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ABOUT A BOY (PG) An epiphany
reveals to isolated cutie Hugh Grant that
single mothers are the surest path to
guitt-tree relationship terminations Will
equips himselt accordingly lor single
parent Junctions, only to lorm an eccen
tric friendship with a troubled youngster
(Nicholas Hoult) Worth a peek (GC)
Starts Friday (Georgia Square 5)
ANIME FESTIVAL" (NR) What's not
to nke 7 Call tor titles Shows Tuesday,
6/25 (Georgia Theatre)
ANSELM KIEFER (NR) Werner
Kruger's documentary concentrating on
the mixed-media canvas paintings o!
contemporary German artist Anselm
Kieter Just because hes a recluse
doesn t mean you have to be one too
|GC| Shows Tuesday 6/25 &
Wednesday. 6/26 (Flicker)
ART CAR DOCUMENTARIES (NR.
You vh seen them around town, artistic
autom . rv juxtaposed against the
: a «drop ot humdrum tratfic Three doc
umentaries devoted to the sublet ot art
ars including Wild Wheels (directed
by Harrod Blank). Dnw*gtheDream
and Kentucky Ad Car C'K’ (GC) Shows
Wednesday. 6/19 (Flicker
BAD COMPANY (PG-13 ACIAagent
is wilted while undercover, and the
Agency hues his twin brother to tmish
>avmg tne world Anthony Hopkins
p*avs the veteran agent and leader ot the
pro.-ect Chris Rock is the street-smart,
* se-crackm recruit Stop Just please
stop (Pf| (Beechwood Carmike)
THE BOURNE IOENTITY PG 13)
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (R)
This ambitious French fable recounts
the dreaded Beast ot Gevaudan. a his
torical horror wmch tolktore claims was
responsible lor the deaths ot over 100
French women and children during the
18th Century Blending elements ot
martial arts, aristocratic period dramas,
horror and romance (including an erotic
take on the phrase "making a mountain
out ot a molehill), this was last year s
"other" French tilm to talk about besides
Amdie IGC] Shows Wednesday 6/26
(Georgia Theatre)
CLOCKSTOPPERS (PG) Essentially a
remake ot Back to /he Future Teenager
Zak (Jesse Bradtord). instead of trav
eling throtiqh time, simply travels so
Iasi that time appears to stand still,
thanks to a fancy walcti invented by Dr
Earl Dopier (French Stewart) (PF|
(Georgia Square 5)
DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA
SISTERHOOD (PG 13) CalleKhoun
who won an Academy Award tor the
Thelma dnrJ Louise screenplay wrote
and directed this "all girl" production
based on the novel tiy Rebecca Wells
Sidda (Sandra Bullock) asijccesstu!
NYC playwright, sends her mother Vivi
(Elton Bursfyn) into hysterics when she
unintentionally casts her in a bad light
in a //me interview As tensions grow
between the two Vivis dose friends, a
tightly knit crew known since puberty as
the Ya- Ya Sisterhood intervene by kid
napping Sidda and forcing her to re
evaluate her childhood As Sidda and
the sisters peruse a sacred diary chroni
cling the lift* ot Vive they become privy
to her deepest secrets. With a high-pro
file troupe ot adors, which also includes
Maggie Smith and Fionuila Flanagan,
the performances are wonderful The
story, however, is rather confusing and
only fitfully involving (Pf) (Beechwood,
Carmike)
ENOUGH (PG-13)
Jennifer Lope? plays a
gal who finds the per
fect guy (Billy
Campbell), then a tew
years into their perted
marriage, discovers that
he wants to indulge in
exliamaritai affairs and
heather |PF)Ends
Thursday (Beechwood,
Carmike/
INSOMNIA (R)
Memento diredor
Chnstoptter Nolans
remake ot a Norwegian
movie Ai Pacmo is a
homicide detective con
fronted bv a ghastly
mistake while chasing
an elusive murder sus
pect The killer hes
been chasing (Rohm
Williams; knows what
happened and wants a
partnership between
them to cover up their "mistakes" (PF)
Ends Thursday (Beechwood. Carmike)
JULES ET JIM (NR) 1961 Continuing
with their French New Wave series, the
GMOA offers one of Frangots Truffauts
most popular movies Jules (Oskar
Werner) and Jim (Henri Sene) are two
best friends in love with the same
woman (Jeanne Moreau) in Paris 3t the
beginning of the 20th Century Their
relationships and emotions become
more complicated through the years,
but their friendship never wanes (PP)
Shows Wednesday. 6/26 (GMOA)
JUWANNA MANN PG-13) A hotshot
basketball star (Michael A Nunez, Jr) is
kicked out of the NBA for his reckless
on-court behavior Desperate lo gel back
