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LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE* 11:30, 1:20, 2:10, 4:00, 4:50, 7:05,
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IDENTITY* (R)
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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)
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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
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*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
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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)
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KANGAROO JACK (PG)
[12:10] 2:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35
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9:10
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*CONFIDENCE – R (1:40) 4:00 6:25 8:40
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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
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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.
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Also playing as a separate admission
Teen gangster tale breaks stereotypes.
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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.
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ANGER MANAGEMENT
9:15, 10:10, 10:40