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opening or returning: CINEMARK - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 746-5202 - 7/22-7/29 Digital Sound in ALL Auditoriums PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE AT CINEMARK.COM PRICES: ADULTS WEEKDAYS $7.25, FRI & SAT $7.75 • CHILDREN & SENIORS $5.00, STUDENTS $5.75 BARGAIN MATINEES ADULTS $5.25, CHILD $5.00 EARLY BIRD SHOWING $4.25 (FIRST MATINEE OF EACH MOVIE) ** NO ONE UNDER 6 YEARS OF AGE ADMITTED TO ANY “R” RATED FEATURE AFTER 6:00 PM” ** FANTASTIC FOUR PG13 9:05, 10:50, 11:45, 1:35, 2:25, 4:15, 5:10, 7:05, 7:55, 9:50, 10:30 WAR OF THE WORLDS PG13 THE ISLAND PG13 9:25, 11:30, 12:40, 2:50, 3:50, 6:25, 9:20, 12:30, 3:25, 7:00, 7:50, 9:55, 7:10, 9:40, 10:25 10:45 BAD NEWS BEARS PG13 BATMAN BEGINS PG13 10:20, 1:10, 4:00, 7:30, 10:20 9:10, 12:20, 3:35, 7:05 (EXCEPT SAT), 10:20 DEVIL’S REJECTS R 9:35, 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 STAR WARS III PG13 7:15, 10:40 HUSTLE AND FLOW R 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:45, 10:35 MR & MRS SMITH PG13 10:35, 1:25, 4:20, 7:45, 10:40 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY PG BEWITCHED PG13 9:30, 9:55, 11:00, 12:15, 12:50, 2:00, 3:10, 3:45, 4:45, 6:30, 7:00, 7:35, 9:20, 9:50, 10:25 9:00, 11:25, 1:55, 4:30 HERBIE: FULLY LOADED G 11:05, 1:40, 4:10 WEDDING CRASHERS R 9:15, 10:05, 12:10, 1:00, 3:05, 3:55, SNEAK PREVIEW: MUST LOVE DOGS PG13 7:10, 7:40, 10:10, 10:35 7:00PM SAT ONLY *NO PASSES/NO SUPERSAVERS MOVIES 12 - SPRINGFIELD Gateway Mall - Beltline @ Gateway 741-1231 SHOWTIMES FOR 7/22-7/29 No children under age 6 will be admitted to any R-rated feature after 6:00 PM UNLEASHED R MONSTER IN LAW PG13 SAHARA PG13 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN R SIN CITY R ROBOTS PG KICKING AND SCREAM- ING PG LORDS OF DOGTOWN PG13 11:30, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05, [12:30AM] 11:35, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35, [12:15AM] 11:15, 2:05, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 6:55, 10:05 11:15, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 11:40, 2:30, 4:40 11:50, 2:20, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 11:25, 2:10, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55, [12:25AM] FIGHT CLUB R REBOUND PG [12:00 AM] 11:55, 2:35, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY PG LAND OF THE DEAD R 12:05, 2:45, 5:10, 7:50, 10:10, [12:25AM] [ ] FRI AND SAT ONLY 11:45, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 THE PACIFIER PG 11:20, 1:55, 4:25, 6:50, 9:25 THE PERFECT MAN PG 12:00, 2:25, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 STEREO SURROUND SOUND IN ALL AUDITORIUMS 4-DAY ADVANCE TICKET SALES - NO PASSES -NO SUPERSAVERS SHOWTIMES AVAILABLE AT CINEMARK.COM Adv. Tix on Sale STEALTH (PG-13) ★ Adv. Tix on Sale STEALTH (MIDNIGHT) (PG-13) ★ BAD NEWS BEARS (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1150 225 455) 735 1000 CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (PG) DIG ★ ✔ (1155 Bad News Bears: New take on 1976 comedy of same name about a grizzled former minor league baseball player recruited to coach inept Little League team to a championship. Directed by Richard Linklater (Before Sunset), film stars Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear and Marcia Gay Harden. PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Devil’s Rejects, The: Reunion of the homicidal members of the Firefly family (from House of 1000 Corpses) directed by musician Rob Zombie. Stars William Forsythe, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig. Traditional horror, macabre humor and suspense. R. Cinemark. Fight Club: Directed by David Fincher (Seven), this controversial film is based on Portlander Chuck Palahniuk’s Oregon Book Award winning, explosive novel about young men fighting each other in no-rules secret fight clubs. Movie stars Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter in a screen- play by Jim Uhls. Definitely not for the violence-adverse. R. Midnight screening