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MOVIE LISTINGS
Theater schedule*, often change after our deadline. Please call ahead.
ALPS (548-5256) Look Alps up ot showtimes.hollywood.com
Babe: Pig In The City (PC) 3:20 (Sa. & Su. only)
Enemy Of The State (R) 9:30 (ends Th. 2/25)
Pteasantville (PG-13) 7:20 (starts F. 2/26)
Rugrats: The Movie (G) 1:20. 5:20 (Sa & Su. only)
Star Trek: Insurrection (PG) 9:50 (starts F. 2/26)
The Waterboy (PG 13) 7:20 (ends Th. 2/25)
ATHENS-CLARKE CO. LIBRARY (613 3650)
A Streetcar Namd Desire (PG) 7:00 (Th. 2/25)
BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
Analyze This (R) Sneak Preview (Sa 2/27: 7:10)
Blast From The Past (PG-13) 2:15, 4:50, 7:05. 9:20
8 mm (R) 1:55. 4:35. 7:20, 9:55 (starts F. 2/26)
Jawbre-ker (R) 2:25. 4:40. 7:20. 9:25
Message In A Bottle (PG-13) 2:00. 2:30, 4:45. 5:05, 7:10, 7:45. 9:45 (new
times F. 2/26: 2:00. 4:45. 7:10. 9:45)
October Sky (PG) 2:05. 4:30. 7:05, 9:40
Office Space (R) 2:15. 4:15, 7:30. 9:30
The Other Sister (PG-13) 1:40. 4:20. 7:00. 9:40 (starts F. 2/26)
Patch Adams (PG-13) 4:50. 9:15 (ends Th. 2/25)
Payback (R) 2:10. 4:40. 7:25, 9:50
The Prince Of Egypt (PG) 2:35. 7:05 (ends Th 2/25)
Rushmore (R) 2:20, 4:20. 7:15. 9:15
Shakespeare In Love (R) 1:50. 4:25, 7:00, 9:35
COMMERCE DRIVE-IN (335-2486) All shows 8:00 p.m.
Blast From The Past (PG-13) Screen 1 (starts F. 2/26)
Varsity Blues (R) Screen 1 (starts on Screen 3 F. 2/26)
She's All That (PG-13) Screen 2
GEORGIA MUSEUM OP ART (542 466?)
Faust (NR) 7:30 (W. 2/24)
“1998 Short Attention Span Film & Video Festival" (NR) 7:30 (F. 2/26)
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL — Inside (543-1632)
Blast from The Past (PG 13) 2:10. 4:10. 7 00. 9 10 (new times f 2/26: 2 10. 4 40. 7 05. 9 15)
8 mm (R) 2:05. 4:35, 7:10. 9:40 (.tarts F. 2/76)
Message In A Bottle (PG-13) 2:00, 4:30. 7 00. 9:30
My favorite Martian (PG) 2:15. 4:25, 7:15. 9 25
Patch Adams (PG-13) 2:05. 4:30. 7:00. 9:25 (ends Th. 2/75)
Saving Private Ryan (R) 2:00. 5:15. 8:35 (ends Th. 7/25)
GEORGIA SQUARE MALL - Outside (548-9460)
A Civil Action (PG 13) 4 15. 9 00 (ends 7/25)
Elizabeth (R) 2:00 4:30 7 00. 9:30
Payback (R) 7:00. 4:20. 7:10. 9:70
She's All That (PG 13) 2:15. 4:10. 7 05. 9:05
Simply Irresistible (PG 13) 2:10. 7:00 (ends Th. 2/25)
200 Cigarettes (R) 7:10. 4:20. 7:00. 9:10 (starts F 2/26)
Varsity Blues (R) 2:20. 4:25. 7:15. 9:30
GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)
Happiness (NR) 7:00. 10:00 (M 3/1)
A Simple Plan (R) 7:00. 10.00 (Tu. 3/2)
TATE CENTER 54-UNION)
The Innocents (NR) 3 00. 5:15. 7:10. 9:45 (W. 2/24)
Bridge On The River Kwai (NR) 3:00, 6 00. 9:00 (Th. 2/25)
“The 1998 Short Attention Span
Film & Video Festival” (NR) See
Movie Pick (Georgia Museum ol Ad)
Analyze This (R) Billy Crystal and
Robert DeNiro together on screen? In a
comedy about a Malta hitman and a
therapist? Forget about it Sneak
Preview Saturday (Beechwood)
Babe: Pig In The City (PG) The little
pig gets a dose ol rough city life in this
almost surreal sequel Very weircj and
highly entertaining (Alps)
Blast From The Past (PG-13) Adam
(Brendan Fraser) leaves his LA bomb
shelter after 35 years ol isolation and
enters the modern world to Imd sup
plies lor his weird parents (Sissy
Spacek and Christopher Walken) He
promptly tails in love with a chick
(Alicia Silverstone). who won't even
give the gool the time of day Mild
comedy lor the younguns (Beechwood.
