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OPENING OR RETURNING:
All the King’s Men: The deck
seems stacked in this remake of the
1949 film about a corrupt Louisiana
politican, played by Sean Penn; the
cast includes Kate Winslet, Jude
Law, Anthony Hopkins, Patricia
Clarkson and James Gandolfini.
Steve Zallian, who won an Oscar for
writing
the
adaptation
of
Schindler’s List, directs. R. Cinema
World. Cinemark.
Anna Cabrini Chronicles, The:
Twitchy, handheld camera footage,
fun-house
music
(by
Trey
Spruance) and animation combine
for an unsettling look at three
characters who kill themselves and
a fourth, Anna Cabrini, who gives
the other three notebooks and
tape recorders to document their
lives. Not rated. Plays only at 11:35
pm Sept. 23 at the Bijou.
Best of the Eugene Film
Festival: A monthly series screen-
ing some of the new festival’s best
films. “Red Toothbrush,” “Leeward
Tide,” “On Earth,” “deep deep
blues” and “The Tulpa” play at 7
pm Sept. 27 at DIVA. $5.
Depeche
Mode: Big Screen
Concerts presents Depeche Mode,
recorded live in Milan on their
2005 tour. PG-13. Plays only at 8
pm Sept. 25 at Cinemark.
Factotum: Matt Dillon plays Hank
Chinaski, the fictional alter ego of
writer Charles Bukowski. Dillon’s per-
formance is said to be the highlight
of Norwegian director Brent Hamer’s
film, which follows Hank around
Minneapolis as he works (some-
times), writes (sometimes), drinks
and sleeps with women (Marisa
Tomei and Lili Taylor). R. Bijou.
Flyboys:
James
Franco
(Spiderman, “Freaks and Geeks”)
heads up a cast of chiseled young
men playing the Lafayette
Escadrille, a group of American
pilots who flew for the French dur-
ing WWI. Sounds like your standard
young-men-become-heroes plot,
but the old planes look sorta neat.
PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Guerilla
Screening
Series:
Eugene filmmaker showcase. Bijou
LateNite Sept. 22 & 24.
Jackass: Number Two: Johnny
Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera
and crew regroup for more nasty,
brutal, naked, crude, snortingly
funny pranks and stunts. Don’t try
this at home. R. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
Jet Li’s Fearless: Supposedly, this
is Jet Li’s last martial arts film, but
in a recent Entertainment Weekly,
the action star mentioned working
with Jackie Chan in the future.
Either way, here Li plays legendary
Huo Yuanjia, who became China’s
most famous fighter in the early
20th century. PG-13. Cinemark.
Pulse: Kristen Bell (“Veronica
Mars”) and Ian Somerhalder
(“Lost”) star as pretty young
things being harassed by a nasty
virus that doesn’t stay online
where it belongs. Horror fans, take
note: Wes Craven co-wrote the
screenplay. PG-13. Movies 12.
School for Scoundrels: NYC meter
“maid” Roger (Jon Heder) takes a
confidence-building class led by Dr.
P (Billy Bob Thornton). The surer of
himself Roger becomes, the more
competitive his instructor gets. PG-
13. Sneak previews at 7:30 pm Sept.
23 at Cinemark and 7 pm Sept. 23
at Cinema World.
Svolochi (Assholes): Teenage pris-
oners are sent on a secret WWII
mission from which there is no
return; the boys know they know
too much to remain alive. In
Russian with English subtitles.
Plays at 7 pm Sept. 26 in 111 Pacific,
UO. Free.
Films open the Friday following EW
publication date unless otherwise
noted. See archived reviews at
www.eugeneweekly.com
CONTINUING:
Accepted: Putting the liberal in lib-
eral arts, “B” Gaines (Justin Long)
and friends open their own univer-
sity. It’s just to impress a girl, of
course, but the “college” is way
more popular than B anticipated.
And, like, totally illegal, too. What’s
a fellow to do? PG-13. Movies 12.
