OPENING OR RETURNING:
Alexander: Oliver Stone’s action adventure
epic stars Colin Farrell as Alexander the
Great, with Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, Jared
Leto, Rosario Dawson and Anthony
Hopkins. Tedious at three hours, this epic
by Oliver Stone misses the mark. R. Movies
12. Online archives.
Brothers Karamazov, The: The brothers
live in a web of complicated psychological
relationships, but when they plan to murder
their parent, emotions take over in
Dostoevskii’s brilliant novel adapted by Ivan
Pyriev in 1972. At 7 pm on 1/18 in 115 Pacific,
UO campus. In Russian with English subti-
tles. Free
Coach Carter: Based on a true story.
Samuel L. Jackson stars as a basketball
coach in a Richmond, CA high school. His
tough-love ethic requires players to keep up
their grades and dress right. He makes
national news when he benches the whole
team for poor academic performance.
Directed by Thomas Carter (Save the Last
Dance). PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World.
Ed Wood: (1994) Tim Burton’s touching
homage to one of Hollywood’s worst direc-
tors stars Johnny Depp in the title role, and
Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, Wood’s
friend. Also stars Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica
Parker, Patricia Arquette and Vincent
D’Onofrio. Hilarious. R. At 6 pm on 1/16 at
DIVA. Free.
Elektra: Jennifer Garner plays Elektra, a
killing machine, based on the Marvel comic
book character created by Frank Miller. The
publicity material calls her “a lethal synthe-
sis of grace and power,” which means she
wears skimpy outfits and jumps around a
lot. Co-stars Goran Visnjic (“ER”), Terence
Stamp, and Abby Miller. PG-13. Cinemark.
Cinema World.
492 E. 13th
Grudge, The: The curse of one who dies in
the grip of a powerful rage kills and is
passed like a virus from victim to victim.
PG-13. Movies 12.
House of Flying Daggers, The: Zhang
Yimou (Hero) directs another martial arts
film from mainland China about a secret
society that destroys an evil, Tang Dynasty
regional government. Stars the fabulous
Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau and Takeshi
Kaneshiro. PG-13. Cinema World.
In Good Company: Written and directed by
Paul Weitz (About a Boy), this comedy is
about the relationship between an older
man (Dennis Quaid) and his much younger
boss (Topher Grace). Scarlett Johansson
co-stars. PG-13. Cinemark.
Racing Stripes: A farmer (Bruce
Greenwood) and his daughter (Hayden
Panettiere raise a baby zebra to become a
champion racer. Live action, computer ani-
mation, with voices by Frankie Muniz,
Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg and
Snoop Dogg. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Revolution Won’t Be Televised, The:
Called “a riveting documentary” by The
New York Times, Irish filmmakers Kim
Bartly and Donnacha O’Brian’s portrait of
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s left-wing presi-
dent, shows the alliance between television
stations and the oil interests that oppose
Chavez. He survived a coup in April of 2002
and was reinstated after a million people
protested, and the filmmakers were there.
At 7 pm on 1/18 in Cozmic Pizza.
Saw: James Wan’s bloodthirsty horror tale
about a serial killer who commits suicide,
leaving would-be victims chained up, stars
Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter
and Leigh Whannell. Movies 12. R.
Silver City: (1984) Gosia Dobrowolska
stars in this love story about post-WWII
CONTINUING:
Aviator, The: Martin Scorsese’s 169-minute
film about lover, aviation pioneer and
eccentric billionaire industrialist Howard
Hughes stars Leonardo DiCaprio as
Hughes, with Cate Blanchett, Kate
Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin,
Jude Law, Alan Alda, Frances Conroy and
Ian Holm. DiCaprio is brilliant in the role,
and Scorsese makes the film his own. One
of the best films of the year. Very highest
recommendations. PG-13. Cinemark.
Cinema World. Online archives.
