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12 ROUNDS (PG-13) According to
IMDb, in this action hick Detective
Danny Fisher (John Cena) discovers
his girlfriend (Ashley Scott) has been
kidnapped by a ex-con tied to Baxters
past, and he'll have to successfully
complete 12 challenges in order to
secure her safe release
BEDTIME STORIES (PG) Adam
Sandler stars as a guy living through
the bedtime stones heS telling his
niece and nephew Director Adam
Shankman scored big. critically and
commercially with Hairspray. Bedtime
Stories looks more like his awful
crowd-pleasers Bringing Down the
House. The Pacifier, and Cheaper by
the Dozen 2 The presence of Sandler s
personal scribe. Tim Herlihy {Bedtime
stories marks the eighth movie he's
written tor the likable star), doesn't
breed confidence With Keri Russell,
Guy Pearce, Courtney Cox, Russell
Brand. Lucy Lawless Jonathan Pryce,
Aisha Tyler and Richard Griffiths
BOLT (PG) The sharply animated
directed and written flick is the closest
Disney has gotten to achieving Pixar-
like quality, possibly due to the pres
ence of Pixar founder John Lasseter as
executive producer and Cars writer Dan
Fogelman
CORALINE (PG) Coraline may just
be next year's Best Animated Feature
Oscar. The filmed adaptation of the
young adult novel by Neil Ga-man
(Sandman. Stardust} virtually adds a
third sense to the moviegomg experi
ence A visual, sonic marvel. Coraline.
brought to life from real stuff (puppets
and miniature trees and toy trains), has
a tactile dimension. Every object, every
surface has a texture of which CG can
only dream Wonderful new 3D tech
nology reinforces the actual existence
of the denizens of Coral mes fantastical
adventure The 3D ably amps up the
film's more startling moments, but ft's
nothing a tough youngster can’t handle
and enjoy.
DUPLICITY (PG-13) See Movie Pick
► THE EDUCATION OF CHARLIE
BANKS (R) 2007 At 16. socially
responsible upper west-sider Charlie
Banks (Jesse Eisenberg) witnesses
charismatic blue collar sociopath Mick
Leary (Jason Ritter), 18, brutally beat
two unwitting suburban jocks at a high
school party and reports Mick to the
police Three years later, during his
freshman year in college Mick shows
up for a visit...
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS
(NR) 1958 Louis Malle melds French
cinematography and American music
in this romantic noir thriller, his
directorial debut A businessman
unintentionally provokes an ill-fated
chain of events when he murders his
employer Part of Cm6s Anniversary
Film Festival. With an introduction by
Dr Richard Neupert. a Josiah Meigs
Distinguished Professor of Film
Studies at UGA, at the 7.00 screening
FRESH LOOK INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN S FILM FESTIVAL (NR)
The second edition of this film festival
for kids of all ages includes screenings
of Mozart in China. A Girl Thirteen.
King Sin and a short film program
GRAN TORINO (R) A retired Ford
employee and Korean War vet, Walt
Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) still lives in
the same Michigan neighborhood in
which he and his now deceased wile,
'Dorothy, raised two ungrateful sons
But the old neighborhood has changed
Immigrants have invaded Walt's shores
The film paints a poignant portrait of
entrenched racial hatred overcome by
human kindness and interaction Waifs
transformation proves you can teach
an old dog new tricks Gran Torino
proves Eastwood is already a master
of them all
THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
(PG-13) Supposedly based on a true
story, this horror film charts one fam
ily's "encounter with the dark forces of
the supernatural ’ When the Campbell
family moves to their Victorian home
in upstate Connecticut, they soon dis
cover the house s disturbing history
HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU
(PG-13) Based on the self-help/ chick-
lit bestseller by Greg Behrendt (a ‘Sex
and the City" story editor) and Liz
Tucillo, He's Just Not That Into You is
too long, cinematographicaliy desolate,
and fashioned solely out of gender-
defined traits and hang-ups A bunch
of Baltimoreans, representing every
white, hetero demographic, navigate
the stormy waters of love
HOMEWARD BOUND (G) 1993
Three pets—American bulldog Chance
(v. Michael J Fox), Himalayan cat
Sassy (v Sally Field) and golden
retriever Shadow (v Don Ameche)—
battle the elements to reunite with their
family
I LOVE YOU. MAN (R) An Apatow
film in spirit if not in name, I Love
You. Man stars the always entertain
ing Paul Rudd as Peter Klaven. an LA
realtor who realizes he has no male
friends after popping the question to
his girlfriend, Zooey (Rashida Jones,
‘The Office"). In search of a best man
while selling Lou Ferrigno's mansion, *
he meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segel). a
carefree slacker Rudd sacrifices none
of his superior timing or wit playing the
pleasant guy, and it's nice to see Segel
being someone other than the lovelorn
softie. This bromance is real
INKHEART (PG) Inkheart can claim
kinship to 1980s kid-venture. The
Neverending Story Mortimer "Mo*
Folchart (Brendan Fraser, likable as
usual but miscast), a Silvertongue
(whatever he reads comes to life),
spends his days searching for a rare
copy of Inkheart. the novel into which
his wife was sucked in exchange for the
selfish hero Dusttinger (Paul Bettany)
and the evil Capricorn (Andy Serkis.
