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BY LOIS WADSWORTH Neo (Keanu Reeves) shows his ability as a warrior. CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 5/23-5/29 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM BRUCE ALMIGHTY* (PG-13) A MIGHTY WIND (PG-13) 11:05, 11:30, 1:00, 1:40, 2:10, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 6:35, 7:10, 7:40, 9:20, 9:55, 10:25 7:25, 10:00 THE IN-LAWS* (PG-13) 1:45, 4:15 11:10, 1:55, 4:35, 7:45, 10:25 MATRIX RELOADED* (R) IDENTITY (R) 3:50, 9:40 HOLES (PG) 12:20, 3:45, 7:20, 10:15 ANGER MANAGEMENT (PG-13) 11:00, 11:25, 12:10, 12:45, 2:15, 1:20, 6:55 2:40, 3:30, 4:00, 5:50, 6:30, 7:05, 7:35, 9:05, 9:45, 10:20, 10:50 B END IT DADDY DAY CARE (PG) *NO PASSES OR SUPERSAVERS 11:15, 11:50, 1:50, 2:25, 4:25, 5:00, 7:10, 7:40, 9:45, 10:20 [ ] NO SHOWING ON SATURDAY X-MEN 2 (PG-13) ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) 7:30 11:40, 12:15, 12:55, 2:50, 3:25, 4:05, 6:25, 7:00, [7:30], 9:15, 10:10, 10:40 SNEAK PREVIEW: Hackers and Heroes MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 5/23-5/29 Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 ADAPTATION (R) PHONE BOOTH (R) BOAT TRIP(R) PIGLET’S BIG MOVIE (G) BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (PG-13) SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (PG-13) HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (PG-13) TEARS OF THE SUN (R) 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 THE HOURS (PG-13) 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 11:55, 4:55, 9:55 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 10:00 12:40, 2:40, 4:40, 7:00 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 2:00, 7:10 9:30 SCHEDULE FOR 5/22 - 5/29 • ( ) = FRI – MON EARLY SHOWS JUNGLE BOOK 2 (G) FLORENCE CINEMAS 1930 HWY 101 • Florence • 997-2727 KANGAROO JACK (PG) 7:45, 10:15 12:10, 2:30, 5:10, 7:15, 9:35 WHAT A GIRL WANTS (PG) THUR 5/22 – THUR 5/29 ONLY ( ) = THUR 5/22 – SUN 5/25 EARLY SHOWS *BRUCE ALMIGHTY – PG-13 (1:45) 4:10 6:30 9:00 *IN-LAWS – PG-13 (1:30) 3:50 6:10 8:30 *MATRIX RELOADED – R (12:40) 3:30 6:20 9:10 DADDY DAY CARE – PG (2:00) 4:20 6:40 8:50 STARTS 5/30: DISNEY’S & PIXAR’S “FINDING NEMO” HARVARD CINEMAS 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS (PG-13) 11:45, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 OLD SCHOOL (R) 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM *MATRIX RELOADED – R (12:00) 3:10 6:20 9:30 LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE – PG (1:30) 4:00 6:40 8:45 HOLES – PG (1:00) 3:40 6:30 9:00 STARTS 5/30: DISNEY’S & PIXAR’S “FINDING NEMO” ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 FRI 5/23 – THUR 5/29 ONLY ( ) = SAT 5/24 – SUN 5/25 EARLY SHOWS *BRUCE ALMIGHTY – PG-13 (12:20) (2:35) 4:50 7:10 9:30 *IN-LAWS – PG-13 (1:30) 3:50 6:10 8:30 *ITALIAN JOB – PG-13 SNEAK SATURDAY 5/24 ONLY 8:20 *DOWN WITH LOVE – PG-13 (12:00) (2:10) 4:20 6:35 8:50 *TIME CHANGER – PG (1:45) 4:10 6:25 8:40 DADDY DAY CARE – PG (12:10) (2:20) 4:30 6:55 9:00 HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES – R (3:10) 9:20 X-MEN 2 – PG-13 (12:30) 3:25 6:15 9:10 IDENTITY – R (1:00) 5:20 7:20 ANGER MANAGEMENT – PG-13 (1:20) 3:40 6:00 *8:20 (NO SAT 5/24 8:20 SHOWING DUE TO SNEAK) BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1210 235 455) 715 950 THE IN-LAWS (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1235 255 515) 735 955 MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (100 130 400 430) 700 730 1000 1030 www.catheaters.com DOWN WITH LOVE (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ (1230 250 510) 740 1010 AVALON DADDY DAY CARE (PG) DIG (1220 240 450) 710 940 X2: X-MEN UNITED (PG-13) DIG (1200 300) 645 945 HOLES (PG) DIG (115 410) 650 930 C I N E M A 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis the BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) ✔ (1145 220 500) 735 1015 THE IN-LAWS (PG-13) ✔ (1155 210 445) 720 945 DOWN WITH LOVE (PG-13) ★ ✔ (1220 245 510) 730 950 MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQ'D ★ ✔ (100 400) 700 1000 DADDY DAY CARE (PG) (1210 230 450) 710 930 X2: X-MEN UNITED (PG-13) (1230 330) 630 935 IDENTITY (R) - ID REQ'D 940 HOLES (PG) (1245 345) 645 THE ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) DIG ✔ Sat. 730 (1200 220 440) 720 940 MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ R “With his haggard good looks and bearish presence, Nolte is the main event in this colorful three-ring circus of a heist picture.” – Jami Bernard, New York Daily News (100 400) 700 1000 X2: X-MEN UNITED (PG-13) DIG Fri., Sun. (110 410) 710 1010 Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY STEREO SURROUND SOUND Sat. (110 410) 1010 $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 avaloncinema.com v m 20 MAY 22, 2003 BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (PG-13) DIG (1210 240 500) 730 950 Times For 5/23 - 5/25 T H E M AT RI X R E LO AD E D: Written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. Produced