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jANuAHrb.^ jUStpUt.37 film Down to the Bone people who meet by chance in a Mexican bar. This is for sure not a feel-good movie for a nice Although they have nothing in common, they are Sunday afternoon. Avoiding stereotypes and cliches, drawn together, and we follow their journey through the indie feature film debut of writer/director Debra several countries and even more margaritas, ending Granik realistically portrays Irene’s (Vera Farmiga) with a nice twist. Moving, witty and entertaining with struggle to raise her sons, hold her marriage together, great support from Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis. keep a job and not to let a cocaine addiction take over Opens Jan. 13. A her whole life. She eventually realizes that she needs —YPB new film follows a group of men who track down and Close your transaction with Shea and Dawnie and receive $200 off your closing costs! kill the Palestinian terrorists who masterminded the Offer expires 1/31 /06 to check herself into a rehab center and that the road to survival will be long and rocky. Opens Jan. 6 at Hollywood Theatre. A Munich Based on true events, Steven Spielberg’s ambitious —Yvonne P Behrens End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Flashes of cinematic genius punctuate the film, most notably the bombing and This depressing yet revealing documentary, which shooting scenes that are disturbingly artful in the vein traces the origins of overconsumption back to post of The Godfather. But the characters are not World War II nuclear families, provides ample evi particularly engaging, and the emotionally manipula dence that the days of cheap oil could be over by the tive climax all but cancels out the reflective mood that end of this decade—and that our lives will be changed anchors the rest of the movie. For a more convincing forever as a result. Plays Jan. 13 to 15 at Fifth Avenue lesson on this subject, rent the Oscar-winning docu Cinemas. B mentary One Day in September. B - —SB —-Jim Radosta Music from the Inside Out Fun with Dick and Jane Are we having fun yet? Not really. Jim Carrey and Daniel Anker (Scottsboro: An American Tragedy) Tea Leoni replace George Segal and Jane Fonda in this spent five years filming this wonderful documentary uneven update of the 1977 comedy about an upward about members of the world-class Philadelphia ly mobile couple who turn to crime when the hubby Orchestra and their love of music. Ensemble perform loses his posh job. The remake gets off to a strong start ances are interwoven with the stories of individual with a sharp satire of an Enron-like corporation that musicians, who play everything from bluegrass to sal suddenly folds and leaves its employees with incredi sa. Even if you don’t like classical music and don't play bly shrinking pension plans. But when it comes to the an instrument, this film is an entertaining look at a mix slapstick robbery sprees, there are numerous misfired of different music styles. Opens Jan. 6 at Hollywood jokes for every genuine chuckle. C + Theatre. A —YPB —Stephen Blair The New World Loggerheads This lovely drama tells three intertwining stories, Like other Terrence Malick films, this historical each taking place around Mother’s Day in North drama features gorgeous cinematography and poetic Carolina. An HIV-positive drifter (Kip Pardue) arrives voice-over narration. But unlike his 1970s master in a small coastal town to watch over the endangered pieces, Badlands and Days of Heaven, his latest effort loggerhead turtles that nest there. His mother (Tess has a preachy tone that’s hard to stomach, and much Harper) is tom between devotion to her gay son and of the dialogue is flat-out corny. In keeping with his her preacher husband. Meanwhile, a lonely woman recent clump of crappy performances, Colin Farrell (Bonnie Hunt) mourns the child she gave up for adop lacks charisma as John Smith, the Brit who woos tion years ago. Opens Jan. 13 at Hollywood Theatre. A- Pocahontas amid warfare between English settlers and -JR Native Americans in 1607 Virginia. For all its beauty and epic grandeur, the picture never fully engages. And The Matador Written and to the dismay of gay men everywhere, Pocahontas directed by Richard Shepard (Oxygen) and co-produced by and starring Pierce doesn't belt out “Colors of the Wind” in this version of the story. Opens Jan. 13 B- —SB Brosnan, this movie is a hitman comedy about two 1------ y- ■ I 1 I Rumor Has It... “I’ve always thought Mrs. Robinson was the most interesting charac ter in The Graduate," says a character in this lackluster sorts) sequel (of to the seminal 1967 classic. The same can be said of Shirley Maclaine, who is the only sign of life here as the Pasadena matron who presumably inspired the Kip Pardue (left) and Michael Kelly star in Loggerheads. character. C —Floyd Sklaver ©
