Eugene Weekly : Movies : 05.11.06
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Art School Confidential: Ghost World director Terry Zwigoff and comic book creator/screenwriter Daniel Clowes reteam for another adaptation of Clowes' work, this one a bitter tale of young artists looking for love and fame at the fictional Strathmore Institute. R. Bijou. Cinemark. See review this issue.
ATL: Loosely based on filmmakers' experiences growing up on the south side of Atlanta. Tip Harris stars as a frustrated artist whose life is improved by the appearance of New-New, a girl with secrets of her own. Directed by music video vet Chris Robinson. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives.
Chávez Code, The: Part two of CISCAP's Venezuelan Film Festival features this film, which explores the connection between anti-Chávez organizations and U.S. backing through the National Endowment of Democracy and others. Plays at 7 pm May 16 in 110 Law, UO. Free.
David Gilmour: Big Screen Concerts presents the Pink Floyd musician live on the big screen at 8 pm May 16 at Cinemark. $15.
Eugene Film Festival: DIVA, the Bijou, the UO, the Downtown Library, the WOW Hall, Wings Seminars, the Valley River Inn and the Tango Center host the first-ever Eugene Film Festival, featuring films selected from 318 international entries, presentations by industry professionals (including "Battlestar Galactica" co-producer Mark Verheiden), seminars and more. May 12-14, full schedule available at www.eugenefilmfest.org$35, $30 stu., sr.
Fall of Berlin, The: Mikhail Chiaureli's 1949 film explores the end of WWII from a Soviet point of view. Plays at 7 pm May 17 in 111 Pacific, UO. Free.
Fire in the Eyes: Video footage of police using pepper-spray on redwood forest defenders. Plays with Fury for the Sound: Women at Clayoquat, a documentary about Canadian women working together to protest clearcutting, at 7 pm May 16 in 110 Willamette, UO. Free.
Just My Luck: Ashley (Linsday Lohan) is the luckiest girl in Manhattan. She can always get a cab! Which isn't really that hard, but whatever. When Ashley kisses the wrong guy, her good luck magically gets swapped for his bad juju. Guess it's the subway for you, Lohan. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
Larry The Cable Guy, Health Inspector: Larry investigates a rash of food poisoning cases at swanky big-city restaurants. But will his unorthodox methods cost him his job? Do you care? PG-13. Movies 12.
Mission: Epicocity: The Epicocity Project, six UO students and alumni, chase their whitewater dreams in Africa, Chie, Argentina, Costa Rica, Canada, New Zealand and Oregon. Plays at 7 pm May 18 in 100 Willamette, UO, with Project members on hand to talk about the film.
Poseidon: When a huge wave capsizes a luxury liner on New Year's Eve, a small group of passengers must fight for their lives. Josh Lucas, Jacinda Barrett, Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss star in Wolfgang Petersen's (Das Boot) remake of The Poseidon Adventure. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
She's the Man: Start with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, add in adolescent love and soccer-mania and you get this romantic comedy starring Amanda Bynes (What a Girl Wants) in which mistaken identities and cross-gender relationships abound. PG-13. Movies 12.
Spike and Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation: Still going strong after 25 years, Spike and Mike's offers animated shorts of all sorts, from hand-drawn to computer-generated, from up-and-comers to old hands like Bill Plympton. Local filmmaker Henry Weintraub's "Video Dead," in which a video store employee gets cursed by a strange movie return, precedes the festival. Bijou LateNite.
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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. Cinemark. Cinema World.
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. Movies 12. Online archives.
An American Haunting: Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland star in the multigenerational story of a family haunted by Tennessee's notorious Bell Witch. Directed by Courtney Solomon — whose previous credits include Dungeons and Dragons. R. Cinemark.
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.
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.
Final Destination 3: Yet another James Wong tale of a band of friends narrowly cheating death (this time by roller-coaster, no less!), and the grim reaper's subsequent pursuit of them. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman. R. Movies 12.
Hills Have Eyes, The: Family road trip goes terribly wrong in this take of Wes Craven's 1977 original, as the travelers become stranded in an atomic zone with a mutant family. Yikes! R. Movies 12.
Hoodwinked: Animated comedy gives Little Red Riding Hood's adventures at Grandmother's house a real kick in the seat. Stars Glenn Close, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton and Jim Belushi. PG. Movies 12. Online archives.
Hoot: An adaptation of Carl Hiassen's popular kids' book in which a trio of friends try to save a burrowing owl habitat from being developed by a chain restaurant. PG. Cinemark. Cinema World.
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.
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. Cinemark. Cinema World. See review this issue.
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), starring 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives.
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.
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.
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. Movies 12.
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.
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. 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.
MOVIE THEATERS
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Bijou Art Cinemas
Bijou Theater 686-2458 | 492 E. 13th
Regal Cinemas
Cinema World 342-6536 | Valley River Center
Springfield Quad 726-9073 |
Cinemark Theaters
Movies 12 741-1231 | Gateway Mall
Cinemark 17 741-1231 | Gateway Mall
