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vide te studio w?th some Msday cheer.
BEAUTY AffO THE BEAST (6)1991.
Disney rerete^tteflr* animated
teatore to br; nominatad tor a Best
Picture Oscar using the tency new 3D
technology that is a!i toe rage rig**
now. Based on toe classic fairy tate,
Beite falls to love with Beast (voiced by
K rt Anr^W ti ii ml^ii nli £UJtU, OlHMAAni
to? castles neamnroo rtocoy wenson).
who just so happens to he a erased
prince. The terrific voice cast mefcjctes
Jerry Ortacti, David Ogden Stters
and Angela Lansbury. Wtorwoftrao
Academy Awards (Best Score and Best
Original Song).
THE Bid SLEEP (NR) 1946. Cin6 is
heating up the cold winter nights with
a Classic Film Noir Series teteuring
Hollywood classics screened from
increasingly precious 35mm ports
First up is Howard Hawks' Tteftp
Seep, starring Humphrey Bogart as
Raymond Chamfer* PfciHp Marlowe.
With Lauren Sacaii opposite-Bogie
and a script by William fau&ner,
Leigh Bracked (the lutore scripter ot
The Empite Strikes Sac*) and Jules
Furthmarw, 3# Steep on toe big
screen is not to be missed.
CARNAGE (R) After a playground
scuffle involving their son, writer
Peneiope (Jcxfie Foster) and hardware
salesman Michael (John C. Reilly),
invite the bully* parents, broker Nancy
(Kate Wtosiet) and amoral lawyer Aten
(Christoph Waltz), over to wort out
their issues. Despite their best efforts
at reconciliation, discussion soon
escalates into warfare between both
couples.
CONTRABAND (ft) A former smug
gler. Chris Faraday (Mark WaWberg).
gets back in the game, trafficking
melons ot dollars in counterfeit bttts
to protect his family, incktoing a pr<^y
wife (played by Kate Beckinsate) and
her brother (Caleb Landry Jones,
Banshee from XMm first Ctess).
from his bratoer-to-tew* nasty drug-
dealing boss (Giovanni Rtoisi). luckily,
he has friends Hi® go-to crazy Ben
Foster. Director Baftssar Kormakur
starred in and produced toe Icelandic
original, Beykf3vik~fto8&&m. With
i(PS-13DRf3ttoe
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of dtiack* Ate* Kendrick and Hi
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tor Tgnyr Bekmambetav is becemtog
Russa^ answer to that GaMc purveyor
ot international scMi action. Luc
Besson. The fries is toe sophomore
short from Tutene atom Chris Gorak, an
art Sector whb apprenticed under in
impressive reasiw ot directors (Oswd
Fmoher, toe Coen Brothers and terry
j Moscswds exotic enwons
shandy intrigue, despite toe familiar
ity of the scenario
• DK DEVS. BtS&jf (R) After a
strong open { OQ. secpjenc* deprding
toe police investigation of and lake
local news stories N»et a 1988 triple
murder, The Devtf instfe becomes gjst
andtoer Icatod footage horror Stick
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ofttffire nww to oe me
documerUstion of a young won^n,
fi. a r^lTfiATai Ci^ v rJ JCji.riut.mfix. I * i* -»-t rf
S3w©8& rfflSffl {rWT®1® wOfaiR i
seeking the tote* about her mother*
tragic morersm Two priests, Ben and
8avid(Sm«R Gteartennan and Evan
Hetmuto j, w<t Isabella to freeing
her motoar, but agate, toe results tead
to a bageity.aR captured on torn try
(tocurtienteriarii^amefaman, Michael
(lonut Grama). This poputer, eas^to-
taka honor stogenre has seen worse
entries (test yeaft snooze-tost ApoHo
1%. but The Last Exorcism was a more
successful iaus-men&ry bermst
The titof generates a tow scares, and
toe fate people are more likable than
most found footage protags. StiU, The
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M?w? w&ob Has aosorutety nrxhmg
new to add to toe honor conversation
and shook! be guickty exorcised from
memory.
