CONTINUING:
Agent Cody Banks: Teen
action adventure stars
Frankie Muniz as an
undercover CIA operative,
Angie Harmon as his boss,
and Hilary Duff as girl-
friend. PG. Movies 12.
Anger Management:
Adam Sandler plays a
man who must undergo
anger management. His
shrink, played by Jack
Nicholson, moves in with
him. Also stars Marisa
Tomei. PG-13. Cinemark.
Cinema World.
Bend It Like Beckham:
Soccer-crazy girls in
London suburb drive their
respective families crazy
because they’d rather play
soccer than think about
marriage and shopping.
Warm-hearted, generous
film is likely to be a big
hit. Get onboard early and
enjoy!. Highly recom-
mended. PG-13. Bijou.
Online archives.
Better Luck Tomorrow:
Asian American high
school seniors dabble in
criminal activities in this
satiric, exciting film direct-
ed by Justin Lin on a
shoestring budget. Honest
performances and rele-
vant subject raise it above
the usual teen flick. Highly
recommended. R.
Cinemark.
See review this issue.
Bullet-Proof Monk:
Chow Yun-Fat is a Zen-
calm martial arts master
who must find a successor
to guard a sacred scroll.
Seann William Scott is the
unlikely choice. PG-13.
Cinemark.
Catch Me If You Can:
Steven Spielberg directs
Leonardo DiCaprio in tale
of Frank Abagnale Jr., an
actual ‘60s con man who
passed himself off as a
pilot, a doctor and a col-
lege professor and forged
millions in checks before
he was 21. Christopher
Walken plays his father,
and Tom Hanks is an F.B.I.
agent. 2002 Academy
Award noms for John
Williams’ music, Walken.
Highly recommended.
PG-13. Movies 12.
Online archives.
Chicago: Broadway spec-
tacular directed by Rob
Marshall stars Renee
Zellweger and Catherine
Zeta-Jones as killer dames
behind bars who compete
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Catch Me If You Can: Steven Spielberg and Leonardo
DiCaprio have fun in this tale of Frank Abagnale Jr., an
actual con man of the 1960s who successfully passed
himself off as a pilot, a doctor and a college professor
and forged millions in checks before he was 21.
Christopher Walken plays his father, and Tom Hanks plays
the F.B.I. agent determined to capture him. Highly recom-
mended. 2002 Academy Award nom for John Williams’
original score, Walken. PG-13. Online archives.
Emperor’s Club, The: Kevin Kline plays a dedicated prep
school teacher and Emile Hirsch, the son of a powerful
for tabloid coverage. With
Queen Latifah, John C.
Reilly and Richard Gere.
2002 Academy Awards for
best picture, supporting
actress Zeta-Jones, art
direction, sound, editing
and costumes. PG 13.
Cinemark.
Online archives.
Confidence: Ed Burns plays
a grifter who swindles a
bundle from the wrong guy
in James Foley’s double-
crossing drama. Also stars
Rachel Weisz, Paul
Giamatti, Luis Guzman,
Morris Chestnet. R.
Cinemark. Cinema World.
Cradle 2 the Grave: Jet
Li and DMX are “Born 2
the life, True 2 the code,
Bad 2 the bone.” R.
Movies 12.
Daredevil: Marvel Comic’s
Man Without Fear is
directed by Mark Steven
Johnson. Stars Ben
Affleck as the masked vig-
ilante, Jennifer Graner,
Michael Clarke Duncan,
Colin Farrell, Joe
Pantolliano, Jon Favreau
and David Keith. PG-13.
Movies 12.
Darkness Falls: This
horror thriller directed by
Jonathan Liebesman is
about the Tooth Fairy’s
revenge. One viewer wrote
on the IMDB: “God, talk
about wretched and bor-
ing...” PG-13. Movies 12.
Fast Times at
Ridgemont High (1982):
Cameron Crowe’s adapta-
tion of his own novel is
directed by Amy
Heckerling, who intro-
duces a memorable cast,
including Sean Penn. Also
Nicolas Cage, Phoebe
Cates, Jennifer Jason
Leigh, Judge Reinhold,
Forest Whitaker, Eric
Stoltz and more. R.
