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noble Meanwhile, Captain Jack is pur
sued by sea demon Davy Jones (Bill
Nighy). Depp still slurs and swishes
across the screen, but, called upon
to again rescue an entire film, linds
himself a tew witty doubloons short.
(Georgia Square 5)
THE PRESTIGE (PG-13) Feuding
magicians make tor intriguing drama
in Christopner Nolan’s lol low-up to
Batman Begins. After his wife dies on
stage in the Water Escape trick. Robert
Angier (Hugh Jackman), who performs
under the stage name the Great Danton,
blames rival magician Albert 'The
Professor' Borden (Christian Bale) and
begins a personal/ professional rivalry
that can only end in blood. Strudu'aliy.
NolanS twisty tale of vengeance and its
illusory curative properties is bloody
confusing Its split chronology can
be tougher to follow than Memento.
yet the magical tit-for-tat is novel and
anti-heroic Serious magician Albert
vanishes from everyone—his wife and
his mistress. DanionS former assistant/
lover. Olivia (Scarlett Johansson)—
save his mysterious illusion engineer;
Jackman magnetizes Robert with his
perfect plastered showman's grin and
its polar opposite, a steely obsession
with settling a score Hanging around
backstage as Robert's illusion engineer.
Cutter (Michael Caine) accentuates the
film's Britishness, and David Bowie's
superstar cameo as Nikola Tesla isn't
that distracting (though it is very
Pierce Brosnan-yt. In his fifth masterful
mystery. Nolan, a premier teller of dark,
stormy drama, nails all three parts of
a magic trick (as outlined by Cutler in
the film): The Pledge. The Turn and The
Prestige. Ends Wednesday (Carmike)
PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (PG-13)
Will Smith stars as a 'struggling sales
man who takes custody of his son
(Jaden Smith) as he's poised to begin
a tile-changing professional endeavor.*
according to IMDb. Sneak Preview.
11/25 (Beechwood)
THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE
ESCAPE CLAUSE (G) Christmas
movies, like holiday music and decora
tions. are a taste acquired seasonally.
As garish as that neighborhood house
clad in icicle light glory glows, you
make an annual pilgrimage nonethe
less. jingling all the way to whichever
radio station^ all-Christmas, all the
time. The same goes for the crassly
commercial Santa Clause 3. If you're
looking to get your holly jollies early,
your cinematic sleigh has arrived SC3
may use every elfin pun imaginable as
lack Frost (Martin Short) challenges
the reign of Santa/ Scott Calvin (Tim
Allen), but nothing about the high-con-
cept. low-imagination flick is terrible.
SC3 is |ust an ofd-fashioned family
holiday film (Beechwood, Carmike)
SAW III (R) After watching the Jigsaw
Killer teach gory life lessons to the
flawed and self-absorbed for the
bone-crunching, stomach-churning
third (but not final) time. I really think
the Saw franchise—cheap, bloody,
inventive—is brilliant Saw W/iecap-
tures the first flickls llinih-inducing.
claustrophobic sense of abandonment
and the grisly upped ante of the first
se M uel. The third outing may lack its
predecessors' ingenuity, but Jigsaw's
newest contest is his bloodiest. On the
brink of death. Jigsaw/John Kramer
(Tobin Bell) stages his final game, hav
ing apprentice/ former victim Amanda
(Shawnee Smith) nab a depressed doc
tor (Bahar Soomekh) and a rancorous
father (Angus Macfadyen, Bravehearh
(Highway 17 Theatres)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (PG-13)
Stranger Than Fiction is a film you
wouldn't mind engaging in cocktail
party convo. Touching on philosophy
with a hint of meta. its quick and witty
without being pretentious. As Harold
Crick, an IRS agent who hears of his
impending death lrom the English
woman narrating his life. Will Ferrell
does a less showy job of being
dramatic than Jim Carrey did in The
Truman Show. Amazingly. Ferrell, with
the most reliable delivery in the busi
ness. is as funny as the straight Crick
as he was the demented Ricky Bobby.
If only he were a stronger romantic
lead Tha romance between Crick
and pretty baker Ana Pascal (Maggie
Gyllenhaal) feds false. Was Karen Eiffel
(Emma Thompson), the novelist dictat
ing Crickls life, lo write characters so
insincerely motivated, she'd never sell
another book. Marc Forster (Finding
Newland was great; Monsters Ban
and Stay, not so much) over-directs
Fiction with intense inconsistency. One
minute, we're watching an OCD Fight
Club, the next scene is stagy and theat
rical. Fortunately. Zach Helm's screen
play shows the softer side of Being
Charlie Kaufman You can actually see
the end of his just-intricate-enough
maze. No matter its imperfections.
Fiction is no stranger, and a lot better,
than your typical congenial diversion.
(Beechwood. Carmike)
TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE
BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY (PG-
13) Using the basic three-act race
movie structure popularized by Days of
Thunder. Ricky (Will Ferrell) goes from
pit crew to victory lane in less than 200
frames. Talladega Nights is poised to
take this year's Comedy Cup. (Georgia
Square 5)
TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF
DESTINY (R) I find it hard to believe
that even the most dyed-in-the-wool
Jack Black fan could find the trailer
for D$ big screen debut funny. When
JB (Black) meets KG (Kyle Gass),
their dreams to become the great
est rock and roll band in the world
hits a snag, forcing the duo lo seek
out a magic guitar pick housed in a
museum. Directed by Liam Lynch
(Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic)
(Beechwood. Carmike)
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