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Aboriginal
Epic
Healing
a Inuit clan's primeval split.
BY
LOIS WADSWORTH
THE
FAST RUNNER (ATANARJUAT): Directed by Zacharias Kunuk. Written
by Paul Apak Angilirq. Produced by Apak, Norman Cohn, Kunuk. National
Film Board of Canada producers, Germaine Ying Gee Wong, Sally Bochner.
Cinematography, Cohn. Editors, Kunuk, Cohn and Marie-Christine Sarda.
Music, Chris Crilly. Art direction, James Ungalaaq. Costumes, Micheline
Ammaq, Atuat Akkitirq. Starring Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry
Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene
Ipkarnak, Pakkak Innukshuk, Neeve Irngaut. Igloolik Isuma Productions,
2001. Lot 47 Films, 2002. R. 172 minutes.
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ATANARJUAT
(THE GREAT NATAR UNGALAAQ) IN THE RUN FOR HIS LIFE ACROSS ARCTIC
SEA ICE.
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Based on a thousand-year old story kept
alive by generations of Inuit storytellers, The Fast Runner engages
the contemporary viewer with mesmerizing, elemental passions; ancient
beliefs and customs; and the authentic details of life long ago in
the frozen reaches above the Arctic Circle, now Canada. The epic film
is beautifully directed, shot and edited, with mostly non-professional
actors delivering naturalistic performances. Images are unforgettable,
such as the desperate run of a naked, barefoot man across shifting
Arctic ice floes.
The film's emotional charge — love, betrayal,
enmity, jealousy, revenge, murder, rape and courage — is expressed,
sometimes violently, within the context of life lived in a place where
survival depends on the cooperation of all members of the clan. When
evil enters the community in the form of a malevolent shaman, the
people must find the Inuit way to restore balance. In this mythic
tale, more than 20 years pass and great hardships ensue before peace
returns.
The opening segment shows a kinship group living in
a rough settlement called Igloolik and tells the story primarily through
images, with a narrative voice-over and whispers inside a dark igloo.
The character's faces are so interesting, especially the women with
their graceful tattoos, that it's startling to discover a man trussed
up at the wrists and ankles inside this close space. Violent action
ensues, and the bound man falls over, dead. A deranged shaman cackles,
removes the dead man's necklace, and slips it over the exultant killer's
head. A cry from the circle accuses the shaman: "You helped him murder
his own father."
The murder's emotional impact lingers as the next
scene unfolds outside. Qulitalik (Paul Qulitalik), the accuser, rapidly
prepares the dogs to pull a sled for him and his wife, and they head
off into the dim Arctic light. His sister, Panikpak (Madeline Ivalu),
remains behind. Far in the future, the siblings will play important
roles in the reunion of the now-splintered group.
Seen as small children in the film's "prologue," next
as youth, then as grown men are several important male characters.
Atanarjuat is a cheerful, accomplished youth, a graceful runner and
hunter. His older brother, Amaqjuaq (Pakkak Innukshuk), is a skilled
hunter. Oki, Atanarjuat's lifelong rival and enemy, is a crude, angry
man, son of the clan's leader, Sauri (Eugene Ipkarnak).
Atanarjuat is in love with Atuat (Sylvia Ivalu) from
childhood on, but Sauri has promised her to Oki. Atanarjuat and Oki
face off in a fight, in which they take turns striking one blow to
the head of the other until one falls. Atanarjuat's win surprises
the watching clan, and he marries Atuat. Bad blood continues, however,
threatening the clan's very survival. When Atanarjuat takes Oki's
sister Puja (Lucy Tulugarjuk) as his second wife, everything becomes
muddled. Like her sled-dog abuser brother, Puja has been poisoned
by Sauri's dark, unrepentant guilt. Puja takes to betrayal with ease,
lying to Atuat and Amaqjuaq's wife, Uluriaq (Neeve Imgaut), as well
as playing the victim to their husbands. Like Shakespeare's dramas,
the forces set in motion will proceed to their fated conclusion.