THE DIVIDE (NR) With f/onberfsjl
Xavier Gens proved to be a skilled
purveyor of New French Extremity
Wto Hitman, I'm not sure toe French
filmmaker proved much of anything
His fates sd-fl^orror hybrid, The
Divide, is a post-apocalyptic flick about
nuclear holocaust survivors attempting
to survive on dwindling supplies and
ever-increasing tear The presence of
Michael Biehn always entices. With
Limn German [Hostel: Pvt 8), Milo
1 Ai rati n ft lir»m nn*! I riMrnn LI n | Mtn
WPmWjm ( rWOeS ), ASfftCHl HOrTto
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(A titwry Of rgHencte,nesanra
Arquette arid Courtney 8. Vance.
DOLPHtN TMJE (PG) I am not a
sucka for sertomef^ anift^ mov-
ies. Ware Uhen 1 am sure Doipfm
We would haw fit the btiL A lonety
12-yeaf-dd Sawyer (Nafiwi Gamble),
res^tos a dolptUn (real ted-tess dol~
prim, Winter, as herself) caugW to a
crab bap. With toe help ot a marine vet
(Harry Connick Jr.), his daughter (Coil
Creig Brewer has anddteKttbyMGrtf (£*? and
FOain^SE (PG-135 Mat *jste
ifkmfam
.lone sn ?w ww*# BDs 8wk.
is imprasstow Brewer relocates toe
dance " '-ng toum of Bomont trorn
UKE CRATT (RG-U) The Suodanc*
Fitm Festival Grand Jury Prim
8I» is Brewers resume ot slrigMng
ctoereatic stories ixsut the New Souto
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alter hts son cKd to a or accktent,
woos Moored beautiful, troubled
dau$&f, Artel (JuBame Hough,
Dantfog wUh toe Sters’). Brwert
movte hs a ntoe rhytom «J does
toe South more justice 9ren any ether
mayor Haltyereod reteass
THE WITH THE DRAG®!
TATTOO (R) Stwg Larsson may have
created Lisbeto Satender. but David
rwowr aw« tr® oow nooncy Mara
have made her a tag-screen icon (teg *
offense to Noomi ftapace's Lisbeto,
but Mara's movie is toads barter }
Fincher dangerously rettens Lesson's
ftertoreance prises) and toe enpres-
sve Anton Ttecfyte (test seen in
is* wW
She's a British collage student he*
an American student, riwir >■£*#? ts
deported >he ■?#&'%&/*> nar *«sa
andsskktedoutflftoecGurtfy Wider
director Drake Doremus may flnafty
»*w «jranor nu w tvs vourTr mm.
LOOSKS (P6-f3)n» thought of
Peter FabnefS as star, writer (yteesf)
and producer is much less tnghtentog
when you tomk of his funny, sad, man-
chiid doctor on Showtime^ ’Nurse
Jackie* rafter 8ren Ms awM. peroxided
Cartiste CuHen. Then you read the
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conffonwo oy a orw-T»gni sonc. wiwi
Prmwtencs d^sclor Michaei
CorTente, nodwig good could come
fron> b®. w?^ MKTS© MacBen, joe
Pantofano, Christy Carlson Romano.
(MUlbtMM C* -t i‘ jti |tLl_l. "l ^f*|l fl
ni“8fi rOfsyro jog vwjoni WnO.
Perhaps you vnH consider pulling my finger?
wicked, violent, European sexuality tor
HoltywoodS adaptation rt toe first book
in toe Wttewium Tnlogy. Journalist
Mikaei Bfomkvtst {Daniel Craig) enhsfs
toe help of the ttoiter tattooed (and
multiply ptercad) grri, a ward dt toe
state who might be a psychopath but is
certatoty a genius, to solve a decades
old murder.
A THE IRON LADY (PG-13) Meryl
Streep already has her Golden Globe
nomination and is vtrtualfy guaranteed
a spot on toe Academy* Best Actress
shortlist with her tom as former U.K.
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Director Phytoda Lktyd last helmed
Streeps crowd-pteasing Mamma Mia!
As good as Streep is. mrd reviewers
have been down on toe flka ss a whole,
one would assume because lktyd as
3Cripter A5i Morgan also cowrote criti
cal tave Sterne. With Jan Bnaribent as
Denis Thatcher.
