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4B ♦ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006 Move Picks By MATT SOERGEL Morris News Service THE ILLUSIONIST 3 stars: A luscious-looking fairy tale/mystery aimed at patient grown-up audiences, with Edward Norton as an enigmatic magician in old Vienna, Jessica Biel as his long-lost love, Rufus Sewell as a brutal crown prince and good ol’ Paul Giamatti as a dogged police investigator. It’s dead-set on entertaining. PG-13. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 3 1/2 stars: This film festival favorite is an off-kilter screwball com edy with real heart, one that brings its comically dysfunc tional modern American family to real life. Stars Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear and a scene stealing Alan Arkin. R. IDLEWILD 3 stars: OutKast’s movie is an eccen tric, over-the-top musical/ gangster yarn that, while not perfect, is lively and eye-catching. If you have a problem with a man in a fur coat, rapping on stage in 1935 Georgia, then this isn’t the movie for you. R. INVINCIBLE 3 stars: Mark Wahlberg deliberately and effectively underplays his based-on-real-life role as a 30-year-old bartender who tries out for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1976. It pulls on your heartstrings, even though it rarely looks like it’s really trying to. PG. HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS 3 stars: Those roughly the age of the mov ie’s colorful group of fifth graders are likely to laugh, a lot, It’s about a picked-on new kid who agrees to eat 10 worms, cooked in many strange ways, by sundown. Gross c and that’s a good thing. PG. SNAKES ON A PLANE 2 1/2 stars: If there are hundreds of crazed snakes rampaging through the red eye from Honolulu to L.A., there had better be lurid snake violence and at least one good Samuel L. Jackson rant. No worries. R. ACCEPTED 2 1/2 stars: Rejected everywhere else, college student start their own college, with classes such as Walking Around and Thinking About Stuff. Justin Long stars. It has some laughs. PG-13. WORLD TRADE CENTER 3 1/2 stars: Two police officers lie trapped in the rubble, and their fami lies wait, agonizingly, for word. Oliver Stone takes a small part of a huge story and comes up with the year’s second fine 9/11 film c not quite as visceral as United 93, but still a powerful, well told story. PG-13. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY 3 stars: Will Ferrell’s a dim racing star in a comedy that pokes much fun at America’s NASCAR- loving population. Sloppy and not as funny as Anchorman, but still plenty of the absurdist humor that goes with the territory when you allow Ferrell to run all over it in his big white bun hugger undies. PG-13. THE NIGHT LISTENER (3 stars): Robin Williams is a radio host who strikes up a phone friendship with a young listener, though things are not as they seem. It’s an eerie, short (82 min utes) mystery without the pumped-up scenes of a typi cal thriller; instead, think of it as a moody thriller for the art-house set. R. THE ANT BULLY (3 stars): There are many imaginative visual jokes packed into this fine, excit ing children’s story about a boy shrunk down to the size of an ant. Rousing adventure and narrow escapes await him. Lessons are learned, too - though they aren’t crammed down our throats. PG. I ~ S ’ ~jMf fcfl ft . ■ JflH K 'MI v jKTr 1 % t» jjjai 9' WhmKmL J 1 Paul Giamatti, left, and Edward Norton star in ‘The Illusionist’. ‘lllusionist’ witty entertainment By STEVEN UHLES Morris News Service As The Illusionist begins, Edward Norton sits alone on a bare stage in old Vienna, a hundred or more years ago. He’s concentrating fierce ly, and within seconds his mental powers seem to con jure up the ghostly figure of a young woman, right there in front of the astonished crowd. Then good old Paul Giamatti steps up and rushes the stage, a flock of pointy helmet-wearing policeman with him. He’s arresting the illu sionist, he bellows, for “dis turbing public order, charla tanism and threats against the empire.” Serious charg es indeed, and a lot to hang on one man, especially a soft-spoken illusionist. But this luscious-looking mystery/fairy tale, which is clearly dead- set on enter taining, soon jumps back in time to deftly spin the story of how Eisenheim the ROUGHTON From page iB that he required medical attention. Dot was black and blue. Several teeth were loose. He was so badly beaten his mother didn’t recognize him the next morning. Dot and Rudolph Cannon became the best of friends. All is well that ends well. In June, I was invited to speak to the Fort Valley Kiwanis club about my book and the Perry-Fort Valley rivalry. Invited to accompany me were Horace Woodruff and Dot. During the question and answer period, Dot was asked to recount the details of the notorious fight. I shall never forget one remark Dot made. He said that when he and the state golden gloves champion, Rudolph Cannon, squared off to begin the boxing match, Rudolph asked Dot what were they fighting for. Dot responded, “I sup pose it’s because you’re from Fort Valley and I’m from Perry.” Dot said he had fought 67 profes sional and amateur fights, but that was his tough est fight. Chapter seven of “Pride of the Panthers” details a graphic, blow-by blow account of the fight as recounted by Dot. Dot once got in a fight at a basketball game. Coach Staples warned Dot that the next violation would result in his dismissal from the team. Several weeks later, if happened. Dot slugged a guy on the way to the dressing room. The next day, Dot entered the principal’s office and handed Coach Staples his uniform. “I’m sorry Fessor,” he said, “but I couldn’t help hitting the guy.” As Dot turned to leave, Fessor said, “Dot, I’m curious, just why did you have to hit the guy?” Dot said, “Well Fessor, I ENTERTAINMENT At A Glance ‘The Illusionist’ 3 stars out of 4 Who’s it for? It’s sumptu ous, witty entertainment for grown-ups. Credits: Starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel and Rufus Sewell. Directed by Neil Burger. Based on a short story by Steven Millhauser. Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes. Family guide: PG-13. One nudity-free sex scene, a little violence. Illusionist got to be such a troublemaker. * It seems he grew up a humble cabinetmaker’s son, who, after “a chance encounter with a traveling magician,” ‘soon becomes a gifted magician too. And one day, walking down the street while balancing an egg on a stick, he captures the eye of a lovely young noblewoman. An ardent, had no choice. He called you a very bad name that I can’t repeat.” Fessor asked Dot to whisper it. After hearing what the boy called him, Fessor looked down at the desk for a moment, rubbed his chin as if in deep thought, then said to Dot, “Son, come back over here and get your uniform...and be at practice this afternoon.” Dot would want me to leave you with the comfort ing words of a children’s song. It goes like this: “Jesus loves me this I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong. We are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me for the Bible tells me so.” And, yes, Jesus loved Dot Rough ton... and He loves you and me. This article is based, on the text of Billy Powell’s remarks at the Memorial Service for Dot Roughton on Friday. • Vehicle Accident? • Back Pain? • Headache? CHIROPRACTIC HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS TREATING THESE CONDITIONS 1 it » m 5 I, ■ > 1, Dr. Brian Gillis, D.C. We accept most major insurances and numerous HMO & PPO plans. 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The Illusionist is an uncommonly good story, just mysterious and corny enough to satisfy those with a craving for the kind of old- fashioned, romantic costume piece that’s out of style these days. It also has much sly wit, an elegant Philip Glass score and cobblestoned Prague locations that stand in fetchingly for Vienna. Consider them a bonus. « On-The-Job Injury? • Neck Pain? • Hip Pain? HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Web Watch By RICH RAT Morris News Service Advanced Toolbar Windows users who want to simplify their life and supercharge their .Web surfing efforts will surely want to check out this powerful download. Not only will the free Internet Explorer-based Advanced Toolbar enable you to search using over 100 search engines, the mega-powerful tool is jam packed with more useful features than the Google, Yahoo and MSN toolbars oombined. 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