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  .MOVIE LISTINGS | MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE | THEATER INFO
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OR RETURNING: Babe: Australian film about a little pig who wants to grow up to be a sheepdog won over audiences of children and adults alike. Jim Henson's Creature Shop created the amazingly realistic talking animals. G. Plays with subtitles for the hearing impaired at 9 pm July 14 at Peterson Barn Park. Free. Bike Fest '06: A Weekend of Bike Theme Films: Part of Eugene's month-long promotion of alternative transportation options. Roam shows at 7 pm July 15 and 3 pm July 16; 16,000 Feet on a Friday, 8:30 pm July 15 and 4:30 pm July 16; Filmed by Bike IV (selected shorts), 10 pm July 15 and 6 pm July 16. DIVA. $5 each film, three films for $12. Boles Murders, The: Documentary exploring the real life cold case of a family's murder in their California cabin in 1967. Based on information in the film, the case was reopened in 2004. Filmmaker Davey Porter will be present at the screenings. Plays at 7 pm and 9:45 pm July 14 at DIVA. $5. Celestine Prophecy, The: Former teacher John Woodson (Matthew Settle) goes on a spiritual adventure in this adaptation of James Redfield's best-selling book. Not rated. Cinema World. District B13: A talented cop and a street-smart vigilante team up to save a walled-in ghetto from destruction in the latest film from producer/writer Luc Besson (The Fifth Element). Predictable but enjoyable story is lifted by the striking physical presence of leads David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli. R. Bijou. See review this issue. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. Howl's Moving Castle: Phenomenal animation director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) brings us a magical story about a young woman cursed into an old woman's body who finds work — among other things — in the magical castle of the wizard Howl. Don't miss this one. PG. Plays at 7 pm July 14 at Unity of the Valley. Online archives. Idiot, The: Reading and film series focusing on Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Idiot and Vladimir Bortko's adaptation of the text. Fifth reading and episode July 13; sixth reading and episode July 18; seventh reading and episode July 20: 7 pm film, 8 pm discussion each night. 142 Law, UO. Little Man: Director Keenen Ivory Wayans' new film follows a height-challenged thief (Marlon Wayans) who dresses up like a baby and gets himself adopted in order to recover a diamond. PG-13. Cinemark. Monster House: Three kids face off against a creepy neighborhood house that's something other than haunted. Cute preview has all the other houses jealous. With the voices of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Buscemi and Jon Heder. Sneak preview at 7 pm July 15 at Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. Princess Bride, The: Pirates, farm boys, princesses, rodents of unusual size, the six-fingered-man, and Cary Elwes before he started starring in things like Saw. Have fun storming the castle, and even more fun revisiting a time when romantic comedies were this good. PG. Bijou LateNite. Shark Tale: Computer-animated feature. Lovable tropical fish (Will Smith) takes on the underwater Mafia when he assumes responsibility for killing the godfather of the Great White Sharks. Voices include Jack Black, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese. PG. Shows only at 10 am July 18 at Movies 12. Sketches of Frank Gehry: Director Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa) directs a documentary portrait of the acclaimed architect. PG-13. Bijou. See review this issue. 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. Movies 12. You, Me and Dupree: Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon star as a newly married couple whose new life together takes a sharp turn when perpetual bachelor Dupree (perpetual scene-stealer Owen Wilson) crashes at their place. But it's just for a little while. Right? PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
CONTINUING: Break-Up, The: Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn star in the latest from director Peyton Reed (Bring It On) as a Chicago pair who apparently aren't very good at breaking up. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives. Cars: The animation wizards at Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo) team up with Disney for the story of a rookie race car (voiced by Owen Wilson) taking an unexpected detour on his way to a big race. Bonnie Hunt and Paul Newman also voice characters. G. Cinemark. Cinema World. Online archives. Click: Christopher Walken gives Adam Sandler a truly universal remote: it lets him put the wife on fast forward, put the boss on pause, help the kid get even … until the remote goes all TiVo on him and starts making decisions on its own. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Da Vinci Code, The: Dan Brown's gazillion-selling book about a centuries-old religious mystery arrives in cinematic form with a glowing pedigree. As if the book isn't popular enough, the adaptation is directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. Devil Wears Prada, The: Meryl Streep stars as demanding, high-powered fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestley, whose new assistant (Anne Hathaway) is fresh from college and totally clueless about fashion. Based on Lauren Weisberger's bestselling novel. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift: The series gets a new star in Lucas Black (Friday Night Lights), whose character moves to Japan and gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing. PG-13. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. Inconvenient Truth, An: Following the 2000 election, Al Gore changed tack, turning his focus to the worldwide crisis that is global warming. Director Davis Guggenheim combines footage of Gore's traveling multimedia presentation on climate crisis with Gore's personal story, creating an effective and engaging film. PG. Bijou. Online archives. Lake House, The: Kate (Sandra Bullock) and Alex (Keanu Reeves) are carrying on a correspondence through the mystical mailbox of a house on an Illinois lake — despite living in worlds that are two years apart. Time-challenged romance sounds kinda corny, but hey, Ebert and Roeper both liked it. PG-13. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. Nacho Libre: Jack Black stars as Nacho, a cook in a Mexican monastery with a secret second life as a lucha libre wrestler. But the real story is that the goofball flick is directed by Napoleon Dynamite's Jared Hess and written by Hess, his wife Jerusha and Mike White (School of Rock). PG. Cinemark. Online archives. Over the Hedge: A gang of woodland creatures wakes up from their winter hibernation to find a big green thing has appeared in their world. On the other side, they hear, wacky creatures called "humans" exist. Bruce Willis, William Shatner and Steve Carrell are among those voicing the critters that venture forth for an antic-filled exploration of suburbia. PG. Cinemark. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: Johnny Depp reprises his role as over-the-top swashbuckler Jack Sparrow in the second Pirates film, which we rather fervently hope is as entertaining as the first. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley are the in-love eye candy — actually, it's a toss-up as to which of the three leads is prettiest. With Bill Nighy all betentacled as watery bad guy Davy Jones. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. See review this issue. Prairie Home Companion, A: Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor present a winning story about the imagined death of Keillor's radio classic, "A Prairie Home Companion" (still going strong in real life). A first-rate ensemble cast, including Keillor, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Kevin Kline, Lily Tomlin, Woody Harrelson and Tommy Lee Jones, makes the film sparkle. PG-13. Bijou. 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. 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. 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. Movies 12. Superman Returns: At long last, the man of steel returns to movie screens — and to Earth. In director Bryan Singer's new film, Superman's been gone five long years, during which his former flame Lois Lane has had a son and found a new fellow. Oh, and Lex Luthor is out of prison. Starring Brandon Routh as the man in tights, Kate Bosworth as Lois and Kevin Spacey as Lex. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Online archives. X-Men: The Last Stand: The third X-Men movie combines the loved-by-fans "Dark Phoenix" storyline with the discovery of a "cure" for mutancy. Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen and the rest of the core cast return (sans Nightcrawler, oddly). Stay through the credits for a vital scene. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives.
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