movie clips
OPENING OR RETURNING:
Best Years of Our Lives, The: The classic fi lm about
three WWII vets who return home to fi nd their worlds
have changed shows as part of Lane’s Integration of Vets
in Education’s “Veterans Helping Veterans” fi lm series at
2 pm Tuesday, Oct. 26, Room 216, Building 3, LCC.
Cropsey: This indie documentary explores the place
where urban legend and true horror meet and mix, as
fi lmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio use
the horror story they heard as Staten Island kids — that a
man named Cropsey lived in the woods and would kidnap
and murder kids — as a starting point to study what really
happened when a little girl went missing in the ’80s.
Creepy and effective. Bijou. See review this issue.
Crowbar: This locally produced thriller centers on a
young couple who move into a new house that’s maybe
not so nice as it initially seems. The world premiere — red
carpet and all! — takes place at 8 pm Friday, Oct. 23, at the
McDonald Theatre. $8.
Hereafter: Clint Eastwood’s latest follows a young boy,
a French journalist and a man who can talk to the dead
loved ones of anyone he touches. “Hereafter considers
the idea of an afterlife with tenderness, beauty and a
gentle tact,” says Roger Ebert. With Matt Damon, Cécile
de France and Jay Mohr. R. 126 min. Cinemark. VRC
Stadium 15.
Inception: The latest from director Christopher Nolan
(The Dark Knight, Memento) sweeps in on a building wave
of expectation. It’s something to do with thieves stealing
ideas from dreams. I think. I know it stars the stellar
lineup of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-
Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Ken Watanabe. PG-13. Movies
12. 44441 (7/22)
Make Way for Tomorrow: William Wellman’s 1937 fi lm,
about an older couple forced to separate when their kids
won’t take them both in, screens as part of the DIVA/LCC
Behind the Lens seminar. 7 pm Tuesday, Oct. 26, DIVA. $3.
Other Guys, The: Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are
paper-pusher policemen who try to cop the style of their
bad-ass, attention-grabbing colleagues (Dwayne Johnson
and Samuel L. Jackson). Things go poorly. With Steve
Coogan, Eva Mendes and Michael Keaton. 107 min. PG13.
Movies 12.
Paranormal Activity 2: The sequel to the surprise
blockbuster involves more spooky hauntings. R. 91 min.
Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
Portland Women’s Film Festival Short Works: Four
shorts from Portland’s POW Fest screen — with most of
the fi lmmakers in atendance — screen at 7 pm Friday, Oct.
22, at DIVA: $6.
Predators: Adrien Brody plays a fearless mercenary.
See, right there: I’m in. He’s one of a group of “hardened
killers” being hunted down on an alien planet. With Alice
Braga, Lawrence Fishburne and Topher Grace. R. David
Minor Theater
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, The: The 1958 fi lm about
Sinbad’s adventures rescuing a princess from an island of
monsters screens at 1 pm Wednesday, Oct. 27, Willamalane
Adult Center, Springfi eld. Free.
Step Up 3D: Street dancers + NYU kid (shorthand for
spoiled and well-intentioned, obviously) + OMG DANCING
IN 3D = you’re going to pay the 3D upcharge for this? 97
min. PG-13. Movies 12.
Toy Story 3: Andy’s all grown up, and his toys — Woody
(Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan
Cusack) and the rest — face an uncertain future in the
third Toy Story fi lm, which has some, but not all, of the
charms of the fi rst. Movies 12. 44421 (6/24)
Waiting for “Superman”: Davis Guggenheim (An
Inconvenient Truth) directs this documentary, which
explores some of the forces at work in the U.S. education
system. “A powerful and alarming documentary about
America’s failing public school system,” says The New
York Times. PG. 102 min. Bijou.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: Naomi Watts, Josh
Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Gemma Jones star in the
latest fi lm from Woody Allen, which follows two couples
struggling in their marriages. But it’s a comedy! OK? R.
98 min. Cinemark.
CONTINUING:
American, The: George Clooney is an assassin holed
up in Italy, where he befriends a priest and has a “torrid
liaison” with a gorgeous woman. Critics are divided
on Anton Corbijn’s follow-up to the Joy Division biopic
Control; the New York Times says “The American is never
less than gorgeous.” R. 105 min. Movies 12. 44421
(9/9)
Despicable Me: Evil Gru (Steve Carell), who hides his
lair in a tidy suburb, is planning to steal the moon. Three
orphan girls need a dad. When these parties collide,
wackiness is pretty much guaranteed to ensue. PG.
Movies 12.
Devil: M. Night Shyamalan produced this shiny thriller
about a group of people stuck in an elevator — one of
whom may be — shock! horror! — the devil. PG-13. 80 min.
Movies 12.
Dinner For Schmucks: Paul Rudd is a successful
executive who becomes even more successful when he
fi nds the best idiot (Steve Carell) for his boss’s monthly
dinner, at which their underlings compete to invite the
most horrifying dinner guests. Directed by Jay Roach
(Austin Powers). PG-13. Movies 12.
Easy A: The charming Emma Stone (Superbad,
Zombieland) stars as a teen who gets a new rep when
she agrees to fi b about getting busy with a classmate.
The rumor mill has a fi eld day, and then things get really
complicated. Sweet but shallow, Easy A is fun while you’re
watching but leaves an odd aftertaste. Stanley Tucci and
Patricia Clarkson, however, are charming as our heroine’s
kooky parents. PG-13. 92 min. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
44411 (9/23)
Eat Pray Love: Julia Roberts stars in the adaptation of
Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir about traveling the
world to fi nd herself after an unpleasant divorce. PG-13.