Black Dahlia, The: Brian De
Palma’s new film is based on
James Ellroy’s novel about two
cops searching for a killer in 1940s
L.A. Josh Hartnett and Aaron
Eckhart play the cops; Scarlett
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Johansson and Hilary Swank are
their significant others — one of
whom has connections to the
killer’s victim. R. Cinema World.
Cinemark. See review this issue.
Cars: The animation wizards at
Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo)
team up with Disney for the story
of a rookie race car (voiced by
Owen Wilson) taking an unexpect-
ed detour on his way to a big race.
Bonnie Hunt and Paul Newman
also voice characters. G. Movies 12.
Online archives.
Clerks II: Eminently quotable
writer-director Kevin Smith returns
to the mini-mart clerks with whom
his career began. Randal (Jeff
Anderson) and Dante (Brian
O’Halloran) face fast food jobs,
grown-up matters and, of course,
endless geek-centric debates. R.
Movies 12.
Click: Christopher Walken gives
Adam Sandler a truly universal
remote: it lets him put the wife on
fast forward, put the boss on
pause, help the kid get even … until
the remote goes all TiVo on him
and starts making decisions on its
own. PG-13. Movies 12.
Covenant, The: Renny Harlin
(Cutthroat Island) directs the story
of four teens with supernatural
powers — and the fifth that turns
up to stop all their fun. It’s got
something to do with ancient
bloodlines, family banishment —
the usual where eerie abilities are
concerned. R. Cinemark.
Crank: Oh, Jason Statham. Once
so charming (in Lock, Stock and
Two Smoking Barrels), you took a
turn for the deeply mediocre with
The Transporter and now you’re
playing a guy who’s been poisoned
and, um, has to keep his adrenaline
flowing? Are you serious? R.
Cinemark.
Devil Wears Prada, The: Meryl
Streep stars as demanding, high-
powered fashion magazine editor
Miranda Priestley, whose new
assistant (Anne Hathaway) is fresh
from college and totally clueless
about fashion. Based on Lauren
Weisberger’s bestselling novel. PG-
13. Movies 12. Online archives.
Everyone’s Hero: A plucky young
fellow teams up with a friend for a
cross-country quest to help the
Yankees win the World Series.
Animated feature’s original direc-
tor was Christopher Reeves; Jake
T. Austin and Raven-Symone pro-
vide the voices. G. Cinema World.
Cinemark.
Gridiron Gang: In a variation on at
least a dozen other inspirational
sports movies, The Rock plays a
counselor at a juvenile detetion
facility who teaches his young
charges life lessons via football.
PG-13. Cinema World. Cinemark.
Heart of the Game, The: Filmed
over seven years at a Seattle high
school, this widely praised docu-
mentary is about a girls’ basketball
team — particularly its troubled
star player and her struggles to
stay on the court. PG-13. Bijou. See
review this issue.
Hollywoodland: The buzz about
this debut film from TV director
Allen Coulter (“The Sopranos”) is,
surprisingly, about Ben Affleck, who
plays former Superman George
Reeves. Adrien Brody is the detec-
tive trying to discover whether
Reeves’ death was really a suicide.
With Diane Lane and Bob Hoskins.
R. Cinema World. Online archives.
How to Eat Fried Worms: The
classic children’s book by Thomas
Rockwell comes squirmingly alive
on the screen as, on a dare, an 11-
year-old comes up with creative
ways to eat 10 worms in one long
day. PG. Movies 12.
Illusionist, The: In the first of the
year’s two magician movies (the
second, the buzzworthy The
Prestige, comes out in October),
Edward Norton plays a Venetian
stage magician caught up with an
old love (Jessica Biel), a dogged
inspector (Paul Giamatti) and a
crown prince (Rufus Sewell). PG-13.
Cinema World. Online archives.
Invincible: Mark Wahlberg stars in
the based-on-a-true-story tale of
Vince Papale, an ordinary guy who
made the team at an open tryout
for the Philadelphia Eagles. With
Greg Kinnear and Elizabeth Banks.
PG. Cinemark. Online archives.
Lady in the Water: Paul Giamatti
(Sideways) plays a building super
who finds, in the building’s pool, a
creature called a “narf” who needs
to get back to her world. Director
M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth
Sense) continues to alienate his
audience. PG-13. Movies 12. Online
archives.
