OPENING OR RETURNING:
Finding Nemo: Pixar’s 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. Movies 12.. Online
archives.
Lady with the Dog, The: (Russia, 1959):
Directed by Josef Heifitz, based on a
Chekov story about two unhappily married
people on vacation in Yalta who start a
secret love affait that lasts years. At 9:15
pm in 115 Pacific. In Russian with English
subtitles.
Lost in Translation: Directed by Sofia
Coppola (The Virgin Suicides), this highly
acclaimed film was shot entirely on location
in Japan. It stars Bill Murray and Scarlett
Johansson as lonely Americans who
become friends. With Giovanni Ribisi. R.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Magdalene Sisters, The: Four young Irish
women are sent to the Magdalene
Laundries and Asylums for “moral crimes”
such as a pregnancy outside of marriage,
reporting a rape or just being too pretty.
Actual institution operated the whole of the
20th century, in the open, with the full
authority and blessing of the church. A
must-see film with amazing performances.
Courageous direction by Peter Mullan. NR.
Bijou. See review this issue.
Medallion: Jackie Chan action comedy co-
stars Lee Evans and Claire Forlani. A mys-
terious medallion turns police detective
Chan into a superhero, but the bad guys
want it back. Gordon Chan directs. PG-13.
Movies 12.
Out of Time: Directed by Carl Franklin,
stars Denzel Washington as a Florida small-
town police chief where a double-homicide
is discovered. He must solve the killings
before he is suspected of the crimes him-
self. Also stars Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan
and Dean Cain. PG-13. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
School of Rock: Faking it as a substitute
teacher, wild guitarist Jack Black turns ele-
mentary musical prodigies into a high-volt-
age rock band. Directed by Richard
Linklater, it also stars Joan Cusack, Mike
White and Sarah Silverman. PG-13.
Cinemark. Cinema World.
Twenty-eight Days Later: Danny Boyle
(Trainspotting) directs scary horror film set
in a post-cataclysmic future, where a dead-
ly virus sweeps through earth’s population,
leaving people in a chronic state of killer
rage. Stars Christopher Eccleston, Cillian
Murphy, Naomie Harris, Megan Burns and
Brendan Gleeson. New possible ending. R.
LateNite Bijou.
Films open the Friday following date of
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See archived reviews at www.eugene-
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CONTINUING:
American Wedding: Jim (Jason Biggs)
and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are getting
married. Now if their friends and family will
just stay on their best behavior. Right.
American Pie’s crude humor lives on. Also
stars January Jones, Fred Willard, Eugene
Levy, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Seann William
Scott and Eddie Kaye Thomas. R. Movies 12.
Bad Boys II: Martin Lawrence and Will
Smith reunite with producer Jerry
Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay.
Smith and Lawrence play Miami narcotics
detectives assigned to stem the flood of
designer ecstasy into Miami. R. 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. Movies 12.
Cabin Fever: Four college friends vacation
at a remote cabin, but one of them gets
very sick, and the others struggle with life
and death decisions as their terror rises.
Directed by Eli Roth; stars Jordan Ladd,
Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina
Vincent, Joey Kern, Arie Verveen. R.
Cinemark.
Cold Creek Manor: Sharon Stone and
Dennis Quaid star in Mike Figgis’ horror flick
about city folk who find a repossessed man-
sion in the country that the owner (Stephen
Dorff) really wants back. Also stars Juliette
Lewis and Christopher Plummer. R.
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. Movies 12.
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star: Sam
Weisman directs David Spade in his role as a
35-year old out of work actor who hires a fam-
ily so he can relive his childhood and finally
grow up. With Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz,
Craig Berko, Rob Reiner. PG-13. Cinemark.
Duplex: Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller
find their Manhattan dream flat but inherit
a batty old woman who lives upstairs and
drives them nuts. Directed by Danny
DeVito, cast also includes Swoosie Kurtz
and Harvey Fierstein. PG-13. Cinemark.
Fighting Temptations, The: Cuba
Gooding Jr. plays an ad exec who inherits
money only if he conducts a rural gospel
choir. Co-stars Beyoncé Knowles. Musical
comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn. PG-13.
Cinemark.
Freaky Friday: Jamie Lee Curtis and
Lindsay Lohan play a quarreling mother
and daughter who accidentally switch bod-
ies. Ooops! Mark Harmon plays the mom’s
fiancé. Directed by Mark Waters, based on
Mary Rodgers’ book. PG. Cinemark. Online
archives.
Freddy vs. Jason: The ultimate celebrity
death match: Freddy Kruger (Robert
Englund) takes on Jason “The Face Mask”
Voorhees (Ken Kerzinger), in this film
directed by Ronny Yu. R. Movies 12.
Italian Job, The: Back in town again. Mark
Wahlberg leads a heist that’s double-
crossed by one of his crew. Charlize Theron
plays a safecracker in this cool revenge
movie. Also stars Edward Norton, Mos Def
and Donald Sutherland. Highly recom-
mended for its pure entertainment value.
PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives.
Jeepers Creepers 2: High school basket-
ball players, cheerleaders and coaches are
stranded on notorious highway, and they
have to struggle against a winged night-
mare. Directed by Victor Salva, stars Ray
Wise, Jonathan Breck and more. Horror,
violence and language. R. Movies 12.
Luther: TV-movie director Eric Till brings
Martin Luther to the screen. with Joseph
Fiennes as Luther. Supporting cast: Alfred
Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Bruno
Ganz and Peter Ustinov. PG-13. Cinema
World.
Matchstick Men: Ridley Scott directs this
tale of a couple of grifters working small-
time cons, until personal issues arise. Stars
Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, with Alison
Lohman and Bruce McGill. PG-13. Cinemark.
