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16 BLOCKS (PG-13) I don't know
wbal to expect from former super-di
rector Richard Dormer anymore. The
man wtio made Christopher Reeve a
Superman in 1978 has only directed
one film since 1998, and that flick was
Timeline But. my head cries, this is
the genius who gave us The Omen. Ore
Goonies, and the good Lethal Weapons
(1 & 2) as well as the bad (3 & 4) In
16 Blocks. Bruce Willis plays an aging
cop. assigned with escorting a wit
ness (Mos Del) to court. David Morse
is the baa cop standing in Bruno's
way Written by Richard Wenk. who
made Grace Jones even scarier than
usual in 1966s Vamp Opens Friday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
ALVAR SUftOL: HIS VISION AND
HIS ART (NR) It is fitting that this
documentary should premiere in
Athens as the 2006 Willson Center/
Georgia Museum of Art Presentation
Produced try the University of Georgia's
own Betty Jean Craige, director of the
Willson Center for Humanities and
Arts, and Alan Stecker. a retired Grady
College faculty member Alvar Sutioi
His Vision and His An paints a portrait
of “Alvar.* as he is known to the world,
the painter, sculptor and lithographer
who is considered to be one of Spain's
major living artists Shows Wednesday.
3/1 (GMOA)
► AQUAMARINE (PG) Kiddie lit
written by respected adult authors is
in at the moment, making a teature
film adaptation ot Alice Hoffman's fish
tale about a mermaid in love a no-
brainer. Starring minor pop star Jodo
as one o! two girls commissioned to
help Aquamarine (Sara Paxton) (all in
love to spite her overbearing daddy.
Aquamarine was co-written by Jessica
Bendinger. the twisted talent behind
Bring 11 On Still, this tween Splash
could easily end up just another small
fish in Hollywood's big. shark-infested
pond Opens Friday (Beechwood,
Carmike)
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE 2 (PG-13)
House 2. in which Marlin Lawrence’s
Agent Malcolm Turner again dons the
tat suit, pearls and wig to play nanny
and crack a Lethal case in Beverly Hills.
is ready to collapse belore construction
begins It's hard to believe people will
spend millions on a retread comedy-,
starring a certified loon, that couldnl
make a laugh track., er. laugh, yet
“Arrested Development’ can't get ..
(sigh) arrested (Carmike. Highway 17
Theatres) Ends Thursday (Beechwood)
BLOCK PARTY (R) Michel Gondry
(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind) directed this melding ot Dave
Chappelle's sketch comedy with musi
cal acts like the reunited Fugees Some
ot the other guests at Dave’s Party
include Karrye, Jill Scotl. Erykah Badu.
Mos Def. Talib Kweli. The Roots, and
party-crasher Big Daddy Kane Inspired
by the 1973 documentary WattStax.
Block Party might be worth attending
to see how the mind-bending Gondry
handles the increasingly unstable (or
so it seems) Chaopelle Plus, it will
provide a briet fix for those of you |0-
nesing for his long-missing television
show Opens Friday (Carmike)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (R) Ang
Lee* latest is the most heartrendmgty
true account ol constant love, lound
and lost, to be released since I've had
this gig. Two modern cowboys (Heath
' Ledger and Jake Gytienhaal) spend the
summer ot '63 on Brokeback Mountain,
where their masculine bond is smelted
into one ot sex and lilelong devotion.
Don't puke on the mermaid!
With its lustful ogling ot Americas wide
open spaces and hottest young talents.
Brokeback Qrabs the reins of wild
poignancy, holding on well past the
requisite eight seconds (Beechwood)
CAPOTE (R) The one praise I'm sure
you've heard about this Mm detailing
the writing ot Truman Capote's shock
ing. provocative American classic. In
Cold Blood, involves Philip Seymour
Hoffman* rich. Oscar-nominated
turn as the author-turned-caricature
However, the lilm itselt is exceptional.