LateNite Bijou.
Holes: Adventures
digging holes at Camp
Green Lake for Stanley,
who comes from a
strange family that’s been
cursed for generations.
Embarrassingly, Jon
Voight, Sigourney Weaver
and Tim Blake Nelson co-
star. PG. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
Identity: Ten travelers
caught in a rip-snorter of
a storm seek refuge at a
creepy motel in the
desert, and sure enough
they begin to die. Directed
by James Mangold, stars
John Cusack, Ray Liotta
and lots of screaming
women.. R. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
It Runs in the Family:
Fred Schepisi directs
Michael Douglas as a
father trying to avoid his
father’s mistakes. His
father, Kirk Douglas, plays
his father onscreen. PG-13.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Jungle Book 2: Same
song, second verse from
Disney. Mowgli now lives
in the man village, but he
misses his friends and
runs away to the jungle to
find them. But he may be
found first: by Shere Khan
the tiger, his old jungle
pals, or his new family.
Voices include John
Goodman, Haley Joel
Osment and Phil Collins.
G. Movies 12.
Kangaroo Jack: Taking
mob money to Australia,
two New York doofuses
loose it to a kangaroo.
Stars Jerry O’Connell,
Anthony Anderson,
Christopher Walken and
Dyan Cannon. David
McNally directs. PG.
Movies 12.
Lord of the Rings: The
Two Towers: Directed and
re-imagined by Peter
Jackson, part two of
J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy
continues. New charac-
ters, a surprise return and
great battles. Director
Peter Jackson’s second
masterpiece. Very highest
recommendations. 2002
Academy Awards for
sound editing, visual
effects. PG-13. Movies 12.
Online archives.
Malibu’s Most Wanted:
Jamie Kennedy, Taye
Diggs and Anthony
Anderson in an urban
comedy about hip-hop
culture. PG-13. Cinemark.
National Security:
Martin Lawrence and
Steve Zahn star as LAPD
wannabes who end up as
security guards, yet still
manage somehow to nab
the bad guys. PG 13.
Movies 12.
Phone Booth: Colin
Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland,
Forest Whitaker, Katie
Holmes and Radha
Mitchell star in Joel
Schumacher’s thriller. R.
Cinemark.
Online archives.
Real Cancun, The:
Theme: Anything can
happen during spring
break. Okay. R. Cinema
World. Cinemark.
Recruit, The: Al Pacino
and Colm Ferrell star in
this story about the inner
workings of the CIA. Also
with Bridget Moynahan,
and directed by Roger
Donaldson. PG 13.
Movies 12.
Rivers and Tides: Andy
Goldsworthy Works with
Time: Splendid documen-
tary by Thomas
Riedelsheimer about
famous Scottish sculptor
Andy Goldsworthy. He
makes site-specific art
from found natural
objects. Accessible to any-
one who has ever been a
child. A visual treat, it’s
the most beautiful film of
the year. NR. Bijou.
Online archives.
Shanghai Knights:
Jackie Chan and Owen
Wilson are out to settle a
score in Victorian London
in this comedy directed by
David Dobkin. PG-13.
Movies 12.
Spirited Away: Re-issue
of 2002 Academy Award-
winner for best animated
feature. Japanese anima-
tion director Hayao
Miyazaki ( Princess
Mononoke ) follows adven-
tures of 10-year old girl,
Chihiro, who discovers a
secret world and learns to
take care of herself after
her parents mysteriously
change. Not just for kids,
and too scary for
preschoolers. Very highest
recommendations. PG.
Movies 12.
Online archives.
Lunch • D
inn
er
for an Italian pop star.
Stars Hillary Duff, directed
by Jim Fall. PG. Cinema
World. Cinemark.
Men and Animals: The
Films of Jim Finn and
Dean Rank: Experimental
films by duo at 7:30 pm
on 5/2 at My House.
Ping Pong (Japan): At 7
pm on 5/2 in 207
Chapman, UO. Free.