Last Kiss, The: Zach Braff is a
30ish guy whose early-life crisis
seems to take the form of wonder-
ing if he’d rather date a younger
woman (Rachel Bilson) than settle
down with his longtime girlfriend
(Jacinda Barrett). With Blythe
Danner and Tom Wilkinson. R.
Cinema World. Cinemark.
Little Man: Director Keenen Ivory
Wayans’ new film follows a height-
challenged thief (Marlon Wayans)
who dresses up like a baby and gets
himself adopted in order to recover
a diamond. PG-13. Movies 12.
Little Miss Sunshine: Directors
Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton
guide a stellar cast (particularly
Paul Dano, Steve Carell and Abigail
Breslin) through a quirky family
trip on the road to the titular beau-
ty pageant. Sweet, smart and
funny, though you can see the road
bumps coming a mile off. R. Bijou.
Cinemark. Online archives.
Monster House: Three kids face
off against a creepy neighborhood
house that’s something other than
haunted. With the voices of Maggie
Gyllenhaal, Steve Buscemi and Jon
Heder. PG. Cinemark, in 3D for an
additional $1.50. Online archives.
Mr. Sean’s Cartoon Club: Crazy,
weird and old cartoons featuring
anchor tattoos, partying cats and
dancing buildings. Noon-2 pm
Sundays at the Bijou. Program con-
sists mostly of shorts, so punctual-
ity is not essential. $4.
Nacho Libre: Jack Black stars as
Nacho, a cook in a Mexican
monastery with a secret second life
as a lucha libre wrestler. Goofball
flick is directed by Napoleon
Dynamite’s Jared Hess and written
by Hess, his wife Jerusha and Mike
White (School of Rock). PG. Movies
12. Online archives.
Nightmare on Elm Street: Freddy
returns for a brief engagement, 8
pm Sept. 21 at Cinemark.
Over the Hedge: A gang of wood-
land creatures wakes up from their
winter hibernation to find a big
green thing has appeared in their
world. On the other side, they hear,
wacky creatures called “humans”
exist. Bruce Willis, William Shatner
and Steve Carrell are among those
voicing critters. PG. Movies 12.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead
Man’s Chest: Johnny Depp repris-
es his role as over-the-top swash-
buckler Jack Sparrow in the sec-
ond Pirates film, which we rather
fervently hope is as entertaining as
the first. Orlando Bloom and Keira
Knightley are the in-love eye candy
— actually, it’s a toss-up as to which
of the three leads is prettiest. With
Bill Nighy all betentacled as watery
bad guy Davy Jones. PG-13.
Cinemark. Online archives.
Protector, The: A Thai fighter
(Tony Jaa) must travel to Australia
to reclaim his family’s elephants,
which were stolen by a gang before
they could be given to the king of
Thailand as a sign of devotion. Jaa,
the star of Ong-Bak, makes the
action scenes look pretty sweet. R.
Cinemark. Online archives.
Scanner Darkly, A: Richard
Linklater (Before Sunset) adapts
Philip K. Dick’s novel about addic-
tion. Live performances were
filmed, then painted over for a trip-
py, surreal look that works well
with the film’s themes of identity
confusion and paranoia, but the
story is a bit distant. R. Bijou
LateNite. Online archives.
Snakes on a Plane: Samuel L.
Jackson and Julianna Margulies
fight reptiles in midair in the sum-
mer’s most unlikely buzz film. R.
Movies 12. Online archives.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of
Ricky Bobby: Will Ferrell and
NASCAR. What more do you need
to know? OK, well, Ricky Bobby
(Ferrell) and his racing partner face
a new challenge when a French
Formula One driver (Sacha Baron
Cohen) arrives on the scene. PG-13.
Cinemark. Online archives.
You, Me and Dupree: Kate Hudson
and Matt Dillon star as a newly
married couple whose new life
together takes a sharp turn when
perpetual bachelor Dupree (Owen
Wilson) crashes at their place.
Don’t be fooled by Wilson’s poten-
tial charm: This is a complete dud.
PG-13. Movies 12.