(Beechwood)
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 (PG)
The Bakers (Steve Marlin and Bonnie
Hunt) and their dozen return to take
on the Murtaughs (Eugene Levy and
Carmen Electra) in some summer
camp action Props to director Adam
Shankman. who now stands in rare
company as the fashioner ol two
of 2005* worst films this and The
Pacifier (Georgia Square 5)
CHICKEN LITTLE (G) Picking up
alter poor Chicken Little* life began
spiraling downhill—the “sky is fall
ing" incident—little (Zack Braff) is
thrust into the herald spotlight, warning
against an impending alien invasion
The film barely registers, no matter
how hard it bops the audience on the
head (Georgia Square 5)
CURIOUS GEORGE (G) Displaying
amazing crossover appeal, the feature-
length ad-venture ot “the curious little
monkey* should please crowds ranging
from pre-school to post-school The
traditionally animated film deftly blends
family-friendly charms and 21s1 cen
tury modernization while retaining the
spirit ol Margaret and H A Rey's origi
nal books (Beechwood. Carmike)
DATE MOVIE (PG-13) I unofficially
counted 31 movies or television shows
alluded to by Dale Movie, proudly
brought to you by two ol the six non
talents behind Scary Movie When Julia
Jones (game ‘Butty* beauty Alyson
Hanmgan) meets Gram Fonckyerdoder
(Adam Campbell. ‘Commando
Nanny*), their whirlwind romance runs
the gamut ol "date movie* cliches At
least, it should have The creators ot
the Movie parody franchises need to
re-watch Airplane!in order to learn
how to spool a genre Date Movie is
essentially a greatest scenes compila
tion that features little, it any. ol its own
jokes. (Beechwood. Carmike)
DOOGAL (G) Based on old British
show ’The Magic Roundabout’ that
aired on Nickelodeon* ‘Pinwfteel* in
the 1980s, Doogal follows a candy-ad
dicted pup (voiced by Daniel Tay) and
his fellowship—a snail (William H
Macy). a cow (Whoopi Goldberg), a
train (Chevy Chase) and a bucktoothed,
mangy bunny (Jimmy Fallon)—as
they seek three magic diamonds that
can stop the evil wizard Zeebad (a
show-stealing Jon Stewart) belore he
creates a perma-winter wonderland.
While Doogal opens as a scrapbook
introducing all the characters, the story
is narrated (by Dame Judi Dench, no
less) as il we’ve known these char
acters (or years The world-spanning
adventure gets jumped into too quickly,
leaving the audience to form their own
drama out of Doogal* concern tor best
pal Florence (hot geriatric pop star
Kylie Minogue) Doogal distracts with
some arresting computer animation,
but sometimes its pop culture ritlage.
especially that given voice by Fallon, is
disjunctive. Hallelujah lor Stewart who
has lound in Zeebad the perfect vehicle
to deliver his intelligent, subversive
sarcasm to the children Now my gen
eration of cynics and pop culture junk
ies no longer need wait to jade their
littlest hipsters (Beechwood. Carmike)
EIGHT BELOW (PG) Eight Below.
Disney* reversion to the nature adven
tures ol its past, declares, before it has
even begun, that true events lie behind
this tale ol friendship and survival in
the harsh elements of Antarctica Left
behind by their human protectors (in
cluding the comfortingly wooden Paul
Walker), eight sled dogs must light tor
their existence over 175 days in the
white wilderness. If you thought those
marching penguins had it bad. you've
yet to see these brave canines battle
hunger, leopard seals, and the aurora
australis. Frank Marshall* snowy
disaster flick is exciting and entertain
ing This tear-|erking spine-tingler even
makes good on its hyperbolic tagline It
just might be “The Most Amazing Story
01 Survival. Friendship And Adventure
Ever Told,’ in 2006. at the very least
(Beechwood, Carmike)
FINAL DESTINATION 3 (R) Man
Death can be one vindictive son ol
a bitch While each subsequent kill
becomes more and more intricate, they
are so dependent upon such ridiculous
coincidence and serious dumbasses
that you begin to question Death's
commitment to his work [Glen Dingier)
(Beechwood. Carmike)
FIREWALL (PG-13) Jack Stanfield
(Harrison Ford), security expert (does
anyone realiy buy that this elderly
gent knows that much about comput
ers 7 ). husband and father, must go
all typically Harrison Ford when his
family is threatened by a crew ol bank
robbers led by British mastermind
Bill Cox (Paul Bettany, wtio delivers a
performance of eerily peaceful malice).
Even the best use ot a blender since
Gremlins is little consolation lor the
lormola line loed by director Richard
loncrame (Wimbledon) and writer Joe
Forte (Beechwood) Ends Thursday
(Carmike)
FREEOOMLAND(R) In the hands
of Revolution Studios chief. Joe Roth
(Christmas with the Kranks). novelist/
screenwriter Richard Price* racial
potboiler has been turned into a style
less piece ol dreck. Freedomland. a
tale ol hopelessness and testering
race relations, is one ol those fantasti
cally textured novels that seem built
tor the screen but end up flattened
by Hollywood's iron Ends Thursday
(Beechwood. Carmike)
FUN WITH DICK & JANE (PG-13)
Dick and Jane Harper (Jim Carrey and
T6a Leoni) are Irving the American
dream. The dream turns nightmarish
when Dick* company goes belly-up.
