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  .MOVIE LISTINGS | MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE | THEATER INFO
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OR RETURNING: Be My Oswald: UO alumni Katha and Don Cato screen their feature film about a militant vegetarian who teams with a socialite activist to assassinate Santa at New York's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Q&A to follow. 8 pm Nov. 3, 110 Willamette, UO. Free. Best of the 32nd Northwest Film & Video Festival: A presentation of Portland's Northwest Film Center, featuring short works by filmmakers from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington. 7 pm and 9 pm Nov. 4, DIVA. $6. Borat: Sacha Baron Cohen (of "Da Ali G Show") plays the title character, a Kazakhstani reporter creating a documentary while road-tripping across the U.S. The subtitle, "Cultural Learnings of American for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," ought to tell you something. R. Cinemark. Clean: Part of The Tournées Festival, a series of contemporary French films. Maggie Cheung plays a woman trying to overcome her past and take care of her son. R. Bijou. 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. Movies 12. Downtown Library Art: Premiere big-screen showing of a DVD featuring artwork at the Downtown Library and interviews with the Oregonians who created it. 6 pm Nov. 2, Downtown Library. Free. Facing the Giants: More life lessons on the football field, but this time with a hearty dose of Christianity when the coach turns to God for inspiration. PG. Cinema World. Father of a Soldier: A Georgian peasant travels into the midst of WWII to be with his injured soldier son. In Russian with English subtitles. 7 pm Nov. 7, 111 Pacific, UO. Free. Flushed Away: Aardman Features (Wallace and Gromit) teams up with Dreamworks for the story of a pampered pet mouse (Hugh Jackman) who finds himself, after a trip down the drain, in London's bustling rodent underground. With Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen and Jean Reno. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. Gridiron Gang: In a variation on at least a dozen other inspirational sports movies, The Rock plays a counselor at a juvenile detetion facility who teaches his young charges life lessons via football. PG-13. Movies 12. House of Sand: Three generations of women, brought to a desert in northwestern Brazil by one's husband's mad dreams, live isolated from the rest of the world. Los Angeles Times called the movie "as original as it is lovely." R. Bijou. Infamous: Exceptional performances (particularly Daniel Craig as Perry Smith), rich cinematography and a sharp sense of humor carry this engrossing second cinematic vision of Truman Capote's (the astonishing Toby Jones) experience writing In Cold Blood.. R. Bijou. See review this issue. Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsies: Hendrix's 1970 performance, in front of 500,000 people at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, kicks off the "In-Concert" late night series of previously unreleased concert films. Bijou LateNite. Santa Clause 3, The: Santa (Tim Allen) faces off against Jack Frost (Martin Short), who's trying to take over Christmas. G. Cinema World. Cinemark. Voices From the Front Lines: Highlights an emerging anti-corporate tendency within the environmental movement, focusing on the efforts of L.A.'s Labor Community Strategy Center. 7 pm Nov. 8, 180 PLC, UO. Free.
CONTINUING: Barnyard: When the farmer's away, the cows will … order pizzas and throw a party? Don't think too much about this animated feature or you might begin to wonder why Otis (Kevin James) has udders. PG. Movies 12. 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. Catch a Fire: Director Phillip Noyce's (The Quiet American) new film is about Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke), who becomes a political operative after a member of South Africa's Police Security Branch (Tim Robbins) interrogates Patrick and tortures his wife. PG-13. Cinemark. 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. Conversations With God: Henry Czerny stars as author Neale Donald Walsch, who wrote a series of books about his spiritual journey. PG. Cinema World. 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. Movies 12. Departed, The: Martin Scorcese's new film is
a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs. Leonardo
DiCaprio plays a cop undercover in the mob; Matt Damon is the gangster
mole in the police force. Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg round out
the stellar cast. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. Flags of Our Fathers: Clint Eastwood's new film explores the story behind the iconic image of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima during WWII. "A film of awesome power and blistering provocation," says Rolling Stone. R. Cinemark. Flicka: The remarkably ageless Alison Lohman (Matchstick Men) once again plays a teen, this time one who would rather work on her father's ranch (and work with wild mustang Flicka) than go to college. PG. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. 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. Man of the Year: Supposedly, Robin Williams' unlikely president in this film, a satirical comedian who ran as a joke, is partly based on Jon Stewart. Which is odd, because the previews aren't nearly as funny as "The Daily Show." With Christopher Walken and Lewis Black. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Marie Antoinette: Sofia Coppola's third movie
follows Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst), who became the queen of France
as a teenager. The film is said to be a confection, a romp, anachronistically
set to '80s New Romantic tunes and with some actors using their own
accents. PG-13. Cinemark. 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. 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. Nightmare Before Christmas, The: Tim Burton's delightfully macabre stop-motion animation film, in which Jack Skellington and his ghoulish companions try to take over Christmas, comes to life bigger and brighter in 3D. "What's this? What's this! There's magic in the air," indeed. PG. Cinemark. Open Season: Sony breaks into the animation game with the story of a clueless grizzly bear (Martin Lawrence) whose friend Elliot (Ashton Kutcher) lures him into the wild life. PG. Cinemark. Prestige, The: Two magicians (Christian Bale,
Hugh Jackman) see their slight friendship turn to rivalry in Christopher
Nolan's (Batman Begins) new film. Competition grows as the men
do, each trying to outdo the other's performance. With Scarlett Johansson,
Michael Caine and … David Bowie? PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Running With Scissors: Adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' memoir stars Joseph Cross as young Augusten, whose bipolar mother (Annette Bening) sends him to live with her slightly addled psychiatrist (Brian Cox) and his oddball family. PG-13. Cinemark. See review this issue. Saw 3: Scary clown-faced villain Jigsaw is on his deathbed. Yeah, right. There's something about a doctor who has to keep Jigsaw alive and a former victim working on a plot of his own, but this moneymaking B-movie franchise doesn't need us to tell you it's going to be nasty, scary and gory. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. 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. Movies 12. 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.
Movies 12. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning: Gore, chainsaws, pretty girls in distress … and the backstory about why ol' Leatherface the way he is. R. Movies 12. 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. Movies 12.
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