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The third in the American Pie series
is the gayest yet. As the wedding of Jim
and Michelle (Jason Biggs and Alyson
Hannigan) looms, the others seek the aid of
dancing queen Bear (an excellent Eric Allen
Kramer) and his sidekicks to make the event
memorable. Borrowing from Flashdance and
Pink Flamingos alike, American Wedding is
uneven, hut queer audiences with a taste for
gross-out humor should have a good time.
— Andy Mangels
of poor timing. Actually, the suits should’ve
been more concerned about pcx>r reviews.
Joaquin Phoenix plays a U.S. soldier who
makes drugs and sells Mop & G lo on the black
market, and Ed Hams adds poignancy as his
loser commanding officer, but director Gregor
Jordan runs out of ideas around the halfway-
point. Too much black, not enough comedy.
—Jim Radosta
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the F riedmans
Truth is stranger than fiction in
one of the most fascinating docu
mentaries you’ll ever see. New
York filmmaker Andrew Jarecki
mixes his own footage with old
home movies of the Long Island
Friedman family, whose father
and youngest son were arrested in
1987 for child sexual abuse. At
the heart of this rather moving
film is the question of truth vs.
memory, and each family mem
ber’s perception of both.
— Lisa Bradshaw
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B uffalo S oldiers
Miramax shelved this wickedly cynical
film after 9/11 because it feared accusations
Thank you to Laurelhurst The
ater for running ’80s classics every week. A
chance to see Gus Van Sant’s second feature film
on the big screen Aug. 22 to 28 is a good thing.
Mart Dillon and Kelly Lynch are sublime as Bob
and Dianne, thieving Portland drug addicts who
lead their admiring posse through a string of
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Reese Witherspoon returns as Elle Wcxxis,
the perky lawyer who has as much common
sense as fashion sense. This time around she’s in
Washington, D.C., crusading for animal rights on
behalf of her gay dog, Bruiser. It might seem like
fluff, but the smart script actually contains timely
messages about ineffective politicians, queer tol
erance and girl power.
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R aging B ull
One of the best films of the 1980s and the pin
nacle of the Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro part
nership, Raging Bull is the taught, gritty biographical
story of 1940s boxer Jake LaMotta, who only wants
to be middleweight champion but finds politics and
personality have as much to do with that as talent.
Laurelhurst Theatre shows this gem, as much a tes
tament to the art of cinema as a commentary on
the effects of systemic violence, through Aug. 21.
— LB
S eabiscuit
Director Gary Ross (Pleasanwille) slaps too
(many layers of sap over Laura Hillenbrand’s best-
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selling book, which won America’s heart with
its uplifting Depression-era story of one very
special racehorse and the lives he touched.
However, the blah sentimentality can’t bury
the resilient talents of Tobey Maguire, William
H. Macy and Chris Qxiper. Worth an air-
conditioned peek for the performances only.
— Christopher
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T he T rip
Director Miles Sw ain’s story of two
unlikely lovers (Larry Sullivan and Steve
Braun) is foregrounded against the gay
rights movement o f the ’70s and ’80s, a sce
nario rife with possibilities. After a decent
start, however, the two are put through far
too many ill-advised twists and turns, and
the film degenerates into a road pic
ture so unconvincingly contrived as ,
to be bizarre. For queer-cinema
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complerists only.
—CM
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trips until Bob just can’t take
it anymore. William S. Bur
roughs is incredibly affecting
playing an old junkie Bob is
terrified of becoming.
— LB
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