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BY LOIS WADSWORTH 686-2458 For the week of July 30th! Sign-up for our weekly WebPage Update! www.bijou-cinemas.com Eugene Premiere! The all-time most successful Hong Kong production ever! Eye-popping action, crazy special effects and wicked humor! S HAOLIN SOCCE R 9:20 Nightly Sat Mat 3:00 pm (also playing LateNite) Soon: The Story of The Weeping Camel PG "The brilliance of The Clearing lies in its ability to tell parallel stories and make both equally riveting." -- Ruthe Stein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ROBERT REDFORD HELEN MIRREN WILLEM DAFOE Final Week! THE CLEARING R 5:15 & 7:20 Nightly Sun Mat 3:10 pm R Must end soon! Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 7/23-7/29 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM THE VILLAGE PG13 I, ROBOT PG13 HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE A CINDERELLA STORY PG MANCHURIAN CANDI- DATE R KING ARTHUR PG13 10:35, 11:15, 1:20, 2:00, 4:05, 4:45, 9:45, 11:00, 12:35, 1:50, 3:35, 4:40, 7:10, 7:55, 9:55, 10:45 7:10, 7:45, 10:00, 10:40 9:50, 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 9:30, 12:00, 2:30,, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 9:40, 12:40, 3:40 9:35, 10:05, 12:45, 1:10, 3:50, 4:15, SPIDER-MAN 2 PG13 7:00, 7:30, 10:05, 10:45 10:00, 10:40, 12:55, 1:35, 3:45, 4:30, 7:05, 7:40, 10:00, 10:35 THUNDERBIRDS PG 9:55, 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 FAHRENHEIT 911 7:35, 10:35 CATWOMAN PG13 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Next: Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes 4:50, 7:10 & 9:30 Nightly Sat & Sun Mat 2:30 HARRY POTTER 3: PRIS- ONER OF AZKABAN PG BOURNE SUPREMACY PG13 11:40. 3:10 10:20, 10:55, 1:25, 1:45, 3:55, 4:35, ANCHORMAN PG13 7:20, 7:50, 10:10, 10:40 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 NAPOLEON DYNAMITE PG 7:25, 9:50 BIJOU LATENITE Fr-Sat $4 Su $3 *NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS DEAD OR ALIVE: FINAL MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Japanese Ultra Violence! 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Harvard • Roseburg • 673-6604 *VILLAGE – PG-13 1:00 3:40 6:20 9:00 *CATWOMAN – PG-13 1:40 4:15 6:45 9:15 I, ROBOT – PG-13 12:45 3:25 6:05 8:45 THE NOTEBOOK PG13 11:40, 2:20, 4:45, 7:05, 9:20 11:05, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 HILDAGO PG13 1:25, 6:50 TROY R HOME ON THE RANGE PG TWO BROTHERS PG 7:20, 10:35 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM *MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE – R 12:10 3:00 6:00 9:00 *THUNDERBIRDS – PG 2:00 4:20 6:40 8:45 *HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE – R 1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:40 *BOURNE SUPREMACY – PG-13 1:10 3:50 6:30 9:10 I, ROBOT – PG-13 12:30 3:20 6:10 8:50 A CINDERELLA STORY – PG 12:20 5:50 ANCHORMAN – PG-13 2:50 7:10 9:30 SPIDER-MAN 2 – PG-13 12:40 3:30 6:20 9:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN – PG 2:40 8:10 SHREK 2 – PG 12:45 4:55 STARTS FRIDAY, 8/6: “LITTLE BLACK BOOK” AND TOM CRUISE IN “COLLATERAL” www.catheaters.com AVALON C I N E M A 2nd & Jackson • Corvallis “. . . a wonderfully skewed story that weaves together tater tot fetishism, a voracious llama, tether ball, Internet dating and the high school presidential race . . .” THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (1145 245) 640 945 THE VILLAGE (PG-13) DIG ★ ✔ (1200 310) 700 1005 BOURNE SUPREMACY (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1140 220 500) 740 CATWOMAN (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1205 300) 725 950 1015 DE-LOVELY (PG-13) DIG (1215 430) 720 1010 NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (PG) DIG (1150 255 505) 730 945 ANCHORMAN (PG-13) DIG (1155 230 445) 705 955 SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) DIG (1210 305) 645 1000 THE VILLAGE (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1035 130 425) 720 1015 THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ★ ✔ (945 1250 355) 700 1005 FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (R) - ID REQ'D DIG (1110 150 430) 710 950 BOURNE SUPREMACY (PG-13) DIG ✔ (930 1205 240 515) 750 1025 CATWOMAN (PG-13) DIG ✔ NAPOLEON DYNAMITE % SIGN UP FOR WEEKLY EMAILS! Bill Murray (935 1200 230 500) 730 1000 I, ROBOT (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1130 210 450) 740 1020 SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) DIG (1000 1255 350) 650 945 THE VILLAGE (PG-13) ✔ (1100 150 440) 730 1020 HAROLD & KUMAR (R) - ID REQ'D ✔ (1110 140 410) 700 PG 940 Call or log on for showtimes DOLBY in STEREO SURROUND SOUND THUNDERBIRDS (PG) ✔ (1120 200 430) 710 950 $6.50 General • $5.50 Student • $4.50 SC, Matinee & Wed. 752-4161 avaloncinema.com v m 20 JULY 29, 2004 CINDERELLA STORY (PG) THE TERMINAL (PG-13) Times For 7/30 - 8/1 The knowing camera THE BOURNE SUPREMACY: Directed by Paul Greengrass. Written by Tony Gilroy, based on the novel by Robert Ludlum. Produced by Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley, Paul L. Sandberg. Executive producers Jeffrey M. Weiner, Henry Morrison. Cinematographer, Oliver Wood. Production design, Dominic Watkins. Editor, Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson. Costumes, Dinah Collin. Music, John Powell. Starring Matt Damon, with Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban and Gabriel Mann. Universal Pictures, 2004. PG-13. 