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...AND THE EARTH DID NOT
SWALLOW HIM (NR) 1995
Harrowing award-winning him about an
adolescent Mexican-American migrant
worker It your breadth ol knowledge on
Mexico is limited to 'Doritos.' make
your mother proud and learn how hope
survives in such dismal working condi
tions |GC| Shows Thursday. 2/21
(ACC Library)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (PG-13) Ron
Howard directs this story based on the
tile ol Nobel Prize-winning mathemati
cian John Nash (Russell Crowe) The
him spans 30 years m Nash's hie. from
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 Multiple Academy Award
nominations and 3 Golden Globes
|MM] (Beechwood)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES (PG-13)
Owen Wilson is a disaffected naval avi
ator in the waning days of a NATO-led
peacekeeping mission in Bosnia On a
routine llyover. his plane is shot down
in enemy territory, and he must light lor
survival in the wilds ol the Carpathian
Mountains With Gene Hackman (MM|
(Georgia Square Five)
BIG FAT LIAR (PG) To avoid summer
school, habitual liar Jason Shepherd
(Frankie Muniz ol "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 ol 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 Woll to call his parents and
confirm the story for the lilrn was really
his Better than the usual children's tare.
|M2] (Beechwood. Carmike)
BLACK HAWK DOWN (R) This ultra-
realistic war drama is based on the book
by Mark Bowden that detailed the Battle
ot Mogadishu—the bloodiest liretight
involving the American military since
Vietnam—that took place in the capital
ol Somalia in October 1993 An elite
group of Army Rangers and Delta Force
soldiers are sent into town; things
quickly go awry as two ol four Black
Hawk helicopters used in the raid crash
and enemy militia swarm the area. The
audience is then visually and aurally
assaulted with a nearly two-hour-long
firelight, complete with constant gunfire,
screaming and gory death |MM|
(Beechwood. Carmike)
COLLATERAL DAMAGE (R) Arnold
Schwarzenegger stars as L A fireman
Gordon Brewer, who sees his wife and
child die horn a bomb explosion trig
gered by a Colombian terrorist known
as “The Wolf" After the U S govern
ment decides to let Colombia handle its
revolutionary terrorists on its own.
Brewer must avenge his larmly by him-
sell His plan: mlillrate guerrilla training
camps, find The Woll. and kill turn
Besides a typically stolid Arnold.
Collateral Damagti features Three
Kings' amazing Cliff Curtis, who gives a
solid performance as The Wolf Also.
John Leguizaino and John Turturro pro
vide nice comic relief |MZI
(Beechwood. Carmike)
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
(PG-13) Completely void ot any pre
tense. the latest screen adaptation ol
Alexandre Dumas' tale ot revenge leels
like a throwback to the adventure
movies of Hollywood's golden age The
movie's greatest strength lies in its
sense of lun Edmund Dantes (Jim
Caviezel) is framed by his lealous
friend, the aristocratic Fernand
Mondego (Guy Pearce). Dantes is thus
jailed at a remote island prison. After his
escape, fie translorms himself into the
Count of Monte Cristo and seeks
revenge. Directed by Kevin Reynolds
|MZ| (Beechwood. Carmike)
CROSSROADS (PG-13) See Movie
Pick. (Beechwood. Carmike)
DEAD POETS SOCIETY (PG) 1989
For as much as director Peter Weir's
(The Mosquito Coast md The Truman
Showi film proselytizes the importance
ot tree thought, its story follows a rather
predictable arc. Robin Williams stars as
John Keating, a professor ol an all-male
prep school who inspires his impres
sionable students to approach poetry
Irom a fresh and original perspective
their own Among his admirers are Todd
Anderson (Ethan Hawke) and roommate
Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard—the
two recently reunited in Richard
Linklater's Tape), who must escape the
shadow of a valedictorian brother and
an overbearing father, respectively [MZ]
Shows Monday. 2/25. (Tate)
THE DEEP END (R) 2001 Co-direc
tors Scott McGehee and David Siegel
follow their 1993 debut Suture, with this
tense thriller that is also a character
study, providing what may be the
greatest role for a woman since 1996's
Fargo Alter believing her son has mur
dered his older mate lover. Margaret
(Orlando's Tilda Swinton) sets into
motion an intricate chain ot events.
When the mysterious Alek Spera (Goran
Visnjic ol “£/?’) blackmails her, ho
quickly recognizes tier extraordinary
strength and capacity for love, and the
two develop a relalior.ship of mutual
respect Taut direction, gorgeous cine
matography awash in hues of blue, and
a dominating performance by Swinton
Go see it. [MZ1 Shows Friday-Sunday.
