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BY LOIS WADSWORTH CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 4/11-4/17 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM ANGER MANAGEMENT* (PG-13) 12:35, 1:20, 2:10, 2:50, 3:20, 4:00, 4:50, 5:20, 6:30, 7:05, 7:45, 8:30, 9:10, 9:50, 10:25 12:00, 3:15, 7:15, 10:30 DREAMCATCHER (R) 12:05, 6:45 HEAD OF STATE (PG-13) HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES* (R) 1:35, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 2:00, 4:25, 7:30, 10:00 THE HUNTED (R) WHAT A GIRL WANTS* (PG) 4:15, 9:55 PHONE BOOTH* (R) 4:30, 8:25 LORD OF THE RINGS TWO TOWERS (PG-13) 1:30, 4:20, 7:40, 10:20 12:25, 2:20, 2:45, 4:35, 5:05, 7:20, 7:55, 9:40, 10:15 PIGLETS BIG MOVIE (G) A MAN APART* (R) A VIEW FROM THE TOP (PG-13) 1:00, 3:55, 7:45, 10:30 FOX SEARCHLIGHT FILMS, 2002 THE CORE (PG-13) 12:15, 2:30 1:40, 7:20 THE PIANIST (R) 12:10, 3:25, 6:50, 10:10 *NO PASSES OR SUPERSAVERS CHICAGO (PG-13) 12:40, 3:35, 7:00, 9:55 BASIC (R) Jess (Parminder K. Nagra) and Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyer) meet after the season is over. Soccer-Crazy Girls This sporting life! 3:30, 10:05 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (PG-13) 1:05, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 4/11-4/17 Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 AGENT CODY BANKS (PG) KANGAROO JACK (PG) [11:50], 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 [12:10], 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (PG-13) PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (R) 2:45, 7:50 [1:20], 4:20, 7:30, 10:35 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM: Produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra and Chadha. Produced by Deepak Nayar and Chada. Executive producers, Ulrich Felsberg, Russel Fischer, Simon Frank, Zygi Kamasa, Haneet Vaswani. Music, Craig Pruess. Cinematography, Jong Lin. Editor, Justin Krish. Production design, Nick Ellis. Costumes, Ralph Hole. Starring Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. With Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaheen Khan, Juliet Stevenson, Frank Harper, Shaznay Lewis and Ameet Chana. Fox Searchlight Films, 2002. PG-13. 112 minutes. O ne of England’s deeply revered Soccerati, the great David Beckham, plays football for Man- chester United (Man U to you). Beckham appears in this film only in photographs and archival footage, but his athletic ability in- spires a young Sikh woman living in a London suburb to want to play soccer pro- fessionally. Beckham is famous for kicking a soccer ball so it heads straight for the goal, then curves away from the keeper and into the net at the last possible moment. But filmmaker Gurinder Chadha (Bahji on the Beach, ’93; What’s Cooking, ’00) doesn’t throw viewers a curve with her insider’s look at an Indian family — she goes straight for the heart. The opening credits sequence is a day- dream fantasy of Jess (Parminder K. Nagra), who loves soccer and is terrifically talented. When she walks home through the park, it’s perfectly natural to be invited to play football with the young Indian men in her neighborhood. She plays better than they do. But her mom (Shaheen Khan) is getting tired of Jesminder “showing her bare legs” to men instead of thinking about marriage like her sister Pinky (Archie Panjabi). Jess’s dad (Anupam Kher), who works at Heathrow Airport, was a former cricket player back in Uganda, so he’s marginally more sympathetic to her plight. Likewise, Juliette Paxton (Keira Knightley), called “Jules,” would rather play soccer than shop. Her mother (Juliet Stevenson) cannot imagine why her athleti- cally lean daughter doesn’t want to wear one of the dandy new pump-up bras she’d like to buy for her. Jules’s dad, Alan (Frank Harper), says if she’d rather play ball than chase boys, that’s OK with him, and he en- courages her by setting up a place to prac- www.eugeneweekly.com tice in the back yard and kicking the ball with her. When Jules cuts through the park one day, she sees Jess playing pick-up soccer. Jules invites Jess to play with the Hounslow Harriers, a semi-pro womens soccer team. When Jess’s mom finds out, she says no. But Jules encourages Jess to say she has a job and just keep playing. Deception enters the family circle and spreads. The real game is on. If you loved Monsoon Wedding and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, you’ll love Bend It Like Beckham Although it’s about the joys of soccer, it’s also about family, tradition, loyalty, change and yes, a wedding. Pinky, the family shopaholic, is getting married, and wedding plans move center stage. Jess takes advantage of her parent’s inattention to meet Jules and play football. And she muses about the Harrier’s fine-looking Irish coach, Joe (Jonathan Rhys-Meyer), a for- mer footballer sidelined because of injuries. Joe respectfully pushes the women to per- form, but he’s not allowed to date anyone he coaches. You can see many of the plot maneuvers a mile away, but that doesn’t distract from the film’s simple pleasures. It’s not only a feel-good, coming-of-age movie but also a sweet story with characters to love. Chadha has a really good sense of how contempo- rary England’s ethnic diversity has warmed up and expanded the country’s social life. Young Indian women may have picked up the quirks of British