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  .MOVIE LISTINGS | MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE | THEATER INFO
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OR RETURNING: Cannibal! The Musical: Trey Parker (Orgazmo, South Park) wrote and directed this deadpan musical parody that at its core is about Alfred Packer, the only man in the country ever convicted of cannibalism. Variety called it "a pitch-perfect sendup of hackneyed lyrics and irrationally joyous choreography." NR. Bijou LateNite. Covenant, The: Renny Harlin (Cutthroat Island) directs the story of four teens with supernatural powers — and the fifth that turns up to stop all their fun. It's got something to do with ancient bloodlines, family banishment — the usual where eerie abilities are concerned. R. Cinemark. Hollywoodland: The buzz about this debut film from TV director Allen Coulter ("The Sopranos") is, surprisingly, about Ben Affleck as former Superman George Reeves. Adrien Brody is the detective trying to discover whether Reeves' death was really a suicide. With Diane Lane and Bob Hoskins. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. 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. Movies 12. Mr. Sean's Cartoon Club: Crazy, weird and old cartoons featuring anchor tattoos, partying cats and dancing buildings. Noon-2 pm Sundays at the Bijou. Program consists mostly of shorts, so punctuality is not essential. $4. Protector, The: A Thai fighter (Tony Jaa) must travel to Australia to reclaim his family's elephants, which were stolen by a gang before they could be given to the king of Thailand as a sign of devotion. Jaa, the star of Ong-Bak, makes the action scenes look pretty sweet. R. Cinemark. Quinceañea: Directing team Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland succeed by not trying to do too much with the story of almost-15-year-old Magdalena (Emily Rios), who lives in the L.A. neighborhood of Echo Park and whose life gets complicated just before her birthday. R. Bijou. See review this issue. CONTINUING: Accepted: Putting the liberal in liberal arts, "B" Gaines (Justin Long) and friends open their own university. It's just to impress a girl, of course, but the "college" is way more popular than B anticipated. And, like, totally illegal, too. What's a fellow to do? PG-13. Cinemark. Barnyard: When the farmer's away, the cows will … order pizzas and throw a party? Don't think too much about this animated feature from the creators of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, or you might begin to wonder why the carefree lead cow, Otis (Kevin James) has udders. PG. Cinemark. Beerfest: The Broken Lizard comedy group (Super Troopers) offers this tale of American brothers who discover an underground beer games competition at Oktoberfest. Jay Chandrasekhar (who directed), Kevin Heffernan, Jürgen Prochnow and M.C. Gainey ("Lost") appear. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. 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. Movies 12. Crank: Oh, Jason Statham. Once so charming (in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), you took a turn for the deeply mediocre with The Transporter and now you're playing a guy who's been poisoned and, um, has to keep his adrenaline flowing? Are you serious? R. Cinema World. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. How to Eat Fried Worms: The classic children's book by Thomas Rockwell comes squirmingly alive on the screen as, on a dare, an 11-year-old comes up with creative ways to eat 10 worms in one long day. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. Illusionist, The: In the first of the year's two magician movies (the second, the buzzworthy The Prestige, comes out in October), Edward Norton plays a Venetian stage magician caught up with an old love (Jessica Biel), a dogged inspector (Paul Giamatti) and a crown prince (Rufus Sewell). PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. See review this issue. Invincible: Mark Wahlberg stars in the based-on-a-true-story tale of Vince Papale, an ordinary guy who made the team at an open tryout for the Philadelphia Eagles. With Greg Kinnear and Elizabeth Banks. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Lady in the Water: Paul Giamatti (Sideways) plays a building super who finds, in the building's pool, a creature called a "narf" who needs to get back to her world. Director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) continues to alienate his audience. PG-13. Movies 12. 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 is far more winning than it has any right to be. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives. Little Miss Sunshine: Directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton guide a stellar cast (particularly Paul Dano, Steve Carell and Abigail Breslin) through a quirky family trip on the road to the titular beauty pageant. Sweet, smart and funny, though you can see the road bumps coming a mile off. R. Bijou. Cinemark. Online archives. Monster House: Three kids face off against a creepy neighborhood house that's something other than haunted. With the voices of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Buscemi and Jon Heder. PG. Cinemark, in 3D for an additional $1.50. 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. Goofball flick is directed by Napoleon Dynamite's Jared Hess and written by Hess, his wife Jerusha and Mike White (School of Rock). PG. Movies 12. 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 critters. PG. Movies 12. Peaceful Warrior: Based on Dan Millman's spiritual memoir, the film follows the story of a young Olympic hopeful who learns to live in the now when he meets an old man (Nick Nolte) with unbelievable abilities. PG-13. Cinema World. 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. Online archives. Scanner Darkly, A: Richard Linklater (Before Sunset) adapts Philip K. Dick's novel about addiction. Live performances were filmed, then painted over for a trippy, surreal look that works well with the film's themes of identity confusion and paranoia, but the story is a bit distant. R. Bijou LateNite. Online archives. Snakes on a Plane: They're here! Samuel L. Jackson and Julianna Margulies fight reptiles in midair in the summer's most unlikely buzz film. R. Movies 12. Online archives. Step Up: A kid from the wrong side of the tracks brings hip hop to a ballet school – chiefly, to a privileged dancer whose main problem in life is finding a partner for her senior showcase. Goodness! What will happen? PG-13. Cinemark. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: Will Ferrell and NASCAR. What more do you need to know? OK, well, Ricky Bobby (Ferrell) and his racing partner face a new challenge when a French Formula One driver (Sacha Baron Cohen) arrives on the scene. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Who Killed the Electric Car?: Director Chris Paine explores the life and untimely death of the electric car, focusing on the GM EV1, which hit the streets in 1996 and vanished a few years later. Paine's timely, fascinating documentary makes a compelling case for laying the blame on corporate and governmental interests. PG. Bijou. Online archives. Wicker Man, The: Director Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Possession) remakes the 1973 horror film about a police officer (Nicolas Cage) searching for a missing girl on an island with dark secrets. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. World Trade Center: Oliver Stone directs the story of two policemen, John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña) rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center on 9/11. With Maggie Gyllenhaal and Maria Bello as the officers' wives. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. 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 (Owen Wilson) crashes at their place. Don't be fooled by Wilson's potential charm: This is a complete dud. PG-13. Movies 12.
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