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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 2003)
novemiiar 21.2QQ3 » |naS ■"*|49 <£> < £} B rother B ear v <£%><& G othika / Disney’s latest (and perhaps final) hand-animated feature isn’t a bore, but it doesn’t really growl into life either. When a young Native American kills a bear, he is transformed into a bear by the spirits. Now he must escape his hunter brother and help an orphaned cub find peace. Some fun humor but truly awful songs by Phil Collins and Tina Turner. — Andy Mangels E lf <££> A <£b <££><%> S cary M ovie 3 Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist who ends up in her own insane asylum, accused of killing her husband and haunted by ghostly images. Working with Robert Downey Jr., she must free herself and find the truth. Though this film has a few gixxJ scares and mostly strong acting, several scenes have all the stinky cheese appeal of an old B movie. — AM M aster AND C ommander : T he F ar S ide of the W orld Few humans could pull off yellow tights and a childlike Christmas spirit as well as Will Ferrell, and he defies all expectations to deliver a tmly magical performance. As a human who has grown up among the N oah Pole elves, the tall Buddy doesn’t fit in, but once he journeys to New York, he’s just as odd there. Sure, it gets a bit treacly at the end, but Elf is a holiday film the entire family can enjoy. — AM T he E mbalmer Although its title sounds like a good pom movie, this bravura historical prixluc- tion is actually about a ship of all-male sailors in the Napoleonic era (which sounds like the plot o f a gotxJ pom movie). Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany are excellent leads in this adventurous spectacle that mixes in personality, humor and a sense of discovery among ferocious sea battles. — AM Q'C> <X> T he M atrix R evolutions If you’re the type of person who digs for eign films about a taxidermist dwarf (Ernesto Mahieux) with Mafia ties who hires an obliv ious hunk (Valerio Foglia Manzillo) as his assistant and develops an unhealthy cmsh on the guy, then run— don’t walk— to Holly- wtxxJ Theatre, where this opens Nov. 21. If, like me, you tend to shun baffling tedium and morbidity, then just stay home. —Jim Radosta Watching a random epistxJe of Jerry Springer offers more plot and story than does the third (and, please God, final) Matrix film. Keanu Reeves and friends continue to mope about in their vinyl and pleather and save the future of mankind from evil mechanical cala- mari (a future seemingly free from gay people). Save your money until the DVD release or see Elf instead. Everyone else is. — AM Director David Zucker ( Airplane!) takes over for Keenen Ivory Wayans, who was at the helm of the first two / M installments of this consistently entertaining horror film spoof. Admitted ly, this is the weakest of the three, lampooning unremarkable movies (Signs, The Ring, 8 Mile) and concentrating on physical comedy instead of pushing the envelope of bad taste. But, hey, it made me laugh. —JR What's popped and what's flapped, a theater near yon. "jO Jud, bottom of the bag <g)> only if you’re really hungry <£> <£> <£> good effort, pass the salt < ^ ¡ £ ^ < ^ < 2 ^ mnunm, tasty! <?><*> <£><S><?> Ket the bi8 tub °’ com 21 G rams Director A lejan dro Gonzalez Iniir- ritu ( Amoves Petros) has set up this wrenching drama of loss, serendipity and cruel fate in a shaky, hand-held, grainy, hyper-realist style, so the whole thing hangs on the ragged emotion expressed in the actors’ faces. Thankfully, those belting to Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Naomi Watts, and the result is one o f the best movies of the year. Opens Nov. 26. —Christopher McQuamj Friendly Advice aswMwweew There are different levels of friendship, different levels by which we know and are known by others. We all seek people whose company gladdens us and keeps us from loneliness, but the friend who knows us Inside and out, the good and the ugly, is rare indeed. One biblical Proverb reads: ■ip mm i Catering Cooking School Wine, cookw are, cookbooks Wine tastings Friday & Saturday afternoons A man of many companions may come to ruin. But there is a friend who stands closer than a brother. Holiday Shopping in the Pearl With In Good Taste Gift certificates you may give the gift o f choice for every person on your shopping list! From Cooking G asses to Extra Virgin Olive Oil. a Jam ie Oliver "Naked C h e f cookbook or The Thymes Lavender Holiday Gift Set. you can ftnd the right gifts for your loved ones. 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