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THE APARTMENT (NR) 1960. Jack
Lemmon stars as C.C. Baxter, a hard
working accountant who distinguishes
himsell trom his thousands ol co
workers by allowing some ol the brass
to borrow his apartment tor their adul
terous affairs Things get complicated
after the head boss. J D Sheldrake
(Fred MacMurray). starts frequenting
Baxter's apartment with one ot ttie cor
poration's cute elevator operators. Fran
Kubelik (Shirley Maclaine) Only
director Billy Wilder could take material
this dark and play it as comedy A great
film and a must-see on the big screen
(MZ| Shows Monday. 2/18. (Tate)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (PG-13) Ron
Howard directs this story based on the
life ot Nobel Prize-winning mathemati
cian john Nash (Russell Crowe) The
lilm spans 30 years in Nash's life, trom
his arrival at Princeton to his marriage
to Alicia (Jennifer Connelly), to his
diagnosis with acute schizophrenia and
his subsequent struggle to live a
normal life The film won tour Golden
Globes including Best Motion Picture
Drama. Best Actor for Crowe and Best
Supporting Actress for Connelly. [MM|
(Beechwood)
BIG FAT LIAR (PG) To avoid summer
school. Jason Shepherd (Frankie
Muniz of "Malcolm in the Middle”)
must write a short story lor his English
class. In a rush to turn his paper in.
Jason ends up catching a ride in the
limo of a loathsome Hollywood pro
ducer. Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) who
turns Jason's story into his next block
buster. Jason travels to Hollywood with
his friend. Kaylee (Amanda Bynes). to
convince Wolf to call his parents and
confirm the story was his Better than
the usual children's fare |MZ)
(Beechwood. Carmike)
BIRTHDAY GIRL (R) What a pleasant
surprise 1 Nicole Kidman plays Nadia, a
Russian mail-order bride with a
dubious past who travels to England to
be with her new husband. John (Ben
Chaplin) Besides the solid work done
by Kidman and Chaplin, veteran
French directing/acling duo Mathieu
Kassovitz and Vincent Cassell give
performances that are equally fright
ening and tunny (MZ| Ends Thursday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
BLACK HAWK DOWN (R) This ultra-
realislic war drama is based on the
book by Mark Bowden that detailed the
Battle ol Mogadishu - ttie bloodiest
firelight involving the American military
since Vietnam that look place in the
capital ot Somalia in October 1993 An
elite group ol Army Rangers and Delta
Force soldiers are sent into town;
things quickly go awry as two of four
Black Hawk helicopters used in the raid
crash and enemy militia swarm all over
the area The audience is then visually
and aurally assaulted with a nearly two-
hour-long lirefight, complete with con
stant gunfire, screaming and gory
death, all played out on the dusty
streets ol Mogadishu. (MM]
(Beechwood, Carmike)
COLLATERAL DAMAGE (R) See
Movie Pick. (Beechwood. Carmike)
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
(PG-13) Completely void ol any pre
tense. the latest screen adaptation ol
Alexandre Dumas' tale ol revenge feels
like a throwback to the adventure
movies ot Hollywood's golden age The
movie's greatest strength lies in its
sense of fun. Edmund Dantes (Jim
Caviezel) is framed by his ieatous
triend. the aristocratic Fernand
Mondego (Guy Pearce) Dantes is thus
lailed at a remote island prison After
his escape, he transforms himsell into
the Count ot Monte Cristo and seeks
revenge Directed by Kevin Reynolds
IMZ] (Beechwood. Carmike)
CROSSROADS (PG-13) ‘Now class,
as we have studied, the regression ol
film substance and innovation began to
dwindle after the 1970s This deteriora
tion peaked at the release of
Crossroads, a deceivingly innocent lilm
starring midrifl pop icon Britney Spears
(ShiHy Pepsi Commercials) on a road
trip with some tnends Unbeknownst to
man. such a release prompted imme
diate investigation mtQ,the Edible
Species Statutes ot Bostakian Five,'
which etlectively concluded human
intelligence had recessed enough to
qualify as consumable feedstock Thus
ends the lesson ” IGC] Opens Friday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
FAAT-KINE (NR) 2000. The fourth
selection in the Tate Center's ongoing
French lilm senes, director Ousmane
Sembene's most recent movie tells the
story ot Faat-Kme (Venus Seye—in a
critically acclaimed debut performance),
a Senegalese woman who bears two
children out ol wedlock, each with a dif
ferent lather Alter finding Imancial sta
bility and eventually guiding both her
kids through their college entrance
exams, each ot the fathers returns to
Faat-Kine demanding more than |ust
respect. Discussion follows screening
IMZ] Shows Tuesday. 2/19 (Tate)
FAUST (NR) 1926. F.W Mum3u's
(Nosteratu) silent retelling ol Goethe's
play dealing with a wager between good
and evil on a man’s soul If you haven't
caught the Flicker Orchestra (who pro
vide the film's score), shed discretion
and proceed with full confidence to this
cinematic treat IGC] Shows Friday.
