemark.
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