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101 DALMATIANS (G) The classic
Disney story ol 101 cuddly, spotted
puppies who must escape the grasp of
the evil Cruella De Vil. Part of Family
Night at the (Described) Movies, film
features a non-mtrusive narrative track
for visually-impaired viewers [Nicole
Haysler] Shows Tuesday. 1/22
(ACC Library)
27 DRESSES (PG 13) Katherine Heigl
(Knocked Up) stars in this romantic
comedy about a woman who has been
a bridesmaid no less that 27 limes On
the latest go round, she also happens to
be in love with 'he groom - her sister's
fiance With James Marsden, Edward
Burns and Melora Hardin ("The Office )
Opens Friday (Beechwood. Carmike)
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
arrowheads of the million-man Persian
army Stunning to behold, director
Zack Snyder painstakingly renders
Frank Miller s graphic novel in three
dimensions Panel discussion follows
screening Shows Wednesday, 11/16
(UGA SLC)
30 DAYS OF NIGHT (R) If only the
passing horrific exhilarations of the
uneven big-screen adaptation of Steve
Niles and B?n Templesmiths simple
eerie graphic novel could be sustained
the film could be the vampire genre's
new gold standard As Barrow. AK is
plunged into its annual month of dark
ness Eben and Stella Oleson (Josh
Hartnett and Melissa George) lead
an ever-shrinking roster of survivors
against a horde of ravenous vampires
(Georgia Square 5)
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (PG)
My nostalgic love for the Chipmunks
lowered my expectations for the their
live-action/ CGI debut, which was a
good thing Alvin and the Chipmunks
didn't live down to my preconceived
disappointment and pleased the parents
and children in attendance, mostly due
to the tiny stars ringing true respite con-
temporization (Beechwood. Carmike)
ATONEMENT (R) Ian McEwans 2002
novel of the fictions we create to hurt
to heal and to survive arrives on the
big screen with the fanfare expected of
a splashy literary adaptation The lives
of the Tallis girls - older sister Cecilia
(Keira Knightley) and 13-year-old
Briony (the revelatory young Saoirse
Ronan) - are changed forever by the
spiteful events of a summer day in the
English countryside A false accusa
tion concocted by the betrayed Briony
sends her sister's lower class lover,
Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), first
to pi ison. then to France to fight the
Nazis Pride & Prejudice director Joe
Wright again displays a talent that
is surprisingly fully developed He
can simultaneously claim the year's
most technically impressive feat, a
massively staged Dunkirk unveiled in
one ludicrously ambitious 5-and-1/2
minute single shot, and the year s
most repressed ardor (Beechwood.
Carmike)
AUGUST RUSH (PG) Anyone even
thinking about seeing this had best be
sure they believe that music (and love)
can conquer all it not. the tired plot
devices that prop up this modern fable
about an orphaned musical prodigy
(Freddie Highmore) seeking his par
ents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys
Meyers) through music will have one
wishing to change the sentimental sta
tion Starts Friday (Georgia Square 5)
BEE MOVIE (PG) Steadily buying
with amusement, Bee Woweshouldn t
disappoint fans of Jerry Seinfeld He
particularizes the minutiae of bee life
as Barry B Benson (v Seinfeld) leaves
the hive for the human world where he
sues the honey industry on behalf of
bees everywhere (Georgia Square .6)
BEOWULF (PG-13) Robert Zemeckis'
eye-popping cinematic spectacle
revels in all the beauty - and every
blemish - of motion caDture anima
tion While outwardly resembling
the Old English epic about the hero
who defeats Grendel (Crispin Glover)
and his mother (Angelina Jolie). Neil
Gaiman and Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction)
inwardly question the entire mythic
proposition of hubnstic heroism Who
cares 7 Beowulf is a blast Starts Friday
(Georgia Square 5)
THE BUCKET LIST (PG-13) If not
for the magnetic allure of Smilin' Jack
Nicholson and Morgan Freeman,
director Rob Reiner might finally have
tumbled to the bottom of moviemak
ing's own pit of despair Hampered
by its schmaltzy, greeting-card script
and Marc Shaimans intrusive slushy
score. The Bucket List is a road movie
for the terminally i'l where one of the
dead men walking is a billionaire
who can commandeer a Leer jet to
take him anywhere in the world After
learning they have months to live. rich,
lonely Edward Cole (Nicholson) and
mechanic/ family man Carter Chambers
(Freeman) take a whirlwind tour of the
world to do everything they ve ever
dreamed before kicking the bucket
Jack is Jack, Freeman :s a saint Net
yet contemplating my mortality. I con
nected little to tms ali-you-can-eat
afternoon buffet ot cancer and inconti
nence |Okes (Beechwood Carmike*
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Roce rt s» Wilson w d g*ca %/• d war
on 'he USSR that contributed to tfie
eventual collapse oi the Iron Curtain
tBeechwoodi: Ends Thursday iCarrakei
CLOVERFIELD PG-13) The biggest
wild card ot the winter movie season
is this monster movie" from Lost
producer J J Abrams Can Ctoverfield
about an attack on New York City as
witnessed via digital camcorder, by
a group ot young Manhattanites, find
a mainstream audience 7 Written by
"Butty" and "Angel" tan favorite Drew
Goddard, whos now a "Lost" con
tributor, and directed by Matt Reeves
("Felicity"). Opens Friday (Beechwood.