Producer, director, co-writer and co-editor Kunuk
has created a great work of cinema here. Co-producer, writer Apak
died before the film was finished, but his script is tight, simple
and direct. Cinematographer Cohn's work is exquisite. Cohn, Kunuk
and Apak collaborated for 15 years and co-founded Igloolik Isuma Productions,
an Inuit-style production team. As filmmakers, they created what they
called "an Inuit culture of production characterized by good humor,
fearlessness, patience and flexibility." Cast and crew camped for
the six-month shoot in "dwellings and conditions similar to those
of the characters in the film."
This outstanding fictional feature, now playing at
the Bijou, is not to be missed. Highest recommendations.
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Honesty
and Freedom
Hand
in hand.
BY
LOIS WADSWORTH
THE
BANGER SISTERS: Written and directed by Bob Dolman. Produced by
Mark Johnson, Elizabeth Cantillon. Executive producer, David Bushell.
Cinematography, Karl Walter Lindenlaub. Production design, Maia Javan.
Editor, Aram Nigoghossian. Costumes, Jacqueline West. Music supervisors,
Maureen Crowe, John Bissell. Music, Trevor Rabin. Starring Goldie
Hawn, Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush, with Erika Christensen, Robin
Thomas and Eva Amurri. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2002. R. 94 minutes.
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A
LIGHTHEARTED LAVINIA (SUSAN SARANDON) AND SUZETTE (GOLDIE HAWN)
REVIEW THE INTIMATE ANATAOMY OF ROCK STARS THEY ONCE KNEW.
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OK, I know Hollywood hardly ever gets
it right, and that any film with big-name stars implies hoopla and
money that sure isn't going where historical rock band groupies strayed,
even with an R rating. So I was as surprised at Bob Dolman's The
Banger Sisters as you may be if you see it. The film generates
an energy that the three principals play for maximum comic effect
without sacrificing the integrity of their characters. The last time
I could actually say that was another improbable comedy also starring
Geoffry Rush, The Tailor of Panama (2001). What Banger
and Tailor share besides great characters is a comic sensibility
that isn't mean-spirited but is based on affection, even love.
The film opens in a pretty seedy West Hollywood bar,
where barista Suzette (Goldie Hawn) is finishing her third rum and
Coke and badmouthing her employer. A little too loudly, perhaps, because
he fires her at the end of the night. Suzette creeps home to her sad
little place, looks at photos from a happier time, and heads for Phoenix,
where her best friend and fellow groupie, Vinnie, lives now. Well,
that was the idea, anyhow, but the car runs out of gas, and Suzette
demeans herself panhandling to unsympathetic bus patrons, one of whom
buys the gas in exchange for a ride to Phoenix.
That's Harry (Geoffrey Rush), a fastidious control
freak and failed Hollywood writer. The libertine freedom embodied
in Suzette and Harry's obsessive-compulsive, unnatural neatness allows
them to feed off each other's foibles in a delightful bit of on-the-road
confrontation. After a less than cordial parting, Suzette feels humiliated
but is determined to barge into Harry's hotel room following the trauma
of finding Vin living in a mansion in the hills.
The best scenes actually happen between Harry and
Suzette, although some good stuff comes up between Suzette and Lavinia,
as she now calls herself. Married to a doctor and with two spoiled
teenaged daughters, Lavinia is openly hostile to her old friend and
tries to buy her silence. Unfortunately, the most predictable elements
of the movie click into place with their meeting, and it is only Suzette's
spunky resilience that saves the film from becoming sit-com hell.
By the end, however, both Suzette and Lavinia are
more comfortable with who they've become and who the other is. Vinnie's
stuffy doctor husband (Robin Thomas), graduating high school valedictorian
daughter, Hannah (Erika Christensen), and confused but frenetic 16-year
old daughter, Ginger (Eva Amurri), also benefit from knowing their
mother better.
The younger actresses, Christenson (Traffic)
and Amurri (Bob Roberts) have smaller roles but make the most
of limited material. In one scene in the hotel, Suzette cradles a
drug-addled Hannah in her arms. The girl reaches out trustingly to
a maternal warmth Suzette didn't know she had but doesn't question.
