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BY LOIS WADSWORTH Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) takes a walk with Yolanda (Laura Morante). CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 6/20-6/26 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM THE HULK* (PG-13) FINDING NEMO (G) 12:00, 12:30, 3:15, 3:45, 7:00, 7:30, 10:15, 10:45 10:40, 11:20, 12:50, 1:25, 2:00, 3:35, 4:10, 4:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 9:50, 10:10, 10:30 FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY* (PG-13) BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) 10:10, 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 11:05, 1:40, 2:10, 4:20, 4:50, 7:10, 7:40, 9:55, 10:25, 10:50 ALEX & EMMA* (PG-13) MATRIX RELOADED* (R) 11:15, 1:50, 4:25, 7:25, 10:00 12:10, 3:30, 7:05, 10:20 PAOLA ARDIZZONI. FOX SEARCHLIGHT, 2003 DUMB AND DUMBERER* DADDY DAY CARE (PG) (PG-13) 11:25 10:20, 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 8:00, 10:20 THE ITALIAN JOB HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE* (PG-13) 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:50, 10:45 (PG-13) 10:15, 1:10, 1:35, 4:05, 7:15, 7:45, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS 10:15, 10:40 (PG-13) RUGRATS GO WILD* (PG) 10:30, 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 7:55, 10:10, 10:45 10:05, 11:50, 12:35, 2:15, 2:55, 4:35, 5:20, 7:20 X-MEN 2 (PG-13) 12:20, 3:55 *NO PASSES OR SUPERSAVERS MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Malkovich directs understated, intelligent film. 11:35, 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:45 CONFIDENCE (R) OLD SCHOOL (R) THE DANCER UPSTAIRS: Directed by John Malkovich. Written by Nicholas Shakespeare, based on his novel. Produced by Andres Vicente Gomez and John Malkovich. Executive producers, Lianne Halfon and Russ Smith. Cinematography, Jose Luis Alcaine. Original music, Alberto Iglesias. Editor, Mario Battistel. Production design, Pierre-Francois Limbosh. Costumes, Bina Daigeler. Starring Javier Bardem and Laura Morante. With Marie-Anne Berganza. Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Minguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra and Abel Folk. Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2003. R. 128 minutes. J ohn Malkovich directs The Dancer Upstairs with the same dedication and focus that he brings to his best work as an actor. For instance, he’s deliberate in his portrayal of an android learning to act human in Susan Seidelman’s 1986 comedy, Making Mr. Right. Although darker and not as playful, Dancer also draws on the minimalist art of doing nothing and doing it well. It’s a thoughtful, serious film that tackles the roots of terrorism, its appeal to op- pressed people and its ruthless disre- gard for culture and innocence in pur- suit of political goals. It opposes a cor- rupt military government that also ig- nores and brutalizes its people. A sad love story is layered over and laced throughout the terrorist theme. A lonely, idealistic lawyer turned police captain, Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) falls in love with his daugh- ter’s dance teacher, Yolanda (Laura Morante), in the midst of a massive man hunt for a murderous Maoist folk hero named Ezequiel (Abel Folk). The film is set in an unidentified Latin American country during an un- specified time, but it’s based on some of the facts surrounding the capture of Abimael Guzman, the leader of the 1980-1992 insurrection in Peru called Sendero Luminoso or The Shining Path. For authenticity, the cast is made up of uniformly excellent Latin actors — Bardem (Spain), Morante (Italy) and Juan Diego Botto (Argentina), who plays Sucre, Rejas’ partner. The film opens as a truck grinds its way up and over an empty mountain highway in the dark, blasting its way through a poorly manned government checkpoint. Later, the truck ap- www.eugeneweekly.com A sad love story is layered over and laced throughout the terrorist theme. Atmospheric Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 - 6/20-6/26 proaches another crosspoint with two armed guards. The guard on duty, Agustin Rejas (Bardem), asks the driver to come inside, makes congenial conversation, takes notes, types an ap- plication and snaps a Polaroid. The driver gets back in the truck and speeds off into the night. Five years later, the guard is now a police detective in the capital. Captain Rejas and Sucre find dead dogs rigged with dynamite hanging from lamp posts, along with crude, hand-lettered signs in support of “President Ezequiel.” The terrorists grow bolder, executing officials and using children as suicide bombers. Rejas gets hold of a video of the brutal execution of a Catholic priest by a child. So he slips out of the city and into the countryside, where he talks to ordi- nary people. No one opposes Ezequiel, he learns. The farmers hate the way they’re treated by the government, and Ezequiel speaks for them. Rejas has an informative meeting with an old