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ALICE IN WONOERLAMO (PG) In
Tim Burton's Alice tn Wonderland
Lewis Carrolls young heroine is new
an adult This neamg-20 Alice seeks
to escape an arranged engagement
to the odious son ol her tale father's
business partner by again tailing ink) a
hole while chasing a tardy vtorte rabM
Sadly, this Ahcehas. like the Halter
astutely announces lost its muchness
TThs return tnp teds less like Tim
BurtonS adventures in Wonderland
than a Disney approximation at the
auteurS vision
THE A-VEAM (PG-13) ’The A-Team*
may haif from one of TVs cheesiei
eras, but the only way the movie could
work is with respect tor the material.
Otherwise, the souffle would deflate
into unsuccessful parody a la The
Dukes of Hazzard* movie Carnahan
and his screenwriter pats actor Brian
Bloom and Skip Woods, walk the line
perfectly The A-Team is sublimely
ridiculous But that's why feey’re tie
A-Team
ATHENS. GA: MSIOE/OUT (NR)
1987 insxJeAk/tchronicles the Class*
City's rise to national prominence as
one of the most happening, vibrant
musical scenes of tw mid-BOs Tony •
GaytonS documentary features live per
formances and interviews wife RI.M.
The B-52S, Pylon. The Bar-6-Que
Killers, Time Toy. Jim Herbert Rat Duo
jets, Love Tractor. Kilkenny Cats, fee
^Quails, row artist nevereno Howard
FTnster and others The screening will
be followed by live performances and
a discussion with Paul Bulchart. Ort
Carton, Bob and Vanessa Hay. Michael
Lachowski, Dexter Romweber and
more Part of the Afefest RknFest
THE BOOK OF BJ(R) For 30 years,
powered by taife alone, Eli (Denzel
Washington «fto continues to squan
der his prodigious acting tafent in
movies that are beneath him) has been
crossing fee vast nuclear wasteland
wife fee world* only remaining copy
of fee Bible (King James Version, of
course) The movie watches like a
quest on the 2006 videogame mas
ferpiece, Fadoatl a series that took
most of ks stylistic cues trom The Road
Wamor The Book <k Efts no Road
Wamor (or The Roark but the stylish,
viofenf mov* has more fean a vrfxfl of
ongmafrty hidden under the cated-on
dirt and BO of fee post-apocalypse
CLASH OF THE TITANS (PG-13)
Zeus (a shiny, bearded Lam Neesont
impregnates a mortal woman is a
shower of gold From feat sexual con
gress issues Perseus (who grows up to
be Avatar's wooden Sam Worthington
who mighT just be the next Harry
Hamlin) which is a good femg tor
mankind because N » not long before
fee Z-man gets ted up wife fee minions
he made and releases fee Kraken on
their oottedive asses (via fee Greek
city-state of Argos) This revamp is not
as good as fee original
DATE NIGHT (PG-13) Tina Fey and
Steve Caret! are fee Fosters, a married
couple trying to trven things up wife a
mjfef on fee town But a simple case oh
mistaken identity toms into more fean
fee Fosters bargained tor The hilarious
supporting cast todufes Mila Kums.
Mark Wahtoerg. James Franco. Ray
Lotte. Kristen VTiiQ and more
DEATH AT A FUNERAL (R) I felted
to discover where they buried ail fee
tunny in Dead) at a Funeral, fee latest
grasp tor mainstream success from
Neil labute At fee memorial service
tor the patriarch of an African-American
wrory, an sons or onssiessiy transpar
erfr, srtcom-y shenanigans ensue
Death at 3 Funeral has the chuckle-less
feel of pofibcafty correct cufrundy
vacant LCD humor
THE GALLON CHALLENGE (NR)
After unticky college film stident
Travts Carter's final project is
destroyed, he is forced to document
a miK-dnntoog comes wan ms eine
strfce force—partier Steve Farley, pill-
head afetete Adam Roberts, womanizer
Flelch Peterson and Ns part genius/
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A Nan Nawwd Peart (NR) 7:00 (Th. 0/24)
«/27)
(706-353-3343)
te Insfda/Owt (NR) 3:00 (Sa. 6/26-Su. 6/27)
(NR) 11:00 (Sa. 6/26)
(NR) 7toO (Sa. 6/26) 4:00 (Su.
i Shafts trog^m (NR) 8:30 (Th, 6/24 A Sa. 6/26)
; Mask A Vtrtw Shaw: (NR) 7toO. 9:30 (W 6/23)
Tha Cateaw Clatt—j« (NR) A lay-Z Shapawiamaiy (NR) lltoO (Th.