2/15. (Flicker)
“FLICKER LOCAL SHOWCASE"
(NR) Yippy-skippy. a special screening
ot Panorama by Jorge Torres, described
as ”a series of individual narratives
that, together, culminate in a contin
uous unbroken view of vast expanse
tound in a moment's worth ol life."
Preceded by the short Johnny the Dike.
Who needs Hollywood? [GC] Shows
Wednesday. 2/13. (Flicker)
GOSFORD PARK (R) Director Robert
Altman's new lilm follows a loose asso
ciation of lamily and friends and their
servants gathering lor a weekend ol
hunting and amusement Altman is
captures the details ol the film’s often
frenzied atmosphere (his famously
overlapping dialogue plays prominently
throughout) beaulilully The cast
includes Maggie Smith. Helen Mirren
and Emily Watson [MZ] Ends
Thursday (Carmike)
HART'S WAR (R) Gel this, it's
Germany. Dubya Dubya Two, and there
are these prisoners ol war. One ol these
fellers. Col William McNamara (Bruce
Willis), is a drafted lawman asked to
defend the film's token black man
accused ot murder. Pretty darned clever,
but wtiat the Germans don't know, is
that they're trying to escape their con
finement. Go glontied war pictures in
limes of indifferent war' Directed by
Gregory Hoblit (Frequency) IGC]
Opens Friday (Beechwood)
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
(R) 2000 Adapted trom his Broadway
show. John Cameron Mitchell's
punk/glam/drag/rock musical about
broken hearts and seafood restaurants
won both the Audience and Director's
Awards at Sundance last year. This
screening features a Q&A and auto
graph session with creator Mitchell
himsell! See p. 11. Shows Thursday,
2/14. (Georgia Theatre)
I AM SAM (PG-13) Director Jessie
Nelson's (Corona. Corona)latest is a
sappy melodrama about Sam Dawson,
a mentally challenged man struggling
to retain custody of his daughter Sean
Penn as Sam does a dead-on imitation
of Dustin Hotfman (as seen in Ram
Man), but it's the women (Dakota
Fanning. Michelle Pfeilfer. Diane Wiest)
who carry the movie Skip the movie
and go buy the soundtrack instead.
(MM] (Carmike)
JOHN Q (PG-13) Denzel Washington
plays a passionate father who initiates a
hostage situation at a hospital in order
to get a heart transplant for his son
Bad Mr. Policeman tries to end the day
in a blaze of glory. Will the underdog
Everyman buck the system 9 Directed by
Nick Cassavetes (writer Blow), witti
Robert Duvall. Ray Liotta,‘James
Woods and Kimberly Elise (Bail). IGC]
Opens Friday (Beechwood, Carmike)
KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST(PG-
13) Words cannot express how utterly
wretched this movie is. After buying
the rights to the 1977 Hong Kong film
Savage Killers. Steve Oedekerk
inserted himsell into many ol the
scenes, "humorously” redubbed ttie
dialogue and ttirew in some ghetto
computer animation (MZ| Ends
Thursday (Carmike)
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (NR)
1962. Kirk Douglas stars as Jack
Burns, a cowboy fugitive eluding a
relentless sheriff's department. IGC]
Shows Wednesday. 2/20. (Flicker)
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FEL
LOWSHIP OF THE RING (PG-13)
Okay, if you have no idea what this is
about, you are dead. Really The big
screen adaptation ot Part One ol J.R.R.