on 7/22 and 7/23 only. Movies 12. Hustle & Flow: Starring Terrence Howard (Crash, Ray) as a Memphis pimp with a conscience who becomes a rapper, this indie film written and direct- ed by newcomer Craig Brewer was a big ($9 million) hit at 2005 Sundance. With Anthony Anderson, Isaac Hayes, Paula Jai Parker and Ludacris. R. Cinemark. Island, The: Michael Bay directs Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanson in an action thriller, futuristic fable of two res- idents of a carefully controlled environ- ment who discover shocking news about their reality and their fate. PG-13. Cinemark. March of the Penguins: Documentary director Luc Jacquet’s film chronicles the oft-repeated survival of the species in the wind-strewn wilderness of Antarctica. Film tracks a pair of Emperor Penguins across continent. Includes intimate scenes of the big birds mating. The female lays one egg, pass- es it to the male and takes off for a three months round trip to the sea and food. Meanwhile, the male penguins don’t eat but focus exclusively on keep- ing the eggs alive for the gestation peri- od. G. Bijou. Must Love Dogs: Directed by Gary David Goldberg, a television sitcom director, pic stars the fabulous Diane Lane as a divorcée beginning to date again. Co-stars John Cusack, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher Plummer and Elizabeth Perkins. PG-13. Sneak at 7 pm on 7/23. Cinemark. Self-Made Man, The: Susan Stern’s documentary explores the process a family undergoes when the seriously ill father, an accomplished and exacting man, chooses suicide. True life family drama raises many questions. At 11 pm on 7/26, “P.O.V.” on OPB, cable channel 10. 1245 245 415) 700 725 945 1005 WEDDING CRASHERS (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1215 430) 720 1005 FANTASTIC FOUR (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1145 220 455) 730 1010 WAR OF THE WORLDS (PG-13) DIG BEWITCHED (PG-13) DIG Films open the Friday following EW publication date unless otherwise noted. See archived reviews at www.eugeneweekly.com Continuing: Batman Begins: Christopher Nolan (Insomnia, Memento) directs an all star cast to bring you the story of how young Bruce Wayne (Christopher Hale) becomes the Dark Knight. Also stars Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Katie Holmes. PG13. Cinema World. Cinemark. Online archives. Bewitched: Nora Ephron (You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle) directs this story about the remaking of the classic 1960s sitcom “Bewitched” starring Will Ferrell as Darrin and Nicole Kidman as Samantha. Best when it’s a sweet love story but always watchable. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Online archives. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Tim Burton’s reimagining of Roald Dahl’s perennial children’s favorite dark chocolate treat stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka with Freddie Highmore, his child co-star from Finding Neverland, along with Helen Bonham Carter. Loved it! Highest recommendations. PG. Cinema World. Cinemark. See review this issue. Fantastic Four: Marvel Comic’s super- heroes, transformed by cosmic rays while on an outer space mission, battle the evil powers of Doctor Doom. Directed by Tim Story, movie stars Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon. PG_13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Herbie, Fully Loaded: More hijinx and shennanigans from that animated, but so unlike Christine, VW bug, Herbie as he heads to NASCAR. Starring Linsay Lohan and Justin Long. G. Cinemark. