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1408 (PG-13) The fairly old-fashioned
ghost story, starring John Cusack as a
non-believing, occult writer who gets
his in a truly evil hotel room does not
really generate much in the way of
scares, despite an above-average per
formance from Cusack. (Beechwood,
Carmike)
BLADES OF GLORY (PG-13) After
being exiled from male figure skating.
Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell)
and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) make
history by defying conventions as pairs
partners. Another flawless routine from
Will Ferrell is the only reason this rou
tine sports comedy medals. (Georgia
Square 5)
DISTURBIA (PG-13) Disturbia is far
from a grade-A side of cinematic beef,
but this teenybopper flick knocks off
Rear Window with B-movie gusto.
Under house arrest, underage antihero
Kale (Shia LeBeouf) gets so bored he
learns that the loner next-door (David
Morse) is a serial killer. (Georgia
Square 5)
EVAN ALMIGHTY (PG) Evan Baxter
(Steve Carell) has just won a seat in
Congress when God shows up with Ark
Building for Dummies A weak attempt
to co-opt religion for box office gain,
the sappy, blunt and agenda-stunted
Evan Almighty proselytizes in such a
garbled liberal Christian patois, it's er
rantly, inherently unfunny. (Beechwood,
Carmike)
EVENING (PG-13) Ann Lord's
(Vanessa Redgrave) terminal illness
bring her adult daughters—Constance
(Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni
Collette)—home again. As Ann slowly
dies, she calls out for Harris (Patrick
Wilson), the lover she met at her
friend Lila's (Meryl Streep and Mamie
Gummer) wedding. Why Michael
Cunningham, a Pulitzer Prize winner
for The Hours, would submit to light
ing such soggy romantic fireworks
is beyond my meager reasoning.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE
SILVER SURFER (PG) Mr. Fantastic
(loan Gruffudd), The Invisible Woman
(Jessica Alba), The Thing (Michael
Chiklis) and The Human Torch
(Chris Evans) are deserving of better
big-screen treatment than they have
received. With the backstory out of the
way, The Four are allowed to jump right
into action, battling the Silver Surfer
(voiced by Laurence Fishburne), a CGI
character as impressive as the Hulk
and King Kong. (Beechwood. Carmike)
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS
VEGAS (R) 1998. Terry Gilliam (Brazil,
12 Monkeys) turns his twisted vision
to Hunter S. Thompson's gonzo story
of oddball journalist Raoul Duke's
(Johnny Depp) search for the American
Dream. Duke is accompanied on his
drug-addled Las Vegas journey by his
psychopathic attorney (Benecio del
Toro). Nominated for the Palme d'Or.
A great choice for a midnight movie.
Shows Friday, 7/6 & Saturday. 7/7
(Cin6)
FEDERICO FELLINI’S AMARCORD
(R) 1973 Federico Fellini's longing
gaze back at growing up in his small
coastal hometown of Rimini in the
1930s. Amarcordconjures a bawdy,
sexy, funny, bittersweet slice of nos
talgia worthy of the filmmaker’s earlier
masterworks. Winner of the Academy
Award for Best Foreign Film. Shows
Wednesday. 7/11 (GMOA)
HARRY POTTER & THE ORDER
OF THE PHOENIX (PG-13) Things
take a sinister in the mega-franchise's
fifth installment. Almost no one
believes Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) that
Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is back in
the mix. Oh, and we get to see Harry's
first kiss. Opens Wednesday, 7/11 (Call
Theaters)
HOT FUZZ (R) Whereas Shaun of the
Dead rifled on zombie movies, Edgar
Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s
newest feature takes aim at buddy cop/
renegade cop flicks. They never let us
see them sweat as they laboriously
craft gags so deep you’d think they
were serious filmmakers. (Georgia
Square 5)
THE INVISIBLE (PG-13) A young
man who must solve his attempted
murder before it's too late in this rather
curious movie directed by David S.