slang that identify them as Londoners, but they have not lost the gra- cious formalism of their own culture. They respect tradition (and their elders) even as they bring changes. Pinky’s wedding is a celebration of family and community, and all ages have a whale of a good time. OK, just one soccer story. The actual David Beckham, who is married to a Spice Girl, has found his own way to publicize the film, which took Britain by storm. He was seen in public wearing a headband that reads: BAND IT LIKE BECKHAM. Clever boy! Movie opens April 11 at the Bijou. Highly recommended, thoroughly enjoy- able movie. ew SPIRITED AWAY (PG) 2:00, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 CHARLY (PG) [11:30], 2:00, 4:35 THE 25TH HOUR (R) 6:55, 10:10 DAREDEVIL (PG-13) [11:45], 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 THE HOT CHICK (PG-13) DARKNESS FALLS (PG-13) [12:20], 5:20, 10:25 [12:35], 2:55, 5:25, 7:45, 10:20 WILD THORNBERRYS HARRY POTTER: (PG) [12:05], 2:25, 4:40 CHAMBER OF SECRETS (PG) TWO WEEKS NOTICE [11:55], 3:20, 6:50, 10:15 (PG-13) [11:40], 2:05, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 JUNGLE BOOK 2 (G) [12:25], 2:50, 5:05, 7:05, 9:30 JUST MARRIED (PG-13) *TIMES IN [ ] SHOWING ONLY FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 7:35, 10:00 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM SCHEDULE FOR 4/11-4/18 • ( ) = SAT – SUN EARLY SHOWS FLORENCE CINEMAS 1930 HWY 101 • Florence • 997-2727 [ ] = FRI – SAT LATE SHOWS *ANGER MANAGEMENT – PG-13 (2:00) 4:20 6:40 [9:00] *PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE – G (2:45) 4:40 *PHONE BOOTH – R (3:00) 4:55 6:50 [8:45] HUNTED – R 7:00 [9:10] CORE – PG-13 (2:30) 5:30 [8:30] HARVARD CINEMAS 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *MAN APART – R (1:35) 4:00 6:30 9:00 *WHAT A GIRL WANTS – PG (1:25) 3:50 6:15 8:40 HEAD OF STATE – PG-13 6:50 9:10 AGENT CODY BANKS – PG (2:00) 4:30 ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 DIG = Digital Sound Bargain Shows in ( ) ★ = Passes/ Discount Ticket Restrictions Apply Monday-Discount Shows All Day excluding ✔ Films Charge Tickets by Phone 800-555-TELL (and say "Movies") CINEMA WORLD 8-EUGENE Valley River Center 541-342-6536 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG–13) DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (11:45 2:15 4:40) 7:00 9:30 *ANGER MANAGEMENT – PG-13 (12:20 2:35) 4:50 7:05 9:20 *PHONE BOOTH - R (12:50 2:50) 4:40 6:50 9:00 CORE – PG-13 (2:20) 5:25 8:30 BASIC – R (12:40 3:00) 5:10 7:20 9:30 PIANIST – R 5:35 8:40 DREAMCATCHER – R 3:20 8:50 HUNTED – R (12:30 2:45) 4:59 7:15 9:35 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE – PG-13 (1:40) 4:10 6:40 9:10 PHONE BOOTH (R)- ID REQUIRED ★ DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (12:35 2:55 5:10) 7:40 9:45 CHICAGO – PG-13 (WINNER 6 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE) (12:55) 6:15 A MAN APART (R) - ID REQUIRED DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (12:15 2:45 5:15) 7:45 10:15 *PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE – G (1:50) 3:40 WHAT A GIRL WANTS(PG) DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (11:50 2:20 4:45) 7:10 9:35 www.catheaters.com HEAD OF STATE(PG–13) DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:30 2:50 5:05) 7:25 9:40 CHICAGO (PG–13) DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:00 2:30 5:00) 7:30 10:10 AVALON ALBANY CINEMAS 7 C I N E M A SPIRITED AWAY (PG) DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:45 4:30) 7:15 9:55 THE PIANIST (R) - ID REQUIRED DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:05 3:30) 6:45 9:50 Next To Fred Meyer 541-928-7469 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG–13) ✔ Fri. - Sun. (1:30 4:15) 7:00 9:45 SPIRITED AWAY (PG) 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis Fri. - Sun. (1:10 4:00) 7:00 A MAN APART (R) - ID REQUIRED ✔ Fri. - Sun. (1:55 4:35) 7:25 10:15 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (PG–13) Fri. (2:40 5:05) 7:35 10:05 Sat. & Sun. (12:15 2:40 5:05) 7:35 10:05 WHAT A GIRL WANTS(PG) ✔ Fri. - Sun. (1:50 4:30) 7:10 9:40 BASIC (R) - ID REQUIRED Fri. (5:25) 10:10 Sat. & Sun. (12:50 5:25) 10:10 HEAD OF STATE (PG–13) Fri. (3:00 5:20) 7:40 10:00 Sat. & Sun. (12:45 3:00 5:20) 7:40 10:00 Fri. - Sun. 9:50 R Fri. - Sun. (3:05) 7:50 THE QUIET AMERICAN DREAMCATCHER (R) - ID REQUIRED THE HUNTED (R) - ID REQUIRED NOW HIRING - APPLY AT THEATRE 9TH ST. CINEMAS 4-CORVALLIS Behind Skippers 9th St 541-928-7469 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG–13) DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (12:00 2:30 5:00) 7:30 10:00 CHICAGO (PG–13) DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:10 2:25 4:45) 7:10 9:30 PHONE BOOTH (R)- ID REQUIRED ★ DIG ✔ Fri. - Sun. (12:20 2:40 4:30) 7:20 9:40 THE CORE (PG–13) DIG Fri. - Sun. (12:30 4:00) 7:00 9:50 Times For 4/11 thru 4/13 © 2003 Also playing as a separate admission THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER “A stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for Kissinger as a calculating war criminal.” –Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE This movie is not rated. Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY STEREO SURROUND SOUND $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 avaloncinema.com v m www.regalcinemas.com EUGENE WEEKLY APRIL 10, 2003 21
