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Newspaper Page TextTHU FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THU BY MOLLY TEMPLETON 12:15 2:45 5:30 7:45 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS 2:45 C I N E M A S for June 16 - 23 A R T 5:25 7:45 POTICHE 5:30 7:45 5:30 7:45 4:45 5:10 7:00 7:05 13 ASSASSINS Late Nite punch passes accepted! 9:30 10:00 THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST Late Nite punch passes accepted! 10:00 492 East 13 686-2458 9:00 3:15 5:10 7:05 10:00 3:15 5:10 7:05 4:45 7:00 4:45 7:00 4:45 7:00 4:00 4:00 6:00 CINEMA PACIFIC Filmmaker Dialogues IF A TREE FALLS 4:00 6:00 R CARMEN (BIZET) NOON NOON 12:30 9:00 Late Nite punch passes accepted! 11:00 5:10 7:05 CINEMA MEETS OPERA: THE ROOM th bijou-cinemas.com R 5:30 7:45 BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK ENDS TONIGHT! 11:00 9:00 June 23 June 22 June 21 June 20 June 19 June 18 June 17 June 16 movies 9:00 Q & A w/ Director $12/Adult $9/Senior R 8:00 9:15 8:00 6:15 8:45 9:30 Coming soon: IF A TREE FALLS IN A BETTER WORLD TREE OF LIFE POETRY INCENDIES HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN *Adults—$7*Students w/ID—$6*Seniors—$5*Matinees—$5*Lates—$5*Miser Mondays—$3* TIX $2 Tix 21 & FOOD $5 Sun & Tues ovER MENU 762-1700 | 180 E. 5TH AVE Asian Food Market davidminortheater.com THURS JUN 16 – WED JUN 22 THU Largest Selection of Asian Groceries Seaweed, rice, noodles, frozen products, deli, snacks, drinks, sauces, spices, produce, housewares, and more. Boys and Monsters THE BIG LEBOWSKI 9:30 LAST WEEK HALL PASS 7:30 A FARLEY BROS FILM Growing up is a fairy tale in Super 8 SUPER 8: Written and directed by J.J. Abrams. Cinematography, Larry Fong. Editors, Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. Music, Michael Giacchino. Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, Riley Grifﬁ ths, Gabriel Basso and Ron Eldard. Paramount Pictures, 2011. PG-13. 112 minutes. A s in so many fairy tales, the young hero of J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 is a boy without a mother. The ﬁ lm’s wordless opening scene tells you everything you need to know about why Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) is ﬁ rst seen slouching alone on a swing. Indoors, grave-faced adults murmur their concern. You don’t have to know that Steven Spielberg serves as a producer on Super 8 — and that Abrams has referred to him as his “consigliere” — to see the thematic lines between a ﬁ lm like Spielberg’s E.T. and Super 8. Abrams’ sly monster movie skates along neatly, alternating between relationship-focused moments and the development of the ﬁ lm’s central mystery. That mystery goes whiz-bang, all dark nights and wide eyes; the quieter moments make the ﬁ lm a success. Super 8 wears its heart on its sleeve as fully as any Spielbergian adventure: It’s a ﬁ lm that loves ﬁ lm, and has a loving, wry, self- deprecating take on the obsessives who make it. Joe’s best friend, budding director Charles (Riley Grifﬁ ths), has a one-track mind: his zombie opus must be done, and “mint,” in time for a youth ﬁ lm competition. Each of Charles’ pals has a part to play: Joe handles makeup; Martin (Gabriel Basso) is the leading man; explosives ﬁ end Cary (Ryan Lee) does double duty as cameraman and main zombie; and so on. Charles’ obsession with “production values” leads the gang to a train station, late at night, for a key scene that becomes all the more important when an approaching train derails right in front of them. The train crash is Super 8’s greatest set piece: massive, explosive, breathtaking and peculiar, it overshadows all the action that comes after, from the Jurassic Park-like roaring that seems to come from nowhere to the underground lair that recalls the home of a certain nasty Lord of the Rings enemy. Abrams’ plot is plenty familiar, but the insult-laden banter among his budding ﬁ lmmakers keeps Super 8 feeling fresh (though a certain failure of imagination regarding female characters is as stale as week-old popcorn). Rambunctious, snot- nosed and foul-mouthed, the boys are generally more concerned with not getting in trouble — and with clever ways to incorporate the post-train-crash military presence into Charles’ ﬁ lm — than with the bigger picture. To explore what’s really happening, we have Deputy Sheriff Lamb (Kyle Chandler), the classic do-gooder who spends more time worrying about the welfare of the townspeople than attending to the well being of his own son. Lamb, resourceful and stubborn, acts as the adult audience’s stand-in, but this movie is for the kids — for the boys in the theater dreaming of the kind of adventure that this big-hearted ﬁ lm (and, maybe, the making of it) provides. Spielberg may have set the bar for a certain species of modern male fairy tale; his template gives Abrams the slyness, the carefully timed reveal, the aw-shucks sweetness tempered with brash humor and the soft ending (rendered