Goyer (writer of Batman Begins, direc
tor of Blade: Trinity). Crisp, clear and
cold, this picture is hard to categorize.
(Georgia Square 5)
KNOCKED UP (R) When Alison Scot’
(Katherine Heigl) decides to keep
the result of a one-night stand with
man-boy Ben (Seth Rogen), she sets
in motion a riotous two-hour journey
that mocks the ups and downs of
pregnancy, courtship and marriage on
the way to a heartfelt happily ever after.
(Beechwood, Carmike, Highway 17
Theatres)
LICENSE TO WED (PG-13) John
Krasinski (“The Office") and Mandy
Moore must deal with a crazed rever
end's (Robin Williams) marriage prepa
ration course. Director Ken Kwapis has
directed eight episodes of “The Office"
and Krasinski is joined by a slew of
his “Office’-mates (Angela Kinsey,
Mindy Kaling and Brian Baumgartner).
(Beechwood, Carmike)
LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (PG-13)
See Movie Pick and Flick Skinny.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
MAFIOSO (NR) 1962. An Italian
masterpiece, comedic crime drama
Mafioso stars Alberto Sordi as Antonio,
a Sicilian working in Northern Italy.
To reconnect with his roots. Antonio
takes his family on a trip to the home
land, where he attempts ro dispel the
criminal notions about his past and his
people Directed by Alberto Lattuada.
Ends Thursday (Cin6)
A MIGHTY HEART (R) Angelina
Jolie's stirring portrayal of Mariane
Pearl, the wife of slain journalist
Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), tends to
obscure the other strengths of Michael
Winterbottom's film. The filmmaker
unflinchingly looks upon heroism in a
post-9/11 world and finds it intact and
not a little bit confused about how to
proceed. As a vacation from the escap
ism of summer cinema. A Mighty Heart
beats strongly. (Beechwood); Ends
Thursday (Carmike)
MONGOLIAN PING PONG (NR)
2005. Living in rural Mongolia,
Bilike has never seen a ping pong
ball before When one appears in the
nearby stream, he and three friends ask
everyone from grandma to the nearest
monks for an explanation of this little
white sphere. Like The Gods Must Be
Crazy, this has been hailed for its com
edy as well as its sweeping cinematog
raphy. Ends Thursday (Cin6)
NANCY DREW (PG) Bringing teen
sleuth Nancy (Emma Roberts) to the
big screen is a tough task Stick too
faithfully to the original and you've
fashioned an irrelevant dinosaur; ride
the present cultural Zeitgeist and your
flick will be dated quickly. Nancy's lat
est incarnation, plopped in modern Los
Angeles, is a feeble solution that tails
to completely stave off either concern.
(Carmike)
OCEAN’S THIRTEEN (PG-13)
Ocean's Thirteen rebottles the effer
vescent, effortless charms of 2001's
Ocean's Eleven. Revenge is the name of
the game as Danny (George Clooney)
and the boys plot to pay back casino
owner Willie Bank (Al Pacino) for
hurting one of their own. (Beechwood,
Carmike)
OFF THE CHAIN (NR) 2005. How
did the American Pit Bull Terrier
go from family pet to family threat?
Writer-director Bobby J. Brown blames
dog fighting and bad owning, not bad
breeding. In light of the publicity sur
rounding the Michael Vick dog fighting
investigation and a recent attack in
Atlanta, Off the Chain remains extreme
ly topical and can hopefully salvage the
sullied reputation of a wonderful breed.
Part of the ACC Library’s iFilms series.
