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dreams of being a top chef were he
not a rat. Garbage boy Linguine (v.
Lou Romano) doesn't want to lose
another job. Together the rat and his
boy become the gastronomic sensa
tion of all Paris, much to the chagrin
of head chef Skinner (v. Ian Holm),
while winning the heart of Colette (v.
Janeane Garofalo) and the approval
of Remy's father (v. Brian Dennehy). A
gorgeous dish lovingly created from
the freshest ingredients (no more
rehashed life lessons here; stick that up
your tailpipe, Cars), Ratatouille lacks
the timelessness of Toy Story and the
heart wrenching tragedy of Finding '
Nemo but is textured and nuanced to
the point of live action (and beyond)
without sacrificing any of its pleasur
able punching power.
SHORTS (PG) See Movie Pick.
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 Rivet) and directed by
Tony Scott, who has teamed with
Washington for the fourth time.
< TAKING WOODSTOCK (R)
Academy Award-winning filmmaker
Ang Lee and his longtime writing
partner, James Schamus, take on
Woodstock. After the festival's plug
is pulled, a young man, Elliot Tiber
(comedian Demetri Martin), helps
the organizers get a new permit and a
perfect plot of land, belonging to dairy
farmer, Max Yasgur (Eugene Levy). The
great cast includes Dan Fogler, Jeffrey
Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Paul Dano
(There Will Be Blood), Kelli Garner,
Mamie “Meryl's daughter' Gummer,
Emile Hirsch and Liev Schreiber as
Vilma.
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 FFCls underrated
Outsiders follow-up, Rumble Fish. With
Maribel Verdu of Y Tu Mamd Tambidn
and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE (PG-
13) I won’t speak for fans of Aubrey
Niffeneggerls beloved bestseller;!
have no clue as to whether or not it$
a good (i.e., faithful) adaptation of
the love story of Henry (Eric Bana). a
regular guy with a genetic predisposi
tion tor 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, NiffeneggerS 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 illuminat
ing light on one of modern sports’
most mercurial figures. With Tyson's
recent cameo in June's smash hit, The
Hangover, what better time to reflect
than the present? Winner of the Regard
Knockout Award at Cannes.
THE UGLY TRUTH (R) Why does
anyone care whether or not an unap
pealing neurotic beauty (Katherine
Heigl) and a charming, 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.
UP (PG) Seventy-eight-year-old Carl
Fredricksen (v. Edward Asner) and
his late wife, Ellie, always dreamed
of traveling to South America. After
Elite's death, Carl floats his house to
fhe fabled Paradise Falls via several
thousand helium balloons. Carl and
a young stowaway, lonely Wilderness
Explorer Russell (v. Jordan Nagai),
confront the wilderness for the first
time, encountering a mythical bird,
a talking dog named Dug, and Carl’s
childhood hero, lost adventurer Charles
Muntz (v. Christopher Plummer). With
its odd old protagonist. Up is bound •
to be the year’s most unconventional
blockbuster. Every minute of the film,
co-directed by Pete Docter (Monsters,
Inc.) and Peterson, bursts with creativ
ity and ingenuity. In Dug. the worn-out
anthropomorphic animal sidekick is
imaginatively reinvented to produce the
films freshest, biggest laughs.
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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