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  .MOVIE LISTINGS | MOVIE REVIEW ARCHIVE | THEATER INFO
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OR RETURNING: Blowpipes and Bulldozers: Bruno Manser's story of the Penan, a tribe of nomads in the rainforests of Borneo, shows with The Pie's the Limit, about San Francisco's Biotic Baking Brigade. Plays at 7 pm May 23 at the Lorax Manner, 1648 Alder. Free. Creature from the Black Lagoon: Catch a new print of the classic monster flick — he's half man, half fish! — in 3D with glasses tuned specially for the restored movie. PG. Local filmmaker Henry Weintraub's "Video Dead," in which a video store employee gets cursed by a strange movie return, precedes the showing. Bijou LateNite. 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. And you probably know this. You're actually on the way to the theater already, aren't you? PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Don't Come Knocking: Writer Sam Shepard and director Wim Wenders (who worked together on 1984's Paris, Texas) reteam for this story of a Hollywood cowboy actor (Shepard) who defects from his latest movie's set in search of himself, his family and his past. R. Bijou. See review this issue. Householder, The: Based on the novel by screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the film tells the story of a shy Indian schoolteacher and his wife, slowing getting to know each other in their first year of marriage. Not rated. Plays at 7 pm May 19 at the International Resource Center, EMU, UO. Free. JUMP Film Festival: Screening of a collection of 25 short films featuring the talents of Alaskan filmmakers, actors, musicians and writers. The films have been featured in the Juneau Underground Motion Picture Society's twice-yearly film festivals. Plays at 8 pm May 21 at DIVA. $5. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. 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. Over the Hedge: A gang of woodland creatures wake 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. Cinema World. Cinemark. See No Evil: As if having to do community service isn't bad enough! A group of petty criminals, sent to clean up a rundown hotel, get terrorized by its lone resident: WWE wrestler Kane, sporting a really nasty meathook and a creepy sneer. R. Cinemark. Shaggy Dog: Tim Allen and a big shaggy dog star in this Disney flick. PG. Movies 12. Treasure Island: David Cherkaskii's 1986 Russian animated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic. Plays at 7 pm May 24 in 111 Pacific, UO. Free. 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), for a film that may or may not draw the series to a close. PG-13. Sneak previews at 12:01 am, 12:02 am, 12:03 am and 12:04 am May 26 (Thursday night/Friday morning). At Cinemark.
CONTINUING: 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. 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. Art School Confidential: Ghost World director Terry Zwigoff and comic artist/screenwriter Daniel Clowes reteam for another adaptation of Clowes' work, this one a sour portrait of several young, pretentious artists looking for love and fame at the fictional Strathmore Institute. Bijou. Cinemark. Online archives. 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. 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 tries to save a burrowing owl habitat from being developed by a chain restaurant. PG. Movies 12. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. See review this issue. 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. 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. Movies 12. Online archives. 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. Bijou LateNite. 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. Movies 12. Online archives.
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