Harry watches, and sees a Suzette he likes quite a bit. His is a completely
silent performance that's among the film's best. And Suzette is an
out-and-out triumph for Hawn. Ginger's best scene is a hissy fit she
throws after failing her driver's license test — fabulous, over
the top, truly histrionic as only an hysterical teen (or a fine, brave
actress) can express it. Amurri is Sarandon's real-life daughter,
so the spark she strikes is the real thing.
The Banger Sisters is now playing at Movies
12. Not just a chick flick, it's recommended, despite its narrative
predictability.
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Flashbacks
and Fantasies
Sexy,
but not lucid.
BY
LOIS WADSWORTH
SEX
AND LUCIA: Written and directed by Julio Medem. Producers, Fernando
Bovaira, Enrique Lopez Lavigne. Executive producer, Anna Cassina.
Cinematography, Kiko De La Rica. Editor, Ivan Aledo. Art design, Montserrat
Samz. Music, Alberto Iglesias. Visual effects, Alfonso Nieto. Costumes,
Estibaliz Markiegui. Starring Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri,
Daniel Freire, Elena Anaya. Palm Pictures, 2002. Not Rated. 128 minutes.
Set in Madrid and a little-known island off
the coast of Spain called Formentera, Sex and Lucia is an ambitious
but evanescent fantasy by Basque filmmaker Julio Medem (Lovers
of the Arctic Circle). Sex is a big part of the film's turn-on,
and sex between all these pretty people is surprisingly fresh and
natural. The characters are well drawn and the actors more than competent.
Bits and pieces of the film drew my attention, but overall, it's real
confusing. Medem's storytelling isn't as well developed as his directing
abilities.
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| LUCIA
(PAZ VEGA) ON THE ISLAND. |
The problem is that everyone and everything is so
pretty, I was lulled into enjoying the little scenic tidbits Medem
puts on the screen. I failed to exercise my critic's questioning mind
until it was too late, and I had been seduced and then left flat.
Something just like that happens to Lucia (Paz Vega),
although she takes a more active role in her fate. She's a hardworking
waitress in Madrid who plans to meet a man she admires, Lorenzo (Tristan
Ulloa, Abre Los Ojos ), a novelist. Lucia follows him around
secretly, then speaks to him in a café, where he's having coffee
with a friend. Lorenzo responds to her admiration, they leave together
and soon are enjoying wild sex at his place. Maybe they're falling
in love.
Now there's an entire long section here in the middle
in which Lorenzo gets stranger and more distant while he's writing
and revising his new novel. Lucia feels left out and becomes angry.
Maybe this is really happening, maybe it's an enactment of the story
Lorenzo's writing or maybe he can actually live several lives simultaneously.
At any rate, during this whole mushy middle part Belen (Elena Anaya)
appears. She's taking care of a friend's daughter. The child may be
Lorenzo's, the fruit of a moonlight dip in the ocean with a sexy stranger
some years earlier. The little girl is sweet, and Lorenzo is drawn
to her. Also he's strongly attracted to sexpot Belen, who definitely
wants him. But tragedy intervenes.
After a caller tells her Lorenzo is dead, Lucia leaves
the city. [Actually, I think this scene happens at the very beginning
of the movie, but by the end of this film, that early stuff is pretty
fuzzy. Besides, this is where it makes sense.] She goes to the island
that he told her about — but never took her to see — and
there she meets Elena (Najwa Nimri) and rents a room from her. Lucia
stays on the island for a long time, nursing her grief and looking
for a new life.
Eventually some mysteries clear up for Elena, who
late in the game becomes the narrative's central character. Everyone,
it turns out, is connected in some bizarre way or another to everyone
else, but danged if I can sort it out. If you thought Vanilla Sky
was a tangled mess, skip this. But if you like puzzles, it's probably
worth sitting through just to tease your brain. Don't call me to ask
what happened, though, because I'm stumped. Or can't you tell?