sledgehammer- heavy by Michael Giacchino’s typically sentimental score). But Spielberg didn’t create the hero’s journey any more than George Lucas did when he sent a farm boy to save the universe. Abrams’ ﬁ lm works not because of its impeccable production values (Charles would approve), its smart- mouthed child actors or its copious use of lens ﬂ are, but because it does the same thing myths do, and fairy tales, and ﬁ lms that become classics: Its adventure story offers another glorious metaphor for the incredible, terrible, ordinary, wonderful process of growing up. ew BATTLE: LOS ANGELES 9:30 COMING SOON: THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU THE COMPANY MEN 5:30 TRUE GRIT 5:30, 7:30 CEDAR RAPIDS We carry groceries from Holland, India, Pakistan and Polynesia Sushi & Asian deli take-out Father’s Day Special OPEN FATHER’S DAY 10AM - 6PM 10% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE! * Excluding rice, case prices and phone cards. Offer expires 6/22/11 www.sunriseasianfood.com FEATURING “TEXT-A-BEER” M-Th 9am-7pm•F 9am-8pm•Sa 9am-7pm•Su 10am-6pm “NO LONGER SNEAKING BEER INTO THE MOVIES SINCE 2008” 70 W. 29th Ave. Eugene • 541-343-3295 Adv. Tix on Sale CARS 2 Adv. Tix on Sale TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON GREEN LANTERN (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1200 230 300) 500 530 730 800 1010 1040 GREEN LANTERN IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1130 200) 430 700 940 MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1145 215) 445 715 950 JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1140 155) 420 635 920 IMAX: SUPER 8 (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.1205 235 510 750 1025 SUPER 8 (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1135 205) 440 720 955 SUPER 8 (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1235) 410 650 925 OC & DA: X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) Fri.(1150 AM) 640 PM Sat.(255 PM) 945 PM Sun.(1150 AM) 945 PM X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) Fri.(255 PM) 945 PM Sat.(1150 AM) 640 PM Sun.(255 PM) 640 PM X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.400 PM 710 PM 1015 PM KUNG FU PANDA IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1220 PM) KUNG FU PANDA: THE KABOOM OF DOOM (PG) Fri. - Sun.(1145 210) 425 645 930 THE HANGOVER 2 (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1230 PM) THE HANGOVER 2 (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1155 245) 515 745 1020 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1240) 405 705 1005 BRIDESMAIDS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(1225) 435 735 1030 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS IN REALD 3D-EVENT PRICE (G) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1215 250) 520 740 1000 see cinemark.com for movies and times Summer Movie Express - Tues & Wed. 10 am Adv. Tix on Sale TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON GREEN LANTERN (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.440 PM 1015 PM MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS (PG) Fri. - Sun.(100) 400 700 930 GREEN LANTERN IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(130 PM) 730 PM SUPER 8 (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(150) 430 720 955 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(110) 410 710 1005 THE HANGOVER 2 (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(140) 420 740 1025 KUNG FU PANDA IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sun.(1245 340) 640 920 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(1250 350) 650 945 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) Fri. - Sun.(100) 400 700 1000 SUPER 8 (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sun.(115) 415 715 950 X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (PG-13) Fri. - Sun.(130) 430 730 1030 THE HANGOVER 2 (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sun.(200) 500 745 1020 ADJUSTMENT BUREAU PG-13 7:20,10:10 AFRICAN CATS G 11:40AM 2:05, 4:45, 7:15,10:00 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL PG 11:30AM 1:40, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 HOODWINKED TOO! HOOD VS. EVIL (3D) PG SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 12:30, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 HOP PG 11:35AM 2:10, 4:50 LIMITLESS PG-13 11:25AM 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 THE LINCOLN LAWYER R 11:10AM 1:50, 4:35, 7:25,10:05 PROM PG 11:20AM 2:00, 4:40 RANGO PG 11:00AM 12:15, 1:30, 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45, 9:25,10:15 RIO G 11:15AM 1:35, 3:55, 6:20, 8:40 RIO (3D) G SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 SOUL SURFER PG 11:05AM 1:45, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 SOURCE CODE PG-13 7:35, 9:50 Times For 06/17 - 06/19 © 2011 WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY JUNE 16, 2011 21