2/22-2/24. (Tate)
DRAGONFLY (PG-13) It's hard to be
optimistic. Director Tom Shadyac (Patch
Adams. Ace Ventura) switched Irom
comedy but quick after children became
the greatest conduit for supernatural
communication known to man in The
Sixth Sense. Dr. Joe Darrow (Kevin
Costner) loses his wile, only to be
haunted by constant visions ol dragon
flies and eerie messages from beyond
delivered by sick children. (GCJ Opens
Friday. (Beechwood)
FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS
(R) Sex comedy about a young man
(Josh Hartnett), who swears off all
sexual contact for Lent after a heart-
tKeaking relationship. Directed by
Michael Lehmann (Heathers). IGCl
Sneak Preview Wednesday. 2/20 (Tale)
GATTACA (PG-13) 1997. This pleas
antly surprising debut from New Zealand
writer/director Andrew Niccol went
largely unnoticed during its initial
release, despite the presence of Ethan
Hawke and Uma Thurman in the lead
roles. Conceived naturally in the geneti
cally engineered future, Vincent Freeman
(Hawke) has a life expectancy of only 30
years, thus crushing his dreams ol space
travel However. Freeman purchases the
identity of a paralyzed, scientific wun-
derkind (Jude Law), and uses his genes
to infiltrate the Gattaca Corporation,
where he falls in love with an attractive
co-worker (Thumian) Although not a
great film by any means, it still features
gorgeous production ond is a highly
underrated entry into the more
thoughtful sci-fi genre |MZ| Shows
Thursday. 2/21. (Tate)
GOSFORD PARK (R) Director Robed
Altman's new film totlows a loose asso
ciation ot family and friends and their
servants gathering lor a weekend ol
hunting and amusement The cast
includes Maggie Smith. Helen Mirren
and Emily Watson |MZ| (Georgia
Square Five)
HART’S WAR (R) Fans of Stalag 17
will enjoy this latest installment in the
pseudo-retro v, r ar him genre Colin
Farrell fronts a pack of ruggediy hand
some faces in the story ol a lieutenant
trying to maintain order among
American soldiers in a German prison
camp. When two black ranking officers
join the barracks, racial tensions arbe
and eventually lead to murder. An intra-
prison Inal ensues with Farrell's brown
eyed Carson Daly-ish innocence lacing
oft against Bruce Willis’ William
Holden-like stoicism European charmer
Marcel lures fills the Otto Preminger
role as the beguiling SS major in a
memorable performance. Ttie Mm com
bines several sub-genres (e g, prison
escape, coudroom drama) without
indulging in the cliches of any of them.
Trust and loyalty are tested among men
who are not always on the same side, or
at least not obviously so The vidues of
a soldier are ultimately celebrated
without a single splash of tacky 'red.
white, and blue'-ism to clutter the
strangely beautiful ash-gray harshness
of a world war. This movie is well worth
seeing. (PF) (Beechwood. Carmike)
HOW HIGH (R) The ultra-charismatic
Method Man and his long-time friend
and fellow rapper. Redman, team up for
this hilarious romp that looks to launch
the duo as the 21st Century’s version of
Cheech and Chong [MZi Stads Friday
(Georgia Square Five)
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 Hoffman (as seen in Ram
Man), but it’s the women (Dakota
Fanning. Michelle Pfeiffer, Diane Wiest)
wtio carry the movie. Skip this one and
go buy the soundtrack of Beatles covers
instead |MM| (Carmike)
IN THE BEDROOM (R) This is a
drama about ordinary people who must
come to grips with a very personal
tragedy The Fowlers (Tom Wilkinson,
Sissy Spacek) tiave a son (Nick Stahl)
who is dating an older woman (Mansa
Tomei) with an abusive husband When
terrible things happen, the Fowlers'
marriage begins to come apad at the
seams [MM) (Georgia Square Five)
JOE SOMEBODY (PG) After being
punched in front of his daughter in the
office parking lot, Joe Scheffer (Tim
Allen) toses his status as a "nobody'
and gains a cedam degree of notoriety
and respect among his peers. [MZ)
(Georgia Square Five)
JOHN Q (PG-13) See Movie Pick.
(Beechwood. Carmike)
LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (NR)
1962. Kirk Douglas stars as Jack
Bums, a cowboy fugitive eluding a
relentless sheriffs department [GC)
Shows Wednesday and Thursday. 2/20
& 2/21. (Flicker)
MARIUS ET JEANNETTE (NR) 1997.
