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300 (R) The titular 300 are the hulked
out citizen-soldiers led by King
Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who smash
and grab glory from defeat at the ar
rowheads ol the million-man Persian
army Stunning to behold, 300 not only
claims itself king of the stylistic moun
tain. it carves its own mountain from
solid stone as director Zack Snyder
painstakingly ciraers Frank Miller's
bold panels in three dimensions.
(Beechwood); Ends Thursday (Carmike)
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA,
QUEEN OF THE DESERT (R) 1994
This special screening of the riot
ous Australian dragfest will benefit
Boybutante. Putting renowned tough
guy Terence Stamp (The Limey). Hugo
Weaving (V in V lor Vendetta) and
Memento's Guy Pearce in makeup and
crazy frocks, writer-director Stephan
Elliott's hilarious Academy Award
winner is part road trip, part campy
musical, as three divas venture into
the Outback aboard their rundown tour
bus, christened ‘Priscilla.' Shows
Wednesday. 4/18 (Cin6)
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE (R)
Fully titled Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Colon Movie Film lor Theaters, the
big-screen adventure of America's
cultiest group of fast-food superhe
roes—Master Shake, Frylock, and
Meatwad—sees our greasy heroes bat
tling the apocalyptic, immortal exercise
machine known as the "Insanoflex."
If you like your humor with a side of
surreality and a hairy guy named Carl,
you've probably had your calendar
marked since forever. Opens Friday
(Carmike)
ARE WE DONE YET? (PG) This
sequel to Are We There Yet? has a
slightly more solid construction than
the 2005 surprise smash, no thanks to
all-attitude, no-charisma star Ice Cube,
who seriously needs a colonic (dude's
looked constipated since he was a boy
in the hood). It is John C. “Dr. Cox"
McGinley's classical kooky neighbor,
Chuck Mitchell Jr that smugly makes
at least one floor of this film livable.
Kid-hater turned lovable thug Nick
Persons (Ice Cube), his pregnant wife
Suzanne (Nia Long), and their two
tweens, Lindsay and Kevin (Aleisha
Allen and Philip Bolden) decide to
move to the country, biting off more
than they can chew with the fixer-upper
from Hell. Done may be bad. but by
year's end. worse cinematic criminals
will pick family audiences pockets.
(Beechwood, Carmike); Starts Friday
(Highway 17 Theatres)
THE ASTRONAUT FARMER (PG)
The only way Charles Farmer (Billy Bob
Thornton) will ever get his homemade
rocket off the ground is with the sup
port of his wife (Virginia Madsen) and
three kids I still believe no audience
exists for this anti-authoritarian, leftist
family film, but I applaud Mark and
Michael Polish for taking the chance
nonetheless. (Georgia Square 5)
BATTLE IN HEAVEN (NR) 2005
Marcos and his wife kidnap an infant,
who dies, before Marcos winds up
in the arms of Ana and on his knees
before the Lady of Guadalupe Carlos
Reygadas' Batalla in el cielo. a Palme
d Or nominee, is pretty graphic; only
those mature enough to handle Marlon
Brando asking for butter in Last
Tango should attend. Part of the Latin
American film series sponsored by
the UGA Libraries Media Department
Shows Tuesday. 4/24 (UGA SLC 171)
BE WITH ME (NR) 2005 Eric Khoo
wrote and directed these three tales
ot an aging widower, a security guard
named Fatty who pines for the pretty
executive he watches over, and two
Behind the scenes at Charter.
teenage schoolgirls who find love
on the Internet, intertwined with the
true life story of Theresa Chan, a deaf
and blind woman played by Theresa
Poh Lin Chan herself. Be With Me
won awards in Stockholm. Mar del
Plata. Flanders, and Tokyo Part of the
ACC Library’s iFilms series Shows
Thursday. 4/19 (ACC Library)
BLADES OF GLORY (PG-13) After
being exiled from male figure skating.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell)
and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder),
make history, stunning the skating
world by defying conventions as pairs
partners Another flawless routine from
Will Ferrell is,the only reason this
routine sports comedy medals. Ferrell,
channeling his inner Neil Diamond into
the hilarious “Chazzle dazzle’ of “sex
on ice,’ triple lutzes all over the place,
while his costars stumble. Blades isn't
terribly memorable, but it is hard not
to get into the spirit of competition
when Michaels and MacElroy first
grab each other's crotches on the ice
(Beechwood. Carmike, Highway 17
Theatres)
CLIMATES (NR) 2006 A Cannes
Award winner. Climates (Iklimler)
pursues dowdy professor Isa (writer-
director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Uzak) from
Istanbul to frostier climes in search of
the younger wife, Bahar (Ebru Ceylan),
who fled his inattentive selfishness.