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Irreverent sci-fi comedy based on the late Douglas Adams’ cult novel follows the adventures in space of the most ordinary man in the world, Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman). Dent and his best friend (Mos Def) barely make it off the planet before it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace freeway. Directed by Garth Jennings, film also stars Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, John Malkovich, Warwick Davis, Helen Mirren, Thomas Lennon, Anna Chancellor, Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy; with Stephen Fry as the narrator. Great fun! PG. Movies 12. Online archives. Kicking and Screaming: Will Ferrell and Robert Duvall as rival youth soccer team coaches. Directed by Jesse Dylan, film also stars Mike Ditka and Kate Walsh. PG. Movies 12. Kingdom of Heaven: Set in the 12th Century, this epic Crusades film is directed by Ridley Scott (Gladiator). It stars Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons and Eva Green. Highly rec- ommended. R. Movies 12. Online archives. Land of the Dead: The master of zom- bie movies, George Romero, brings us another wacky gore-fest in which the undead have taken over the world, clos- ing in on the living holed up in a walled city. Stars Simon Baker, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper. R. Movies 12. Lords of Dogtown: Written by Stacy Peralta, a former skateboarder himself, this is the commercial, fictionally enhanced version of his outstanding documentary, Dogtown and the Z Boys, about the Venice, California kids who combined the moves of surfing with the art of skateboarding. Stars Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, John Robinson; directed by Catherine Hardwicke. PG-13. Movies 12. Monster-in-Law: Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez duke it out verbally in this comedy directed by Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). Also stars Michael Vartan and Wanda Sykes. PG-13. Movies 12. Mr & Mrs Smith: An action adventure romantic comedy thriller about a bored married couple (Angelia Jolie and Brad Pitt) who is surprised to learn that they are assassins hired to kill each other. Directed by Doug Liman (Bourne Identity). PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. Oldboy (2003): Chan-Wook Park’s action, mystery, thriller is about the kid- napping and imprisonment of an aver- age man, who is let loose after 15 years, given money and clothing but no expla- nation. Warning: extreme violence. R. Bijou. Pacifier, The: Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is given a new assignment to protect five kids from enemies of their recently deceased father – a government scientist whose top secret experiment is still in the house. Thriller? Drama? Tear-jerker? Nope, it’s a comedy. PG. Movies 12. Perfect Man, The: Mark Rosnan (A Cinderella Story) directs Heather Locklear and Hilary Duff in this roman- tic comedy about a teenager inventing the “perfect man” for her single mom. PG. Movies 12. Rebound: Martin Lawrence plays a jaded, benched college basketball play- er who takes on teaching the funda- mentals of the game to the hapless players at a junior high school. Directed by Steve Carr, also stars Breckin Meyer. PG. Movies 12. Robots: Chris Wedge’s amusing tale of a robot lad who dreams of being an inventor. This creative world of mechan- ical beings is never dull because these endearing, pieced-together, talking tin cans convey comfort and safety. Voices by Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Robin Williams, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Stanley Tucci, Greg Kinnear. Not preachy, but a good teaching tale about differences. Warmly recommended. PG. Movies 12. Online archives. Sahara: Penelope Cruz, Matthew AIR CONDITIONED! (1200 305) 705 945 (1235 255 515) 725 950 BATMAN BEGINS (PG-13) DIG (1155 315) 650 945 492 E. 13th 686-2458 For the week starting Friday, July 22nd! "A delightful, wholesome experience for the family." —Desson Thomson, WASHINGTON POST Adv. Tix on Sale STEALTH (PG-13) ★ Adv. Tix on Sale STEALTH (MIDNIGHT) (PG-13) ★ BAD NEWS BEARS (PG-13) DIG ✔ (1145 225 505) 745 1025 THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1205 235 500) 740 1005 CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (PG) DIG ★ ✔ (1120 Special matinees at 3:15 daily!!! Please, DO NOT use our parking lot for this showing. There is plenty of street parking. Or ride your bikes! Daily (3:15), 