Shows Thursday, 7/5 (ACC Library)
OFFSIDE (PG) 2006. Desperate to
watch the World Cup Qualifier between
Iran and Bahrain, several Iranian
women dress up as boys in order to
circumvent the inane decree prohibit
ing women from entering soccer
stadiums. Imprisoned just out of sight
of the match, these women will stop
at nothing to catch a glimpse of their
beloved sport. This comedy from two-
time Cannes Award winner Jafar Panahi
(The White Balloon, Crimson Gold)
illustrates the struggle for women's
rights in the theocratic Islamic Republic
of Iran. Winner of the Silver Bear at the
Berlin Internationa! Film Festival. Starts
Friday (Cine)
PARIS, JE T’AIME (R) Comprised of
18 shorts by acclaimed directors from
around the world (including Gurinder
Chadha, the Coen Brothers, Wes
Craven, Alfonso Cuardn, Alexander
Payne and Gus Van Sant), this love
letter to the City of Lights makes you
long for the crowded, narrow streets
of Paris. Each film takes place in a
different part of the city and many are
slice-of-life vignettes about ordinary
Parisians going about the business
of living. Some are flights of fancy: a
grieving mother encoutners a mystical
cowboy who gives her the chance to
say goodbye to her son; Wes Craven
even throws in a seductive female
vampire for his film. Dark humor can
be found in the Coen's brothers’ entry,
as Steve Buscemi’s tourist character
makes the fatal mistake ol making eye
contact with strangers in the metro.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see
mini-masterpieces by some of the
most creative filmmakers in the world.
[Margaret Moore) (Cin6)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
AT WORLD’S END (PG-13) Captain
Jack (Johnny Depp) has never seemed
more addled and more fey than when
he is rescued by Will Turner (Orlando
Bloom). Elizabeth Swann (Keira
Knightley) and Barbossa (Geoffrey
Rush). A three-hour behemoth, At
World's End is one clever swash
buckler fueled by Depp's slapstick
coconut rummy and some banging FX
(Carmike)
RATATOUILLE (G) Pixar turns to
director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant,
The Incredibles) lor its most original
feature since Toy Story. Remy the rat
(the surprisingly deft voice of come
dian Patton Oswalt) dreams of. being a
top chef Garbage boy Linguine (Lou
Romano) doesn't want to lose another
job. Together the rat and his boy be
come the gastronomic sensation of all
Paris, much to the chagrin of head chef
Skinner (Ian Holm), while winning the
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Werewolves and lollipops (NR) 8:30 (T. 7/10)
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Off the Chain (NR) 7:00 (Th. 7/5)
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Evan Almighty (PG) 12:30. 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35
Evening (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10. 7:10, 9:50
Fantastic 4: Rise ot the Silver Surfer (PG) 1:30, 7:00
Knocked Up (R) 3:50, 9:20
License to Wed (PG-13) 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40
Live Free or Die Hard (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
A Mighty Heart (R) 1:30, 4:15
Ocean's 13 (PG-13) 4:20
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PG-13)
9:45
Ratatouille (G) 11:45 a.m., 12:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:45,
o:30, 7:15, 8:00
Sicko (PG-13) 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45
Transformers (PG-13) 12:15, 1:15, 3:15, 4:15, 6:15,
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7/6 & Sa. 7/7: midnight)
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(add'l time F. 7/6 & Sa. 7/7: midnight)
Evening (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (PG) 12:15,
2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 (add'l time F. 7/6 & Sa. 7/7:
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Knocked Up (R) 9:55
License to Wed (PG-13) 12:00, 3:00, 5:20, 7:45,
10:00 (add'l time F. 7/6 & Sa. 7/7: midnight)
Live Free or Die Hard (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55
A Mighty Heart (R) 9:35 (ends Th. 7/5)
Nancy Drew (PG) 12:15, 2:45, 5:00. 7:15 (new times
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Ocean's 13 (PG-13) 12:30, 3:30, 6:15, 9:15 (new
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (PG-13)
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Ratatouille (G) 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45. 10:15 (no
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Shrek the Third (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00
Transformers (PG-13) 11:30 a.m., 12:00, 1:00, 2:30,
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (R) midnight (F. 7/6
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Mafioso (NR) 7:00, 9:30 (ends Th. 7/5)
Mongolian Ping-Pong (NR) 4:30 (ends Th. 7/5)
Paris Je fat me (R) 4:45, 7:15, 9:45
Offside (PG) 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 (starts F. 7/6) (add'l
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The Invisible (PG-13) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55
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Shrek the Third (PG) 9:00
Surf's Up (PG) 9:00
Whoa! It’s like the Flagpole letters page came true!
heart of Colette (Janeane Garofalo) and
the approval of Remy’s father (Brian
Dennehy). A gorgeous dish lovingly
created from the freshest ingredients.