Winner of five Golden Oranges at
Turkey's Antalya Film Festival, Climates
was also nominated for the Istanbul
International Film Festival’s Golden
Tulip for Best Film. Opens Friday (Cin6)
DISTURBIA (PG-13) See Movie Pick.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
DREAMGIRLS (PG-13) Glitzy and
glamorous. Dreamgirls. chronicling
the Supremes-iike rise of Deena
(Beyonc6 Knowles). Effie (Oscar winner
Jennifer Hudson), and Lorrell (Anika
Norn Rose), never shies away from its
Broadway roots. Writer-director Bill
Condon's script is near perfect, but no
one would notice were it not for the
cast. Dreamgirls has both the rhythm
and the blues. (Georgia Square 5)
THE ELEPHANT MAN (PG) 1980.
David Lynch directed this heartbreaking
biopic about John Merrick (AKA the
Elephant Man, played by John Hurt in
horrifyingly accurate makeup). Partly
based on the book by Sir Frederick
Treves (Anthony Hopkins), the
Victorian surgeon who rescued Merrick
from a freak show. Filmed in stark
black & white, with a haunting score.
Nominated for eight Oscars. Shows
Monday. 4/23 (Flicker)
FIREHOUSE DOG (PG) Firehouse
Dog is actually two films rolled into
one, and neither tale is as flea-bitten
as one might imagine. When a stunt
goes awry, animal superstar Rexxx
finds himself walking the mean streets
of Toronto until firefighter’s kid Shane
(Josh Hutcherson) takes him home
The boy and his dog are Firehouse
Dor}s focus, but the plot involving
a rundown firehouse could be the
backbone of the best firefighting movie
since Backdraft. were it not for the
kiddie flick plot (Beechwood). Ends
Thursday (Carmike)
FOOTLOOSE (PG) 1984 Have you
been working so hard 7 Do you keep
punching your card 7 I'm yearning,
burning to teil you that life is passing
you by if you’ve yet to see the ultimate
in Baptist repression, a dancing ban.
flouted by none other than Mr Six
Degrees himself, Kevin Bacon (this film
alone connects the veteran star/ rocker
with John Lithgow. the late Chris
Penn, Dianne Wiest and Sarah Jessica
Parker). Many thanks to the king of
'80s soundtracks. Kenny Loggins. for
his help composing this dope Shows
Thursday, 4/19 (Tate)
< FRACTURE (R) Hotshot as
sistant D A Willy Beachum (recent
Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling) must
match wits with menacing old fart Ted
Crawford (Academy Award winner
Anthony Hopkins), whose open-and-
shut murder case (Crawford says he
killed his wife, the evidence says he
didn't) becomes anything but and
threatens to shoot Beachum's rising
star Directed by Gregory Hoblit. whose
swell Primal Fear has been overrun
by disappointments like Fallen and
Hart's War With David Strathairn as the
D A and Rosamund Pike (Die Another
Day) as the love interest Opens Friday
(Carmike)
GHOST RIDER (PG-13) Johnny
Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sells his soul
to Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) and
becomes a flaming, leather-clad, mo
torcycle-riding skeleton supernaturaliy
powerful enough to punish evil. In
spite of Cage's every misstep, when
Blaze transforms into the Rider, Ghost
Rider changes into the hokey. B-list
superhero fun it was meant to be
(Georgia Square 5)
GRINDHOUSE (R) An orgiastic
smorgasbord of hot half-naked
women, flying body parts, geysers of
blood, and Kurt Russell. Grindhouse
pulsates with the excess and genius
of genre fantasists. Robert Rodriguez
and Quentin Tarantino. RRs Planet
Terror (Rose McGowen mows down the
infected masses with her machine gun
leg) and QT's Death Proof (a menacing
Russell runs down hotties in a cool
muscle car), and three mind-blowing
fake trailers deconstruct, reconstruct
and re-deconstruct conventions
until everything you've seen before
looks like nothing you've ever seen
Grindhouse is the Mount Everest of
postmodern cinema RR and QT meant
to make shitty movies and by making
the best shitty movies possible, they
not only pay homage to the great works
of depravity that fomented their revo
lutionary filmmaking but increase the
validity of these unprincipled works. It's
worth all 201 intelligent, witty, bloody,
beautiful, glorious, exploitative, nostal
gic minutes I'm just not sure that most
filmgoers are pining for this bygone
cinematic era as much as RR. QT and
me. (Beechwood, Carmike)
HAPPY FEET (PG) Mumble the
penguin (voiced by Elijah Wood) takes
an eye-popping, breathtaking journey
from dropped egg to societal savior.