Carmike)
CONTROL (R) In 1973, teenaged Ian
Curtis (Sam Riley) is a bored disciple
ot Bowie. Burroughs and Ballard
(J G.) in Macclesfield. England. By
1980, he'll he a 23-year-old legend,
a rock star destroyed by tame, mar
riage and epilepsy Director Anton
Corbijn’s stellar biopic ot the enigmatic
Joy Division frontman, based on
Touching from a Distance by Curtis’
wife, Deborah (portrayed in the film
by Samantha Morton), is composed of
beautifully sad, iconic, black and white
images that imprint upon the audi
ence a sympathetic view of the quiet,
Cobain-esque lad who died too young.
One of the sharpest looking films I've
recently seen, Control marks a smooth
transition tor Corbijn, the famed rock
photographer and music video direc
tor. Most staid musical biopics tell a
repetitive story of drug abuse and lost
love redeemed by god-given talent, but
Control is ditferent The film means
something Ends Thursday (Cm6)
DAN IN REAL LIFE (PG-13) While
advice columnist Dan Burns (Steve
Carell) has all the answers lor his
readers, the widower can t quite get
the hang of raising three daughters
- teen Jane (Alison Pill), tween Cara
(Brittany Robertson) and lovely little
Lilly (Marlene Lawston) - and himself
Carells subtle talent for turning mner
pathos into hilarious outer pain saves
this film Ends Thursday (Georgia
Square Five)
ELECTRIC APRICOT (R) 2006
Primus' Les Claypool wrote and
directed this jam band spoof that has
been compared to This Is Spinal Tap A
UCLA film student documents the tour
of take band Electric Apricot Featuring
Bob Weir. Mike Gordon and Warren
Haynes as themselves Shows Monday
1/21 (Flicker)
FIRST SUNDAY (PG-13) When Durell
Washington (Ice Cube, who gets less
funny and less likable with each movie)
and LeeJohn James Jacob Jackson
(Tracy Morgan) decide to rob First
Hope Community Church on the big
gest tithing day ot the month the bum
bling thieves Imd their escape blocked
by the Paster (Chi McBride) and his
flock An odd not unsuccessful mix ot
church and booty humor First Sunday
,s not as middlebrow as the Madea
films from Tyler Perry Yet lowbrow as
’he bungled church heist scenario .s
Taiberrs comedy obtains its taugns
nonest 1 , cu'tesy of Williams .vnc
gets ar me good cries and none ■' tb*
sappy dramatics yn Morgan, /.nc
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Glamal! 11 estranged - drier brothe* f 'en
V net Vaughn* While amusing Fred
Claus dramatic arc is awfully p f -dir.!-
abte Ends Thursday (Georgia
Square Five;
THE GAME PLAN iPGi Professional
football player Joe Kingman (Dwayne
Tne Rock' Johnson) has only one
thing in mind - winning a champion
ship ring - untii his daughter, sweet
little Peyton (Madison Pettis), is left on
his doorstep Kids will love The Game
Plan for two hours and promptly forget
it parents could do worse (Georgia
Square 5)
GONE BABY GONE (R) Adapted
by director Ben Affleck and Aaron
Stockard. Gene Bahy Gone is a morally
draining film about Boston PI Patrick
Kenzie (Casey Affleck), who is hired
to find a four-year-old girl hut instead
unearths the truth that morally compli
cates the situation tar beyond simple
child abduction The elder Affleck
gets everything right and a strongly
nuanced Casey Affleck anchors
this tough little film Shows Friday,
1/18-Sunday. 1/20 (Tate)
GOODWILL HUNTING (R) 1997
Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning film
about a mathematical prodigy (Matt
Damon) discovered hiding out at MIT
as a janitor holds up fairly well. I am
once again reminded o! how much I
do like those apples. With Ben Affleck.
Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsg^rd,
Minnie Driver and Casey Attleck.
Shows Thursday, 1/17 (Tate)
HONEYDRIPPER (PG-13)
Honeydripper is set in 1950s rural
Alabama where Tyrone Ruvis
(Danny Glover* ‘he pn pneto* ot the
Honeydripper Lounge, make, a card
decision m hopes tc save his bank
rupted club Alter firing his long-time
blues singer Tyrone sires the famous
Guitar Sam as a iast bang to bring in
the crowns ann save the club Guitar
Sam is a no-snow leading Tyrone back
to the young Sonny Blake, who applied
to play but was rejected [Nicole
Haysler) Opens Friday (Carmike)
I AM LEGEND (PG-13) I Am Legend
is another addition to one ol my all-time
favorite movie sub-genres the post-
apocalyptic survival story We soon
discover that nearly ali of humanity has
been killed by a mutating virus and
most ot the remaining humans have
been turned into super-strong vampire-
zcmbies Will Smith plays Robert
Neville a military scientist haunted
by his past and his failure to stop the
virus The storv was adapted from a
1954 novel by Richard Matheson which
has already been turned into two mov
ies This adaptation wasnt bad but it
wasn’t very good, either [Alex Moorej
(Beechwood Carmixe)
IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A
DUNGEON SIEGE TALE (PG-13)
See Flick Skinny Picture the retarded
spawn ot a realty crappy Saturday
morning cartoon and The Lord of
the Rings and you pretty much can
see what this is like Jason Statham
(Transported plays a medieval family
man forced to fight poorly-costumed
orc-like creatures who are controlled
by an evil sorcerer (Ray Liotta) Believe
J or not. tins is so much worse than it
sounds There isn't anv blood or sex or
anything remotely fun about this movie
! am not exaggerating when I say 'hat I
could shit be'ier dialogue than this The
acting was truly terrible and every char
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of lower-tier C- v actors lor actors
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JUNO PG--3) A‘rank funny discus
sion of ’ami", teenage sexuality and
parenting without a mn: of the cool
irony that typically detaches indepen
dent comedies. Juno lives up to ait
its hype most ot which has swirled
around screenwriter Diablo Cody and
actress Ellen Page (Hard Candy) Lost
in all the hot fuss about Cody and
Page is director Jason Reitman. whose
second teature is as wickedly witty
as his first Thank You for Smoking
Junos teenage pregnancy may be the
least complicated - and funniest - ot
all time, yet that youthful optimism is
something ol which we could use a lot
more. (Beechwood)
THE KITE RUNNER (PG-13) See
Movie Pick (Beechwood)
LOST BOYS OF SUDAN (NR) 2003
Emmy-nominated documentary that
follows two Sudanese refugees on their
journey from Africa to America. An
amazing view into the struggles ot the
boys living through the civil wars in
Africa, and then dealing with the harsh
reality of alienation foun J in America
[Nicole Haysler) Shows Thursday, 1/17
(ACC Library)
MAD MONEY (PG-13) Three women
(Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie
Holmes) scheme to steal a fortune
that is scheduled tor destruction
from their place ot employment, the
National Reserve. I have no idea what
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ACC LIBRARY (706 613 3650)
101 Dalmatians (G) 4:00 ( T u. 1/22)
Lost Boys of Sudan (NR) 7:00 ( T b. ! ;7 -
BEECHWOOD (706-546- iOl I)
27 Dresses (PG-13) 4:15. 7:05. ?:(opens ; 13*
(add'l time f. 1/18-M 1/21: 1:45)
Alvin and the Chipmunks PG . 5:15 7:2-. 4 .idd'l
times F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 17:55, 3:051
Atonement (R) 4:05. 6:50. v:45 (e id'l linn r
1/18-M. 1/21: 1:20)
The Bucket List (PG-13) 4:
F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 1:50)
Charlie Wilson's War <R) 4:10. 9:40 (new tunes F.
1/18: 4:10. 9:50)
Cloverfield (PG-13) 5:15, 7:20. 9:2*3 (opens f . 1/18)
(add'l times F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 1:05. 3:10)
First Sunday (PG-13) 4:30, 7:35, 9:55 (add'l time F.
1/18-M. 1/21: 2:00)
I Am Legend (PG-13) 4:15, 7:10. 9:30 (new times F.
