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Attention! Out to the HLK holidays. our ichedules ore incomplete
Please be sure to colt ahead for current times and listings.
ALPS (548-5256) Look Alps up at showtimes.hollywood.com
Antz (PG) 3:10 (Sa. & Sun only)
Meet Joe Black (R) 9:20
Ruth Hour (PG 13) 1:00. 5:00 (Sa. & Su.) 7:10 nightly
ATHENS REGIONAL LIBRARY (613-3650)
The Milagro Beanfield War (R) 7:00 (Th. 1/21)
BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
At First Sight (PG 13) 1:40. 4:20. 7:00. 9:40
A Bug's Life (G) 2:00. 4:00. 7:00
The Faculty (R) 9:00
Mighty Joe Young (PG) 1:55. 7:05
Patch Adams (PG 13) 2:30. 4:50. 7:00. 9:15
The Prince Of Egypt (PG) 2:00. 4:10. 7:10. 9:20
Stepmom (PG 13) 1:45. 4:20. 7:05. 9:45
The Thin Red line (R) 1:30. 4:50, 8:10
Waking Ned Oevine (PG) 4:25. 9:30
You've Got Mail (PG 13) 2:20. 4:40. 7:10. 7:40. 9:30. 9:55
COMMERCE DRIVE-IN (335-2486)
All shows 8:00 p.m.
Patch Adams (PG-13) Screen 1
The Faculty (R) Screen 2
You've Got Mail (PG 13) Screen 3
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (542-4662)
Without Anesthesia (NR) 7:30 (W 1/20)
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL - Inside (543-1632)
A Civil Action (PG 13) 2:05. 4:25. 7:05. 9:30
In Dreams (R) 2:15. 4:35. 7:15. 9:35
The Faculty (R) 2 10. 7:10
Patch Adams (PG 13) 2:00. 4:30. 7:00. 9:25
Star Trek: Insurrection (PG) 4 20, 9:20
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL - Outside (548-9460)
Inemy Of The State *Ri 1 10 7*00
Stepmom (Pu 11/ I 30. •*:05 ’ 00. V 30
Varsity Biues P(» 1" 1 4t>. 1 » f! <10. 9 .’0
Virus-R) 141 V50 7 10, 9 ?) (starts f 1 15)
Th-Waterboy PG• 1 • . I '
You've Got Mail ( < 11- I V . 1 <
GEORGIA THEATRE 549-991 h,
The Opposite Of Sea >■/ l>* i 00 t>‘ J,.’5
TATE CENTER (54-UNION)
Amistad (B) 3.00. 6:00. V 00 V. 1/20
The french Connection iRi J OO 5 15. 7 00 9 <.5 (Th. 1/21)
Happiness (NR) 100 6 00. 9:00 (( 1/22. Sa. l/2i)
Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life (R/ Midnight (f. 1/27. Sa \i2Si
A Taamg Woman NR 6:00. 9 0 (Stl 1/24 M 1 2
ATTENTION'. Due to MLK holi
days, schedules are incom
plete! PLEASE CALL AHEAD!
Amistad (R) Spielbergs authentic
period drama about a mutiny aboard a
Spanish slave ship in the 1830s and the
court case that follows. This is a
respectable piece ol work, but it's a bit
slick Starring Djimon Hounsou.
Anthony Hopkins. Nigel Hawlhome and
Matthew McConaughey (Tate)
Antz (PG) This animated teature about
an ant colony uprising isnl as amusing
or engaging as its cousin A Bug's Lite.