X-Men 2: The next link
in the evolutionary chain?
Directed by Bryan Singer,
stars Patrick Stewart,
Hugh Jackman, Ian
McKellen, Halle Berry,
Famke Janssen, James
Marsden and more, lots
more. PG-13. Cinemark.
Cinema World.
Films open the Friday
following date of EW
publication unless
otherwise noted.
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OPENING OR RETURNING:
Adaptation: Director
Spike Jonze and writer
Charlie Kaufman blur
boundaries between reali-
ty and fictional represen-
tation. Nicolas Cage plays
Charlie Kaufman, stuck
while writing a screenplay
of Susan Orlean’s book,
The Orchid Thief . Meryl
Streep gives a fabulous,
comic turn as Orleans,
and Chris Cooper’s an
avid orchid collector. 2002
Academy Award to
Cooper. Very highest rec-
ommendations. R.
LateNite Bijou.
Online archives.
Baba ( The Father , Turkey
1973): Directed by Yilmaz
Guney. A man agrees to
take the fall for a crime he
didn’t commit, but when
he gets out of prison, he
sees his sacrifice was in
vain. At 7:30 pm on 5/6 in
115 Pacific Hall, UO cam-
pus. Free.
Come and See
(Russia,1985): Elem
Klimov’s harrowing epic
about a boy soldier during
the invasion by the Nazis.
Powerful anti-war film,
highly acclaimed. In
Russian, English subtitles.
At 7:15 pm on 5/7 in 115
Pacific Hall, UO campus.
Free.
Dreamcatcher: Buddy
reunion camping trip
horror film from Lawrence
Kasdan, based on Stephen
King’s book, stars Morgan
Freeman, Donny Wahlberg,
Damian Lewis, Timothy
Olyphant, Jason Lee,
Thomas Jane and Tom
Sizemore. R. Movies 12.
Emerald Forest, The
(1985): Young boy is taken
by Amazon natives.
Directed by John
Boorman, it stars his son,
Charley, as the boy. Based
on a true story, film is
beautifully shot in the jun-
gles of Brazil. Stirring por-
trait of vanishing tribes. R.
At 7 pm on 5/7 in 180
PLC, UO campus. Free.
Hours, The: Complex,
critically acclaimed film
directed by Stephen
Daldry stars Nicole
Kidman, Julianne Moore
and Meryl Streep. Based
on Virginia Woolf’s life,
her novel, Mrs. Dalloway ,
and Michael Cunningham’s
novel. Inner lives, daily
experiences of three
strong women. Also stars
Ed Harris, Stephen Dillane,
Claire Danes, Miranda
Richardson and John C.
Reilly. Very highest rec-
ommendations. 2002
Academy Award to
Kidman, but nine other
nominations. PG 13.
Movies 12.
Online archives.
Korean Film Fest:
Nowhere to Hide,
acclaimed 2000 Korean
film noir by director Lee
Myung-Se, is about
Korean homicide detec-
tives. Stylish, with atmos-
pheric settings critics say,
it shows at noon on 5/3
at Bijou.
Joint Security Area, a
political thriller, tracks a
military murder in non-
man’s land. It shows at
noon on 5/4 at Bijou.
Lizzie McGuire Movie,
The: Disney comedy
about a girl on a class trip
to Italy who is mistaken
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senator, is his student. Twenty years later, they meet
again. PG-13.
Jane White is Sick and Twisted: Jane White (Kim
Little) escapes into primetime television chat fests in this
cult fave comedy directed by David Michael Latt. “Online
Video” writes: “Jane makes friends with and encounters a
whole sideshow filled with freaks, weirdos, transvestite
hookers, aliens, and even finds a serial killer boyfriend.”
Also stars Wil Wheatin. R.
Way Home, The: From S. Korea comes this tale of a
spoiled boy from the city who’s sent to live with his aged
grandmother in a tiny village. He surprises himself by car-
ing about her. PG.
Next week: Analyze That, Borderline, Comedian,
Extreme Ops, The Hot Chick.
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