1/18: 4:25, 9:40
Juno (PG-13) 5:30, 7:43, 10:10 (new times F. 1/18:
5:30. 7:45, 10:00) (add’l times F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 1:05,
3:15)
The Kite Runner (PG-13) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 (new time
F. 1/18: 7:00) (add'l time F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 1:00)
Mad Money (PG-13) 4:35, 7:15, 9:<.0 (opens F. 1/18)
(add'l time F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 2:05)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG) 3:55, 6:55,
9:45 (add'l time F. 1/18-M. 1/21: 12:55)
P.S. l Love You (PG-13) 6:55 (add'l time F. 1/18-M.
1/21: 1:20)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(R) 4:25. 7:05, 9:40 (ends Th. 1/17)
CARMIKE 12 (706-354-0016)
27 Dresses (PG-13) 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 (opens F.
1/18) (add’l time F. 1/18: midnight)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (PG) 1:00, 3:10, 5:20,
7:30, 9:40 (add'l time F. 1/18: midnight)
Atonement (R) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55
The Bucket List (PG-13) 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 10:00
Charlie Wilson's War (R) 4:20, 9:55 (ends Th. 1/17)
Cloverfield (PG-13) 1:00. 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:45
(opens F. 1/18) (add'l time F. 1/18: 11:50 p.m.)
First Sunday (PG-13) 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00
(add'l time F. 1/18: midnight)
Honeydripper (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00. 7:00, 10:00 (opens
F. 1/18)
I Am Legend (PG-13) 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 (new
time F. 1/18: 9:40) (add'l time F. 1/18: midnight)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
(PG-13) 1:20, 4:20, 7:00. 9:45 (new times F, 1/18:
7:00, 9:45)
Mad Money (PG-13) 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 (opens F.
1/18)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (PG) !:00. 4:00,
7:0C. 9:55
One Missed Call PG-13) 1:0C. 3.15,5:30 7.45.
10:00 (new times f. T 18: 1:00 4;00, 7:00)
The Orphanage Ft) 1: 0,: ' OO 9:45 new times
r. 1/18: 1:20. 4:20)
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales
Movie .6 1:10. }:05. 5:10 7:15. 9:20 (new times f.
1 '18: 1:20. 4:201
P.S. I Love You iPG-13) 1:30 :1C
Sweeney Todd: The Oemon Barber of Fleet Street
(R) 1:15. 4:10. 7:00. 9:50 - new times F. 1/18: 7:00.
9:50)
CINE (706-353-3343)
Control Ik) 4:15. 7:15. 9:45 (ends Th. 1/17)
Into the Wild (R) 9:55 (ends Th. 1/17)
No Country for Old Men (Rl 4:00, 7:00. 9:30 (staits
F. 1/18)
The Savages R) 415. 7:15, 9:15 (opens F, 1/18)
Vertigo (PG) 4:00 (ends Th. 1/17)
FLICKER THEATRE & BAR (706 546 0039)
Electric Apricot (R) 8:30 (M. 1/21)
GEORGIA SQUARE 5 (706-548-3426)
30 Days of Night (R) 4:05, 7:05. 9:50 (new time F.
1/18: 9:50)
August Rush (PG) 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 (starts F. 1/18)
(add'l time Sa. 1/19-M. 1/21: 1:10)
Beowulf (PG-13) 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 (starts F. 1/18)
(add'l time Sa. 1/19-M. 1/21: 1:05)
Bee Movie (PG) 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 (new times F. 1/18:
5:20, 7:30) (add'l times Sa. 1/19-M. 1/21: 1:00, 3:10)
Dan in Real Life (PG-13) 4:10, 9:45 (ends Th. 1/17)
Fied Claus (PG) 7:10 (ends Th. 1/17)
Tne Game Plan (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:35 (new times F.
1/18: 4:00, 9:35)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G) 5:30, 7:45,
10:00 (new time F. 1/18: 7:00) (add'l time Sa.
1/19-M. 1/21: 1:20)
Saw IV (R) 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 (starts F. 1/18) (add'l
time Sa. 1/19-M. 1/21: 1:15)
HWY 17 DRIVE-IN THEATERS (7G6-213-7693)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
(PG-13) 7:00
The Mist (R) 7:00
TATE CENTER THEATER (706-542-6396)
Gone Baby Gone (R) 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 (F.
1/18-Su. 1/20)
Good Will Hunting (R) 8:00 (Th. 1/17)
UGA STUDENT LEARNING CTR. (706 542 7000}
300 (R) 6:00 (W. 1/16, Rm 150)
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