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BY LOIS WADSWORTH CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 5/2-5/8 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM X-MEN 2* (PG-13) HOLES* (PG) (PG-13) LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE* 11:30, 1:20, 2:10, 4:00, 4:50, 7:05, (PG) 7:45, 9:50, 10:25 11:45, 1:45, 2:15, 4:15, 4:40, 7:05, 7:40, 9:35, 10:05 BULLETPROOF MONK (PG-13) IDENTITY* (R) 1:15, 4:10, 7:25, 10:10 1:10, 3:55, 7:15, 9:45 CHICAGO (PG-13) THE REAL CANCUN* (R) 12:40, 3:35, 7:00, 9:55 2:40, 8:00 MALIBU’S MOST IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY* WANTED (PG-13) (PG-13) 12:05, 2:25, 4:55, 7:50, 10:20 1:25, 4:20, 7:35, 10:20 PHONE BOOTH (R) CONFIDENCE* (R) 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:55, 10:15 12:10, 5:10, 10:30 HAN (SUNG KANG), VIRGIL (JASON TOBIN), AND BEN (PARRY SHEN) ON THE FENCE. BETTER LUCK TOMMOROW* (R) 1:05, 3:50, 7:10, 9:40 *NO PASSES OR SUPERSAVERS MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 5/2-5/8 Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 SCHEDULE FOR 5/2 - 5/8 • ( ) = SAT – SUN EARLY SHOWS FLORENCE CINEMAS 1930 HWY 101 • Florence • 997-2727 [ ] = FRI – SAT LATE SHOWS *X-MEN 2 – PG-13 (12:20) 3:20 6:15 9:10 *LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE – PG (1:50) 4:10 6:25 8:40 *IDENTITY – R (12:45 2:50) 4:55 7:10 9:20 CONFIDENCE – R 9:00 ANGER MANAGEMENT – PG-13 (2:00) 4:20 6:40 HARVARD CINEMAS AGENT CODY BANKS (PG) LORD OF THE RINGS: [11:35] 2:00, 4:25 TWO TOWERS (PG-13) [12:30] 4:30, 8:30 CATCH ME IF YOU CAN NATIONAL SECURITY (PG-13) [1:20] 4:20, 7:30, 10:35 (PG-13) [12:20] 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (R) 10:25 (PG-13) [11:30] 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 DAREDEVIL (PG-13) [11:45] 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 SPIRITED AWAY (PG) 2:00, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 DARKNESS FALLS THE HOURS (PG-13) (PG-13) 7:45, 10:20 [11:50] 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 DREAMCATCHER (R) THE RECRUIT (PG-13) [12:40] 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 [11:40] 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 JUNGLE BOOK 2 (G) *TIMES IN [ ] SHOWING ONLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. [12:25] 2:50, 5:05, 7:05 KANGAROO JACK (PG) [12:10] 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE – PG (1:30) 3:50 6:10 8:30 REAL CANCUN – R 7:00 9:20 HOLES – PG (1:00) 3:40 6:15 8:50 WHAT A GIRL WANTS – PG (2:00) 4:30 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 *X-MEN 2 – PG-13 (12:20 2:10) 3:20 5:15 6:15 8:20 9:10 *IDENTITY – R (12:30 2:30) 4:40 6:55 9:00 *CONFIDENCE – R (1:40) 4:00 6:25 8:40 BULLETPROOF MONK – PG-13 4:10 8:50 MALIBU’S MOST WANTED – PG-13 (12:40 2:45) 4:59 7:25 9:30 ANGER MANAGEMENT – PG-13 (12:15 2:35) 4:50 7:05 9:20 PHONE BOOTH - R (2:20) 4:20 6:40 8:30 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE – PG-13 (1:30) 6:30 www.catheaters.com Adv. Tix on Sale MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQUIRED ★ X-MEN 2 (PG-13) ✔ DIG ★ (1000 1030 100 130 400 430) 700 730 1000 1030 LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (PG) DIG ✔ (1015 1225 240 455) IDENTITY (R) - ID REQUIRED ✔ DIG (1020 1235 255 510) RUNS IN THE FAMILY (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1200 230 500) 730 710 935 725 950 AVALON C I N E M A 1000 REAL CANCUN (R) - ID REQUIRED DIG ✔ CONFIDENCE (R) - ID REQUIRED DIG HOLES (PG) DIG 1010 (1205 225 440) 745 (1005 1245 410) 650 930 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) DIG (1220 245 515) 740 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis X-MEN 2 (PG-13) ★ ✔ (1000 100 400) 700 1000 LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (PG) ✔ (1200 230 450) 720 940 IDENTITY (R) - ID REQUIRED ✔ (1255 315 535) 755 1015 REAL CANCUN (R) - ID REQUIRED ✔ HOLES (PG) MALIBU'S MOST WANTED (PG-13) (1130 130 330 530) 730 930 BULLETPROOF MONK (PG-13) ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) (215) 710 (1210 240 510) 740 1010 “A living portrait of youth rage and criminality within an anarchic structure, where law is the enemy and corruption the currency.” – The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK Adv. Tix on Sale MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQUIRED ★ THE HOURS X-MEN 2 (PG-13) ★ ✔ DIG Starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep. Rated PG-13. (1000 100 400) 700 1000 CONFIDENCE (R) - ID REQUIRED ✔ DIG ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) DIG $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 v m (1010 1230 250 510) 730 950 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (PG-13) DIG (950 1210 230 450) 710 940 avaloncinema.com Times For 5/2 - 5/4 26 MAY 1, 2003 (1020 1220 240 500) 720 930 Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY STEREO SURROUND SOUND BETTER LUCK TOMORROW: Writer, direc- tor, producer, editor Justin Lin. Writer, producer, music supervisor Ernesto M. Foronda. Producer Julie Asato. Executive producers Gustavo Spoliansky, Michael Manshel, Michael Cole, Troy Craig Poon. Writer, post-production supervisor, Fabian Marquez. Cinematographer, Patrice Lucien Cochet. Production sound mixer Curtis Choy. Starring Parry Shen and Jason Tobin, with Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho and Karin Anna Cheung. MTV Films. Paramount Classics, 2003. R. 98 minutes. J ustin Lin’s refreshing, exhilarating high school drama focuses on two Asian American students who have been friends since first grade. The film opens as Ben (Parry Shen) relaxes in the sun, while his agitated buddy, Virgil (Jason Tobin), talks nonstop. Virgil just cannot let go and soak up the sun with any pleasure. A ringing cell phone ramps up his tension, and both guys look for its source. The scene flashes back from the hot California sun to the beginning of a dark, chilling adventure gone wrong. Ben is a straight-A student, with plans for college and career. He and Virgil par- ticipate in extra-curricula activities because clubs and service organizations look good on their resumés. Ben plays basketball a couple of hours a day, and he’s good. He’s proud when he makes the team, doesn’t mind warming the bench, and likes wearing the jacket. But he’s still just a smart math lab partner to Stephanie Vandergosh (Karin Anna Cheung), the hot teen queen he lusts for. But she has a boyfriend, Steve (John Cho), a smooth operator. Daric (Roger Fan), a self-anointed, after-school activities poster boy, inter- views Ben for the school newspaper. Daric the game. Daric has other things in mind for Ben. He involves him in a cheat-sheet scam that pays better than Ben’s fast-food job. Virgil wants in, too, and there’s even a place for Han (Sung Kang), the group muscle. At this stage, these guys are petty criminals living in middle-class suburban homes. We never see anyone’s parents. It’s as if the entire Asian American student body of this high school lives in a stratified soci- ety where parents and teachers are invisi- ble. Mom and dad provide the necessities and then retire to their own quarters. Or live in another city altogether. As their boredom rises, so does the risk they’re willing to take in criminal activi- ties. Playing gangstas is pretty seductive to guys weaned on L.A. hip-hop culture. Virgil, the class clown, takes to his new- found campus prestige, but he turns seri- ous once he has a gun to equalize things. From dodging confrontations with bullies, Virgil becomes one. And he likes it. I want to see all these young actors again, especially Jason Tobin, who plays the volatile Virgil. The character is a loose can- non, but the reason you can’t take your eyes off him is Tobin’s compelling screen pres- ence. In that sense, he reminds me of Mark Wahlberg’s performance in Boogie Nights. This terrific cautionary tale takes Asian American teens out of the box white teen movies have stuck them in — as brainiacs, nerds and overachievers with an identity problem. These guys are not thinking ©2003 This terrific cautionary tale takes Asian American teens out of the box white teen movies have stuck them in — as brainiacs, nerds and overachievers with an identity problem. (440) 945 (1025 115 405) 650 935 R Also playing as a separate admission Teen gangster tale breaks stereotypes. 1005 Adv. Tix on Sale MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQUIRED ★ CITY OF GOD Psyche and Power asks tough questions — How does it feel to be the token Asian American on the team? Why doesn’t Ben ever get to play if he’s so hot? Does Ben think he’s being a good Asian American role model sitting on the bench? Ask the coach, Ben finally says. Daric is using him for his own glory, Ben knows, but he doesn’t know how to stop him. After the story comes out, a group of slo- gan-chanting, placard-waving, student fans appear at the next game, goading the coach to put Ben in and let Ben play. Ben feels humiliated, even though he helps win about identity. They have been raised as privileged, self-confident Southern Californians, not as Chinese Americans, Korean Americans or any other Asian hyphens. They’re American, and they’ve got the guns to prove it. Better Luck Tomorrow moves Lin’s filmmaking future onto the fast track. He took a necessary, super-low budget approach to this film. I look forward to seeing what he does next. Highly recom- mended despite its occasional, explicit violence, this imperfect but fascinating film is now playing at Cinemark. ew MTV FILMS. PARAMOUNT CLASSICS, 2003. 11:40,12:15, 12:55, 2:05, 2:50, 3:25, 12:20, 3:45, 7:20, 10:15 4:05, 5:20, 6:25, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, ANGER MANAGEMENT 9:15, 10:10, 10:40