The last ol Tate’s French film series, a
working-class romance with a heavy
dose of left-wing politics Two unlikely
lovers meet when single mom Jeannette
attempts to steal some cans ol paint
from an abandoned factory, where
Marius works as a security guard A lec
ture follows the film. [MZ] Shows
Tuesday. 2/26 (Tate)
THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES (PG-
13) Director Mark Pellmgton has suc
ceeded. at least in pad. in making what
could have been a hokey |Oke (Richard
Gere? A giant moth?) into a genuinely
engaging, thought-provoking, and at
times, downright scary him Based on
the novel of the same name by John
Keen. The Mothman Prophecies is an
updated, fictionalized account ol actual
events that took place in Point Pleasant.
West Virginia in 1967. You will tie left
with unanswered questions, but that’s
pad ol the lun. isn't it? [MM) (Carmike)
NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (R)
This is meticulously bad. To be lair, the
lampooning business is wrought with
peril due to ttie excessive number ol
jokes attempted, but recent tendencies
to scrape the mindless dregs of
overused excrement humor is just plain
exhausting to watch at times. [GC]
(Georgia Square Five)
Pi (R) 1998 This great debut film from
director Darren Aronofsky tells ttie story
ol an obsessive-compulsive, genius
mathematician (Sean Gullette) who
locks himsell in his New York City
apadment to devote himself to finding a
pattern in the stock market using chaos
theory. He becomes the target of both a
Wall Stree. firm and a Hasidic cabal. All
of the techniques that would be
expanded in Requiem are here: horrify
ingly subjective camera angles, musi
cally inspired editing, and a fresh return
to montage. [MZ) Midnight showings
Friday & Saturday, 2/22-2/23. (Tate)
THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED (R)
Based on the Anne Rice’s "The Vampire
Chronicles.’ Flashy vampire Lestat
(Stuart Townsend) awakens Queen
Akasha (the late Aaliyah—kmda to the
point isn't it?), the mother of all vam
pires. and she quickly enlists him on a
mission of plunder and destruction.
Here's hoping life doesn’t stad imitating
this particular piece of ad anytime soon.
[GCI Opens Friday. (Beechwood)
RETURN TO NEVER LAND (G) •
When one of Disney’s animated movies
features the reappearance of one of its
classic characters, yet has a February
release date, something must be wrong.
The movie takes place during WWII.*and
Wendy (voiced by Kalh Soucie) has
grown up. and had two children of hex
own. The eldest child, Jane, does not
believe her mother's tales—until
Captain Hook kidnaps her to help him
find his treasure. This sequel will only
appeal to younger children, and prob
ably barely avoided a direcl-to-video
release. [MZ] (Beechwood. Carmike)
ROLLERBALL (PG-13) A hot young
athlete takes ttie money-paved road to
stardom by joining a “spori" based in
East Asia that combines basketball,
tiockey and roller derby Things get ugly
last though when his team's owner fig
ures out that blood = high TV ratings.
Chris Klein is awful as the “hero,” LL
Cool J is wasted (literally) and Rebecca
Romi|n-Stamos makes the smart career
move from wearing blue latex (in X-
Men)\o going topless! [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 eflort. 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)
SALOME (NR) 1953. Hollywood |ust
doesn’t give a damn how good a novel
is. it still needs to be reworked for the
big screen. Rita Hayworth traipses
through this liberal retelling ol the
deatti of John the Baptist. Her "Dance
of the Seven Veils' is everything
Showgirls is not. [GC) Shows
Wednesday. 2/27 (Flicker)
SNOW DOGS (PG) What the hell is
Cuba Gooding. Jr. doing in this awful
mess? Whatever He jilays a busi
nessman troin Miami who inherits sled
dogs' What a funny premise! Disney
could only have followed the ultra-lam*
Princess Dianes with this |MM)
(Beechwood. Carmike)
SUPER TROOPERS (R) Evolving from
the collectively twisted psyche that is
ttie N.Y/L A based Broken Lizard
comedy troupe. Super Troopers docu
ments the adventures ol a group ol
Vermont highway patrolmen. Alter being
repeatedly shown up by rival city police,
the governor threatens to cul llieir
lending The actors—Kevin Hefleman.