Sex and Lucia opens at the Bijou Friday, Oct.
18.
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Films open the Friday following
date of EW publication unless otherwise noted. See
archived movie reviews.
Abandon:
Directed by Stephen Gaghan (Traffic writer) and starring Katie Holmes
as a co-ed whose boyfriend disappeared two years earlier, and Benjamin
Bratt as the detective who turns up surprising new facts about her
friend. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
Brazil (1985): Terry Gilliam directs this widely
acclaimed black comedy set in a future society sinking under the weight
of its own bureaucracy's red tape and economic woes. Stars Jonathan
Pryce, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Bob Hoskins and Ian Holm. R.
At 7 pm on 10/23 in 110 Fenton Hall, UO. Free.
Cabeza de Vaca (1991): Feature film debut of
Nicholas Echevarria, this tale of the explorer who survives a shipwreck,
becomes the slave of an Indian shaman. He leaves only to run into
Spanish soldiers whose cruelty disgusts him. R. At 7:30 pm on 10/23
in 122 Pacific Hall, UO. Free.
Fear Dot Com: Thriller/horror flick stars Stephen
Dorff, Natascha McElhone and Stephen Rea. Includes grisly images of
torture; nudity; violence. R. Movies 12.
Formula 51: Samuel L. Jackson plays a streetwise
American master chemist whose product makes you feel 51 times better
than any other concoction on the planet. Robert Carlyle (The Full
Monty) has different plans. Directed by Hong Kong action director
Ronny Yu. R. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Rain (1932): Based on W. Somerset Maugham's
novel, the great director Lewis Milestone's remake of the silent 1928
film stars Joan Crawford as the sultry Sadie Thompson and Walter Huston
as the preacher who wants to shame her. NR. At 6:30 pm on 10/19 at
Lorane Grange. $2-$3 at the door.
Ring, The: Gore Verbinski finds a solid cast
in Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive), Chris Cooper and Brian Cox
for this remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 Japanese horror film. PG-13.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Sex and Lucia: Julio Medem directs this confusing,
erotic movie starring a lot of pretty people: Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa,
Najwa Nimri, Daniel Freire and Elena Anaya. Set in Madrid and an exotic
island, it's gorgeous, but the narrative doesn't work. R. Bijou. See
review this issue.
Shinel (USSR, 1959): Adapted from Nikolai Gogol's
story, "The Overcoat," set in Czarist Russian, director Alexi Batolov
moves the action to a 20th century state. A bureaucrat longs for a
new overcoat, but when he gets it, he not only gets warm but also
complacent. Russian, with English subtitles. NR. At 7:45 pm on 10/23
in 115 Pacific Hall, UO. Free.
Swimfan: Fatal Attraction for teens
— just what everyone needs! Romantic attachment of swimmer Jesse
Bradford and his sweetheart Shiri Appleby gets blown apart by the
new girl and obsessive fan, Erika Christensen. PG-13. Movies 12.
Tuck Everlasting: The story of a teenager (Alexis
Bledel) who wants to get away from her mother (Amy Irving). Lost in
the woods, she meets a boy named Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson). His
family (William Hurt, Sissy Spacek, Scott Bairstow) has a secret spring
that makes one immortal, and they're trying to keep it safe from Ben
Kingsley. PG. Cinemark.
CONTINUING:
Austin Powers in Goldmember:
Third time is charmed as Mike Myers comes back in multiple roles as
Austin Powers. Michael Caine plays his secret-agent dad and Beyoncé
Knowles is Foxxy Cleopatra. Directed by Jay Roach. Mini-Me takes the
cake! PG-13. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Banger Sisters, The: Susan Sarandon and Goldie
Hawn play 1960s-era rock star groupies who get reacquainted in Bob
Dolman's comedy. Great performances from Hawn, Geoffrey Rush and Eva
Amurri. Highly recommended. R. Movies 12. See
review this issue.