Mall Inside. Commerce Drive-In)
Bridge On The River Kwal (NR)
1957 An award-winning screen adapta
tion ol the Pierre Boulle novel about
British prisoners in a Japanese POW
camp during WWII Starring William
Holden and Alec Guinness (Tale)
A Civil Action (PG-13) John Travolta
plays a hot-shot civil action lawyer Irom
Boston in this solid but slow drama
With Robert Duvall and William H
Macy (Mall Outside)
8 mm (R) A psychological thriller Irom
Joel Schumacher Nicholas Cage plays
a surveillance specialist investigating a
disturbing criminal case in which he
meets a frightened widow, discovers a
mysterious 8 mm film reel and slowly
loses his mind With Joaquin Phoenix
and Peter Slormare Opens Friday
(Beechwood Mall Inside)
Elizabeth R) An impressive beauti
fully photographed, complex period
drama tracing the Protestant Queen
Elizabeth's rise to power during one ol
England's more unstable political eras
Cate Bianchett stars as the virgin
Queen Josepti Fiennes and Geoffrey
Rush (both ot Shakespeare In Love)
play her right hand men Stunning pho
tography Complex plot (Mall Outside)
Enemy Of The State <R) Wilt Smith,
Jon Voight and Gene Hackman star in
this last-paced, high-tension political
thriller about government surveillance
and corruption. Directed by Tony Scott
(TrueRomance) Recommended (Alps)
Faust (NR) See review on p 13
(Georgia Museum of Art)
Happiness (NR) 1998 This brilliantly
bleak and extremely funny comedy from
director Todd Solondz (Welcome To The
Dollhouse) shows how disconnected,
desperately lonely and lost modern
Americans can be Pedophilia, dismem
berment. masturbation and suicide all
make lor the perlecl date movie
(Georgia Theatre)
The innocents (NR) 1961 A sinister
and frightening screen version of Henry
James’ “The Turn 01 The Screw.’ a
creepy tale about a governess and the
evil gomgs-on she attempts to thwart at
a country estate Starring Michael
Redgrave and Deborah Kerr Directed by
Jack Clayton (Tate)
Jawbreaker (R) Rose McGowan stars
as an evil high school co-ed who acci
dentally kills a clique-mate during a
prank This movie is a real mess The
Hat dialogue, amateurish acting and gra
tuitous *hip“ rock soundtrack can’t
eclipse the film’s insensitive and
unfunny take on murder and high
school peer pressure Director Darren
Stem (Sparklei) yanks every lame cliche
from every mediocre teen horror flick
and teen comedy over the past decade
or so It's disappointing to see a talented
young director stumble (Beechwood)
Message In A Bottle (PG-13) A
lengthy, un-romantic drama Irom
director Luis Mandoki starring Robin
Wright Penn and Kevin Costner He’s
grieving over the death ol his wite and
dumping messages in wine bottles into
the Atlantic from his home in the Outer
Banks ot North Carolina She finds one
washed ashore while togging on the
beach m Caoe Cod. and vows to find
him This plays like a long Campbell's
Soup commercial cast by L L Bean
With the great Paul Newman (the only
interesting character in the whole film)
(Beechwood. Mall Inside)
My Favorite Martian (PG)
Christopher Lloyd. Jeff Daniels and
Elizabeth Hurley star in yet another
Disney failure This silly comedy (based
on a long-forgotten TV series) is about a
Martian trying to get back home Not
recommended. (Mail Inside)
October Sky (PG) Based on Homer
Hickman. Jr.’s autobiography Rocket
Boys, this drama tugs at the right heart
strings Set in a West Virginia coal
mining town in 1957. the story follows
the young Homer (Jake Gyltenhaal). a
smart high school kid fascinated with
rockets and space technology, as he
delies his stern lather (Lone Stars Chris
Cooper) and follows his dream He's
encouraged by his teacher (Laura Dem)
to enier a science fair (it plays as a sort
ol ‘ticket out ot town") Catch a matinee
(Beechwood)
Office Space (R) Animator-director
Mike Judge (TVs ‘Beavis and Bullhead"
and ‘King 01 The Hill’) jabs at the mun
dane atmosphere ol the American work
place — both white and blue collar—
in this hilarious live-action comedy
Peter (Ron Livingston) can's stand his
corporate |0b at Intech It's mindless,
degrading, boring and stagnant After a
botched hypnosis session, he makes a
decision to simply quit caring and
sleeps in for a tew days His shithead
boss (played to the hilt by Gary Cole)
wants to fire him. but ’consultants*
admire his bravado and frankness.