Blade: Trinity: Vampire hunter Blade
(Wesley Snipes) goes after vampire lead-
ers bringing back the rejuvenated Dracula,
their progenitor, who’s now called Drake
(Dominic Purcell David Goyer’s film is
based on the Marvel Comics character and
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Twenty Years Old in the Middle East:
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Jordan, Syria, Iran and Lebanon following
the fall of Saddam Hussein. First in a series
of human rights documentaries followed by
a conversation moderated by community
leaders and educators. At 3 pm on 1/16 in
Eugene Public Library. Free.
West Coast Drive-Ins: Filmmaker Steve
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remaining drive-in movie theaters in
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also stars Kris Kristofferson, Ryan
Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey and
Natasha Lyonne. R. Movies 12.
Fat Albert: Bill Cosby character debuts in a
live-action and animated film based on
Cosby’s stand-up routines about growing
up in Philly. Directed by Joel Zwick. PG.
Cinemark.
Finding Neverland: Johnny Depp stars as
British playwright J.M. Barrie, based on
Allan Knee’s play, The Man Who Was Peter
Pan. Directed by Marc Foster, it also stars
Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell
and Dustin Hoffman. Winslet and Depp’s
performances are radiant, but the real star
of the show is 12 year-old Freddie
Highmore, playing the actual child, Peter
Llewelyn Davies, who inspired Barrie’s play.
The picture is heartbreaking, gorgeous and
probably too complicated for young chil-
dren. PG. Cinema World. Online archives.
Flight of the Phoenix: Using Robert
Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film as his base,
John Moore updates the main story, in
which crash survivors in the vast, remote
Gobi Desert attempt to put their fractured
plane together and fly out. Stars include
Giovanni Ribisi, Dennis Quaid and Jacob
Vargas. PG-13. Cinemark.
Forgotten, The: Julianne Moore is a griev-
ing parent. She learns from her psychiatrist
(Gary Sinese) and others that her 8-year-
old son never existed. Directed by Joseph
Ruben, the film also stars Dominic West,
Alfre Woodard, Linus Roache, Anthony
Edwards. PG-13. Movies 12.
I Heart Huckabees: Delirious, laugh-out-
loud comedy from David O. Russell (Three
Kings, Flirting with Disaster) stars Jason
Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Dustin Hoffman,
Isabelle Huppert, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi
Watts and Jude Law. Even funnier on sec-
ond viewing, this is one of 2004’s top films.
Very highest recommendations. R. Movies
12. Online archives.
Incredibles, The: Writer, director Brad Bird
and Pixar Animation Studios create an
action-adventure story set in suburbia
where a former top crime fighter, Mr.
Incredible, gets the call to jump back into
actions. PG. Cinemark. Online archives.
Kinsey: Bill Condon’s excellent film about
human sexual researcher Alfred Kinsey
stars Liam Neeson, Laura Linney and Peter
Sarsgaard. Frank, open-hearted and gen-
uinely humorous, this is a must-see movie.
An entertaining and enlightening antidote
to the bedroom politics of the religious
right and one of 2004’s best, the film gets
my highest recommendations. R. Bijou.
Online archives.
Ladder 49: Stars John Travolta and
Joaquin Phoenix) as Baltimore firemen. PG.
Movies 12.
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of
Unfortunate Events: The New York Times
calls the Lemony Snicket books “mordantly
funny,” but the stories of the misadven-
tures of three orphans who fall into the
hands of an evil count are popular with chil-
dren and adults. Jim Carrey plays said
count, three game kids bedevil him, and
Meryl Streep, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly,
Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane
Adams and Catherine O’Hara help. Directed
by Brad Silberling and written by Robert
Gordon. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: Wes
Anderson’s new ensemble comedy stars Bill
Murry as a famed underwater adventure
filmmaker who’s run into some big waves
and is going under. Co-stars Owen Wilson,
Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Michael
Gambon and Willem Dafoe. R. Cinemark.
Online archives.