6/24)
Nat Since You (NR) 7:30 (Su. i/27) StoO (M. 6/28-W. 6/30)
Of Montreal: Family Nouveau (NR) 7:00 (Th. 6/24) lOtoO (F. 6/25)
Please Gtve (R) 5:15, 7:15
Pushin' Up OaWes (NR) midnight (F. 6/25-Sa. 6/26) 5:00 (Sa. 6/26)
The Runaways (NR) 9:30 (no 9:30 show Su. 6/27)
Vk Chasnutt Celthratian A Speedracer Weiceme to tha Wartd af Vk
(NR) 7toO (F. 6/25) 5to0 (Su. 6/27)
i You're Strange (R) StoO (W. 6/23-Th. 6/24) 3:15 (Sa. 6/26-Su.
6/27) 7:30, 9:45 (M. 6/28-W. 6/30)
((706-542-6396)
Tha 8aak af CH (R) 7:00 (W. 6/23)
Hat Toh Tim* Madrtne (R) 7:00 (M. 6/28 & W. 6/30)
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part psycho bro—Traws must Mm fee
contest deteal fee smster Betas, and
wtn over fee actress wife whom he is
obsessed Fitmmak.H Bermeft pro
duced and shot The Gabon Challenge
m Afeem Part of fee AfeFest FimFest
GET HIM TO THE GREEK (R)
Forgabmg Sarah Marshall director
wchotes Stoner takes me wrong rems
from star Jason Segef, unlnshmg ? he
‘How I Met Your Mother* star's rock
god. Aidous Snow (Russefl Brand), m
a story almost aH Ns own Wife 109
minutes of laughter and Apakrenan
affection, Get Han to 9* Greek *9*
summer* best comedy to dtee
GROWN UTS (PG-13) Wife fee last
generation of come stars all growing
up and having tarmtes. this Adam
Sandler-led ensemble follows a group
of pals (Kevin James. Chris Rock
David Spade and Rob Schneider) who
reunite tor a tamity-fnendty July 4fe
weekend Grown Ups marks (kreefcx
Dennis Dugan's fifth Sandler movie
(Happy Gilmore By Daddy I Norn
Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and
You Don't Mess wife fee Zahar* The
trader has some laughs, btf they are
pretty pedestrian
HOT TUB TNE MACHINE (R) Hot
Tub TtmeUMchtm* sodteguteingty
unftygtonicafty raunchy fete fee wony
you might catch somefemg from
watching I. Surprisingly. Ml you wifi
catch da good case of toe teutfo
The premise d sfropte and sttty- Three
adul losers—Adam (John Cusack),
Nek (Lra«g Hooioson) and LOU (HOC
Corddry)—and Adam's loser nephew
Jacob (Ctat Dt*e) are transported
back to 1966 tranks to toatitilar hot
tito-ajm-tfrw fravte dev« As techw-
cafly graceless as fed send-up of BQs
teen sex romps and time travel Ricks d,
it is equally funny
I AM LOVE (R) I Am Lem, or k) Sono
TAmota d set in tum-oMhe-century
Minn, wnen w noccru tynssiy s
thrown into chaos alter Emma (Tilda
Swtnton. vtoo teaoed berth Russian
and kx fee rote) embwks on an
araif win net DfCiiBHfHiws inenev
business partner, Antonio (Bfosrdo
Gabbi fettim). Director and Smnton
pal Luca Guadagnino test dfrected fee
scandalous Melissa P Winner of fee
Boufder totemtetotaf Fttm FasflvteS
Best Feature FHm Award and fee Dubfin
Ften Crittcs Award tor Best Actress
(Swmton).