After finding that they have a future
in crime, the domestic duo decide
to teach dastardly executive Jack
McCallister (a skeezily bearded Alec
Baldwin) a lesson by stealing the
millions he stole Directed by Galaxy
Quest* Dean Parisot and co-written
by 40 Year-Old Virgirfs Judd Apalow
(Georgia Square 5)
HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE (PG-13) Where
HP3s Alfonso Cuardn energized the
series. HP4director Mike Newell
(Four Weddings and a Funeral. Donnie
Brasco) beets it up Clad in English
greys and blues. HP4 sees Harry
(Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint)
and Hermiooe (Emma Watson) begin
to grow up Goblet of Fire is terrify
ing—but not intensely enough to scar
the littlest wiza/ds (Georgia Square 5)
KING KONG (PG-13) Peter Jack, an*
sharply edited and paced remake of the
1933 classic is the most awe-inspir
ing piece ol epic storytelling seen in
many a moon. Ends Thursday (Georgia
Square 5)
LET THE CHURCH SAY AMEN
(NR) 2004. From David Petersen, the
Academy Award-nominated director
ot Fine Food. Fine Pastries. Open 6
to 9. comes this documentary about a
Washington. DC. church, whose poor
African-American congregation is a
beacon of hope shining in the slums
only blocks removed from the most
powerful private residence in the world
Let the Church Say Amen follows tour
parishioners as they spend one year
trying to make a difference in their
impoverished community Produced by
Harvard* Henry Louis Gates, Jr Shows
Thursday 3/2 (ACC Library)
MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION (PG-
13) See Movie Pick (Beechwood.
Carmike)
MATCH POINT (R) When tennis pro
Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers)
meets Tom Hewett (Matthew Goode),
an upper crust English playboy, it
seems Chris' life has taken a lucky
bounce However, this bounce brings
Nota (Scarlett Johansson). Tom's
American fiancee, in to muck things
up Reflecting a remvigorated Woody
Allen. Match Point is a winning stroke
by an American ace Ends Thursday
(Beechwood)
MUNICH (R) Had Munich not been
officially released in 2005, Steven
Spielbergs religio-political revenge
thriller could be 2006* best film It at
tains narrative heiohts unknown to the
top pop liimmaker and is rivaled only
by Schindler 's List as hp greatest film
for grownups Writers Tony Kushner
(‘Angels in America*) and Enc Roth
have blessed Spielberg with a taiky
film, tight as a stageplay but expansive
as a big-budget feature Starts Friday
(Georgia Square 5)
NORMA RAE (PG) 1979 NormaRae
tracks the perilous struggle one young
mother, Norma Rae Webstef (Sally
Field), faces when attempting to union
ize the textile mill at which she works
Field won her fusl Oscar lor portray
ing the sympathetic working woman
Directed try Martin Ritt (Hud}, Norma
Rae also stars Beau Bridges and Pat
Hingle. Shows Wednesday. 3/8 (Tate)
NOTORIOUS (NR) 1946 Hitchcocks
classic about love, deceit and Nazis
positively gleams with old Hollywood
star power, courtesy of Cary Grant and
Ingrid Bergman Asked to spy on her
father * Nazi assxiates by a hunky
government agent (Grant) with whom
she dallies, a young woman (Bergman)
must decide how far she will go The
charms ol Grant and the beauty ol
Bergman are matched by the wiliness
ol Claude Rains as the German spy
Notorious remains one ol the Master s
best and should not be missed Shows
Thursday. 3/2 (Tate)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (PG-13)
A lavish spectacle, the long-awaited
silver screen adaptation ol Andrew
Lloyd Webber* The Phantom of the
Opera is very much the old-fashioned
musical colonic needed every few
years to cleanse Hollywood's digestive
tract. Unfortunately, if the stage-to-
MOVIE LISTINGS
Theater schedules often change after our deadline. Please calt ahead.
ACC LIBRARY 613-3650)
Let the Church Say Amen (NR) 7:00 (Th. 2/2)
BEECHWOOD (546-1011)
16 Blocks IPG-13) 4:20. 7:20. 9:50 (add! times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 1:50) (opens F. 3/3)
Aquamarine (PC) 4:10. 7:00, 9:30 (add! times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 1:30) (opens F. 3/3)
Big Momma's House 2 (PG-13) 7:15 (ends Th. 3/2)
Brokeback Mountain (R) 6:50, 9:45
Capote (R) 4:40. 9:35 (new times F. 3/3: 7:00. 9:35)
Curious George (G) 4:30 (add'l times F. 3/3-Su. 3/5:
2:10)
Oate Movie (PG-13) 4:50. 7:40. 9:50 (new times F. 3/3:
4:30. 9:30)
Doogal (G) 4:45. 7:00. 9:15 (new times F. 3/3: 4:45)
(add l times F. 3/3-Su. 3/5: 12:45. 2:45)
Eight Below (PG) 4:40. 7:20. 9:55 (add l times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 1:45)
Final Destination 3 (R) 4:35. 7:35, 9:50 (add l times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 2:25)
Firewall (PG-13) 4:30. 6:55. 9:30 (new times F. 3/3:
6:55) (add! times F. 3/3-Su. 3/5: 2:05)
Freedomland (R) 4:15. 7:00, 9:40 (ends Th. 3/2)
Madea's Family Reunion (PG-13) 5:00. 7:30. 10:00
(addl times F. 3/3-Su. 3/5: 12:00. 2:30)
Match Point (R) 4:10. 7:00. 9:45 (ends Th. 3/2)
The Pink Panther (PG) 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 (add'l times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 12:45. 3:00)
Transamerica (R) 4:30. 7:10. 9:40 (addl times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 2:00) (opens F. 3/3)
Ultraviolet (PG-13) 4:50, 7:05. 9:20 (add'l times F.