Cinema World. 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 direct-
ed by Andy and Larry Wachowski, it also
stars Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith
and Gloria Foster. R. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Directed by
Robert Rodriguez. Antonio Banderas as El
Mariarchi, now involved in international
espionage. Costars Salma Hayek, Johnny
Depp and Mickey Rourke. R. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
Open Range: Kevin Costner directs and
stars with Robert Duvall in traditional
Western about a corrupt cattle baron
(Michael Gambon) who forces them to
fight. Annette Bening’s performance is
warm and real. With Abraham Benrubi,
Diego Luna. Recommended. Cinemark
Online archives.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Non-stop adven-
ture directed by Gore Verbinski stars Johnny
Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom and
Keira Knightley. Depp sashays, Rush dissem-
bles, Bloom fences and Knightley swash-
buckles. Depp and Rush’s over the top per-
formances are great. Recommended. PG-13.
Cinemark. Online archives.
Rundown, The: Peter Berg directs Seann
William Scott, The Rock, Rosario Dawson
and Christopher Walken in this adventure
about a kingpin’s son who disappears in the
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Blink: Madeleine Stowe is a young blind musician who gains sight after a corneal trans-
plant, only to witness a murder. Aidan Quinn is the detective on the case who falls for
her. Directed by Michael Apted. Weird, but good film. R.
Down With Love: Peyton Reed re-invents the look and feel of a 1962-era Doris Day, Rock
Hudson musical with Renee Zellwegger and Ewan McGregor. The NY Times praises their
“thoroughly charming immunity to embarrassment.” Also stars David Hyde Pierce, Tony
Randall and Sarah Paulson. PG-13. Online archives.
Heaven’s Prisoners: Phil Joanou directs film adaptation of James Lee Burke’s adven-
tures of New Orleans former cop, Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin). He saves a young girl
from a submerged, crashed plane but gets caught up in intrigue between DEA and child-
hood friend turned thug (Eric Roberts) and his sultry wife (Teri Hatcher). With Kelly Lynch,
Mary Stuart Masterson. Highly recommended. Never opened theatrically in Eugene. R.
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
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13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
Seabiscuit: A has-been racehorse
becomes America’s Depression-era suc-
cess story, along with jockey Tobey
Maguire, trainer Chris Cooper, and owner
Jeff Bridges. Written, directed by Gary Ross
based on Laura Hillenbrand’s best-selling
non-fiction book, also stars Elizabeth
Banks, William H. Macy. Highest recommen-
dations. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives.
Secondhand Lions: Haley Joe Osment is
sent to his great uncles’ rural Texas farm,
where the city boy has much to learn.
Robert Duvall and Michael Caine may have
been bank robbers. Written and directed by
Tim McCanlies (writer, The Iron Giant). PG.
Cinemark. 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. Movies 12.
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.
Online archives.
Thirteen: Two 7th grade girls, played by
Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed, become
entangled in a fast world where media
images dominate dress, behavior, values
and attitude. Holly Hunter plays the mom
who tries to save them. Directed by
Catherine Hardwicke. Searing, honest rep-
resentation of what it’s like to be a teenag-
er today. Highly recommended. R. Bijou.
Online archives.
Under the Tuscan Sun: Diane Lane plays
writer Frances Mayes in this screen adapta-
tion of her best selling book about buying a
run-down villa in Italy and creating a new
life. PG-13. Cinemark. See review this
issue.
Underworld: Set in a world where vampires
are a clan of aristocratic moderns, and
lycans (werewolves) are a gang of street
thugs, Len Wiseman’s film stars Kate
Beckinsale and Scott Speedman. When
they fall in love, they trigger an ancient
feud. R. Cinemark.
Uptown Girls: Brittany Murphy stars as the
freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend,
but when her inheritance is stolen, she’s
forced to get a job as a nanny to precocious
Ray Schleine (Dakota Fanning), an “eight-
year-old going on forty.” In a comedic battle
of wills, each discovers in the other a true
friend. Directed by Boas Yakin. Also stars
Heather Locklear. PG-13. Movies 12.
Winged Migration: Documentary directed
by Jacques Perrin shows many bird species
making round trip migrations of up to
10,000 miles up close. Ingenious ultralight
aircraft let movie’s 13 cinematographers fly
right next to, in front of or below the birds
they were filming. A moving film. Highest
recommendations. G. Bijou. Online
archives.
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P., Lolita Davidovich, Dwight Yoakum, Keith David and Martin Landau. PG-13. Online archives.
Italian Job (1969):Collectors Edition starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward. Lots of
extras. Music by Quincy Jones. G.
Italian Job, The:: Mark Wahlberg leads a heist that’s double-crossed by one of his crew.
Charlize Theron plays a safecracker in this cool revenge movie. Also stars Edward
Norton, Mos Def and Donald Sutherland. Highly recommended for pure entertainment
value. PG-13. Online archives.
Man Without a Past (2003, Finland): Directed by the great Aki Kaurismaki, this offbeat
minimalist comedy about an amnesiac and the life he makes for himself among other
“lonely hearts with empty pockets,” as the director puts it, is a brilliant addition to
Kaurismaki’s body of work. Won both Grand Jury Prize and Best Actress for Kati
Outinen, who runs the soup kitchen. Cannes 2002. Should have opened in Eugene, but
didn’t. Stars Markku Peltola, Outinen, Juhan Niemela and singer Annikki Tahti. Highest
recommendations. NR.
Next week: Angie (1994), Black Sunday (1977), The Browning Version (1994),
Christmas with the Simpsons, Cracker, DOA (1998), the Matrix Reloaded, Owning
Mahoney, Schizopolis and Tokyo Story (1953).
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