IRON MAM N (PG-13) Iron Man!
second mission picks up r ■(/■* t after
his test. Tony Stark, having outed
himsetf as fee armor-clad superhero,
must do ttelte agtent a mv toe:
governnient LHj?iia,jcracr Sci
Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder)
almost buries fee witty humanity feat
distinguished Iron Man under a heap
of metaflic superhero ebehte Almost
He wisely gets off at fee last exit before
committing to barreling toward comic
book movies' most overused tropes
the hero "retires* and fee public loses
taife in fee hero .
JONAH HEX (PG-13) The latest
comfc-to-screen adaptation, DC
Comics 1 Jonah Hex, could have been
worse. It could have been extended
past its tatrty painless hour-aid-20-
minute running time, and I could have
been a tan of fee comic book character
portrayed quite ably by Josh Brolin
Former Chrif Wte veteran Hex, seeks
vengeance on fee man who murdered
his wile and son and left him badly
scarred. Quentin TumbuR (John
Mafconch) The U.S government
wants Turnbull stooped before ht can
ust B Whitney's weapon ot mass
destruction to «*w* fee fOOfe Nrtoday
of these here United Stetes How win
Hex and fee guvTwnft mamage at
convenience end 7 The entertaming
story cooked up by Cranks Nevetime
and layfcfr H undone by fee generic
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JUfT WRIGHT (PG) The Htteis
beyond tred, even tor a dtehard gun
ner Me me. but feo ftearly standard
romance accomplishes 4s goals rafeer
wed under fee steady direction ol
Sanaa Henri Physical framer Leslie
Wnghf (Queen Latfteh) teds in tore
wife fee baskettteH star Scott McKntght
RAB star Common), she is rettebbmg
Of come, he (ails tor her gorgeous
pal. Morgan (Paula Patton), even
(hough everyone can left Leslte is fee
gal tor him This moftensive romance
could have used a belter mate teed.
Common carl yet hold Ns own agamst
feeQuren ButweitaMbeensubfected
to ter worse in fee cause of counter-
THE KARATE KK) (PG) The remake
of fee 19B4 dasstt is definitely not fee
best around, fee somber- toned Kick
would place felrd in a totmaroert wife
fee previous tour Karate MS WRs I
reWly necessary to take two hours and
20 mmutes to (re)tell a plot Nwi a ted
learning nwtuf arts from a handyman
in order to bate up some buttes 7 No
Xteo Dre teams kung to from fee dour
Mr. Han (Jackte Chan) and enters a
tournament agwnst fee natty mean
MQhong Dragons, ted by a teacher rmo
totaity took lessons from Mart* KoveS
Kreese The final training montage and
fee tounrament don't mdse up tor fee
No previous hours, feougft feey are
ocnnmy inc hwibj i«(pyi5
KlUfltt (PG -13) Yay A A# A Mrs
Sm.3iteudtoff starring KNherine He*gi
(i wonder how unappealing she wifi
be this time) and Ashton Kuicher is
mat what I wanted to kici oft fee nwie
monte of June. Heigft suburban wlte,
Jen, discovers her hubby, Spencer
(Kutdwr). is an assassin, and he is
worth regions to some fellow assas
sins fell have been tailing fee couple
since feey met Director Robert Uttaftc
runs hot (Legally Blonde. 21) and cok)
{Monster-m-Um, The Ugly frufe) This
Rick sounds tear
OUGHT AMO DAT (PG-13) How
many old scripts sitting around since
fee 1960s efrd Hollywood have to
trot out due to fee writers' sfrto 7
The action-comedy Knight and Day
sounds as out-of-dteee The Bounty
Hunter and Date Might Tom Cruise and
Cameron Diaz star as a fugttto couple
on in international adventure where
no one is to be trusted, not even them
selves Oirector James Mangold is on
a hoi streak, having last helmed 1 lOto
Yuma and Mk tha Una
THE LAST SONG (PG) Bestselling
novefi* Nicholas Sparks (The
Notebook! wrote this screenplay
specifically for tufiley Cyrus, vfeo is
making her live-action, non-Hannah
Montana feature debut Cyrus plays
RonNe Milter, a rebellious young girt
who finds love fee summer she is sent
to live wife her estranged father (Greg
Ktaneer).