Tolkien's heroic odyssey about
Hobbits. Wizards. Elves and Rings ol
Power has earned more than $659 mil
lion world-wide (making it the no. 11
movie ot all time!), which means the
next two installments, already in the
can (all three were made for $300 mil
lion total), are just gravy! Director Peter
Jackson and New Line Cinema must be
m Hog Heaven ]MM] Ends Thursday
(Carmike)
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
(R) The Coen Brothers otter their third
contribution to the genre. In pursuit ol a
gel-rich-quick dry-cleaning scheme,
small-town barber Ed Crane (Billy Bob
Thornton) begins a perverse game ol
blackmail, in which his adulterous wife
(Frances McDormand) and her boss
("The Sopranos” James Gandolfmi)
become unsuspecting players The
wonderfully twisted turns in the plot
eventually lead to murder, whence
comes the introduction ol Tony
Shalhoub (Big Night) in a scene
stealing performance as a hotshot
lawyer |MZ] Shows Monday. 2/18.
(Georgia Theatre)
THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (PG-
13) Director Mark Pellington has suc
ceeded. at least in part, in making what
could have been a hokey |Oke (Richard
Gere? A giant moth 9 ) into a genuinely
engaging, thought-provoking, and at
times, downright scary film. Based on
the novel of the same name by John
Keen. The Mothman Prophecies is an
updated. Iiclionatized account of actual
events that look place in Point Pleasant.
West Virginia in 1967. You will be left
with unanswered questions, but that's
part of the fun. isn't it? (MM]
(Beechwood. Carmike)
THE NEVERENDING STORY (PG)
1984. This children's story trom
director Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot.
The Perfect Storm) charmed young
audiences when it was first released,
and has become a midnight movie
favorite here After being bullied, young
Bastian (Barret Oliver) finds solace in
an old bookshop. The owner warns him
ol a particularly dangerous book, which
he subsequently steals. Before long.
Bastian linds himself sucked into the
story as he follows Atreyu (Noah
Hathaway), a young warrior who must
save the world ol Fantasia from a great
Nothing that threatens to destroy it
IMZ] Midnight showings Friday &
Saturday. 2/15 & 2/16. (Tale)
RETURN TO NEVER LAND (G) It's
got the look ol the beloved animation
classic, but will it have the mesmerizing
story? Never Land has been quite pop
ular at Disney as ot late (the live action
Hook among other things), considering
the grammatical implications ot its
name Wendy's daughter Jane is kid
napped by Captain Hook Who will
come to her rescue 9 Disney is banking
on your children, and who can really
blame them |GC] Opens Friday
(Beechwood, Carmike)
ROLLERBALL (PG-13) Whose dumb
idea was it to remake a boring parable
about the triumph ot the individual
(1975's Rollerball) into this hyperki
netic. fetishistic mess? A hot young
athlete lakes the money-paved road to
stardom by |Oimng a "sport" based in
East Asia that combines basketball,
hockey and roller derby. Things get
ugly fast though when his team's owner
figures out that blood = high TV rat
ings. At least the original has James
Caan. Chris Klein is awful as the
"hero;” LL Cool J is wasted (literally)
and Rebecca Romin-Slamos makes the
smart career move from wearing blue
latex (in X-Men) to being topless! See
Flick Skinny. [MM] (Beechwood,
Carmike)
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (R)
Director Wes Anderson's dry. dark and
delightful comedy about the quirkiest ol
dysfunctional families is an acquired
taste, but well worth the effort. Starring
Angelica Huston. Gene Hackman (who
won a Golden Globe for his perfor
mance). Gwyneth Paltrow. Luke Wilson.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. [MM]
Ends Thursday. (Beechwood)
SLACKERS (R) Five years ago. the
content of Slackers would have been
considered shocking, but by today's
standards, this stuff is remarkably
tame Three college triends cheat their
way through everything, until one falls
tor the lovely Angela (Pearl Harbor's
James King), who |ust happens to be
the obsession ol the unsociable Ethan
(Jason Schwartzman. in a caricatured
and much less altable revival of his
character from Rushmote) Skip it
|MZ] Ends Thursday (Beechwood.