3/3-Su. 3/5: 12:30. 2:40) (opens F. 3/3)
When a Stranger Calls (PG-13) 4:25, 7:25. 9:35 (ends
Th. 3/2)
CARMIKE 12 (354-0016)
16 Blocks (PG-13) 1:30. 4:30, 7:15. 9:45 (opens F. 3/3)
Aquamarine (PG) 1:45. 4:15. 7:00. 9:30 (opens F. 3/3)
Big Momma's House 2 (PG-13) 1:45. 4:40. 7:10, 9:40
Block Party (R) 1:50, 4:40. 7:20. 10:00 (opens F. 3/3)
Curious George (G) 1:00, 3:05. 5:10. 7:15. 9:20 (new
times F. 3/3: 1:00. 3:05. 5:10)
Date Movie (PG-13) 1:00. 3:10. 5:15. 7:30. 9:35 (new
times F. 3/3: 1:20, 4:00. 7:30. 9:35)
Doogal (G) 1:00, 3:05. 5:10, 7:15. 9:20 (new times F.
3/3: 1:00. 3:05)
Eight Below (PG) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40
Final Destination 3 (R) 1:35, 4:15. 7:30. 9:50
Firewall (PG-13) 1:30, 4:15. 7:00. 9:40 (ends Th. 3/2)
Freedomland (R) 1:40. 4:30. 7:10. 9:45 (ends Th. 3/2)
Media’s Family Reunion (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30. 7:00. 9:30
The Pink Panther (PG) 1:45, 4:30. 7:00. 9:30
Running Scared (R) 1:15. 4:10. 7:10. 9:50 (new times
F. 3/3: 7:10, 9:50)
Ultraviolet (PG-13) 1:10. 3:20. 5:30, 7:40. 9:50 (opens
f. 3/3)
When a Stranger Calls (PG-13) 1:25. 4:00. 7:30, 9:40
(new times F. 3/3: 5:10, 7:30, 9:40)
GEORGIA MUSEUM OF ART (S4?-4662)
Alvar SunoU His Vision & His Art (NR) 5:30 (W. 3/1)
Wings of Desire (PG-13) 7:00 (W. 3/8)
GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (548-3426)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (PG) 5:20. 7:30. 9:40 (new
times F. 3/3: 7:30j (add'l times Sa. 3/4 & Su. 3/5: 3:05)
Chicken Little (G) 5:15 (add! times Sa. 3/4 & Su. 3/5:
1:20. 3:20)
Fun With Dick & Jane (PG-13) 5:30. 7:45. 10:00 (new
times F. 3/3: 5:15. 9:40) (add'l times Sa. 3/4 * Su. 3/S:
1:00)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (PG-13) 5:30, 9:30
(new times F. 3/3: 7:20)
King Kong (PG-13) 7:20 (ends Th. 3/2)
Munich (R) 5:30, 9:30 (addl times Sa. 3/4 & Su. 3/5:
1:30) (starts F. 3/3)
Underworld: Evolution (R) 4:10. 7:10. 9:35 (add'l times
Sa. 3/4 & Su. 3/5: 1:10) (starts F. 3/3)
Walk the Line (PG-13) 4:05, 7:05, 9:55 (add'l times Sa.
3/4 & Su. 3/5: 1:05)
HWY 17 DRIVE-IN THEATERS (213 7693)
Big Momma's House 2 (PG-13) 7:00 (add'l times F. 3/3
& Sa. 3/4: 9:00)
The Pink Panther (PG) 9:00 (F. 3/3 & Sa. 3/4 only)
When a Stranger Calls (PG-13) 7:00
TATI aNTER THEATER (S42-6396)
Norma Rae (PG) 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 (W. 3/8)
Notorious (NR) 5:15. 7:30. 9:45 (Th. 3/2)
Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) Midnight (F. 3/3 & Sa.
3/4)
Thelma and Louise (R) 6:00. 9:00 (W. 3/1)
Walk the Line (PG-13) 3:00. 6:00. 9:00 (F. 3/3-Su.
3/5)
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