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40 out out out out eating out What's popped and what's flopped, In a theater near you. F ahrenheit 9/11 dud, bottom of the bag only if you’re really hungry C afe P asión "to CH O 00 FRESH CREATIVE MENUS ro 00 00 ■u Œ) co IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS > X FORMAL DINNERS U1 O 00 WEDDINGS ro oo 00 <§><%> T he I ntended PICNICS BOXED LUNCHES BUFFETS ^1 U1 You may have heard about this little film—you know, that one that’s going to change the course of world history? What might get lost in the hype and hyperbole is that Bowling for Columbine shit-starter Michael Moore has created an incendiary, heartbreaking masterpiece of investigative journalism that does a better job document ing current events than all of our “liberal media” outlets combined. President Bush comes off as a bufftxm at best—and a cold, corrupt, elitist warmonger at worst. —Jim Radosta COCKTAIL PARTIES CO Cd THREE SQUARE GRILL’ When you dine at Three Square . your Multnomah county marriage license, dated March jrd 2004 or later, gets you one of our famous desserts. Everyone deserves a wedding cake! 503 244-4467 • 6320 SW Capitol Highway r Portland • www.threesquare.com *>x . ' TMf J WABBfV L a UM àa » . .. New Barbeque Hamburger & Bento June Artist of the month: Marge Greenhut IM (AFE Deliveries & Corporate Catering Available Enjoy a nmantit and upscale dittiti}, experience. Full menu Full bar I rt e Acoustic Munir Non-Smoking A poorly executed period piece about an English surveyor and his fiancée who find work at an isolated trading post in the primeval forests of Malaysia. The characters are two-dimensional and the plot is general ly lost at sea, grasping at clichés and under developed conflicts. To make matters worse, the film, which opens July 9, pushes a decrepit moral lesson about the eeeevils of money and the subsequent corruption of the human soul. Been there, done that. —Evan James T he M other A beautifully filmed and provocative story about a 60-year-old widow who, before her dead husband’s body has had time to cool, starts an affair with her daughter’s strapping lover. Anne Reid does a brilliant job with the titular character, but the film lacks a certain believability and consistency of tone. Nonetheless, it is something you haven’t seen before and is worth a trip to the theater. —J.B. Rabin <g> N apoleon D ynamite Mercifully, this flick starring Oregon- grown actor Jon Heder turns around after the first dismal 30 minutes and proves to be an agreeably quirky story about the ultimate high school goof, his embarrassing family and his divinely placid friends. Stuck mid way between inane National Lampoon offerings and the calculatingly droll films of Todd Solondz, Jared Hess’ first feature ulti mately reaches a nice balance of pathos and smarm. —Lisa Bradshaw T he N otebook ¡\vmlablefnr Restauro! 1 Loanfe Happy Hour/Latc Night Food Specials all under ¡3.50 1222 sw S almon • 503-227-I655 www.zcbanorrland.com Private Partin No matter how big a cynic you are and how much you try to dislike this movie about young lovers separated by class and World War 11, it will end up charming the pants off you. And while you sit, pantless, in the theater, be sure to take in the phe nomenon that is Ryan Gosling’s (The good effort, pass the salt mmmm, tasty! get the big tub o’ com United States of Leland) on-screen chemistry with relative newcomer Rachel McAdams. Bring tissues. —JBR The amount of sequels better than their predecessors can be counted on one hand; add director Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 to that list. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is so tortured by his secret for so much of the film that when he’s “outed,” it’s a huge relief for the character and the audience both. Excel lent special effects and strong acting make this not just a summertime must-see but one of the best superhero films ever made. —Andy Mangels T he S tepford W ives In the ultimate remake gone wrong, writer/director team Paul Rudnick and Frank Oz (In & Out) take a chilling 1970s novel about paranoia and the gender wars and turn it into a circus farce starring Nicole Kidman as a new suburbanite trying to figure out her robot ically perfect neighbors. The addition of a gay family somewhat intrigues, but the strong cast is wasted on a film that doesn’t know where it’s going and doesn’t know what to do when it gets there. —LB Two B rothers Beautifully shot in remote jungle temples, this fabulous feature by Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Bear) follows the adventures of separated tiger cubs against the dramatic backdrop of early 20th century Cambodia. Despite the film’s seeming kids-only appeal, adults will J respond to its powerful mix of myth and pathos. Two Brothers is also a JrSC perfect argument for replacing human actors with animals. I A —Gary Morris I Ayl