The Lord ot the Ring# Golium) and
his henchmen. Bettany and Serkis ably
provide the heroic yin/dastardly yang
missing from other kid-lit adaptations
Yet a sad irony lies in Inkhearts vigilant
defense of reading, the very necessity
of which the movie erases Hopefully
viewers will be inspired to read the
sequel, Inkspell. before they see it.
JONAS BROTHERS: THE 30
CONCERT EXPERIENCE (G) If you re
not already a Jo Bro fan (or the parent
of one), the movie, 30 or not, won’t
hold your interest for very long The
songs are catchy but instantly forget
table. The behind-the-scenes footage is
very staged and uorevealing.
KNOWING (PG-13) You might believe
Nic Cage it he accosted you on the
street with a numerological theory
about the end of the world before you
believe Knowing is a tremendously
entertaining flick. I, Robot director
Alex Proyas deserves mad respect for
creepily gift-wrapping this silly, over
wrought, refigio-sci-fi disaster movie
starring Cage as MIT astrophysicist
John Koestler. When John's son.
Caleb (the very appealing Chandler
Canterbury), receives a 50-year-old
piece of paper from a time capsule.
John discovers a pattern in the num
bers Meanwhile, eerie, stent, black-
clad refugees from Proyass Dark City
are stalking Caleb The not as badly
coifted as usual star takes Knowing
very seriously giving one of his best,
least stylized performances in years
Combine Cage's unexpected hard work
with Marco Beltrami's over-the-top,
Bernard Herrmann-esque score and
ProyasS sinister B-movie setups, and
before you know it. Knowing becomes
the best M Night Shyamalan movie M
Night didn't get the chance to rum.
LAST CHANCE HARVEY PG-13)
An aging, divorced New Yorker, Harvey
Shine (two-time Oscar-winner Dustin
Hoffman), travels to London for the
marriage of his daughter While in
England, he discovers just how lonely
he is Concurrently, single, 40-some
thing Kate Walker (fellow two-time
Oscar winner Emma Thompson) is •
marching through life, flashing that
stiff upper lip for which the British
are famous Meeting in an airplane
bar. Harvey and Kate get one more
(last 7 ) chance at love and happi
ness Writer-director Joel Hopkins
charmingly invites us into Harvey and
Kates burgeoning romance, and the
incredibly sweet story never lowers
itself to cloying The two pros generate
wondrous chemistry, a worn-out idiom
reinvigorated by the film
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
(R) The Last House on the Left s an
easy movie to hate, but the remake of
Wes Craven's first film is far too well-
crafted to just write off as exploitative
trash. Two teens, Mari Collingwood
(Sara Paxton) and her small town
friend, Paige (Martha Maclsaac.
Superbad). are kidnapped, raped and
killed by a family of psychos led by
Krug (Garret Dillahunt, Deadwood)
Later that night. Krug and his gang
seek refuge with a nice, unassuming
doctor, John (Tony Goldwyn), and his
wife, Emma (Monica Potter), whose
last name happens to be Collingwood.