A MAH NAMED PEARL (G) 2006
filmmakers Scot! Galloway and Bw?
Pierson document fen inspiring story
of sett-taught topiary artist Peart Fryar
The son of a sharecropper Peal has
crafted a 35 acre garden our cMhrow
away plants m fee iwddte of fee poor
est county m Soufe Carolina Winner of
fee Audience Choree Award and Crystal
Heart Award tor 8est Documentary at
fee Heartland Fifrn Festival and fee
Audience Choree Award from toe Salem
Film Fester*
MARMADUKE (PG) So fee comic
strip canine becomes a frve-adbon
movie, and (Xian Wilson voices fee
toenaged Great Qww Iwniurttoekid-
dies witt e* this up rust s greedrty as
they dto bote Atvmand fee Ctopmunks
movies Lee Pace fPushmg Daisies' 1
and Judy Greer star as Marmadufre s *
humwi owners, while a stew or
actors—Emme Stone, Ron Perlman
Christopher Mmtz Plasse Jeremy
Pnren. Steve Coogv, Fergpe George
l opey—give voice to fee anwnN king
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
(R) A horribly scarred sen* tatter
named Freddy Krueger (Jackte Earte
Hteey) hrmts a group of teens wNte
feey steep IfeeyonTsteyaaaki. feey
®€ 3 norrwe OwKh in ws® orwivs
This remate ot a horror classic has
me more exerted fean any save Rob
ionw*5 twwmmi ana i mgni o®
more pumped tor h<Qhin\ai*
NOT SNICE YOU (NR) 2009 Filmed
kxattytfiAtwrts, Ak* Since tooon-
oems a group of Irtends, Ml NYU grads
personany anedn by aril. reunrnnQ
in our smart northeuf Georgia town ter
a wedding Sam (Desmond Hpringtan.
DexteO is The world iraveter.fee
romarmt, me wreer. nn-ftmencan
Amy (Kafeteen Robertson) broke Sams
heart etoen tew fr^ h!<n to marry Rv$
(Chnstwn Kane. ‘AngaT) Bitty (Witt
’Raumorf) is marrying Victoria
(bunny Maorey), wno oano nowaro
(Jon Abrahams) feroughout cottage
Fudge (Eiden Henson) dwetts on fee
pate, white Souteem beite Doogs (Sara
Rue, "Popular*) tamps looking for love
Wife Barry Corbin
OF MONTREAL: FAMILY
NOUVEAU (NR) Wftrwss fee Attwns
oisiThef? ot 0^ Montreal FMTbiy
Nouveau, a docunwntery texurt fee
barefs 2009 Europe** tour, inefridmg
slops in Giasgciw. Arnsteitjam and
Parts Be prepared tor art fee banefs
antics, onstage and ol. Incfudes Q&A
wife dfrector and UGA English prof.
Spenser Sknritt, Jr. Screens wife fee
shorts, Ptxsnetcs, a primer on ris
ing stare Raptor, and Arm town
ul& twOOGH vWt;
perlormanoes by Amen Amun Part of
fee AfeFest FrtmFete
PLEASE GIVE (R) See Movie Pick.
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SAADS
OF THKE (PG-13) Catting Prince
ot Persia The Sands of Turn a great
videogame movie is sort of misJead-
ing. Sure, fee plot kind of comes from
Jordan Machnert groundbreaking
game and fee subsequent sufterior
sequels, but Mechnerts creation bor
rowed from fee Mid$» Eetorn magic
carpet rides Hottywood used to love.