by Joel Silver. Executive producers, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Grant Hill, Andrew Mason and Bruce Berman. Cinematography, Bill Pope. Production design, Owen Paterson. Editor Zach Staenberg. Music, Don Davis. Special effects, John Gaeta. Costumes, Kym Barrett. Choreography, Charles Moulton. Fight Choreography, Yuen Wo Ping. Staring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss, with Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith and Gloria Foster. Also, Monica Bellucci, Randall Duk Kim, Harry Lennix, Harold Perrineau, Adrian Rayment and Neil Rayment. . Warner Bros. Pictures, 2003. R. 138 minutes. THE HUNTED (R) 12:25, 2:50, 5:05 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS THUR 5/22 – THUR 5/29 ONLY ( ) = THUR 5/22 – SUN 5/25 EARLY SHOWS Special effects abound. ©2003 S o much hype, so many words and such ubiquitous images have swamped the ‘Net, TV and the print world about the Wachowski Brother’s second of three futuristic films that I am reluctant to add to the glut. But I could do a snappy literature review and suggest that you read, for example, Jane Dark’s thoughtful analysis of Matrix phe- nomena in the May 14 issue of the Village Voice. Dark is willing to explore the film’s fans’ quasi-spiritual obsession with what Laurence Fishburne describes to her as “spir- itual fucking voodoo fucking mumbo jumbo kind of shit.” Or for the inside look at the special effects in The Matrix Reloaded, go to The New York Times of May 11 for a story by David Edelstein that includes an interview with vi- sual effects supervisor John Gaeta. “I guaran- tee you your brain will work harder than any action movie you’ve ever seen in your entire life,” Gaeta predicted. Or check in with John Powers’ (L.A. Weekly, May 16-22 issue), who hits the nail on the head with his observation that Keanu Reeves’ character, Neo, in the first Matrix (1999) “hit the millennial Zeitgeist with the explosive accuracy of a smart bomb.” As Powers notes, “Reloaded doesn’t have any- thing truly meaningful to say about race, but its proud swirl of colors underscores a huge cultural shift. … nonwhite style is what’s happening.” I know I’ve said this before, but I do have to say it again. The only science fiction that interests me is about the human experience. Spielberg’s A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Minority Report (2002) challenged that principle. In A.I. a child robot is introduced to take the place of a lost child; in Minority Report, a sensitive human woman is forced to become a robot who foresees criminal vio- lence before it happens. I had to see A.I. a sec- ond time to love the child who could only love; it became one of my top films of 2001. Second viewing of Samantha Morton’s in- credible performance as an imprisoned em- pathic and Tom Cruise as a grieving father made Minority Report also about loss, family and love. Likewise, Steven Soderbergh’s sublime, underrated Solaris (2002), is also about love, loss and an unknowable fate. These three films spoke to me through themes that resonate throughout human culture. The Matrix Reloaded shows very little about the human experi- ence, although Neo’s love for Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) saves him from losing his humanity in a world populated by machines and heartless projections from the com- puter illusion of the Matrix. But the highly stylized warfare envisioned, the mechanistic nature of the future world imagined and the tightly choreographed violence of the balletic-like skirmishes Neo must fight with 100 simulacra of Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) leave me cold. The 14-minute freeway car-chase extravaganza expresses no human values that I recognize, but it is clever and smartly done. To battle the non-humans of the Matrix, must the few humans be- come machine-like as well? I was let down by the limited creativity that went into the rave scene in Zion. Music and drumming can induce ecstatic dance, but here the Wachowskis pander to some of the film’s devotees at the risk of looking foolish to everyone else. The intellectual conundrum that this installment offers — Matrix being about choice — centers around old questions that a religious concept called predestination raises. The master program that controls everyone in the Matrix, which ear- lier generations might have called God, knows every possible out- come of any set of actions. Therefore, does free will exist? Is there such a thing as Fate or Destiny? If the program knows that Neo will rebel in a spe- cific situation, is his rebellion programmed as well? Stick around for the answers. Or at least for more questions. The third installment opens in theaters this fall. Right now, you can see this one at Cinema World and Cinemark in six theaters. ew Does free will exist? Is there such a thing as Fate or Destiny? DOWN WITH LOVE* (PG-13) WARNER BROS., 2003 10:55, 1:35, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (PG)