When Man s parents realize they are
sheltering the animals who brutalized
their daughter, they decide to take vio
lent revenge via guns, butcher knives,
claw hammers, garbage disposals and
microwaves (yeah, the last is a tad
much) Exploitation, new and old. has
its connoisseurs, and this well-made,
new House will justify their continued
faith in the genre
MADEA GOES TO JAIL (PG-13) The
rewards of a Tyler Perry movie decrease
with every formulaic play-to-film since
his cinematic tvghwater mark, Why Did
I Get Married? Diary of a Mad Black
Women pretty much laid out his never-
changing Madea manifesto. Hook
them with the hilariously broad hijinks
of the mad matriarch (Tyler Perry in
drag) before force-feeding taith-based
plots best left to Billy Graham's movie,
ministry Ir. Madea Goes to Jail. Madea
doesn’t actually go to jail until the film's
final 30 minutes. I’m beginning to fear
Perry the filmmaker peaked well before
his films' popularity
MARLEY & ME (PG) Two newlyweds.
John and Jennifer (Owen Wilson and
Jennifer Aniston), learn a lot about
life, love and loss from their lovable,
boisterous, uncontrollable Yellow
Lab. Marley Based on John Grogan's
autobiographical novel. Marley & Me
boasts the purebred screenwriting
pedigree of Oscar-nominee Scott Frank
(Get Shorty. Out of Sight. The Lookout}
MOVIE LISTINGS
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ACC LIBRARY (706-613-3650)
The Monastery (NR) 7:00 (Th. 3/26)
Unnatural Causes (NR) 3:00 (Su. 3/29)
BIICHWOOD 706-546-1011)
Due to production deadlines. Beech wood mov* times are
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updated times
Coraline 3-D (PG) 4:30. 9:35
Duplicity (PG-13) 4:00. 7:00, 9:50
He's Just Not That Into You (PG-13) 7:10
I Love You, Man (R) 4:50. 7:25, 9:50
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (6) 7:35
Knowing (PG-13) 4:05. 7:05. 9:55
The Last House on the Left (R) 4:30. 7:00, 9:45
Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13) 5:10, 7:30. 10:00
Miss March (R) 4:35. 9:55
Race to Witch Mountain (PG) 4:55, 7:20. 9:40
Slumdog Millionaire (R) 4:20, 7:05, 9:40
Taken (PG-13) 5:05, 7:15. 9:30
Watchmen (R) 5:00, 8:30
CARMiKE 12 (706-354-0016)
Due to production deadlines, Carmike movie times are only
accurate through March 26. Visit www Flagpole com for
updated times.
Altered Courses (NR) 4:00, 7:00 (W. 3/25-Th. 3/26)
Bad for Business (NR) 7:00, 9:00 (W. 3/25-Th. 3/26)
Coraline 3-D (PG) 1:30. 4:30
Duplicity (PG-13) 1:05, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55
I Love You, Man (R) 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50
Knowing (PG-13) 1:15, 4:00, 7:20, 10:00
The Last House on the Left (R) 1:30, 4:20, 7:15,
9:45
Madea Goes to Jail (PG-13) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30
Miss March (R) 1:00, 9:45
Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15,
9:30 (starts F. 3/27)
Race to Witch Mountain (PG) 12:30, 1:00, 2:50,
3:20, 5:10, 5:40, 7:30, 8:00. 9:50
5lumdog Millionaire (R) 1:20, 4:20. 7:00, 9:35
Taken (PG-13) 1:00, 3:10, 5:20. 7:30, 9:40
Watchmen (R) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00. 10:25
CINE (706-353-3343)
Elevator to the Gallows (NR) 5:00, 7:00. 9:30 (M.
3/30)
Fresh Look International Children's Film Festival
(NR) 2:00. 4:00 (Sa. 3/28-Su. 3/29)
Gran Torino (R) 4:45 (ends Th. 3/26)
Our City Dreams (NR) 5:00. 7:00. 9:30 (W. 4/1)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) midnight (F.
3/27)
Silent Light (NR) 4:15, 7:00. 9:55 (Tu. 3/31)
Theater of War (NR) 7:00.-0:30 (Sa. 3/28)
Two Lovers (R) 4:30. 7:00. 9:30 (no 4:30 or 7:00
shows Th. 3/26) (new times Sa. 3/28: 7:15) (add?
timeSa. 3/28-Su. 3/29: 2:15)
Where God Left His Shoes (NR) 4:30, 7:00 (Th. 3/26)
The Wrestler (R) 7:15, 9:45 (add? time F. 3/27: 4:45)
(new times Sa. 3/28: 4:45, 9:45) (no 9:45 show Su.