Carmike)
SLIDING DOORS (PG-13) 1998 This
movie's "what it” premise works much
better as a melodramatic conversation
piece than as a feature-length film
Gwyneth Paltrow stars as a London
publicity executive who is unexpectedly
tired trom her job one morning As she
goes to catch the tram home, the movie
splits into two ditlerenl scenarios, nei
ther ol which is particularly interesting
IMZ] Shows Thursday. 2/14. (Tate)
SNOW DOGS (PG) What the hell is
Cuba Gooding. Jr doing in this awful
mess? Desperate lor a paycheck 9 He
loves dogs 9 Whatever He plays a busi
nessman from Miami who inherits sled
dogs! What a tunny premise 1 Disney
could only have followed the ultra-lame
Princess Dianes with this pathetic
"family” comedy. I MM] (Beechwood.
Carmike)
SUPER TROOPERS (R) Backwoods
cops with a sense ot humor bordering
on the dark side. The first ten minutes
of the lilm feature a trio ot Stoners
being persecuted prankster style, as
their mid-transit smokelesl is routinely
interrupted by a pair 01 comically mali
cious officers. Hopefully the local boys
in blue don't take a hankering to this
one. Juvenile laughlest that might be
worth checking out. Written by Broken
Lizard IGC] Opens Friday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
WAKING LIFE (R) 2001 After
shooting and editing this lilm digitally,
director Richard Lmklater (Slacker.
Da/ed and Contused and the upcoming
Tape) handed it over to avant-garde ani
mator. Bob Sabiston, who had |ust
developed technique that allows tor
artists to "paint" over the lilmed
images While it would have simultane
ously been one of the most boring and
pretentious films ever made had it been
a live action release, the animated ver
sion is simply gorgeous—-a great film
predicated on the originality of its
visuals alone The loose plot follows a
mam character through his dreams, in
which he carries on various philosoph
ical conversations with random cliarac
ters Considering the movies obses
sion with human potential, if only
seems lifting that Linklaler's film is a
lust as he finally discovers a method
that successfully unites philosophy and
him. The Athens premiere! [MZ] Shows
Fnday-Sunday. 2/15-2/17 iTate)
A WALK TO REMEMBER (PG) For
those of you who like your religion
spoon-fed. yci will most certainty love
this movie, wiiich lealures the breakout
performance ol teen pop star Mandy
Moore. Based on the best-selling novel
by Nicholas Sparks, this small-town
story centers on a misguided youth's
unlikely romance with an unpopular
Holy Roller. IMZ] (Beechwood.
Carmike)
Michael Ziegler, Margaret Moore
& Geoff Carr
MOVIE LISTINGS
Theater schedules often change after our deadline. Please call ahead.
BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
A Beautiful Mind (PG 13) 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 (addl tir •>
F. 2/15-Su. 2/17: 1:30)
Big Fat Liar (PG) 3:35. 5:30. 7:35. 9:35 (add'l time F.
2/15 Su. 2/17: 1:40)
Birthday Girl (R) 4:35. 9:25 (ends Th. 2/14)
Black Hawk Down (R) 4:05. 7:00, 9:55 (add’l time F.