Steve Lernrne. Paul Soler. Erik
Stolhanskfi. and Jay Chandrasekhar
(who also directs)—Jias obviously
developed a nice chemistry, and the
unlikely addition of veteran actor Bryan
Cox (Rushmore) as then boss creates
more than a few extra laughs With a
little luck, this movie could easily reach
outside of its cult audience and become
a mainstream success. [MZI
(Beechwood. Carmike)
A WALK TO REMEMBER (PG) For
those ol you who like your religion
spoon-led, you will most certainly love
tins movie, which leatures the breakout
performance ol teen pop star Mandy
Moore. Based on Ihe best-selling novel
by Nicholas Sparks, this small-town
story centers on a misguided youth’s
unlikely romance with an unpopular
Holy Roller. (MZ) (Beechwood. Carmike)
Michael Ziegler, Margaret Moore,
Patrick Franklin & Geoff Carr
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BEECHWOOD (546-101 1)
A Beautiful Mind (PG 13) 4:15. 7:00. 9:40 (add'l time
f. 2/22-Su. 2/24: l:3C)
Big Fat liar (PG) 3:35, 5:30. 7:35. 9:35 (add'l time F.
2/22-Su. 2/24: 1:40)
Black Hawk Down (R) 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 (new times F.
2/22: 4:10. 9:20)
Collateral Damage (R) 4:30, 9:30 (ends Th. 2/21)
The Count Of Monte Cristo (PG-13) 4:20, 7:05. 9:45
(new times F. 2/22: 7:05, 9:45)
Crossroads (PG-13) 3:10. 5:15, 7:20. 9:25 (add'l time F.
2/22-Su. 2/24: 1:05)
Dragonfly (PG-13) 3:10. 5:25. 7:40. 9 55 (add'l time F.
2/22 Su. 2/24. 12:55) (opens F. 2/22)
John Q (PG-13) 2:20. 4 50. 7:25. 9:55
Hart's Wa r (R) 2:00. 4:35, 7:10. 9:45
The Queen Of The Damned (R) 2:05. 4:25. 7:00, 9:30
(opens F. 2/22)
Return to Never Land (G) 3:00. 5:00, 7:15. 9:15 (add'l
time F. 2/22-Su. 2/24: 1:00)
Rollerball (PG-13) 9:35 (ends Th. 2/21)
The Royal Tennenbaums (R) 1:50 (ends Th. 2/21)
Snow Dogs (PG) 3:05. 5:15. 7:25 (new tunes F. 2/22:
2:15. 4:25)
Super Troopers (R) 2:30, 4:40, 7:30. 9:50
A Walk To Remember (PG) 2:10, 7:10 (new times F.
2/22: 2:00. 7:05)
CARMIKE 1 2 ( 354-0016)
Big Fat Liar (PG) 1:40, 4.00, 7:30. 9:35
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
Hart's War (R) 1:45, 4:35. 7:15, 9:55
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
The Mothman Prophecies (PG-13) 9:45
Return to Never Land (G) 1:25, 4:40, 7:30. 9:25
Rollerball (PG-13) 4:15. 9:40
Snow Dogs (PG) 1:15, 4:30. 7:20
Super Troopers (R) 1:30. 4:25. 7:10, 9:30
A Walk To Remember (PG) 1:25, 7:05
FUCKER THEATRE (546-0039)
Lonely fare The Brave (NR) 8:30 (W. 2/20, Th. 2/21)
Salome (NR) 8:30 (W. 2/27)
GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (548-3426)
Behind Enemy Lines (PG-13) 4:20, 7:00. 9:20 (add l
time Sa. 2/23-Su. 2/24: 2:00)
Gosford Park (R) 4:00. 7:00, 9:50 (add'l time Sa. 2/23-
Su. 2/24: 1:00)
How High (R) 5:15, 7:25. 9:35 (add'l time Sa. 2/23-Su
2/24: 1:05, 3:10) (starts F. 2/22)
In The Bedroom (R) 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 (add’l time Sa.
2/23-Su. 2/24: 1:10)
Joe Somebody (PG) 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 (new time F. 2/22:,
7:05) (add'l time Sa. 2/23-Su. 2/24: 2:05)
Not Another Teen Movie (R) 5:20, 7:20, 9:30 (new
times F. 2/22:4:15, 9:15)
GEORGIA THEATRE (549-9918)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (R) 7:00, 10:00 (M. 2/25)
TATE STUDENT CENTER (542-6396)
Gattaca (PG-13) 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (Th. 2/21)
The Deep End (R) 3:00. 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 (F. 2/22-Su.
2/24)
Pi (R) Midnight (F. 2/22. Sa. 2/23)
Dead Poets Society (PG) 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 (M. 2/25)
Marius Et Jeanette (NR) 7:30 (Tu. 2/26)
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