Meet the Fockers: Jay Roach follows Meet
the Parents (2000) with Ben Stiller’s bride
and in-laws to-be Teri Polo, Robert De Niro
and Blythe Danner meeting his eccentric
parents, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara
Streisand. Culture clash. Surprisingly funny
and heart-warming, with a lovable perform-
ance by Hoffman. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema
World. See review this issue.
Napoleon Dynamite: Jared Hess’ indie
comedy stars Jon Heder as a high schooler,
who lives in Idaho with his grandmother.
The Village Voice says, “the film is an epic,
magisterially observed pastiche on all-
American geekhood, flooring the competi-
tion with a petulant shove.” PG. Movies 12.
Online archives.
National Treasure: Directed by Jon
Turteltub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer,
adventure stars Nicolas Cage searching for
treasure George Washington hid during the
Revolutionary War. Sean Bean plays his
British rival who’s anxious to score the
treasure first. PG. Cinemark.
Ocean’s
Twelve: Director Steven
Soderbergh returns with the gang: George
Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don
Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Andy Garcia, Julia
Roberts and newby Catherine Zeta-Jones.
A recent group interview in Premiere
makes reveals they had a blast making this
sequel. Highly recommended for its
unabashedly confident entertainment
value. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives.
Phantom of the Opera, The: The Andrew
Lloyd Webber musical is brought to the
screen by Joel Schumacher. It stars Emmy
Rossum, Gerard Butler and Patrick Wilson.
Unfortunately, under Schumacher’s insipid
direction, kitsch dominates. If you already
love the work, you may enjoy the film, but
the too-sweet sentimentality is too much
for me. PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives.
Polar Express, The: Robert Zemeckis
directs a wholly CG animation adventure,
starring Tom Hanks in multiple roles in this
adaptation of children’s book by Chris Van
Allsburg. Called “performance capture,” the
technique uses actors’ live-action perform-
ances to drive the emotions and move-
ments of the digital characters. G.
Cinemark.
Ray: Jamie Foxx plays late, great Ray
Charles in this musical, biographical drama,
directed by Taylor Hackford. Co-stars Kerry
Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell,
Harry Lennix, Terrence Dashon Howard,
Richard Schiff, Aunjanue Ellis and Sharon
Warren. Outstanding performance by Foxx.
One of the year’s finest films. PG-13. Movies
12. Online archives.
Shall We Dance: American remake of the
sublime Japanese film of the same title.
Sorry to report it, but Jennifer Lopez plays
the dance teacher and Richard Gere the
shy man who learns to dance. See the orig-
inal to compare to this all-Hollywood effort.
PG-13. Movies 12.
Shark Tale: In this computer-animated fea-
ture, a lovable tropical fish with the voice of
Will Smith takes on the underwater Mafia
when he assumes responsibility for killing
the godfather of the Great White Sharks.
Other voices include those of Jack Black,
Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Angelina
Jolie and Martin Scorsese; Eric Bergeron.
Directed by Vicky Jenson. PG. Movies 12.
Sideways: Fresh social comedy by
Alexander Payne follows two guys on a
bachelor week in California wine country.
Great performances by Paul Giamatti
(American Splendor) and Thomas Haden
Church (“Wings”) sweetens the tale, as do
Virginia Madsen and Sandra Oh. One of the
best films of the year. Don’t miss. R. Bijou.
Online archives.
Spanglish:
James
L.
Brooks’s
comedy/drama stars Adam Sandler, Tea
Leoni, Anne Bancroft and Paz Vega. A non-
English speaking woman goes to work for
an upscale LA family. PG-13. Cinemark.
White Noise: Stars Michael Keaton as an
architect who thinks his dead wife (Chandra
West) is talking to him through electronic
devices in their home. Geoffrey Sax directs
this suspenseful thriller, which also stars
Deborah Kara Unger and Ian McNeice. PG-
13. Cinemark.
Without a Paddle: High-speed comedy
adventure stars Seth Green, Matthew
Lillard and Dax Shepard as clueless adven-
turers who go into the Oregon wilderness in
search of lost treasure. PG-13. Movies 12.
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