OPENING OR RETURNING:
Dumb & Dumberer: Prequel is subti-
tled When Harry Met Lloyd and stars
Derek Richardson and Eric Christian
Olsen as the 1994 Dumb and Dumber
duo in high school. Directed by Troy
Miller, with Eugene Levy, Cheri Oteri and
Luis Guzmán. PG-13. Movies 12.
From Justin to Kelly: “American Idol”
stars Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini
in a beach party mood. PG. Movies 12.
Man Apart, A: If you’ve seen the trail-
er, you know that Vin Diesel is an under-
cover cop you don’t want to mess with,
especially after some sorry drug dealer
scum breaks into his home. The New
York Times’ Dave Kehr calls it “a bread-
and-butter action film.” Directed by F.
Gary Gray. R. Movies 12.
View from the Top: Bruno Barreto
directs this 1960s era comedy about a
girl’s dream of becoming a first-class
international flight attendant. Stars
Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate,
Mark Ruffalo and Candice Bergen. PG-
13. Movies 12.
Wild Thornberry’s, The: Animated
film about a girl who talks to and under-
stands animals. She goes to Africa with
her parents, nature filmmakers, and her
best friend, a chimp. Voices include
Lacy Chabert, Rupert Everett, Marisa
Tomei, Tim Curry, Brenda Blethyn, Lynn
Redgrave and Obba Babatunde.
Directed by Jeff McGrath and Cathy
Malkasian. PG. At 10 am 7/8 only. Movies
12.
Films open the Friday following date
of E W publication unless otherwise
noted. See archived reviews at
www.eugeneweekly.com.
CONTINUING:
Alex & Emma: Rob Reiner directs Kate
Hudson and Luke Wilson in a comedy
romance based on a short story by
Dostoyevsky. Wilson plays a writer who
has to finish a book on deadline or deal
with gambling debts to the mob.
Hudson is a secretary with ideas about
his book. Also stars, Sophie Marceau,
Cloris Leachman and David Paymer. PG-
13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
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. Movies 12.
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. Cinema World. Online
archives.
Bringing Down the House: Domestic
comedy starring Steve Martin and
Queen Latifa is directed by Adam
Shankman. PG-13. Movies 12.
Bruce Almighty: Jim Carrey, Morgan
Freeman and Jennifer Aniston star in
this tale of a at TV reporter, who has a
really bad day, rages against God and
receives more than he expected. PG-13.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle: McG
again directs the angels — Cameron
Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and ex-
angel Demi Moore — to save the govern-
ment’s witness protection program,
from which classified info has been
stolen. Written by John August. PG-13.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Daddy Day Care: Eddie Murphy and
Jeff Garlin lose their jobs and can’t
afford day care for their sons, so they
open their own facility. Comedy directed
by Steve Carr also stars Anjelica
Huston, Steve Zahn and Regina King.
PG. Cinema World.
Finding Nemo: Pixar (Toy Story) pres-
ents this computer-animated fantasy of
two Clownfish, Marlin and his son Nemo,
who get separated in the Great Barrier
Reef. Written and directed by Andrew
Stanton (A Bug’s Life), with voices by
Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem
Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush, Allison Janney.
Very highly recommended. G. Cinema
World. Cinemark. Online archives.
Frida: Salma Hayak plays Frida Kahlo,
the feminist painter and wife of Mexico’s
great muralist and painter Diego Rivera
(Alfred Molina) and lover of Leon
Trotsky (Geoffrey Rush). Directed by
Julie Taymor. 2002 Academy Awards to
the late Elliot Goldenthal for original
score; also, makeup. Underrated film is
one of the most visually lush films of
2002. R. Movies 12. Online archives.
Gangs of New York: Martin Scorsese’s
bloody epic set in mid-1800s N.Y. stars
Leonard DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis
as rival gang leaders. Co-stars Cameron
Diaz, John C. Reilly and Jim Broadbent.
One of 2002’s great films, with many
Academy Award nominations. Very
highest recommendations. R. Movies 12.
Online archives.
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. Movies 12.
Online archives.
Hollywood Homicide: Fast-paced
action comedy directed by Ron Shelton
stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett
as cops, with Isaiah Washington, Lena
Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Master P., Lolita
Davidovich, Dwight Yoakum, Keith David
and Martin Landau. PG-13. Cinema
World. Online archives.
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days:
Magazine columnist Kate Hudson and
ad agency professional Matthew
McConaughey try to get the other to fall
in love, but things go awry. High-energy
romantic comedy. PG-13. Movies 12.
Hulk, The: Director Ang Lee’s action-
adventure adaptation of the Marvel
Comics series hits darker notes than the
usual superhero comics. Scientist’s (Eric
Bana) inner demons change him after a
catastrophic experiment. Written by
James Schamus, it also stars Jennifer
Connelly, Nick Nolte, Josh Lucas and
Sam Elliott. PG-13. Cinema World.
Cinemark. Online archives.