into the game, he poses as a woman
and |Oins the WNBA VivtcaA Fox is a
teammate and an awkward love interest
Tommy Davidson is another awkward
love interest No one has come tot ward
yet to confess that this is all a toke. and
that is upsetting |PF) Opens Friday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
LILO A STITCH (PG) Life is a young
Hawaiian girl who adopts the a bizarre
blue space mongrel as a pet His name
is Stitch, and he turns out lo be an
extra-terrestrial tugilive from the law
Jason Scott Lee Tta Carrere, Kevin
McDonald and Vmg Rhames provide
voice-work |Pf| Opens Friday
(Beechwood Carmike)
LORO OF THE RINGS THE FEL
LOWSHIP OF THE RING (PG 13)
Part Oneol JR R Tolkiens magical tale
oi Wizards. Elves Warriors Hobbits and
Ihe One Ring features incredible special
effects and has racked up so much box
office world wide that it's paid tor the
whole Trilogy limes two -and then
some (that's $830 million and counting,
talks') Directed by Peter Jackson, with
Elijah Wood tan McKettan. Viggo
Mortensen and Christopher Lee
(Georgia Square 5)
MINORITY REPORT PG 13) Based
on a short story by Philip K Omk
Steven Spielberg's Kubncktan sci-li
tollow-up lo AI has a rather interesting
premise In the Mure, police are able to
arrest criminals before then crimes are
committed When one of the policemen
(Tom Cruise) is accused ot being a
prospective murderer, he sets outto
prove his innocence Max Von Sydow
plays the diredor ot the "Pre-Crime
program |Pf| Opens Friday
(Beechwood, Carmike)
MONSTERS. INC. (G) Bitty Crystal
and John Goodman provide the voces
lor Ms* end Sutty two monsters
working lor a giant corporNwn that
powers the oty of Monstropoks with
childrens screams |PF) Ends Thursday
(Georgu Square 5)
MURDER BY NUMBERS (R) Sandra
Bullock plays a homicide detedive who
laces oft against two supposedly bril
liant teens (Ryan Gosling and Michael
Pitt) suspected ol killing a woman |PF)
Ends Thursday (Georgia Square 5)
PANIC ROOM (R) Diredor Davtd
Fincher (Se?en, Fight Cluttf traps Meg
Altman (Jodie Foster) and her daughter
(Kristen Stewart) tn a fancy Manhattan
browns!one, where three thieves come
looking tor a hidden stockpile ol cash
The two lind safely in a slale-of-the-art
"pane room’ designed lor just such
emergencies (PF) (Georgia Square 5)
PORN STAR: THE LEGEND OF RON
JEREMY (NR) Amusing documentary
humanizing porn king Ron Jeremy and
his obsession with succeeding in "legit
imate" cinema Sort ot like the porn
industry seen through the eyes ol A&E’s
"Biography." where Ihe money shots
remain strictly fiscal las he continues lo
be one ol the industry s wealthiest
members) (GC) Shows Wednesday
6/19 (Georgia Theatre)
SCOOBY-DOO (PG) With subtle and
nol-so sublie references to sex. drugs
and crotchety old men. Hollywood only
now laPs into something that come
dians and other tilms got a hold ol and
mastered years ago An alternate ending
from Waynes World did it all mar
velously in a matter ol two minutes is
this movie supposed to be a ‘Best of
compilation ot Scooby-Doo |Okes 7 That
seems at the onset the most it can
achieve Nonetheless, il is impressive
how in tune the Mm is with certain
details ot Scooby fandom, such as the
popular anti Scrappy sentiment The
movie is largely uninteresting, mildly
entertaining, but at best inoffensive The
characters can be tun to watch in the
flesh ^nd blood, though some interpre
tations make very little sense, such as
Fred's (Freddie Pnnze, Jr) vanity
problem Sadly, Ihe bile character is Ihe
one who attracts the least attention
Drawn by a computer, he's virtually
invisible II it werenl for Matthew
liilards brilliant rather endearing por
trayai ot the soulful Shaggy, we d almost
forget the petrified pup was even there
tl makes one wonder what the point of
making a live-action Scooby-Doo is
without a live Scooby (PF)
(Beechwood. Carmike)
THE SCORPION KING (PG-13) The
Peoples Lowdown this movie sucks
The People's Advice 7 Stay home Watch
wrestling |PF| (Georgia Square 5)
SPIOER-MAN (PG-13) The wall
climbing web-slinger linally gets the big
screen treatment that all the other guys
have been getting lor years Drowsy
Tobey Maguire plays teenage nerd Peter
Parker *rtv) gams superhuman abilities
after a radioactive spider bites him A
maniacal scientist, played by Willem
Dafoe gets his own superpowers from