col- league and returns to the city disturbed by what he has heard and seen. Rejas and his squad begin to put together pieces of the Ezequiel puzzle. Meanwhile, Rejas has complica- tions at home. He adores his daughter, Laura (Marie-Anne Berganza), but his wife, Sylvina (Alexandra Lencastre), loves her social life and has no idea, it seems, about the world her husband lives and works in. These characters are on a collision course with history, and nothing Rejas can do will change that fact. He will survive, but his ideals may not. Bardem plays this principled, profes- sional man with restraint, showing emotion only to Yolanda and Laura. Malkovich lets the camera linger on him. An unconventional thriller, The Dancer Upstairs challenges the viewer to slow down and pay attention, and it rewards those who do. The score by Alberto Iglesias (Talk to Her) is sublimeThe film opens at the Bijou Friday, June 20. Highly recommended. ew Bargain Shows: $1.50 - Early Bird: $1.00 - Wednesday all shows: $1.00 BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (PG-13) MALIBU’S MOST WANTED (PG-13) 11:55, 2:20, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 DOWN WITH LOVE (PG-13) SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (PG-13) 11:45, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 FRIDA (R) THE CORE (PG-13) 12:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30 12:35, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 GANGS OF NEW YORK (R) WRONG TURN (R) 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 11:25, 3:00, 6:40, 10:10 SCHEDULE FOR 6/20-6/26 • ( ) = FRI – MON EARLY SHOWS HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (PG-13) FLORENCE CINEMAS 1930 HWY 101 • Florence • 997-2727 *HULK – PG-13 12:25 3:20 6:10 9:00 *HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE – PG-13 1:40 4:10 6:40 9:10 *RUGRATS GO WILD – PG 12.40 2:35 4:30 6:25 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS – PG-13 8:30 FINDING NEMO – G 1:15 3:40 6:00 8:20 STARTS 6/27: "CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE" 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 JIMMY NEUTRON (G) 10:00 AM TUESDAY ONLY LORD OF THE RINGS: TWO TOWERS (PG-13) 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM HARVARD CINEMAS 3161 W. Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *HULK – PG-13 12:00 3:00 6:00 9:00 *RUGRATS GO WILD – PG 12:40 2:40 4:40 6:40 FINDING NEMO – G 1:00 3:40 6:10 8:30 DADDY DAY CARE – PG 8:40 STARTS 7/2: "TERMINATOR 3: ATTACK OF THE MACHINES" ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 Adv. Tix on Sale TERMINATOR 3 (R) - ID REQ'D ★ THE HULK (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ (945 1250 355) 700 1005 FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY (PG) DIG ★ ✔ (1005 1210 215 440) 720 935 ALEX & EMMA (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1000 1220 245 505) 730 955 DUMB & DUMBERER (PG-13) DIG ✔ 715 945 (1150 225 500) 735 1010 FINDING NEMO (G) DIG (1015 1230 240 450) 700 MATRIX RELOADED (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ALEX & EMMA (PG-13) ✔ DUMB & DUMBERER (PG-13) ✔ 940 (1150 215 445) 720 950 THE HULK (PG-13) ★ ✔ ED! W ION O T I N COND AIR PG-13 (125 400) 650 940 (1210 230 455) 710 920 (140 420) 700 930 (1200 240 510) 730 1020 Adv. Tix on Sale TERMINATOR 3 (R) - ID REQ'D ★ THE HULK (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis (1135 310) 640 1010 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (PG-13) BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) C I N E M A (1220 250 520) 740 1000 HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (PG-13) ★ ✔ FINDING NEMO (G) AVALON (950 1205 225 445) 710 930 BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) DIG (955 1225 250 510) 725 950 RUGRATS GO WILD (PG) ✔ www.catheaters.com (1020 1240 255 455) HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ RUGRATS GO WILD (PG) DIG ✔ *ALEX & EMMA – PG-13 12:10 2:25 4:40 6:55 9:10 *FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY – PG 1:50 4:00 6:10 8:20 *DUMB AND DUMBERER – PG-13 12:05 2:05 4:20 6:20 8:40 *HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE – PG-13 1:20 3:50 6:30 9:00 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS – PG-13 12:30 2:45 4:59 7:20 9:40 ITALIAN JOB – PG-13 1:40 4:10 6:45 9:20 BRUCE ALMIGHTY – PG-13 12:20 2:35 4:50 7:10 9:30 *MATRIX RELOADED – R 12:00 2:55 5:50 8:50 STARTS 6/27: "CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE" (1000 1250 355) 700 1005 FINDING NEMO (G) DIG (1200 230 500) 730 1000 ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) DIG (1220 250 520) 750 1020 BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) DIG (1210 240 510) 740 1010 Times For 6/20 - 6/22 ©2003 “Seeing these superb comic actors again in yet another sharply written satire is enough to make you smile before they even open their mouths.” --Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS 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 EUGENE WEEKLY JUNE 19, 2003 23