but it’s not bad, either With the voices ot
Woody Allen, Gene Hackman. Sly
Stallone and Christopher Walken (Alps)
At First Sight (PG-13) A respecttul
and warm-hearted romantic drama
based on a true story from director Irwin
Winkler A charming massage therapist
(Val Kilmer) who has been blind since
the age ot three, tails in love with a
lovely New Yorker (Mira Sorvmo) The
two decide to look into an experimental
eye surgery that may or may not suc
ceed This movie guides the viewer
through a fascinating story and man
ages a tew laughs along the way
Unlortunalely. key moments are ol the
treacly variety (usually between Kilmer
and Sorvmo with sott piano music
chiming in) Look lor strong perfor
mances Irom Nathan Lane, Kelly
McGilhs and Steven Weber
(Beechwood)
A Bug's Life IG) An young ant assem
bles a ream ot buqs Irom a circus in the
city to detend his colony Irom
qrassnoppers Great animation solid
vo" e-‘ivee, and weit-written uk'* On<-
ot in years bes' 5 vchwood
A Civil Action . U )of: Iravi *i
an i Holier! Duvaii star in this sturdy
Courtroom drama cased on the true
story ol eiynt families m rura'
Ma ,',-i tiu ‘Its .‘.’kj <* cuse two big cor
porations ot polluting their inrikmq
water Travolta pia/j the hotshot per-
sor.al miury lawyer who slowly warms
to ttie case, eventually f.skmg his career
and me can-ers oi his partners (William
H Macy Tony Shalhotib and Zel|kn
Ivanek) Duvall plays his nemesis.
Jerome Facher. a deceptively scatter
brained defense lawyer who speaks in
concise truisms and nearly outplays
Schlichtmann’s every hand This is a
well-made litm that lacks an emotional
and ethical core: viewers may have
trouble accepting lhat Travoltas char
acter ever even underwent much of a
translormation at all The cast includes
John Lithgow. Kathleen Quinlan. Dan
Hedaya and Stephen Fry Worth a look
Directed by Steven Zillian (Searching
For Bobby Fischer) (Mall Inside)
Enemy Ot The State (R) Director
Tony Scott's last-paced thriller pits a
happy upper-class D C couple (Will
Smith and Regina King) against a pow
ertul and corrupt gang ol government
surveillance thugs and grizzled opera
tives With Jon Voight. Gene Hackman,
Gabriel Byrne and Jason Lee Scary
stuff Recommended (Mall Outside)
The Faculty (R) Eliiah Wood. Jon
Stewart, Clea DuVall. Josh Hartnett.
Famke Jannsen and Salma Hayek slar in
this laughable Invasion Ot The Body
Snatchers np-oft set in a shabby high
school lull ot maddening '90s stereo
types (Beechwood. Mall Inside.
Commerce Drive-In)
Happiness (NR) 1998 This brilliantly
bleak and exiremely lunny comedy from
director Todd Solondz (Welcome To The
Dollhouse) shows how disconnected,
desperately lonely and lost modern
Americans can be — even New
Jersians who ’think they have it alt ’
The pedophilia, dismemberment, mas
libation and suicide make lor a qrea!
date movie Starring Philip Seymour
Hodman. Dylan Bakei. Lar? Flvnn ftovi<
Jam: Adams and others Do not m ss
this (late)
In Dreams P > Mamd mthis
bfuta* psycho thriller 4 clairvoyant
iAnnette Beniiigi is psychically ton
nene-:! to a killer through het dreams
She tan predict h s future murders tty
her nightmares — they rc fits memo
ries De>pile Hit rather pal plot, this turn
works Look tor Stephen Rea's standout
turn as Claires psychologist, and stick it
out through the sometimes uneven and
silly beginning, it gets really good when
Claire starts going wacko herself.