Fans of fee game wifi lament feat the
movie is not a partour test i to Disthct
13, casual moviegoers wifi find a sum
mer mo«e to steisfyingly waste feew
two hours. -V
PUSHNC UP DAISIES (N8) My
predecessor, Patrick Franklin, brings
Ns independent zomcom to town jute
m ttme tor AfeFest Judging from fee
frailer (avartabte on Cmtel wabsrtei
frvs comedy •*■*** * % an most
tow-budgrt teteures about fee he-
dead ie Afeem and
CrawHordwite Pushtn (Jp Dawes wk.
an official setechon of fee 2010 rtflanta
FifrnFesteret Part at fee AfeFest
frtnteete
TNI RUNAWAYS (N) Sex drugs
you know fee story Lrtw mote rock
and fort Nopcs. Tha Runamays «
tet km and gvnes until fee prefect-
able requisite sett ^destruction brings
everything to a grinding ifwppeafmg
mm-&tocxx rtoni jigramonos
recounts fee Ngfs and tows at fee att-
gel rock band. The Riwwways. hot**".
by Joan Jett (Knsten Stewart putting
her druggy persona to tetoettve use)
and teed smger Cherte CtfTte (Oafcota
FanranQ) Sfttt fee INm is N^uy rec
ommended tor anyone wrth a prv ,v
interest in a Bowte-hke androgynous
f armmg s wett as your 70s rock
connoisseurs
SEX AND TNE CITY 2 (R) The gels
gte feeir groove beck (kind of) once
feey arrive mi a new erty. Abu Dhtex,
but fee serendipitous appearance cf
Camek otd love. Anton (John Corbett)
seams fee tun Fans nwy bemcapat*
of stopping fee new adventote, but
feey would be batter steved spenfeng
fee supersired Nto-and-a-hart-hom
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SHREK FOREVER AFTER (PG) The
ffrtetwo Steaks were NgNy entertaw
mg and richly cretetee way back rt»
2001 to 2010. fets fourth and suppos
edty finai cfuc^rf s ready bred
SPEB) RACER WELCOME TO
THE WORLD OF VIC OCSTWn
(NR) 1994 This short, btock and white
documentary ettroducedfee world
to 27 yare otd anger-songwriter Vic
w^stnua dumg me recorfeng or ms
second tebum. West of Rome As its
"v^e< - »i Bv ft • ^ '
to Ito Ntartopt Wc ChesMukhm
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world through song and intorviiw.
mating I fee parted compteNon to Vk
Chaatnui Cokhrahon. Deeded by fee
ward-wtontiQ Peter SMwt Part of fee
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TOY STORY ) (G) khm toy owner
Andy grows up and goes to ooNege.
twdonetashistevorttetoys.indud-
mg Woody (v Tom Hwtes) and Buzz
Lighlyav (v. Tfrn Alten), to a foy are
center As exerted as law) to mete fee
new toys, t am even more wetted about
fee script by IMa Miss Sunhma
Oscar winner, Mrcheei ArodL Oirector
ue urecncn corerecM previous rotar
Nts Toy story 2, Monster* Inc and
finding Harm to 30 and MAX 30
VIC CHESTNUTT CELBMAnON
(NR) This ffrte took te dfrector Erica
McCvfeyY work in progress captures
fee Vic Chetenutt Catebratton Show
held at fee 40 Watt on Feb 19 and
20 to commemorate one of Afeets'
greatest artists That two night fineup
rnoudeo ranwson nooa, at nwar.
JKX lOQVI. L9mMfmC5 Wm
Johnson, Dave Barbe and many, many
reore.AdfrectorQ&AandpanaiR9-
cussion mil follow fee 7 p.m. screen
ing on Friday. 6/25 Part ot fee Afefete
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WHEN YOU'RE STRANGE (R)
Typkafiy independent award-winning
filmmaker Torn DCfo^Johnny Suede,
uvtng in UDiMon^ box or moon LiffM)
opens The Ooors in frrts documentary
narrated by Johnny Depp This took te
fee evw-popuiar '60s rockers tnefudes
rare eadushre footage of Jm Morrison.
RobbyKr*eg« Hay Manzarek and John
Densmore covering fee band's brief fife
from UCU Film School to aoktaut
arenas. This fife* fas been 3 Nt te film
festivals from Berlin to San Sebastian
to Santa Barbara Nominated tor fee
Swdance Festivals GrandJury Pttre
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