Newspaper Page Text
f
Bra
n. ^ ir •
Dinner Specials
rabbit leg in mustard and white wine
Big City buiger with Nature's Harmony Farm
blue cheese, applewood smoked bacon,
spinach, and dQon
the Reconstruction; Cine screens the
25-song live concert from R.E.M 's
1985 performance for Germany^ long-
running live music television show.
Rockpalasl (in English. ‘Rock Palace*).
Find the complete setlist at www.mck-
palastschrv.de/concert/rem.html
ROBIN HOOD (PG-13) According to
director Ridfey Scott and screenwriter
Brian Helgetand, Robin Longstride
(Russell Crowe in his period element)
was a common archer in the Crusader
army of King Richard the Lionheart
(Danny Huston) UpOfi Robin's return
to England, he borrowed the nobility
of Sir Robert Loxley. thanks to the
insistence of his blind father. Walter
(Max von Sydow). Lucky Robin also
got Sir Robertas wife, Lady Marion
(Cate Blanchett), in the bargain
Unfortunately. England is in chaos
Richard^ successor, John (Oscar
Isaac), is a ninny, and his kingdom
is about to be overrun by the French,
thanks to his conniving pal, Godfrey
(Mark Strong) Good thing Robin and
his merry men—Little John (Kevin
Durand), Friar Tuck (Mark Addy).
Will Scarlett (Scott Grimes) and Alan
A’Dayle (Alan Doyle)—are on John's
side, since the monarch bestoweth a
little power the common mans way.
Sadly, this new Robin Hood ends
where the legend begins. Thanks,
Ridley, Russell and Co.; you just spent
140 minutes making Magna Carta
Part One. More political intrigue flies
around than arrows (what the hell is
William Hurt doing here?), and forget
robbing the rich to give to the poor
This flick explains why Braveheart. er,
Robin chose the outlaw lifestyle, hiding
out in Sherwood Forest. All the pieces
are present for the second coming of
Gladiator, instead we get the bastard
lovechild of Kingdom ot Heaven and
Coming Home. On paper, a realistic,
‘historically accurate* version ot the
Robin Hood myth from the Gladiator
team and producer Brian Grazer read
like a summer blockbuster, but in real
ity. a dour, dark, incredibly anachronis
tic (everyone is a feminist, ecumenical,
Enlightenment philosopher) Robin
Hood »s no Robin Hood at all. I would
rather re-watch the 1938 Errol Flynn
masterpiece. The Adventures of Robin
Hood, than this version.
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (R)
2009 The Academy Award winner
GROW SOME FANGS ALREADY
Best Foreign Language Film of the
Year, The Secret in Their Eyes hails
from Argentina, where it swept their
Academy Awards, winning 13 Awards
of the Argentinean Academy. An inves
tigator, Benjamin Espocito (Ricardo
Darin), begins a novel of an unsolved
rape/murder that has haunted him for
25 years. Interestingly, writer-director
Juan Jos6 Campanella is an American
TV vet directing such hits as “Law &
Order: SVU* (17 episodes), ‘House’
(lour episodes) and "Strangers with
Candy* (eight episodes).
TOY STORY 3 (G) When toy owner
Andy grows up and goes to college,
he donates his favorite toys, includ
ing Woody (v. Tom Hanks) and Buzz
Lightyear (v. Tim Allen), to a day care
center. As excited as I am to meet the
new toys, I am even more excited about
the script by Little Hiss Sunshine
Oscar winner, Michael Arndt. Director
Lee Unkrich codirected previous Pixar
hits Toy Story 2an6 Finding Nemo In
3DandlMAX3D
THE TWILIGHT SAGA; ECUPSE
(PG-13) See Movie Pick.
Drew Wheeler
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (PG-13) No
matter how many times the director changes
for the better, the cast, characters, and story
remain the same. Bella (Kristen Stewart)
is, like, so in love with Edward (Robert
Pattinson), who's a vampire, but she's also in
love with Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who turns
into a giant wolf. And Jacob rarely wears a
shirt- (OMG, he is so hot.) Well, a bitchy red
headed vampire named Victoria (Bryce Dallas
Howard) wants to kill Bella so she creates an
army of newborn vamps (they're, like, totally
Anna Kendrick, the franchise was saddled with
an Ashley Greene, Peter “Mr. Jennie Garth'
Facinelli, or... shudder... Jackson Rathbone.
New director David Slade uses his previ
ous experience with bloodsuckers (30 Days
of Night) to construct some cool blue night
scenes for author Stephenie Meyer's fangless
vampires. Unfortunately, nothing can amend
for screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg's atro
cious dialogue and the movie's sheer volume
of mope. Everybody from Bella to Edward to
Bella's father, Charlie, frov/ns and whines. If
COCKTAILS
FULL. BAR
CRAFT BEERS ON DRAFT
COFFEE
DHSSER7S
CHEESE PLATES
SUNDAY
J U LY 1 1 TH • 2PM
SOUR
BEER
1 O DRAUGHT BEERS
including:
OMM EGA NG ROUGE;
NEW BELGIUM
ERIC'S ALE AND
CANTILLON ROSE
DE GAMBRINUS
3 SPECIALTY
CASKS
123 5 S. Mill EDGE Avc
706-208-0059
W W W .AROMA SWINE C A P C O M
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
AROM/VSWINE. &A R
c
PLEASE |
GIVE N
THE
SECRET
in THEIR
EYES
'ifW
SUMMER
MOVIE
SERIES
REM LIVE
ROCKPALAST
1985
Www.ATHtHSClNE COM 706 353.3343
234 W HANCOCK AVE DOWNTOWN aT+IENS
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson
stronger than older vamps). But the Cullens—
that's Edward's vampire family—and Jacob's
wolf pack totally put aside their differences to
protect Bella.
The TmbghtSoga n easily the most iU*
prepared blockbuster franchise of ail time, and
Summit Entertainment's no-list casting may
have finally caught up with it. Neophyte pro
duction company/distributor Summit lucked
out with the single-star entity that is Stewart/
Pattinson/lautner. However, their pittance of
a budget far the original movie forced some
bargain-basement shopping for Twilights sup
porting cast, and for every 8itly Burke and
only Bella had stayed longer on the Quileute
Indian reservation where folks have better
things to do than sulk like teens in a '50$
melodrama.
Everything in Edipse builds to the climactic
showdown between a united CuUen-Qtrileute
frortt and Victoria's newborns, which lives up
hype. Meyer's vamps may lack a lot of
raits, but they shatter awesomely. The
rtHe may wind up the highlight of the
ries, but it H not worth the emo-
price of admission.
Housetnade duck sausage with onions