Directed by Neil Jordan (Mary Jessica
Hammes) (Mall Inside)
The French Connection (R) 1971
Critically-acclaimed crime-thriller from
director William Friedkm about two New
York narcotics detectives and the giant
case they uncover. Starring Gene
Hackman and Roy Scheuier (Tate)
Gloria (PG-13) Sharon Stone stars in
this urban crime drama Irom director
Sidney Lumet She plays a troubled
woman who. alter serving (ail lime tor
her mobsler boyfriend, repeatedly vio
lates parole and slips deeper into even
more trouble... until she meets a 6-
year-kid named Nicky (Jean-Luke
Figueroa) Opens Friday (Due to MIK
Holiday, please call tor theater mfo and
times)
Meet Joe Black (R) Brad Pitt, Sir
Anihony Hopkins and Claire Forlam star
in this lengthy remake ol the classic him
Death Takes A Holiday Great cast, hot
love scenes, long movie (Alps)
Mighty Joe Young (PG) Charlize
Theron and Bill Paxton star in this light
remake ot the 1949 classic about a giant
gorilla who goes wild in the big city,
smashing expensive cars and amuse
ment park equipment Silly, but exciting
enough tor most youngsters With Rade
Sherbedgia. David Paymer and Regina
King (Beechwood)
The Milagro Beanfield War (R)
Director Robert Rertford's enjoyable
adaptation ol the John Nichols novel
about individuals who stand up against
greedy developers in a small New
Mexico town Starmg Chick Vennera
Ruben Blades John Heard and others
(Athens Regional Library)
Monty Python's The Meaning Of
Life R * The British-.oniedy lt*;r
comprised ot John Cleese. Graham
Chapmar Eric Idle. Michael Palm Terry
Jones and Terry Gilliam attempt lo
answer tiles most profound questions
with hilariously tasteless physical qaqs
and comedy sketcfies (Tale)
The Opposite Of Sex (R) Christina
Ricci and Lisa Kudrow siai »n this
extremely well-received independent
comedy about the blurring of 20th
century sexual boundaries. Grab a
draught and ponder it all. (Georgia
Theatre)
Patch Adams (PG-13) Robin Williams
plays medical student Hunter “Patch’
Adams, a sentimental guy who tries his
best to put a little laughter and human
contact m the art ot medicine I found it
amusing Critic Gene Siskel ranked it
his worst film ot *98. Co-starring
Monica Potter. Daniel London and
Philip Seymour Hotlman (Beechwood.
Mall Inside. Commerce Drive-In)
Prince 01 Egypt (PG) Moses (Val
Kilmer!) leads his people Irom slavery
in Egypt to the Promised Land in this
elaborate animated DreamWorks feature
The parting ot the Red Sea and the
Exodus across the desert looks impres
sive on the big screen, but the lone and
leel ot the film is so churchy it’s dis
tracting Featuring the voices ot Kilmer.
Ralph Fiennes, and Michelle Pledler
(Beechwood)
Rush Hour (PG-13) Jackie Chan and
Chris Tucker star as a cop buddy duo in
this conventional action-comedy Funny
enough lor $2 00 (Alps)
A Simple Plan (R) Three hicks
(played by Bill Paxlon. Billy Bob
Thornton and Brent Briscoe) find $4 4
million m a crashed plane on a snowy
mountainside The money and the greed
inspired by it lead to a general moral
decline and a senes ol tragic and horn-
fymg events Sam Raimi's direction is
superb and surprisingly subtle (though
there's an overdose ol symbolism
worthy ol a Herzog him). Thornton's
pertormance is Oscar-worthy Highly
recommended Opens Friday (Due to
MLK holiday, please call theaters tor
information) (James Blount)
Star Trek: Insurrection (PG) this
ninth installment finds the crew (Patrick
Stewart Jonathan Frakes. LaVar Burton.
Brent Spmer. et at.) on a weird planet
occupied by 600 hippies They defy
orders from The Federation, detend the
planet from monsters (led by F Murray
Abraham) and experience adolescent
tendencies One ot the tunnies! ol th*-
vines (Mall Inside'
Stepmom PG-1
and Julia Roberts play rival mom fyi» s
dealing v.-ilii divorce and ttn- kids in the
middle. Both actresses are quite good,
is are the two kids 'Liam Aiken and
Jena Malone) and ihe gentlemanly Dad
(Ed Harris), but the film spends too litile
time with the kids (Beechwood. Mall
Outsirfci
A Taxing Woman (NRi 1987 A
Japanese comedy tmm director Juzo
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