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a massive epic about the ‘30s crima
spree that led to the creation ot the FBI. .
It could be. All of the pieces have been
placed on the board, but the gangland
games never begin.
RIFFTRAX LIVE: PLAN 9 FROM
OUTER SPACE (NR) Join the stars of
Mystery Science Theater 3000 as they
wise-crack their way through, perhaps,
the worst movie ever made. Veronica
Belmont hosts this color version of Ed
Wood’s 1959 science-fiction/horror
flick, live and in HD.
RUDOYCURSI (R) Gael Garcia
Bernal and Diego Luna costar in this
film from Mexican director Carlos
Cuardn (brother of Alfonso Cuardn)
about two brothers seeking to escape
their small town world for soccer
stardom. .
SFA POTLIKKER FILM FEST (NR)
The Southern Foodways Alliance pres
ents several short documentary films
exploring and celebrating regional food
culture as part of this multimedia event.
See feature on pg. 12.
SHORTS (PG) Robert Rodriguez [El
Mariachi, Sin City) returns to making
movies his kids can enjoy. (Oldest son
Rocket, going on 14, has probably
started to outgrow Dad’s family films
and is moving on to the good stuff.)
The discovery of a wish-granting,
multi-hued rock causes chaos in
suburban Black Falls when jealous
kids and adults scheme and fight to
possess it.
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 12 3
(R) How many times can John Godey’s
novel be made into a movie? Walter
Matthau and Robert Shaw played
cops and robbers in a 1974 ver
sion, and Edward James Olmos and
Vincent D’Onofrio took over in a 1998
TV movie. Now megastars Denzel
Washington and John Travolta hop on
this express thriller about a hijacked
subway train. Adapted by Oscar-winner
Brian Helgeland (LA Confidential
and Mystic Rivei) and directed by
Tony Scott, who has teamed with
Washington for the fourth time.
TETRO (NR) Directed by Francis
Ford Coppola. Tetro is the legendary
filmmaker's first original screenplay
since 1974’s The Conversation Bennie
(Alden Ehrenreich, who resembles a
raven-haired young Leo) travels to
Buenos Aires to find his long-lost
older brother (the infamous Vincent
Gallo). Bennie hopes to find the key
to understanding his sibling in the
once promising writer’s nearly finished
play. Its monochromatic style conjures
comparisons with FFC’s underrated
Outsiders follow-up, Rumble Fish. With
Maribel Verdi) of Y Tu MamA Tambidn
and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
TOY STORY (G) 1995. In Disney’s
amazing, all-computer animated hit,
Woody, an old-fashioned cowboy doll
(voiced by Tom Hanks), must compete
with his owner Andy’s most recent
birthday gift - the flashy new action
figure Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim
Allen). Expect some daizziing anima
tion, fun one-liners and teary-eyed
songs by Randy Newman.
THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (PG-
13) I won’t speak for fans of Aubrey
Niffenegger’s beloved bestseller; I
have no clue as to whether or not it’s
a good (i.e., faithful) adaptation of
the love story of Henry (Eric Bana), a
regular guy with a genetic predisposi
tion for time travel, and Claire (Rachel
McAdams), the lovely lady who falls in
love with grown-up naked him at the
•age of six. As critics and sci-fi nuts
love to point out, Niffenegger’s time
travel premise is flawed, paradoxical
and perfect for her passionate story.
Bana and McAdams are pretty. Tears
will be shed. The Time Traveler's Wife
should please romance junkies pining
for their next chance to pine.
TYSON (R) Controversial filmmaker
James Toback [Black and White)
returns to documentaries for the first
time in a decade with this chronicle
of his pal, former heavyweight boxing
champion Mike Tyson. Tyson’s leg
endary infamy ever increases; maybe
Toback, who’s known him since the late
'80s, can shed actual illuminating light
on one of modern sports’ most mercu
rial figures. With Tyson’s recent cameo
in June's smash hit, The Hangover,
what better time to reflect than the
present?
THE UGLY TRUTH (R) Why does
anyone care whether or not an unap
pealing neurotic beauty (Katherine
Heigl) and a charging, Neanderthalish
brute (Gerard Butler) fall in love? A
dirty version of Cyrano de Bergerac
where Cyrano falls in love with Roxane
while helping her woo Christian, The
Ugly Truth cashes in on the naughty
comedy trend with some f-bombs and
masturbation gags yet keeps censoring
itself so as not to actually offend the
old people and prudes for whom Judd
Apatow is akin to Lenny Bruce.
THE WINDOW (NR) 2008. From
Argentine filmmaker Carlos Sorin
[Bombdn: El Perm and Historias
Minimas) comes this humanistic film
about 80-year-old Antonio (Antonio
Larreta). who takes a potential last walk
through his fields while awaiting the
first visit from his estranged son in
many years. Winner of the FIPRESCI
Prize and nominated for the Golden
Spike at the Valladolid International
Film Festival, The Windows
an official selection of the Toronto
International Film Festival.
X GAMES 3D: THE MOVIE (PG) A
feature film that documents the drama
and spectacle of extreme sports and its
biggest players.
Drew Wheeler
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