Happy Feet laps out a fresh rhythm
to which you can dance when it's not
delivering pat lessons on religious
intolerance and environmental destruc
tion. (Georgia Square 5)
THE HOST (R) 2006 This massive
Korean hit does what no other formu
laic monster flick can, it develops real
characters out of the comedically dys
functional Park family They must battle
an insidious government conspiracy
and the gigantic mutated tadpole ter
rorizing Seoul's Han River while rescu
ing their youngest member Filmmaker
Bong Joon-ho makes sure we care
about the outcome Add in the films
intelligent satmzation of America's
belief in and misuse of our cultural/
military/ scientific superiority and
you ve got one terrific monster movie
Ends Thu'sday(Cin6)
IN THE LAND OF WOMEN PG-13)
After being dumped, Carter Webb
(Adam Brody. “The 0 C.‘) heads to
Michigan where he lives with his ailing
grandmother (Olympia Dukakis) and
meets the Hardwicke women—mom
(Meg Ryan), teen (Kristen Stewart), and
little sis (Makenzie Vega) Gee. which
one will he fall for 7 Written and directed
by Jon Kasdan Opens Friday (Car -
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS NR> 2006
Shot during two years in Iraq with a
handheld Panasonic HD camcorder.
Iraq in Fragments is a three-part opus
documenting the varying responses of
ordinary Iraqis to the American inva
sion and occupation Nominated for an
Oscar in 2006 Director James Longley
will be in attendance on Thursday
4/19 (Brandon Waddell) Ends Thursday
(Cin6)
MEET THE ROBINSONS (G) When
orphan Lewis' newest experiment
blows up in his face, he runs to his
rooftop hideaway where he is whisked
to the future by Wilbur Robinson,
eldest son of the future's first family
Unfortunately. Lewis is being sought
by the Bowler Hat Guy. a melodramatic
Snidely Whiplash-type of surprising
incompetence Despite its visual wow
factor (especially the 3-D version),
Robinsons is obnoxiously madcap,
hyperactively zany and quite tedious.
(Beechwood. Carmike)
MUSIC & LYRICS (PG-13) Music
and Lyrics had me at Hugh Grant Alex
Fletcher (Grant) has a week to write
a hit song if he wants another shot
at stardom Fletcher hires failed poet
Sophie (Drew Barrymore) to help him
craft “Way Back Irto Love.* which is a
route the songwriting duo discover for
themselves. (Georgia Square 5)
LITTLE CHILDPEN (R) 2006 From In
the Bedroom writer-director Todd Field.
Little Children was hailed by many
critics as one of the 06s best This tale
of infidelity amongst the playgrounds
and swimming pools of a small town
is powerful stuff Kate Winslet won her
fifth Academy Award nomination, Field
his second writing nomination, and
Jackie Earle Haley his first acting nod
in Hollywood's feel-good story of the
year Based on the novel by co-screen
writer Tom Perrotta. Little Children
also stars Patrick Wilson and Jennifer
Connelly Starts Friday (Cin6)
THE NAMESAKE (PG-13) The
Namesake is a literate, literary adapta
tion of the novel by Pulitzer Prize
winner Jhumpa Lahiri Assimilated
Gogol Ganguli (Kal Penn) is constantly
battling his parent’s traditionalism
Striking out on his own, Gogol changes
his name to Nick and procures a
WASPy girlfriend (Jacinda Barrett) But
the messy reality of life soon intrudes,
compelling Gogol to reconcile his
American nature with his Bengali heri
tage. Director Mira Nair and screen
writer Sooni Taraporevala (Mississippi
Masala) blow through the mile markers
of the Ganguli famity history without
stopping long enough to appreciate the
sensitive sights. (Beechwood)
A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (PG) A
barely amusing romp due in large part
to everyone but its star (Ben Stiller).