Italian Job, The: Mark Wahlberg leads
a heist that’s double-crossed by one of
his crew. Charlize Theron plays a safe-
cracker in this cool revenge movie. Also
stars Edward Norton, Mos Def and
Donald Sutherland. Highly recommend-
ed for its pure entertainment value. PG-
13. Cinemark. Online archives.
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and
Blonde: Reese Witherspoon is back as
Elle Woods, Harvard Law, class of 2001,
now in DC on behalf of pet animal’s
M A U D E K E R N S A R T CENTER’S
rights. Luke Wilson is still her boyfriend,
as is her manicure person, Jennifer
Coolidge. Sally Field and Bob Newhart
join the cast. Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
directs. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
Directed and re-imagined by Peter
Jackson, part two of J.R.R. Tolkien’s tril-
ogy continues. New characters, a sur-
prise 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.
Man on the Train: Patrice Leconte’s
excellent character-driven film stars
French icons Johnny Hallyday and Jean
Rochefort as men with nothing in com-
mon, who meet in a small town and
almost exchange identities. Film gives
us a glimpse into that private place
where our secret dreams live. Very
highest recommendations. R. Bijou.
Online archives.
Matrix Reloaded: Second chapter
brings Neo (Keanu Reeve), Trinity
(Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity
(Carrie-Anne Moss) closer to solving the
enigma but also puts them in greater
danger. Written and directed by Andy
and Larry Wachowski, it also stars Hugo
Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith and Gloria
Foster. R. Cinemark. Online archives.
Rugrats Go Wild: Nickelodeon’s ani-
mated diaper set meets up wit the Wild
Thornberrys after being washed ashore
to a desert island from a storm-wracked
cruise ship. Directed by Norton Virgien
and John Eng. Bruce Willis voices Spike
the dog. PG. Cinema World.
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas:
DreamWorks animated pirate adventure
tale stars the voice of Brad Pitt as
Sinbad, Catherine Zeta-Jones as
Marina, and Michelle Pfieffer as the
goddess of chaos. Joe Fiennes plays
Proteus, a rival pirate. Directed by Tim
Johnson and Patrick Gilmore. PG.
Cinemark. Cinema World
Spellbound: Academy Award-nominat-
ed documentary feature by Jeffrey Blitz
follows eight school kids from around
the country as they prepare for and
compete at the National Spelling Bee.
Suspenseful, funny and heartwarming,
this film’s a real winner. Very highest
recommendations for the whole family.
G. Bijou. Online archives.
Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines:
Jonathan Mostow directs, and Arnold
Schwarzenegger comes back to save
the world from annihilation once again.
John Connor (Nick Stahl), is 18 now, and
he’s fighting off a female killer cyborg
from the future, (Kristanna Loken). R.
Cinemark. Cinema World.
Twenty-eight Days Later: Danny
Boyle (Trainspotting) directs this really
scary horror film set in a post-cata-
clysmic future, where a deadly virus
sweeps through earth’s population in a
few weeks, and leaves people in a
chronic state of killer rage. Stars
Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy,
Naomie Harris, Megan Burns and
Brendan Gleeson. Advance word is that
it’s a great movie. R. Cinemark.
Two Fast, Two Furious: John
Singleton directs this sequel action
adventure about street racing. Stars
Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser,
Eva Mendes. PG-13. Cinemark.
Whale Rider: Winner of the World
Cinema award at Sundance 2003, Niki
Caro’s Maori drama about a spunky girl,
played by Keisha Castle-Hughes), who
decides to show her beloved but author-
itarian grandfather that she is able to
lead the tribe, despite being a girl. A
wonderful, inspiring drama that fea-
tures the exquisite New Zealand coast.
A don’t-miss movie. Bijou. See review
this issue.
X-Men 2: The next link in the evolu-
tionary chain? Directed by Bryan Singer,
stars Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman,
Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke
Janssen, James Marsden and more, lots
more. PG-13. Movies 12.
Bijou Art Cinemas (686-2458)
Cinema World 8 (342-6536)
Cinemark 17 (746-5202)c
Movies 12 (741-1231)
New Releases on Video
Releases subject to change. Available the Tuesday following date of EW publica-
tion, sometimes sooner. See archived movie reviews at www.eugeneweekly.com
Basic: Seattle Weekly’s Tim Appelo says, “There is no reality in John
McTiernan’s “Basic,” a contrived thriller about a commando training exercise in
which six soldiers go into the woods and two come back alive.” Stars John
Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Taye Diggs, Harry Connick Jr.,
Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt, Roselyn Sanchez. R.
Gangs of New York: Martin Scorsese’s epic set in mid-1800s N.Y. stars Leonard
DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis as rival gang leaders. The notorious Civil War
draft riots also rock the city. Co-stars Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly and Jim
Broadbent. One of 2002’s great films. Very highest recommendations. R. Cinema
World. Online archives.
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days: Magazine columnist Kate Hudson and ad
agency professional Matthew McConaughey try to get the other to fall in love,
but things go awry. High-energy romantic comedy. PG-13.
La Femme Nikita (France, 1991): Special edition DVD of Luc Besson film that
inspired the television series. Acclaimed performance by Annie Parillaud as the
street urchin who becomes a government assassin. R
Party Girl (1994): Mixed reviews for Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s film starring
Parker Posey as a club girl who discovers the joys of a librarian. Also stars Liev
Schreiber. R.
Phone Booth: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes and
Radha Mitchell star in Joel Schumacher’s thriller. R.
Next week: Gods & Generals, Laurel Canyon, Pinocchio, Shanghai Knights.
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