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48 , jq?u>ut JULY 7. 2006 film The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq about druggie friends who spy on each other to Played by the brilliant and inimitable Amy hilarious gracelessness we've come to expect from appease the government of California in the not-so- Sedaris (David’s younger sis), Jerri is a homy bi This engaging and bold film documents the war distant future. Keanu Reeves leads a solid cast that sexual, a thug and a racist rolled into the overweight Jerri Blank. At one point principal Onyx Blackman asks in Iraq from a completely different perspective and, includes former burnouts Robert Downey Jr. and body of a cosmetically challenged 46-year-old. Jerri what her IQ is, and she swiftly replies, “Pisces.” more importantly, shows that Americans are not Winona Ryder. Opens July 14 at Cinema 21. B - —Stephen Hlair the only ones suffering losses. A young Iraqi man is accidentally shot by an American patrol, forcing his younger brother to hold the family together. Strangers with Candy Subtle she is not. When she sees a fetching Jerri may not be Einstein, it’s hard to imagine a young lass in the locker room at Flatpoint High, better conduit for Sedaris’ phenomenal and she grunts and says, “That’s gotta be tight!" unapologetically perverse comic genius. The show—which uses savagely un-PC humor If you’ve never seen the show before, the movie The footage of this film is incredible and will stick No one could introduce Strangers with Candy to spoof after school special melodramas—also could very well leave you cold. For all you Strangers in your head long after you leave the theater. protagonist Jerri Blank better than Jerri herself, so features Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello as a pair virgins out there, your homework is to gear up for Opens July 7 at Hollywood Theatre. A- let’s begin with a choice sound bite from the cult of teachers who conduct their illicit gay love affair the big-screen bonanza by watching some Flatpoint Comedy Central sitcom: in the school’s graffiti-ridden bathrooms. high jinks on DVD. —Yvonne P. Behrens The Devil Wears Prada “Hello. Thirty-two years ago I dropped out of It seemed that Strangers had nowhere left to go high school and ran away from home. I was a after all three seasons came out on DVD, but fans The evil editor in chief of the fashion magazine boozer, a user and a loser. But now I’m back in had cause to rejoice when Sedaris, Colbert and Runway (the always fantastic and breathtaking school. And though the faces may have changed, Dinello reunited to film a feature-length prequel to Meryl Streep) torments her new assistant (Anne the hassles are just the same." the series. You may be appalled, but you won’t be disappointed. A- —SB Superman Returns Hathaway) in this black comedy about the Studded with cameo in 1978, audiences were astonished to believe fashion industry and how some people would appearances by Allison that “a man can fly.” Almost two decades later, do anything for a job in it. With a brilliant Janney, Philip Seymour with special effects movies accomplishing any supporting cast including Stanley Tucci and Hoffman, Matthew Brod thing conceivable, Superman Returns must work to Emily Blunt and cameos by Heidi Klum and erick and Sarah Jessica retain the heart of its predecessors while keeping Valentino, this is unexpectedly more than just a summer flick. B + Parker, the film debuted at the 2005 Sundance Film Unlike gay director Bryan Singer's X-Men films, —YPB Festival but got stuck in dis limbo tribution Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man s Chest Those hoping for a seafaring good time in this sequel will get far too much of a good until up with the Lord of the Rings and Matrix films. there are no homo nuances in this feature, but there is plenty of heart-tugging pathos courtesy of ThinkFilm acquired the Brandon Routh’s effective Clark Kent and the rights a few months ago. It revelation that Lois Lane has moved on with love finally opens July 7 at since Superman disappeared five years ago. Kevin Spacey is a dandy Lex Luthor and Parker Posey Cinema 21. thing. Johnny Depp is as fey as ever as Capt. Sure, the movie has its Jack Sparrow, and almost every other cast flaws. It never gathers the Marsden steals every scene he’s in as Lois’ fiancé. member from the first film reappears. But unstoppable loony momen Long as it is, there still seem to be parts missing, reins in her quirks as his sidekick, but James there are about 20 too many fights among tum that powers the show’s but Superman Returns should make audiences pirates, sea monsters, cannibals and other best episodes. And at 90 believe in flying tight-wearing saviors again. A- beasties. You might find yourself checking minutes, the wafer-thin —AM your watch rather than buckling your swash. plot about Jerri’s bumbling While funny and adventurous (and basically participation in a science fair gets a little old. At least Who Killed the Electric Car? a setup for the third film), this is also far, far too long. B - this premise yields some will leave you feeling guilty every time you fuel up priceless dialogue. When a at the gas station. Director Chris Paine’s informal friend asks her if she’s interviewing technique sometimes yields annoy —Andy Mangels This documentary, narrated by Martin Sheen, A Scanner Darkly thinking about signing up ing gab fests instead of.cold hard facts, but his Richard Linklater directed this uneven adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1977 novel, for the fair, she replies: “No, research findings leave us with no doubt that the I’m thinking about pussy. U.S. government and big business have successful revisiting the rotoscoping technique he used in Science fair is for queers.” ly—and nefariously—railroaded efforts to bring Waking Life to layer trippy animation on top of From live action. The visuals are stunning, and the her opening environmentally safe vehicles to the general Along with Al Gore’s somber scenes in a women’s prison to a gym exercise that puts population. ligent and provocative. But from a dramatic her on the receiving end of Electric Car is the antithesis of escapism at the standpoint the film is often inert, hampered by a bull’s charge, Sedaris movies this summer. Opens July 14- B + —SB © underlying critique of the war on dnigs is intel meandering dialogue and a flimsy premise Hottie Brandon Routh (top) and gay faves Kevin Spacey and Parker Posey star in Superman Returns. exudes all the ugliness and environmental outlook in An Inconvenient Truth, The Mothership of Yarn Shops YARN GARDEN Every Fiber. Every Color. Every Sense. Friendly, Creative Staff Enjoy tasty food and drink at The Sipperie, while you knit. Yam Garden University • A Class for Every Reason • Open Knitting Visit our x website for more 503-239-7950 information www.avista-d-mar.com or call toll free: (866)776-8659 10-9 Mon . 10-7 Tues-Fri. 10-5 Sat -12-5 Sun 1413 SE Hawthorne Blvd www.yarngarden.net