JOYFUL mm (PG-13) Lawdy, Dotty
Partonts back on toe big screen tor her
first starring rote since 1992^ StwgM
Mt As choral member G G. Sparrow,
Partonduefs«wtoQueenlatiteh 4 tef-
low choif striker Vi Rose HIS, as toeir
(tounto chok competes in a rational
choral competitor. Think *Gtoe*
with more G-0-0 Natorafty, sparks
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE—GHOST
PROTOCOL (PG-13) tesston
impossibfe is tfvrt rare franchoe that
has achjaify gotten better with each
new installment and in inverse propor
tion tods megastar*popularity Tom
Cruise had few peers in 1996 when toe
weak, original MJ opened; now he*
more often a punchline, albert a badass
punchline who does many of tus own
death-defying stunts, like dimbinQ toe
outskte-of the world* tallest building.
What sets the Mission: impossible
franchise apart from any other exist
ing action series is its star-producer*
knack tor finding toe best, new behind
toe camera talent.
MONEYBALL (PG-13) Based on
Mtcnas uwrts dcssctw, cfireccx '
Bennef Milter* foltow-up to toe Oscar
winning Capote actually makes base
ball statistics interesting. Oakland A*
General Manager 8% Beane (Brad
PM) attempts to build a championship
baitefub throutto On Base and Slugging
Percentage rather toan traditional
scouting. Does it work? Anyone lamiP
tar wtto Major League Baseball already
knows toe answer.
THE ItlB^’ETS (PG) Youcantefl
cowriter-star Jason Segei loves toe
Atoppets. His reboot Of Jm Henson*
towtete puppets« bute wrfitei ctemn
*y btondi txmtetteS m tea drwro-
tateOR of Mteltyw and Sir Umwoi
Ototer* toBM fNNknsMp white
temmg ThePttemmdfuSnemgM
The Mre is bead on toe accounts
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01 MUR MR (oW WKJfWpWj,
who ms emptoyed by Otorier at toe
time The not of toe cast sounds ton;
Jttite Owoftd pteys VMen Uigb and
^ 1 'i: 1 *■ —
drecter Simon Curtis h» done most of
his eteek Oft 9ie srtwff screen
NEW Y»n EVE (PG-13) Almost
everyKtoryouauidpossibtyrecog-
imi&em to toe second, two-boir
hotidby party torewe by drector Garry
Iterate* (So** toot Mo Jute) At
least tefenfMV* D^f ted a semblance
to wtet norm* people might expect on
Feb. 14 The totes preparing to nog »
2012 (dating I could urety to* this
reck* mssuf were repeat waacnaDHRyj
arenT doing a ^ngte tomg you or I
do. unless you cteer swank New York
parties while arguing with your music
supersW boytrtend (aNurafty played
tty Jon Bon Jow)
PUSS m BOOTS (PG) Shrek* Wry
tale may have moved on to tiappity
ever after, but Puss in Boots {y Antonio
Banderas) is stifl Atoing for a fighL His
spinoff revels toe sworrtoghting antics
toatled up to Puss meeting up unto
Shrek and company. Naturals, this flick
was once stated for a dkecHo-OVD
release, wifi toe cat be able to match
toe ogre* blockbuster results? Director
Chr« MUfer previously hetmed Shrek
the Ttmt Featuring toe voices of
Satina Hayek, Zach Gattoanakis and
more
REAL STBEL (PG-13) The trailer for
tors Hugh Jackman action movie just
screans Rock Bn. Sock Em Robots
The Movie (Much apparently was in
development at one point). Jackman
is a struggling promoter of robot box
ing. who thinks he has a contender
in a discarded Dot. He also discovers
he has an 11-year-old son. Director
Shawn Levy has been on a roll; his last
three movies were toe high-profile hits,
Night at the Museum, its Smithsoman-
set sequel and Date Night.
SHERLOCK HOURS: A GAME OF
SHADOWS (PG-13) Much like its
2009 predecessor, Sherlock Holmes A
Game of Shadows is a perfectly forget
table crowdpleeser Robert Downey, Jr
revisits his hyper-bordermg-on-manic,
streetfighting master sleuth, this time
tasked with defeating his literary arch-
nemesis, Professor James Moriarty
(the appropriate Jared Harris of AMC*
*Mad Men*). Assisted as always by Dr.