Jennifer Amston finally sheds some of
her "Friends" cuteness and settles into a
great bit-role as Peters new girlfriend
Judge's dry dialogue and humor may be
lost on some viewers, but I laughed all
the way through this Watch for an
excellent scene filmed in slow motion
involving Peter's scheme to download a
computer virus at work — played out
with vulgar gangsta rap over the top
(Beechwood)
The Other Sister (PG-13) Juliette
Lewis plays a mentally challenged
young woman whose return home dis
rupts her parents' life With Diane
Keaton Opens Friday (Beechwood)
Patch Adams (PG-13) Robin Williams
plays a medical student who tries his
best to put a little laughter into the art ol
medicine. Preachy and fluffy, but harm
less (Beechwood, Mall Inside)
Payback (R) Mel Gibson stars as a
tough guy out lor revenge in this enter
taining crime flick based on the novel
The Hunter by Richard Stark Expect
extreme violence. S&M. goofy dialogue
and comic-book type urban characters
(Beechwood. Mall Outside)
Pleasantville (PG-13) Two Techni
color *905 kids get stuck in a black and
white '50s sitcom. Opens Friday (Alps)
Prince Of Egypt (PG) The Exodus
story in cartoons. (Beechwood)
Rugrats: The Movie (G) A shaky big-
screen feature based on the moderately
funny TV show (Alps)
Rushmore (R) This highly original
comedy from young director Wes
Anderson (Bottle Rocket) chronicles a
year in the life of M t 'x Fischer (Jason
Schwartzman). a 15-year-old student
who loves his colorful life at a presti
gious prep school He makes terrible
grades and is involved in practically
every extra-curricular activity outside
the classroom, but he slowly loses it
while battling for the altections ot a
Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), a first-
grade teacher twice his age When an
adult mentor (Bill Murray) starts his
own eJiair with the teacher, sparks (and
bees) tty. The rebellious ’60s British
Invasion soundtrack was a crafty move
on Anderson's pari Additional music by
Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. With
Seymour Cassel. Brian Cox and a cast
cf weird adult-like elementary students
(Beechwood)
Saving Private Ryan (R) Tom Hanks
stars as an Army captain in director
Steven Spielberg's stirring and graphic
WWII drama set on the beaches ol
Normandy and the woods of Nazi-occu
pied France (Mall Inside)
She’s All That (PG-13) Freddie Prinze
Jr (I Still Know What You Did Last
Summer, House 01 Yes) and Rachael
Liegh Cook (TV's "Dawsons Creek")
star as an odd couple m this wobbly
romantic comedy based loosely on the
classic (and tired) "Pygmalion" story
Amusing in its pure silliness (Mall
Outside. Commerce Drive-In).
Shakespeare In Love (R) It's 1593 A
young Will Shakespeare (Joseph
Fiennes) is in a writer's slump and his
theater boss (Geoffrey Rush) needs a
new play The bard meets Viola
(Gwyneth Paltrow), a giggly lady-m-
waitmg with an undergraduate's appreci-
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