Barbershop: Sweet-natured comedy about a day
in the life of a south side Chicago barbershop stars Ice Cube, Cedric
the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Troy Garity, Eve. This movie
makes you feel good. Recommended. PG-13. Cinemark. Online
archives.
Blood Work: Clint Eastwood's film adaptation
of a sensational crime novel by Michael Connelly stars Eastwood as
a retired FBI agent with a heart condition who chases down a serial
killer. Connelly's book lends itself to the Eastwood treatment. Also
stars Anjelica Huston, Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesus, Paul Rodriguez.
R. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Blue Crush: Directed by John Stockwell, this
romantic surfer adventure stars Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez
(Girlfight) and Matthew Davis. PG-13. Movies 12.
Bourne Identity, The: Matt Damon, Franka Potente,
Chris Cooper, Clive Owen and Brian Cox star in Doug Liman's character-based
spy thriller based on Robert Ludlum's best seller. A man with amnesia
tries to discover who he is and why everyone wants to kill him. A
subtle skewing of the genre, it's highly recommended. PG-13. Movies
12. Online archives.
Brown Sugar: Beautiful childhood friends Taye
Diggs and Sanaa Lathan must now choose others or each other. Rick
Famuyiwa directs. Queen Latifah and Mos Def co-star. PG-13. Cinemark.
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The: Set in
1974 in a North Carolina Catholic school, directed by Brit Peter Care,
this strange but excellent film stars Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin,
Jena Malone and Jodie Foster as the unholy trinity and the nun who
takes the heat for their anti-adult anger. Based on the late Chris
Fuhrman's cult-hit novel. See it! R. Late night Bijou. Online
archives.
Fast Runner, The (Atanarjuat, 2002):
Zacharias Kunuk directs the first feature film in 80 years about the
Inuit people of northern Canada. The New York Times called
it "a masterpiece," noting: "You are so completely caught up in the
codes and rituals of a nomadic, tribal society governed by complex
ideas of honor and loyalty that it is easy to overlook the artistry
that has put them before you." It's based on a traditional Inuit folk
epic. R. Bijou. See review this issue.
Four Feathers, The: Surely the only reason
to remake this old racist chestnut about the imperialistic Brits in
the Sudan, 1898, is to give Hollywood hunk Heath Ledger something
to do. Kate Hudson may help, as well as casting Wes Bentley and Djimon
Hounsou. Directed by Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth). PG-13. Cinemark.
Jonah: A Veggietales Movie: Christian-themed
direct-to-video franchise goes big screen in this version of Jonah
and the Whale. Biblical figures are played by talking vegetables.
Directed by Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer. G. Cinemark.
Knockaround Guys: Four wannabe Mafiosas —
Vin Diesel, Seth Green, Barry Pepper and Andrew Davoli — sort
of follow instructions from Uncle Teddy (John Malkovich) and Benny
Chains (Dennis Hopper) to buy the silence of a Montana sheriff but
manage to find lots of trouble on their own. "The Sopranos" probably
does it better. R. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Lilo and Stitch: Animated Disney comedy about
Lilo, a lonely Hawaiian girl, and her small, ugly dog named Stitch.
The dog is an alien experiment that's crashed to earth. Six by Elvis
on the soundtrack. PG. Movies 12.
Minority Report: Steven Spielberg directs Tom
Cruise in this sci-fi where killers are arrested and convicted before
they commit murder. In 2054, Cruise heads the Pre-Crime unit until
he's accused of the murder of a man he hasn't yet met. Based on a
short story by the genre's master, Philip K. Dick. One of Spielberg
and Cruise's best. Highest recommendations. PG-13. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Mostly Martha: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste
and Sergio Castellitto star in Sandra Nettlebeck's delightful romance,
comedy, drama about the kitchen life and home life of a great chef.
Highly recommended. G. Bijou. Online
archives.