133 min. Movies 12.
Expendables, The: Yet another fi lm about a group of
mercenaries trying to accomplish something that would
be totally impossible — for any other group of men. And
make no mistake: This movie is a frickin’ sausage fest.
With Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke,
Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li and Steve Austin. R. 103 min.
Movies 12.
Get Him to the Greek: Jonah Hill and Russell Brand
reunite with their Forgetting Sarah Marshall director
Nicholas Stoller for a comedy about a record label intern
trying to get British rocker Aldous Snow (Brand, revisiting
his Sarah character) to a show on time. R. David Minor
Theater. 41111 (6/10)
Ghostbusters: True story: As a kid, I was so terrifi ed of the
New York Public Library’s lion statues coming to life that
I had to leave this movie way early. If you were like me —
which pretty much no one was — now’s your chance to fi nish
the fl ick in an actual movie theater. David Minor Theater.
Iron Man 2: Minuses: the annoying replacement of
Terrence Howard with (the fantastic, don’t get me wrong)
Don Cheadle as Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)’s buddy
Rhodey; Mickey Rourke, period. Plusses: Well, it still stars
RDJ, and Gwyneth Paltrow was a nice Pepper Potts in the
fi rst one... Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson join
the fray. PG13. 122 min. David Minor Theater.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story: Ned Vizzini’s young adult
novel gets adapted into a fuzzy fl ick starring Keir Gilchrist
as a stressed-out, freaked-out teen who checks himself
into a mental hospital and fi nds himself in the adult ward,
where he makes a friend (Zach Galifi anakis) and meets a
girl (Emma Roberts). VRC Stadium 15.
Jackass 3D: You can tell me it’s tacky, tasteless, absurd,
idiotic, sophomoric, downright offensive — you can tell
me I’m an idiot for wanting to see this — but nothing’s
going to keep me from the new Jackass fi lm. I still say
I should’ve given Jackass: Number Two four stars. So
yes. I’m expecting to laugh until I cry again. R. 94 min.
Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15. See review this issue.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: Zack
Snyder — yes, the Watchmen and 300 guy — directs this
movie based on Kathryn Lasky’s series of books about
a young owl named Soren and his quest to fi nd the
legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole — and save his world
from the evil Pure Ones. With the voices of Sam Neill,
Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham. PG. 90
min. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
Life As We Know It: Katherine Heigl — c’mon, world,
get this woman a real role! — and Josh Duhamel star
as unattached twentysomethings who become instant
parents when their mutual friends die in a car crash. PG-
13. 112 min. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
My Soul to Take: Wes Craven’s latest involves a small
town, a killer’s curse and a kid with a link to evil who
hopes to save his friends before it’s too late. I think. The
plot summary is a little convoluted. R. 107 min. Cinemark.
Never Let Me Go: Carey Mulligan (An Education), Andrew
Garfi eld (the next Spider-man) and Keira Knightley star in
director Mark Romanek’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s
subtle, excellent novel about humanity, sacrifi ce and
connection. R. 104 min. Bijou. See review this issue.
Red: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren (that’s DAME Helen Mirren
to you, punk), Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich
are former CIA agents currently being targeted for
assassination because of all the old secrets they know.
Other than the badass women in the cast (Mirren and
Mary-Louise Parker), one key thing makes this (hopefully)
worth seeing: The foulmouthed, evilly creative Warren
Ellis wrote the comic book on which the fi lm is based. PG-
13. 111 min. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
Salt: Angelina Jolie is a badass again. What more could
you need to know? She’s a sleeper spy! She has to prove
she’s not trying to assassinate the president! The movie
will surely have even more exclamation points than this
small paragraph! PG13. 99 min. Movies 12. 41111
(7/29)
Secretariat: Diane Lane stars in Disney’s all-American
version of the story of Secretariat, the horse that won the
1973 Triple Crown. “A family fi lm about one of the fastest
racehorses in history, Secretariat stumbles along beneath
the weight of leaden life lessons,” says The Wall Street
Journal. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
Social Network, The: Facebook gives good movie — or at
least this story of the ubiquitous website’s founding does.
Directed by David Fincher, the fi lm stars Jesse Eisenberg
(Zombieland) as controversial Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg. With Rooney Mara (soon to be Lisbeth
Salander in the American Girl With the Dragon Tattoo),
Andrew Garfi eld (soon to be Spider-man) and, uh, Justin
Timberlake. PG-13. 120 min. Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15.
44442 (10/7)
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The: College kid Dave (the
charming Jay Baruchel) fi nds himself swept into a battle
between good and evil (I assume; these things always
involve such battles) when a sorcerer (Nicolas Cage in a
terrifying wig) crosses his path. PG. Movies 12.
Town, The: Ben Affl eck’s second directorial effort is
getting solid reviews; the fi lm, based on a novel by Chuck
Hogan, follows a group of Boston thieves, the FBI agent
hoping to catch them, and the woman who might be able
to turn them in. With Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy
Renner, Chris Cooper and Pete Postlethwaite. R. 124 min.
Cinemark. VRC Stadium 15. 44441 (9/23)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: Michael Douglas
reprises his role as Gordon Gekko, who’s just out of prison
and back playing the money game. Shia LaBeouf is the
young trader who teams up with Gekko; Carey Mulligan is
Gekko’s estranged daughter, and, naturally, LaBeouf’s love
interest. Oliver Stone directs. PG-13. 127 min. Cinemark.
44111 (9/30)
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