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ACC LIBRARY (706-613-3650)
Be With Me (NR) 7:00 (Th. 4/19)
BEECHWOOD (706-546-1011)
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300 (R) 6:50, 9:35
Are We Done Yet? (PG) 5:25, 7:35. 9:45
Blades of Glory (PG-13) 4:40, 7:10, 9:25
Disturbia (PG-13) 4:35, 7:05, 9:30
Firehouse boy (PG) 4: J5
Grindhousi (R) 4:45, 3:30
Meet the Robinsons (G) 4:15, 7:00, 9:30
The Namesake (PG-13) 6:55, 9:40
Pathfinder (R) 4:10, 7:25, 9:45
Perfect Stranger (R) 4:20, 7:15, 9:50
The Reaping (R) 4:35, 7:20, 9:45
Redline (PG-13) 4:25, 7:30, 9:55
TMNT (PG) 4:30
CARMIKE 12 (706-354-0016)
300 (R) 1:00, 7:00 (ends Th. 4/19)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (R) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45,
10:00 (add'l time F. 4/20: 12:05 a.m.) (opens F. 4/20)
Are We Done Yet? (PG) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45. 10:00
(add'l time F. 4/20: 12:05 a.m.)
Blades of Glory (PG-13) 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:55
(add'l time F. 4/20: midnight)
Disturbia (PG-13) 1:45, 4:30, 7:00. 9:30 (add'l time
F. 4/20: midnight)
Firehouse Dog (PG) 4:15, 9:45 (ends Th. 4/20)
Fracture (R) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 (add'l time F.
4/20: midnight) (opens F. 4/20)
Grindhouse (R) 12:30, 4:10, 7:45 (new times F. 4/20:
12:45, 4:35, 8:30)
In the Land of Women (PG-13) 12:45, 3:05, 5:25,
7:45, 10:00 (add'l time F. 4/20: 12:10 a.m.) (opens
F. 4/20)
Meet the Robinsons (PG) 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30,
9:45 (add'l time F. 4/20:12:05 a.m.)
Pathfinder (R) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
Perfect Stranger (R) 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 (add'l
time F. 4/20: 11:55 p.m.)
The Reaping (R) 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 (ends
Th. 4/19)
Redline (PG-13) 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (no
9:45 show after Th. 4/20)
Slow Bum (R) 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 (new times
F. 4/20: 9:50)
Vacancy (R) 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 (add'l time F.
4/20: midnight) (opens F. 4/20)
Wild Hogs (PG-13) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00
(ends Th. 4/20)
CINE (706-353-7377)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (R)
7:00 (W. 4/18)
Climates (NR) 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 (add'l times Sa. 4/21.
& Su. 4/22: 2:00) (opens F. 4/20)
The Host (R) 4:30, 7:00. 9:30 (ends Th. 4/19)
Iraq in Fragments (NR) 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 (ends Th.
4/19)
Little Children (R) 4115, 7:00, 9:45 (add'l times Sa.
4/21 & Su. 4/22: 1:30) (starts F. 4/20)
Shortbus (NR) Midnight (F. 4/20 & Sa. 4/21)
FUCKER THEATRE & BAR (706-546-0039)
The Elephant Man (PG) 7:00, 9:00 (M. 4/23)
GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (706-548-3426)
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The Astronaut Farmer (PG) 7:10
Dreamgirls (PG-13) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50
Ghost Rider (PG-13) 4:05, 7:05, 9:40
Happy Feet (PG) 7:20
Music 8i Lyrics (PG-13) 4:15, 7:15, 9:45
A Night At the Museum (PG) 4:20, 9:55
The Queen (PG-13) 4:10, 9:35
HWY 17 DRIVE-IN THEATERS (706-213-7693)
ATe We Done Yet? (PG) 8:15 (starts F. 4/20)
Blades of Glory (PG) 8:15
Norbit (PG-13) 8:15 (ends Th. 4/19)
TMNT (PG) 8:15 (ends Th. 4/19)
TATE CENTER THEATER (706-542-6396)
Footloose (PG) 8:00 (Th. 4/19)
Stomp the Yard 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (F. 4/20-Su.
4/22)
UGA STUDENT LEARNING CTR. (706-542-7000)
Battle in Heaven (NR) 7:30 (Tu. 4/24, Room 171)
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