120 minutes. T 11:15, 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 KILL BILL VOL. 2 R ROSEBURG CINEMA 7 1750 NW Hughwood • 673-6604 The Thinking Fugitive 11:35, 3:05, 6:45, 10:10 11:20, 4:30, 9:55 KIDS’ SUMMER MOVIE FUN 8/3 & 8/4 “GOOD BOY!” @ 10:00 Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) and Marie (Franka Potente) at home in Goa, India. CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSAL PICTURES, 2004. 492 E. 13th (1050 130 420) 650 1010 ©2004 wo years from our last encounter with Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in The Bourne Identity, an underrated classic espionage tale, we return to pick up his story. An amnesiac who has learned he is a highly-trained assassin, Bourne knows enough about his fellow killers to warn them to stay away from him. Now it seems they’re on his trail. Two strands of The Bourne Supremacy capture our attention right away. Violent, incoherent flashbacks jolt Jason from sleep. His partner, Marie (Franka Potente), tries to get him to talk about his dreams, but they are too splintered to make sense. Bourne sus- pects he’s again in danger but doesn’t under- stand why. With no certainty but their com- mitment to one another, Marie and Jason look out at the Indian Ocean stretching to the horizon as dawn breaks. Perhaps at the same time but a world away in Berlin, two men break into a building, stage a crime and escape. Later the following morning in India, Bourne notices a stranger driving through the market, clearly searching for someone. When Bourne meets up with Marie, he tells her they must leave immediately. From that point on, events take a catastrophic turn for Bourne. When he recovers, his target is the people he used to work for, an operation called Treadstone, and this time he’s not tak- ing any chances. Meanwhile in D.C., former Treadstoners Ward Abbott (Brian Cox), Nicky (Julia Stiles) and Gabriel Mann (Danny Zorn) are trying to learn to work under the direction of CIA deputy Pamela Landy (Joan Allen), who did not even know about the now-disbanded unit yesterday. But that was when she lost two important operatives in a bombing in Berlin. The action in the film is CGI-free, which doesn’t mean it’s less explosive. The staple of most thrillers includes car chases and blowing up buildings. One car chase late in the film goes on too long for me, although it is strikingly choreographed by director Paul Greengrass, who earned his chops in the unforgettable Bloody Sunday. The carnage here is troubling, although we do not see the victims. The plot unfolds smoothly, and non-stop movement defines Bourne’s personal odyssey. He’s extremely versatile, always a step ahead of the other guys, and not shy about outsmart- ing everyone in sight. He fights with only one adversary who is as accomplished a fighter as he, and the audience holds its collective breath throughout. Damon has a knack for action — who would have guessed? His pretty looks have taken on a burnished sheen, and he exudes a self-confidence that comes with maturity. All that was promise in Identity comes to fruition in Supremacy. Brian Cox plays a company man, threat- ened equally by Landy and Bourne but for dif- ferent reasons. Abbott is curt, not courteous, and unbending. Cox brings a dissolute seedi- ness to the character in an admirable portrayal. Espionage thrillers are dominant males’ territory, but here three female characters influence the film without slowing it down. Stiles has a small role as Nicky, a support per- son for the now-defunct operation, Treadstone. Nicky, alone, tries to reach out to Bourne, but even Stiles’ humanity can’t thaw his icy conviction. Potente brings Marie’s warmth and gentleness to her scenes with Bourne, but her role is small as well. As Damon has a knack for action — who would have guessed? His pretty looks have taken on a burnished sheen, and he exudes a self- confidence that comes with maturity. All that was promise in Identity comes to fruition in Supremacy. deputy director for Central Intelligence, Allen takes charge. She is a powerful executive with the ability to critically evaluate situations and make decisions quickly. But Landy isn’t an automaton. Allen’s character has a softer edge than the embattled vice-presidential nominee she played in The Contender. A surprisingly robust beginning for a film certain to be challenged by this week’s opening of The Manchurian Candidate, The Bourne Supremacy is a rousing, entertaining ride through beautiful cities. It’s sure to take your mind off the heat during August’s dog days. High recommendations. ew