Mr. Deeds: Adam Sandler plays an ordinary guy
who inherits $40 billion in this remake of Frank Capra's 1936 comedy,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Also stars Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher,
Steve Buscemi, Jared Harris and John Turturro. PG-13. Movies 12.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Based on Nia Vardalos's
one-woman stage show, it's about the 30-year old, unmarried daughter
(Vardalos) in an engaging, passionate but demanding Greek family in
New York. She meets the man she wants to marry (John Corbett), and
he isn't Greek. Yikes! Another humorous reminder that weddings are
also a family and community affair, this sweet romantic comedy entertains.
Recommended. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online
archives.
Red Dragon: The first literary appearance of
Hannibal Lector was in Thomas Harris's 1981 novel, Red Dragon;
his film debut was in Michael Mann's 1986 Manhunter. Now we
have Anthony Hopkins returning as the cannibal, serial killer made
famous by Jonathan Demmme's 1991 blockbuster, Silence of the Lambs.
Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise
Parker and Philip Seymour Hoffman flesh out the cast. Directed by
Brett Ratner (Rush Hour). R. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Rules of Attraction: Roger Avary writes and
directs James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder and
Jessica Biel in what The New York Times calls "a high-octane
adaptation" of Bret Easton Ellis's novel. R. Cinemark.
Scooby Doo: TV's 1969 Great Dane, Scooby, returns
as a computer-generated detective dog in this comedy starring Freddie
Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Matthew Lillard. PG. Movies
12.
Signs: Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
and starring Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix in this supernatural thriller
about crop circles. Also stars Rory Culkin and Abigail Breslin. PG-13.
Cinemark. Online
archives.
Spider Man: Tobey Maguire stars in Sam Raimi's
film and makes Spidey a comic book superhero we can all appreciate.
Also stars Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin, Kirsten Dunst as the
girl, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons.
Highly recommended. PG-13. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Sweet Home Alabama: Andy Tennant directs the
fabulous Reese Witherspoon in this comedy about a hot fashion designer
who returns to the South to get a divorce from scruffy hubby #1 (Josh
Lucas) so she can marry rich Patrick Dempsey. PG-13. Cinemark Cinema
World.
Transporter, The: Corey Yuen directs, Luc Bresson
produces and co-writes this crime thriller starring Asian star Shu
Qi and Jason Statham. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Tuxedo, The: PG-13. Jackie Chan's a limo driver
who borrows his boss' tux only to discover that it's a high-tech killing
machine. With Jennifer Love Hewitt and Peter Stormare. PG-13. Cinema
World
White Oleander: Peter Kosminsky directs the
film adaptation of this best-seller about a young girl (Alison Lohman)
who moves through several foster home after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer)
goes to prison. Also stars Renée Zellweger, Robin Wright Penn,
Billy Connolly, Patrick Fugit and Noah Wyle. R. Cinemark.
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Casino Royale (1967): Lots of extras with the
Bond DVD including Psychedelic Cinema, the making of featurette.
A raft of stars and directors.
ET Limited Collector's Edition: Two-disc set
includes the 2002 20th anniversary release. Beaucoup extras. Best:
two deleted scenes: ET in the tub, and ET drinks a Coke.
Enough: Jennifer Lopez tries to get away from
her abusive husband, played by Billy Campbell ("Once and Again"),
in Michael Apted's drama. Also, Juliette Lewis, Noah Wyle. PG-13.
Insomnia: Christopher Nolan (Memento)
explores sleep deprivation in this remake of a 1998 thriller from
Norway. Set in Alaska, it stars Al Pacino and Robin Williams, Hilary
Swank, Martin Donovan, Maura Tierney, Nicky Katt and Paul Dooley.
Highly recommended thriller. R. Online
archives.
Mr. Deeds: Adam Sandler plays an ordinary guy
who inherits $40 billion in this remake of Frank Capra's 1936 comedy,
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Also stars Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher,
Steve Buscemi, Jared Harris and John Turturro. PG-13.
Scooby Doo: TV's 1969 Great Dane, Scooby, returns
as a computer-generated detective dog in this comedy starring Freddie
Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Matthew Lillard. PG.
Next week: Eight Legged Freaks, Malcolm in the
Middle, Mysterious Island and Santa Clause.
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