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BY LOIS WADSWORTH “Regret to Inform” K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) and Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) strut their stuff. A FILM BY BARBARA SONNEBORN WITH Xuan Ngoc Nguyen COLUMBIA PICTURES, 2003 FILM SUBJECT: A film interviewee and member War Widows International Peace Alliance and interpreter Sunday, June 22 • 7p.m. First Christian Church 1166 Oak Street • Eugene Wednesday, June 25 • 7p.m. United Lutheran Church 2230 Washington St. • Eugene (childcare provided) Charmless Nothing works here. * SUGGESTED DONATION - $5 * HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE: A benefit for the New Day Project in Vietnam In support of the creation of a War Widows’ and Orphans’ Day Directed by Ron Shelton. Written by Robert Souza and Shelton. Produced by Lou Pitt and Shelton. Executive producers David Lester, Joe Roth. Production design, Jim Bissell. Editor, Paul Seydor. Music, Alex Wuman. Music supervisor, Dawn Soler, Kathy Nelson. Costumes, Bernie Pollack. Starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett, with Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich. Also Keith David, Master P, Gladys Knight, Lou Diamond Philips. Cameos: Dwight Yoakam, Martin Landau, Smokey Robinson. Revolution Studios. Columbia Pictures, 2003. PG-13. 111 minutes. looking for a great H ollywood Homicide is a Ron Shelton picture. That might be enough said for movie fans who know to expect a man’s man-type with a simpler buddy and a woman who bends with the breeze. Once again the writer, director, producer doesn’t quite be- lieve he’s really got the movie he wants, so he tarts it up with cute cameos, old and new music stars playing straight, and subplots up the kazoo. I was bored almost immediately. Film? CHECK ew ’s MOVIES SECTION FOR REVIEWS ON THE BEST FILMS IN TOWN! d Defen Your B ill of Righ ts! LANE COUNTY BILL OF RIGHTS DEFENSE COMMITTEE Before i t’s to o late! Pay the Bill for your Bill of Rights! 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Hill, C.N.M. 1632 J Street, Springfield • 746-8897 Births attended at McKenzie Willamette Hospital email: mkbcnm@aol.com • website: mckenziemidwifery.com Call for a courtesy “Get Acquainted” Visit. 24 JUNE 19, 2003 the way real life goes down. Ruby (Lena Olin) is a radio psychic and Joe’s girlfriend. I hope Olin got a lot of money for playing this woo- woo queen, because it makes me sad to see her here. Cleo (Lolita Davidovich) fares no better as a cartoon madam who needs Joe’s help. Bruce Greenwood plays a police internal affairs guy who hates Gavilan and is out to get him. Isaiah Washington plays a wealthy music entre- preneur, a morally corrupt criminal. Most of the film wants to be funny. It isn’t. Some of the film wants to be something else, especially the opening scene in a club. Guys wearing ski masks spray the band and dancers with bullets. It’s bloody, brutal and made irrele- vant by the immediate actions of Gavilan and Calden, who order lunch right after they arrive on the scene. sloppy mess This of a film may satisfy some viewers, but I’ve seen some really good movies lately . . . and I’m not happy wasting time watching drivel . Zero chemistry between the buddies leaves the viewer with no place to go. Seasoned detec- tive Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and hotshot rookie K.C. Calden (Josh Hartnett) are cliches, the “new” twist being that Joe is also a real es- tate agent in financial trouble up to his neck, while K.C. teaches yoga classes at home, eats bean sprouts, wants to be an actor and knows every pretty girl in the valley. Shelton unwisely assumes their differences will amuse viewers, but in fact their relationship never catches fire and is tiresome. Everyone quips clever, which is hardly ever This sloppy mess of a film may satisfy some viewers, but I’ve seen some really good movies lately — Rivers and Tides, The Man on the Train, The Good Thief, the upcoming Man Without a Past — and I’m not happy wasting time watching drivel. Also, I am really tired of car chases, and the long chase at the end of the film is gratuitous. If you want to see a good car chase, catch The Italian Job. Shelton can’t play in that league. Hollywood Homicide is now playing at Cinema World and Cinemark. You’re on your own. ew CHOW! EW’s Restaurant Guide is coming July 3 RESERVE YOUR AD SPACE • CALL MARK AT 484-059 x28