John Watson (Jude Law, again a game
companies to Downey). Holmes is also
joined by bts brother, Mycroft (Stepften
Fry). Watson* new wife (Keity Rally)
and a gypsy fortune tetier (Noomi
Rapace. best known as toe original
Lisbeto Satender). Director Guy Ritchie
coats everything in his usual super-
stytish action sheen
• TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
(R) The machinations Tints* Taiior
Soffler Spy. (he new film from Let the
Right One trfs Terras Aifredsori. may
be a Dttie too (you say dense, I say)
murky for its own good. Despite the dP
mactic presence of afl toe proper puzzle
pieces, toe fitmmakers km toe viewer
to betevt toere* more to be worked cuf
is s raM of retired British spy George
May* fan raceitertty fietedmP
Gary Okteani retom to w^xsm
duty to uncover toe sdentsy of a mow
mnOnQSs »i0 IDQMi SCnwRS 9 Wh
Ttepertorminres from aft abaotitety
Amamrfe cast ol Bntons (Oklman
tegning Best Actor Ceun F»to John
liUR, Xnjf JORbSl ly«faR IMB,
‘Sterieca^ fierwdief CurtoerbaKh
fterit Strong, Stephan Grafam and
Upcomtog Batman viltejn Tom Hardy)
Irate) (me engaged even as toe pregnant
pauses and tortwe glances overty doud
the steady opaque espionage watw-,
of ttenrary spymastor John i.e Carre
Ttnkar teter Soteter $w may be too
smart, tasking ts audferri* to punk
cut a hundred grace central mystery
ilraftweraspft tntoatoousand The
work* rarety boring though
THE TWILIGHT SAGA BREAKING
OAWte-^AITT 1 (PG-13) Stephen*
Meyer* ©teemety poptter teevvano-
romance took a srareai turn *> toe
fourth book Berta (Kristen Stewart ;
and Edward (Robert PaBwison) f«raftv
marry On the honeymoon. Bette
becomes pregnant wrto a tomg toa
sfwuld not be Now toe Cutlers are
caught between toe Qurteute wktes
and the anaenf Votiuri both ot vtoom
are torwterrad by tots unknown new
adversary Hi be »eere^e<f to see
how dtredof Bi« Condor {Gods and
Monsters. Qraamgvtfi nandtes toe
book* R-reted events (speciftea;N
toe Naby* bloody birth) m a PG-13
• WA«ttOftS€ (PG-13) After I
brief trip to toe sentimental sriimess
torou^out a first art of boy meets
hone, boy tails«love with horse
boy loses hone. Steven Spielbergs
latest drama cams tire tn toe war nyn
countryside and tranches ot World
War 1 Europe When hrs taxher comes
home with a toorougftoreti r atoer than
a workhofse. Albert Narracort i Jeemy
frvtne) forges a ideiong bond with toe
beautiful heart he names Joey Alas
war comes and debts must be paid
toe Narracofi patriarch (Peter Multan;
seifs Joey to a war-bound cavalryman
(fhots Tom Htodlerton; Thus begins
Joey* journey from the English coun
tiyside to toe borntnavaged wilds of
Belgium and France Negatively criti
cizing Spielberg* wonderfully warm
overly genuine drama just feels wrong
and would be The six-time Golden
Globe nominee tacks many (If any;
visible flaws, yet it tails to do anything
unanticipated or elicit any emotion
unexpected
WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) This
movie just generates some odd feei
ings A movie directed by Cameron
Crowe and starring Mat! Damon
Scarlett Johansson and Thomas Hadeo
Church sounds like a serious win
ner, but then there* toe title A dad
(Damon) moves his family to Southern
California to renovate a struggling zoo
The Devil Wears Prada scripter Aline
Brash McKenna and Crowe relocate
Benjamin Mees memoir from England
to SoCa! Some say a simitar move
didnl affect High Fidelity I'm not one
ot those folks
WORLD S SMALLEST AIRPORT
(NR) From Watkinsviiles own
Surprisingly Professional Productions
comes this documentary of toe
« Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus from
the end of World War ii to 1945 to
1950. three Georgia brothers performed
astonishing fetes via aircraft that have
yet to be exceeded The Jan 15-19
screenings at Cin$ will be the film*
Athens premiere To better prepare
onesett tor the Vhrasher Brothers film
debut check out Grady Thrashet * Dec
29.2010 article ‘A Remembrance The
World* Smallest Awpoff in our very
own Ffa$)Ck> magazine
Drew Wheeler
10 FLAGPOLE.COM ■ JANUARY 11,2012
