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MOVIES B Y M O L LY T E M P L E T O N CHRIS E VANS AND KO AH-SUNG THE ICE-AGE EXPRESS All aboard director Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer for an exquisite, apocalyptic ride L ast week, a friend wanted to know if she should see Snowpiercer. The easy answer is “Yes.” The longer, glibber answer was, “Did you want a sci-fi movie about class warfare? Then yes.” She replied, “Isn’t that what all sci-fi movies are really about?” Oh, if only. For every Children of Men, we get a handful of movies that think not at all what the future might actually hold beyond laser pistols and bug-like aliens. We get a toothless Ender’s Game that doesn’t know whether it wants to be for kids or adults, or Star Trek: Into Darkness, which is enjoyable enough in the moment but evaporates into fluff and pretty faces the moment you step back into daylight. THUR JULY 10 - WED JULY 16 BAD WORDS 5:30 MOONRISE KINGDOM 7:05 NEW ENEMY 5:30 THE DOUBLE 7:05 Adv. Tix on Sale PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE IMAX: TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.1215 PM 350 PM 745 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1145 AM 320 PM) 715 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1130 1230 330) 630 730 1030 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1200 230 300) 700 930 1000 BEGIN AGAIN [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1135 205) 440 720 955 TAMMY [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1140 210 310) 450 725 945 1015 DELIVER US FROM EVIL [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1205 305) 740 1035 EARTH TO ECHO [CC] (PG)Fri. - Sat.(1225 255) 515 750 1010 AMERICA (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1150 225) 500 735 1020 JERSEY BOYS [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1150 AM) 640 PM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1155) 415 645 920 22 JUMP STREET [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1240) 420 705 1025 EDGE OF TOMORROW [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1220 335) 635 940 MALEFICENT [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1210) 425 650 925 IDA Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s stark, elegant and deeply unsettling film tells the story of a novitiate nun (Agata Kulesza) in 1960s Poland who, upon meeting her troubled alcoholic aunt (Agata Trzebuchowska), learns of her family’s dark past during the Nazi occupation. Ida is shot in stunning black- and-white, and each scene is meticulously composed for maximum emotional impact by the cinematography team of Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal. The story, which moves quietly but briskly toward an inevitable fate, is masterfully told, without a false note struck. But it is the performances of Kulesza and Trzebuchowska that make this one of the finest films of the year so far; the tragic dynamic they form around the ghosts of the past will haunt you for days. (Bijou Metro) OBVIOUS CHILD Obvious Child is, as you may have heard, an abortion comedy. But that’s not exactly true: It’s not About Abortion, in the afterschool-special, other-movies-I- shall-not-name way. It’s about Donna Stern (Jenny Slate), a twentysomething comedian by night and bookstore employee by day. Bawdy and genuine, Donna is a character so messily, perfectly balanced between vulnerability and humor that we’re always laughing with her, not at her; there’s no cruelty in writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s deft, intelligent and honest brand of comedy. OC is a quiet movie, in a way; no one needs saving, and everyone’s going to be OK. But it feels like a big film all the same. (Bijou Metro) 10:45, 2:05, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (DIG) (PG) BEGIN AGAIN (DIG) (R) 11:00, 2:00, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:55, 10:30 JERSEY BOYS (DIG) (R) CHEF (DIG) (R) 1:10, 7:20 10:15, 1:05, 4:00, 7:35, 10:20 MALEFICENT (DIG) (PG) DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (3D) (PG-13) 10:40, 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:20 10:05, 10:50, 11:40, 1:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:30, 6:15, 8:00, 9:40 10:25, 11:35, 1:00, 2:20, 3:30, 5:00, 6:20, 7:40, 9:00, 10:35 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) (PG-13) TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (3D) (PG-13) SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 22 JUMP STREET (DIG) (R) 12:30, 2:10, 3:55, 7:10, 8:55, 10:25 DELIVER US FROM EVIL (2014) (DIG) (R) 10:20, 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 EARTH TO ECHO (DIG) (PG) TAMMY (DIG) (R) 1:40, 5:20 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) (PG-13) 10:35, 1:25, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 11:45, 3:25, 7:05, 9:05 EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) (PG-13) X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) (PG-13) 10:55, 1:55, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 10:00AM FAULT IN OUR STARS, THE (DIG) (PG-13) 10:10, 4:15, 10:25 NON STOP 8:45 BAD WORDS 8:45 ALL AGES BEFORE 7PM WANT TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS? ADVERTISE WITH THE EUGENE WEEKLY CALL US TODAY 541-484-0519 30 And then we get Snowpiercer, which distills the ugliness of the world and packs it into one long train. Based on a French graphic novel, the film is directed by Bong Joon-ho, of the smart 2007 monster movie The Host. In Snowpiercer, Earth has sunk into a manmade ice age; punishment, on the train that carries the scraps of humanity, uses the bitter cold outside in gruesomely creative ways. Curtis (Chris Evans), who lives in the filthy, overcrowded back of the train, has clearly been planning a revolt for some time. He’s a reluctant leader, but with the help of his mentor, Gilliam (John Hurt, his character certainly named for the director of Brazil), and a handful of friends (including Octavia Spencer and Jamie Bell), he releases from cryogenic storage the security expert they need to get through the train’s countless locked doors. This expert, Namgoong Minsu, is played by The Host’s Song Kang- ho with cagey, wry old-warrior wisdom, in excellent contrast to everyone else’s battered fury or grandiose righteousness. Despite fancy translation tech, Minsu confides only in his wide-eyed clever daughter, Yona (Ko Ah-sung). Thus teamed up, our heroes make their bloody, violent and surreal way through the train. (Tilda Swinton, as the enigmatic train leader’s bonkers minion, is a glorious piece of work.) The train sets make for stunning, compact, ingenious fight scenes, and one particular action sequence was so unsettling I was cringing in my seat. That’s a good thing in a movie like this: Something so brazen and beautifully made should make you uncomfortable, excited, shaken and maybe, in the end, optimistic. Or angry. Either will work. ■ July 10, 2014 • eugeneweekly.com Adv. Tix on Sale PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES IN REALD 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 PM) 700 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.400 PM 1000 PM DELIVER US FROM EVIL [CC,DV] (R) Sat.(115) 420 725 1010 EARTH TO ECHO [CC] (PG) Sat.(1230 300) 630 915 TAMMY [CC,DV] (R) Sat.(1215 330) 700 1005 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION [CC,DV] (PG-13) Sat.(1200 PM) 630 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Sat.(300 PM) 930 PM HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 [CC,DV] (PG) Sat.(1200 330) 620 900 22 JUMP STREET [CC,DV] (R) Sat.(1245 350) 700 955 Summer Movie Express - Tues & Wed. 10 am Adv. Tix on Sale PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE DELIVER US FROM EVIL [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(120) 420 710 1000 TAMMY [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(115 145 350) 420 645 715 920 950 22 JUMP STREET [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(100 340) 700 940 Times For 07/11 - 07/12 © 2014 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) LEGO (PG) 10:45, 1:15, 2:45, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:45, 10:15 11:20, 1:45, 4:55, 7:40, 10:00 BLENDED (PG-13) 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:35 11:25, 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 MILLION DOLLAR ARM (DIG) (PG) CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG-13) 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 LONE SURVIVOR (R) 11:35, 3:30, 7:00, 10:10 MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN (PG) DIVERGENT (PG-13) 10:55, 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:20 10:50, 12:25, 2:00, 3:35, 5:10, 7:05, 8:40, 10:05 FROZEN (2013) (PG) RIO 2 (3D) (G) SPECIAL EVENT PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 11:05, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50