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 G (M-F no parking in lot for 3:15 show) NEXT: MURDERBALL 205 450) 735 1020 WEDDING CRASHERS (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1150 230 510) 750 1030 FANTASTIC FOUR (PG-13) DIG ✔ WAR OF THE WORLDS (PG-13) DIG MR. AND MRS. SMITH (PG-13) DIG Meet the parrots of Exotic Bird Rescue! Volunteers and their birds would love to meet you for an informal reception Thursday, July 28th, at 6:30 pm. Requested donation of $5-10 to help care for and find homes for these adorable pet parrots. (1115 155 435) 730 1010 (1110 150 430) 710 950 (110 400) 650 940 MUST END SOON! Special matinees at 3:30 daily!!! Please, DO NOT use our parking lot for this showing. There is plenty of street parking. Or ride your bikes! Daily (3:30), 5:30, 7:30, $4 9:30 BIJOU Fr-Sat Su $3 (M-F no LATENITE parking in lot for 3:30 show) HUSTLE AND FLOW (R) - ID REQ'D DIG ✔ (1115 150 435) 710 950 NEXT: ME & YOU & EVERYONE WE KNOW BIJOU LATENITE Fr-Sat $4 Su $3 CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (PG) DIG ★ ✔ (1100 1130 145 215 430 500) 715 745 1000 1020 WAR OF THE WORLDS (PG-13) DIG Times For 7/22 - 7/24 ©2005 22 JULY 21, 2005 (1120 200 445) 730 1010 G MARCH OF THE PENGUINS oldboy R 11:30 pm Fri, Sat & Sun nights ziggy stardust 11:15 pm Fri, Sat & Sun nights MAD HOT BALLROOM WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL HEAD ON ANIMATION SHOW PG G NR NR McConaughey and Steve Zahn team up to look for a long-lost Civil War battle- ship that protects a secret cargo. PG-13. Movies 12. Sin City: Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller and directed by Miller, Robert Rodriguez (and “special guest director” Quentin Tarantino), film stars a host of players including Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Benicio Del Toro, Clive Owen and Josh Hartnett. Highly recommended for style. R. Movies 12. Online archives. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: The long-awaited final episode in George Lucas’s series stars Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman. From Village Voice reviewer Ed Halter: “Lucas packs his latest with physics-defying deep-space dogfights and zhoozhing lightsaber bat- tles, frequently cutting back and forth between two simultaneous melees on separate planets, deploying his signa- ture Flash Gordon wipes.” PG-13. Cinemark. Online archives. Unleashed: Jet Li stars as a “human pit bull” raised by a Scottish guardian (Bob Hoskins), who runs underground matches. Morgan Freeman is a blind piano teacher who changes Li’s life. R. Movies 12. War of the Worlds: Directed by Steven Spielberg, this retelling of H.G. Well’s seminal sci-fi adventure thriller about an invasion of Earth by Martians, as seen through the eyes of ordinary peo- ple played by Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins. Riveting, challenging and moving; very highest recommenda- tions. PG-13. Cinemark. Cinema World. Online archives. Wedding Crashers: Hyper pranksters Owen Wilson and Vince Vaghn star in this throwback to a rowdier time in movies. Things go well for the boys until they meet up with Rachel McAdams and Isla Fisher and their parents, Christopher Walken and Jane Seymour. R. Cinemark. Cinema World. Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The: Nonfiction narrative feature film about a flock of wild parrots who co-exist with native species to make San Francisco’s waterfront and gardens their territory. Mark Bittner is the gentle, observant man who feeds, cares for and studies the birds. Judy Irving is the filmmaker. Outstanding film, with very highest rec- ommendations. PG. Bijou. Online archives. Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973): Influential documentary biography by D. A. Pennebaker (Don’t Look Back) captures David Bowie’s last concert on July 3, 1973 at Hammersmith Odeon in the suburbs of London as his cross-dressing alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. PG. LateNite Bijou. Bijou Art Cinemas (686-2458) Cinema World 8 (342-6536) Cinemark 17 (746-5202) Movies 12 (741-1231)