Ratatouille again proves Pixar—now
owned by Disney—to be king of
the computer animated mountain.
Ratatouille lacks the timelessness of
Toy Story and the heartrending tragedy
of Finding Nemo, but is textured and
nuanced to the point of live action
(and beyond) without sacrificing any
of its pleasurable punching power.
(Beechwood, Carmike)
SHREK THE THIRD (PG) After the
death of King Harold, Shrek (voiced
by Mike Myers) and friends strike out
in search of a new king. Meanwhile,
Fiona (Cameron Diaz) must deal with
Prince Charming. Shrek the Third is far,
far away the weakest of the franchise's
three films. (Carmike, Highway 17
Theatres)
SICKO (PG-13) Michael Moore haters
beware, the rotund firebrand in a base
ball cap has returned with his most
mature, least partisan, tremendously
one-sided polemic yet. When Moore
finishes entertainingly eviscerating
America's shameful excuse for a health
care system, everyone in the audi
ence—righty, lefty or ambidextrous
centrist—will find their stomach in a
knot seemingly tied by a most diligent
Eagle Scout. (Don't expect your insur
ance to cover its loosening; viewing
a Moore film is surely proof of a
deniable preexisting condition called
conscience.) Moore uses damning
denial after damning denial, incriminat
ing death alter incriminating death,
to convince the 250 million insured
Americans that Kaiser Permanente,
Humana, or whomever receives one's
premiums cares more about the bot
tom-line than whether the purchaser of
their service flatlines. After a first half
dominated by horror stories grislier
than Hostel Part II, Big Mike tours the
world of socialized heath care to beat
back the viciously slanderous forces
that have helped America drop to the
37th best health system in the world
If our health care system is not cor
rected and fast. I'm sure as hell moving
to Canada. England. France or Cuba
(okay, probably not Cuba) when my
body starts to fall apart. (Beechwood)
SURF’S UP (PG) A mockumentary
about up-and-coming surfer and pen
guin Cody Maverick (voiced by Shia
LeBeouf), the mildly amusing Surf's Up
has a hard time finding its wave, but
once it does, it settles into a nice co
medic rhythm. (Highway 17 Theatres)
< TRANSFORMERS (PG-13) I can't
wait for this high-dollar update of the
beloved "Robots in Disguise" of my
youth. Two alien races, the Autobots
and the Deceptions, bring their war
to Earth. Michael Bay directs. Shia
LeBeouf stars, and Steven Spielberg
produces. For those who care. Peter
Cullen returns to voice Optimus Prime
Me. I care a lot. (Beechwood. Carmike.
Highway 17 Theatres)
WEREWOLVES AND LOLLIPOPS
(NR) Comedian Patton Oswalt has
been seen on "The King of Queens."
“Reno 911!,’ and The Comedians of
Comedy Presently, the veteran voice
actor (“Aqua Teen Hunger Force." “Kim
Possible." "Crank Yankers") can be
heard as Remy in Pixar’s Ratatouille
(See review above) This is a free
screening of his latest CD/ DVD,
Werewolves and Lollipops Shows
Tuesday. 7/10(40 Watt)
WILD HOGS (PG-13) Four middle-
aged suburban eunuchs-nJohn
Travolta. Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence
and William H. Macy—try to regain
their masculinity by hitting the open
road on their bikes. This flick is just
coasting along on th* fumes of its
myriad stars' fading charms. (Georgia
Square 5)
Drew Wheeler
10 FLAGPOLE.COM • JULY 4, 2007
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