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Linney, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, Martine McCuthcheon, Bill Nighy. Good fun. Highly recommended. R. Movies 12. Online archives. Master and Commander The Far side of the World: Peter Weir brings the late Patrick O’Brian’s best-selling nautical adventures to the screen with Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Dr. Stephen Maturin, ship surgeon and naturalist. Set during the Napoleonic Wars. Highest recommen- dations. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. Matrix Revolutions: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss are back for the third (and final?) Matrix episode. Written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers. Produced by Joel Silver. R. Movies 12. Missing, The: Ron Howard directs Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones as an estranged daughter and father in this Western set in 1885 New Mexico. Blanchett, seeking to avenge her daughter’s (Evan Rachel Wood) kidnap- ping, reluctantly joins forces with her despised old man. R. Movies 12. Mystic River: Directed by Clint Eastwood; written by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, this dramatic tragedy stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. Very high- est recommendations. R. Cinemark. Online archives. Peter Pan: Directed by P.J. Hogan, movie stars Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Sumpter, Richard Briers, Olivia Williams, Lyn Redgrave, Ludivine Sagnier and Rachel Hurd-Wood. PG. Movies 12. Radio: High school football coach (Ed Harris) shocks a Southern town by tak- ing on a mentally challenged youth (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and developing a decades-long friendship with him. Also stars Alfre Woddard and Debra Winger; directed by Mike Tollin. PG. Movies 12. School of Rock: Faking it as a substi- tute teacher, wild guitarist Jack Black turns elementary musical prodigies into a high-voltage rock band. Directed by Richard Linklater, it also stars Joan Cusack, Mike White and Sarah Silverman. PG-13. Movies 12. Something’s Gotta Give: Directed by Nancy Meyers. Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a New York music mogul with a libido much younger than his years. Also stars Diane Keaton, Amanda Peet and Keanu Reeves. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. Stuck on You: The Farrelly Brothers (Something About Mary) direct this story of joined twins Bob (Mat Damon) and Walt (Greg Kinear). Walt convinces Bob to move to L.A. so he can become an actor. But success threatens to drive them apart. Also stars Cher, Eva Mendes and Seymour Cassel plus big name cameos. PG-13. Movies 12. Timeline: Richard Donner directs screen adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel about archaeologists on a dig who time travel back 600 years to res- cue their teacher, trapped in 14th cen- tury France. Stars Paul Walker, Frances O’Connor, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis. PG-13. Movies 12.. Under the Tuscan Sun: Diane Lane plays writer Frances Mayes in this screen adaptation of her best selling book about buying a run-down villa in Italy and creating a new life. Escape from real life — beautiful people, gor- geous scenery, everybody’s got money. PG-13. Movies 12. Online archives. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton: Kate Bosworth, Topher Grace and Josh Duhamel star in this teen romance comedy directed by Robert Luketic. PG- 13. Cinemark. Cinema World. 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 publication, sometimes sooner. See archived movie reviews at www.eugeneweekly.com American Splendor: Cleveland crank Harvey Pekar, writer and file clerk, is celebrated in this excellent film for his ordinary, working-class life and daily gripes, made famous in his illustrated comics. Stars Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis and a host of great supporting actors. Very highest recommendations. R. Bijou. Online archives. 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. 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. Next week: In the Cut, Ingmar Bergman Special Collection, Intolerable Cruelty, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Returner, Stone Reader and Wonderland. Laveta’s SECONDHAND TREASURES A unique mix of new & used furniture, eclectic antiques, glassware, collectibles, & funky stuff 20% OFF REGULARLY PRICED ITEMS with this ad through 02/29/04. 442 M AIN S TREET • S PRINGFIELD , OR 97477 • (541) 741-6794 What do Cher and Buddha have in common? Enter Eugene Weekly’s BODACIOUS BELLY CONTEST and win dinner and a movie for two. Top entries published in our Feb. 12 LOVE issue. Send photos to: BELLY CONTEST Eugene Weekly 1251 Lincoln St. Eugene, OR 97401 Or e-mail to: aria@eugeneweekly.com w/ “Belly Contest” in subject line Include name and phone number No photocopies DEADLINE: FEB. 5 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Full Bar Organic Café Mam Coffee Organic Menu for Lunch & Dinner Wireless Internet Locally Owned & Operated MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM CONTINUING: Along Came Polly: Ben Stiller plays Reuben, a hapless husband whose bride dumps him. Then he meets up with a childhood friend, Polly (Jennifer Aniston). Also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown and Alec Baldwin. John Hamburg directs. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Big Fish: Tim Burton’s film about a son (Billy Crudup) who tries to figure out his father’s (Albert Finney) life through the wild stories he’s told. Also stars Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman and Steve Buscemi. Truly won- derful film; highest recommendations. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.. Online archives. Brother Bear: Disney tale of young man who is transformed into a bear and his adventures in the great Northwest. He picks up a bear cub and runs into a pair of misguided moose, or is that meese? Six new songs from Phil Collins, including one with Tina Turner. G. Movies 12. Butterfly Effect: The trailer is about a young man (Ashton Kutcher) who time travels back to the past to fix the bro- ken lives of a childhood girlfriend (Amy Smart) and his friends, Lenny (Eldoen Henson) and Tommy (William Lee Scott). R. Cinema World. Cinemark. Calendar Girls: Spunky members of a woman’s club in Yorkshire, England poses naked to raise money for medical research after one’s husband gets leukemia. Stars Helen Mirren, Julie Walters and John Alderton. Based on a true story. Nigel Cole directs. PG-13 Cinemark. Online archives. Cat in the Hat, The: Mike Meyers stars as the outrageous feline who visits a couple of kids and wreaks havoc in the house while mom’s away. With Alec Baldwin, Kelly Preston. Reviewers don’t recommend. PG-13. Movies 12. Cheaper by the Dozen: Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt play the parents of 12 children, including Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff and Tom Welling. Directed by Shawn Levy. PG. Cinemark. Cold Mountain: Anthony Minghella’s adaptation of Charles Frazier’s Civil War best-seller stars Jude Law as a wound- ed Southern soldier walking home across the mountains, Nicole Kidman as his pre-war sweetheart, and Renee Zellweger as a young drifter who teach- es her to farm and survive. Elegaic. Excellent performances, beautiful film. Very highest recommendations. R. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Elf: Jon Favreau directs and Will Farrell stars as an elf who doesn’t look like the other kids, er, elves. The big elf search- es for his biological father (James Caan) in New York. PG. Movies 12. In America: Jim Sheridan’s memoir of living in New York in 1981 with his wife and two daughters is a heartfelt film that stars Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine, Sarah Bolger and Emma Bolger. Highest recommendations. PG- 13. Bijou. Online archives. Last Samurai: Edward Zwick directs. In Japan, US Civil War hero Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) trains the Emperor’s troops in the way of the gun as they take on the last samurais. Algren is captured by Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe) and falls under samurai tra- ditions and codes of honor. R. Cinemark. Online archives. Looney Tunes: Mixed animation/ live action directed by Joe Dante, stars Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Joan Cusack, Heather Locklear. PG. Movies 12. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Peter Jackson completes Tolkien’s trilogy on film, and the result is stunning. Stars Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett. In parallel stories Frodo and Sam make it to Mount Doom as the warriors of Middle Earth under the leadership of Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) fight the final battle against the forces of the evil Sauron. Very high- est recommendations. Brilliant! Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Love Actually: Written and directed by Richard Curtis (Bridget Jones’s Diary), this romantic comedy stars Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM OPENING OR RETURNING: Big Bounce: Owen Wilson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Sinise, Willie Nelson, Vinnie Jones, Bebe Neuwirth and Charlie Sheen star in this comedy based on an Elmore Leonard novel. Directed by George Armitage. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Black Sabbath in Concert: (12/20/1970) Extras! One week only. LateNite Bijou. Cooler, The: William H. Macy, Maria Bello and Alec Baldwin star in this Vegas-set romance thriller directed by Wane Kramer. Sex and violence, a few sweet moments. R. Bijou. See review this issue. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986): John Hughes directs this high-school classic starring Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Charlie Sheen, and many others. PG-13. LateNite Bijou. 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 in a Tokyo hotel who become friends. With Giovanni Ribisi. Very highest recommendations. R. Cinema World. Online archives. Miracle: The: 1980 US Ice Hockey team beat the greatest team in the world (the Russians) at the Olympics. Stars Kurt Russell as the coach of this inspiring tale of a sports-world miracle. PG. Sneak at 7:30 on 01/31. Cinemark. Cinema World. Network (1976): Sidney Lumet directs this award-winning never-more-timely, searing indictment of the television industry. Stars Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty, Beatrice Straight. Written by Paddy Chayefsky. R. At 7 pm on 02/04 in 214 McKenzie Hall, UO campus. Free. Paths of Glory (1957): Stanley Kubrick’s WWI film set in France and starring Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou is a wrenching anti-war classic. A great film. At 7 pm on 01/29 in 180 PLC. Free. Perfect Score, The: Cast includes Erika Christensen and Scarlett Johansson in this tale of six high-school students who band together to heist the SAT. PG-13. Cinemark. Power of Conscience: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews: At 4 pm on 02/01 at Portland’s Mittleman Jewish Center. (503) 244- 0111, ext. 260. Roger Beebe and Tony Gault Head to Head film Duel: Award-winning nation- al filmmakers Beebe and Gault show their experimental films at 8 pm on 01/02 at DIVA. $3 cover; all ages event. Ruthless Romance (1984): Eldar Riazanov directs. Idealistic young woman wants to marry for love and appreciation but finds disappointment and violence. At 8:15 on 01/02 in 115 Pacific, UO campus. In Russian with English subtitles. Free. Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War: Video by MoveOn, facili- tated by Mary O’Brien. At 7 pm on 02/04 in EWEB Training Room. Free. You Got Served: In competitive street dancing, crews battle each other for money and respect. Cast includes Marques Houston, Omarion, Raz B, J boog and Lil’ Fizz. PG-13. Cinemark. Films open the Friday following EW publication date unless otherwise noted. See archived reviews at www.eugeneweekly.com MMM MM MM MMMM MMMM MMMMMM 13th & M Oak (formerly Field’s) • 434-6553 JANUARY 29, 2004 21
