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.
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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
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Along Came Polly: Ben Stiller plays
Reuben, a hapless husband whose
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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
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derful film; highest recommendations.
PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.. Online
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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
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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
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the forces of the evil Sauron. Very high-
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Love Actually: Written and directed by
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this issue.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986): John
Hughes directs this high-school classic
starring Matthew Broderick, Jennifer
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PG-13. LateNite Bijou.
Lost in Translation: Directed by Sofia
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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.
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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.
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Network (1976): Sidney Lumet directs
this award-winning never-more-timely,
searing indictment of the television
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Dunaway, William Holden, Robert
Duvall, Ned Beatty, Beatrice Straight.
Written by Paddy Chayefsky. R. At 7 pm
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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
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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
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Roger Beebe and Tony Gault Head to
Head film Duel: Award-winning nation-
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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
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