3/29) (add'l time Su. 3/29: 7:30)
GEORGIA SQUARE 5 ( 706-548-3426)
Due to production deadlines, Georgia Square Five movie
times are only accurate through March 26 Visit www
Flagpole com for updated times.
Bedtime Stories (PG) 5:25, 7:45. 10:05
Bolt (PG) 5:20
Inkheart (PG) 7:20
Last Chance Harvey (PG-13) 5:20, 7:40. 10:00
Revolutionary Road (R) 4:15, 7:15. 9:55
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (R) 7:35, 9:50
Uninvited (PG-13) 4:20, 9:45
HWY 17 DRIVE-IN THEATERS (706-213-7693)
Twilight (PG-13) 7:00 (F. 3/27-Su. 3/29)
TATE CENTER THEATER (706-542-6396)
Homeward Bound (G) 8:00 (Th. 3/26)
Marley & Me (PG) 3:00, 5:15, 7:30. 9:45 (F. 3/27-Su
3/29)
What comes after “Brat Pack”?
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an6 Don Boos (The Opposite ot Sex.
Happy Ending# With Haley Bennett
(Music A Lyrics. College). "Grey's
Anatomy' s Eric Dane, and Academy
Award-winner Alan Arkin
MISS MARCH (R) Fans of dumb
comedies will enjoy Miss March, the
feature writing, directing and starring
debut of two of ‘The Whitest Kids
U'Know," Zach Cregger and Trevor
Moore Peopie who enjoy well-made
movies withoul running jokes about
explosively loose bowels should steer
well clear The almost actually offen
sive, naughty for the sake of naughty
Miss March isn’t good by any stretch
of the imagination, but I'd be lying rf I
said it were laughless
THE MONASTERY (NR) 2006
Danish filmmaker Permiie Rose
Grenkjaer s documentary is about a
crotchety recluse. Mr Vig, who joins
forces with Sister Amvrosija. a young
nun. to rework his rundown castle into
a Russian Orthodox monastery Part of
the ACC Library5 iFitais series
MONSTERS VS ALIENS (PG) in
this new sci-fi animated feature a
meteorite from outer space hits a young
California girl named Susan Murphy
(v Reese Whitherspoon) and turns her
into a giant monster Taken to a secret
government compound where she
meets a ragtag group of monsters also
rounded up over the years, Susan and
her new friends are called into action to
combat aliens and save the world from
imminent destruction'
OUR CITY DREAMS (NR) 2008
Chiara Clemente's film documents the
struggles and success of five female
artists living in New York City Part ol
Cine's Anniversary Film Festival With
an introduction by Judith McWillie.
Professor of Art, Drawing and Painting
at UGA, at the 7 00 screening
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (PG) I
loved Escape to Witch Mountain and its
sequel. Return from Witch Mountain.
when I was a kid Watching Disney's
franchise reboot didn't exactly conjure
up wispy nostalgia like I'd hoped The
filmmakers were kidding themselves
if they thought they could replace the
1975 cast Plus, the super-generic third
act—a firelight and eventual aerial
escape from a secret government-run
laboratory—was so excrxiatingly
boring that I was more engaged in my
struggle with a fierce catnap Besides
the stunt driving and the charmer
formerly known as the Rock, Race to
Witch Mountain possesses tew other
noticeable traits. I'd recommend par
ents rent the original and its sequel if
your kid can stomach special effects
circa 1975
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (R) Frank
and April Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio
and Kate Winslet) feel destined for
something better, more fulfilling than
their hopeless, empty suburban exis
tence But Iwo kids and a mortgage
later, and these former idealists are at
each other's throats, their love burned
away by the constant heat of angry
disappointment Those who hated
American Beauty won't warm to it.
neither will the modern suburbanites
Mendes vilifies by proxy Nevertheless,
mature filmgoers will revel in the craft
and wince at the pain.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE
SHOW (R) Interactive midnight
screening of the 1975 cult classic.
Sex, rock and roll, transvestism and
murder all come together in this campy
romp—the longest running release in
film history
SILENT LIGHT (NR) 2007. Mexico’:,
official submission for the 80th
Academy Awards. Carlos Reygadas
film tells the story of a husband, father
and farmer in Mexico's Mennonite
community whose faith in God is tested
when he falls in love with another
woman Part of Cirte's Anniversary
Film Festival With an introduction by
Dr. Diego Del Pozo, Lecturer at UGA's
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