advanced military technology Kirsten
Dims! plays Mary jane Watson the red
headed codependent firebrand with a
sweet disposition (PF) (Beechwood
Carmike Highway 17 Theatres)
SPIRIT STALLION Of THE
CIMARRON G) A rambunctious steed
teams up with kindred spirit Little Creek
(Daniel Sludi) as they escape the
western conquerors Narrator Mart
Damon portrays the thoughts ot the
horse himselt in i time when cartoons
are looking more like live action movies
and wee-versa. * is refreshing to see a
cartoon that actuatty tries to be a car
toon |Pf | (Beechwood Carmike)
So* Movie Pick (PF) (Rneohworyj
Crnrwke;
“Kiss me. sweet Bramtac "
STAR WARS: EPISODE II—
ATTACK OF THE CLONES (PG) We
re-enter Ihe saga 10 years after the last
installment Queen Amidaia (Natalie
Porlman) has become senator tor
Naboo. and young Anakm (Hayden
Christensen) has grown into a talented
but arrogant Jedi apprentice When an
assassination attempt is made on
Am'dalas life. Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan
McGregor) and Anakm are sent to pro
tect the her What they discover is a
conspiracy deeper and further reaching
than they imagined The locus now
shifts to the gradual but inevitable
transformation ot Anakin Skywalker
into Darth Vader. (PF) (Beechwood,
Carmike)
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (PG-13)
Ben Affleck takes on Tom Clancy’s
famous Jack Ryan, played formerly by
Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin, and
makes saving Ihe world not quite so
believable Ihis time Tensions escalate
with Russia and CIA Director Bill Cabot
(Morgan Freeman) sends Ryan to inves
tigate With Ihe help ol a freelance spy
(Liev Schreiber; Ryan discovers inde
pendent terrorists intent on starting
World War III. (PF) (Beechwood.
Carmike. Highway 17 Theatres)
TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER (PG)
1982 This is the sixth film m the Pink
Panther series When the famous Pink
Panther diamond is stolen from the
museum m Lugash. authorities naturally
call lor the help ol famous French sleuth
Jacques Clouseau However, the chief
inspector's plane disappears en route
As a result, a famous TV reporter
(Joanna Lumley) sets out lo solve the
mystery and interviews everyone ever
connected lo Clouseau Peter Sellers
returns as the beloved detedive, but
only through old footage used in flash
backs. as he had already died by the
time this film was made |PF] Shows
Thursday, 6/20 (ACC Library)
UNDERCOVER BROTHER (PG-13) A
blend of blaxploitation and spy spoofs
the story involves a conspiracy lo keep
a black politician, played by Billy Dee
Williams, from becoming President An
evil organization called "The Man"
employs Mr Feathers (Chris Kaftan f as
its chief henchman m the plot The
counter-organization called The
Brotherhood is a justice league ol black
spies and one white intern (Neil Patrick
Harris) Undercover Brother (Eddie
Gotten) a smooth-talking, platform
shoes-weanng. overload ol style and
masculinity, is their only hope to slop
The Man (PF) (Beechwood. Carmike)
UNFAITHFUL (R) Diane Lane plays a
happily married mother who lets her
desires get the best of her As slie
embarks on an obsessive affair, her hus
band. played by Richard Gere with
admirable subtlety, lets his suspicion
and iealousy get the best ol him (PF)
Starts Friday (Georgia Square 5)
WINOTALKERS (R) Navato Indians
Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charles
Whitehorse (Roger Willie) are recruited
by the Marines during World War II as
specialists m a code based on their
native language Wait a minute. I forgot
abootfhe white dudes They re more
important Let s icphrase the plot sum
mary Two Marines. (Nicolas Cage and
Christian Slater) are assigned lo protect
Navato codetalkers during WWH These
exploitative, pngoislic melodrama!*
war movies are getting worse John
Woo iust cant make a good American
trim it seems his understanding ot
American culture resides entirely m
movie cliches, and mats all he uses to
tell an American story If hecoutd iust
get back with Chow Yun Fat and make
something with a Hong Kong produt
two company, he might still be able to
redeem rwnsell We site remember the
good of days of Herd ftwwand The
tom but good memories don! last tor
ever (PF) (Beechwood Carmike)
Patrick Franklin 4 Geof! Carr
14 FLAGPOLE COM • JUNE 19. 2002