2/15-Su. 2/17: 1:10)
Collateral Damage (R) 2:10. 4:30. 7:10, 9:30 (new
times F. 2/15: 4:30. 9:30)
The Count Of Monte Cristo (PG-13) 4:20, 7:05. 9:45
(add'l time F. 2/15-Su. 2/17: 1:35)
Crossroads (PG-13) 3:10. 5:15. 7:20. 9:25 (add’l time F.
2/15-Su. 2/17: 1:05) (opens f. 2/15)
John Q (PG-13) 2:20. 4:50, 7:25. 9:55 (opens F 2/15)
Hart's War (R) 2:00. 4:35. 7:10. 9:45 (opens F. 2/15)
The Mothman Prophecies (PG 13) 2:20, 4:50. 7:20,
9:55 (ends Ih. 2/14)
Return to Never Land (G) 3:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:15 (add'l
time F. 2/15-Su. 2/17: 1:00) (opens F 2/15)
Rollerball (PG-13) 2:30. 4:40. 7:15. 9.25 (new time F.
2/15: 9:35)
The Royal Tenenbaums (R) 2:25. 4:45, 7:30, 9:50 (ends
Th. 2/14)
Slackers (R) 2:35, 7:25 (ends Th. 2/14)
Snow Dogs (PG) 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 (new times F.
2/15: No 9:35 showing) (add’l time F. 2/15-Su. 2/17:
12:55)
Super Troopers (R) 2:30, 4:40, 7:30. 9:50 (opens F.
2/\b)
A Walk To Remember (PG) 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 (new
times F. 2/15: 2:10, 7:10)
CARMIKE 1 2 (354-0016)
Big Fat Liar (PG) 1:40. 4:00, 7:30, 9:35
Birthday Girl (R) 1:30. 4:25, 7:15, 9:40 (ends Th. 2/14)
Black Hawk Down (R) 1:00. 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
Collateral Damage (R) 1:35. 4:20, 7:20, 9:50
The Count Of Monte Cristo (PG-13) 1:20, 4:15, 7:15.
10:00
Crossroads (PG 13) 1:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 (opens F.
2/15)
Gosford Park (R) 1:10, 7:00 (ends Th. 2/14)
I Am Sam (PG-13) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:55
John Q (PG 13) 1:10, 4:10. 7:00, 9:40 (opens F. 2/15)
Kung Pow: Enter The Fist (PG-13) 7:10 (ends Th. 2/14)
The Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring (PG-
13) 1:30. 9:15 (ends Th. 2/14)
The Mothman Prophecies (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10.
9:45 (new time F. 2/15: 9:45)
Return to Never Land (G) 1:25, 4:40. 7:30, 9:25 (opens
F. 2/15)
Rollerball (PG-13) 1:40. 4:15. 7:25. 9 40
Slackers (R) 4:35. 9:55 (ends Th. 2/14)
Snow Dogs (PG) 1:15, 4:30, 7:20, 9:35 (new times F.
2/15: No 9:35 showing)
Super Troopers (R) 1:30. 4:25. 7:10. 9:30 (opens F.
2/15)
A Walk To Remember (PG) 1:25, 4:35. 7:05, 9:20
FUCKER THEATRE (546-0039)
"Flicker Local Showcase" (NR) 8:30 (W. 2/13)
Faust (NR) 8:30 (F. 2/15)
Lonely Are The Brave (NR) 8:30 (W. 2/20)
GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (R) 9:00 (Th. 2/14)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (R) 7:00, 10:00 (M. 2/18)
TATE STUDENT CENTER (542-6396)
Sliding Doors (PG-13) 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (Th. 2/14)
Waking Life (R) 3:00, 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 (F. 2/15-Su.
2/17)
The NeverEnding Story (PG) Midnight (F. 2/15, Sa. 2/16)
The Apartment (NR) 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 (M. 2/18)
Faat-Kine (NR) 7:30 (Tu. 2/19)
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