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MOVIES B Y M O L LY T E M P L E T O N THE ASSASSIN A BOY’S LIFE Richard Linklater makes a ballsy artistic choice with pleasant results I t’s nothing new for Richard Linklater to demonstrate his fascination with the passage of time in cinema. Dazed and Confused took place on the last day of high school; his films with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, most recently Before Midnight, skip through the years in the life of a couple, their relationship moving from young passion to a maturity that’s both prickly and graceful. Boyhood travels through time differently: Over 12 years, Linklater filmed his cast for a few days here, a few days there, capturing moments in the childhood of a boy named Mason — played throughout by Ellar Coltrane — and his family. The film flows so neatly from one moment to the next, from childhood bike rides to terrible stepfathers to high school girlfriends to the stumble into adulthood, that it’s easy to forget what a risky endeavor the whole thing was. Two established actors, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke, were on board as Mason’s parents, Olivia and Mason Sr., but Coltrane was a wild card: There was no telling who he’d grow up to be. And what did he grow into? Well, a boy: a pensive boy whose teen angst takes the form of mini-treatises on how the internet makes us not really appreciate life in the moment. Boyhood’s creation is IMAX: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.1215 415 715 1015 INTO THE STORM [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1225 255) 515 745 1010 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.500 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1130 1200 200 230) 430 700 730 1000 1005 STEP UP ALL IN [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.(1225 335) 640 920 Sat.(1235 335) 710 950 HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1240) 400 720 1020 GET ON UP [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1210 320) 630 940 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1145 1245 245) 645 915 945 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(345 PM) 615 PM LUCY [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1220 250) 520 740 1020 AND SO IT GOES (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1205 PM) 725 PM A MOST WANTED MAN [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(350 PM) 1025 PM HERCULES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1155 AM) 735 PM HERCULES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(225 PM) 510 PM 1005 PM PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1135 AM 215 PM) 445 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY [CC,DV] (NR) Fri. - Sat.705 PM 935 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(240 PM) 625 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1140 AM) 930 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION [CC,DV] (NR) ★ Fri. - Sat.955 PM MALEFICENT [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1150 220) 450 720 INTO THE STORM [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.(100) 400 715 930 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.(230 PM) 730 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1200 PM) 500 PM 1000 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1130 AM 245 PM) 700 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1215 315) 630 940 1030 LUCY [CC,DV] (R) Fri.(1245 345) 645 950 HERCULES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri.(215 PM) 1010 PM HERCULES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri.(1145 AM) 445 PM 720 PM PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE [CC,DV] (PG) Fri.(1230 PM 330 PM) THE PURGE: ANARCHY [CC,DV] (NR) Fri.740 PM 1020 PM LUCY [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(145) 415 720 945 HERCULES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(345 PM) 945 PM HERCULES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(115 PM) 700 PM PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(100 PM 330 PM) WISH I WAS HERE [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.650 PM 935 PM BOYHOOD (R) Fri. - Sat.(130 PM) 515 PM 900 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 3:55, 10:20 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) (PG-13) 12:30, 7:10 GET ON UP (DIG) (PG-13) 10:50, 2:55, 7:05, 10:15 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (3D) (PG-13) 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 5:00, 6:10, 8:00, 9:10 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 HERCULES (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 11:05AM HERCULES (DIG) (PG-13) 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:15 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (DIG) (PG) 10:00, 12:50, 3:30, 7:25, 10:10 HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, THE (DIG) (PG) 10:30, 1:25, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 INTO THE STORM (DIG) (PG-13) 10:15, 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 Having all but walked away from movies in exhaustion and disgust after finishing his last full-length feature Killing Me, local writer-director Henry Weintraub now returns to the cinematic fold with The Assassin, a compact gem of shoestring filmmaking. Shot in digital black-and-white and devoid of dialogue, this surreal short film about a low-rent, grungy killer is in many ways a return to Weintraub’s roots in slam-bang, low-budget auteurism, and the joy he rediscovered in the endeavor shows in every frame. “I think I’ve gone more back to guerilla,” Weintraub says of making The Assassin. “Every movie we did kept getting bigger, more tension. The problem with that is expectations grow. The pressure PATRICIA ARQUE T TE AND ELL AR COLTR ANE IN BOYHOOD audacious, but its story is conventional; it starts with its adult characters in familiar places (the put-upon single mom; the “fun” slacker part-time dad) and lets them, along with Mason, move gently toward a different kind of maturity. In the background, their lives change as much as his does: She escapes two shitty marriages and becomes a professor; Mason Sr. tries the marriage-and-kids thing again, but we know he’s serious this time because he trades in his GTO for a minivan. Watching Mason change over the years is gloriously authentic, but most of the change is external; his character never shifts very far from the small boy who liked to stare out the window all day. Maybe this is a choice, to make him a cipher, a symbol of childhood onto whom we can all project, just as it was a choice to portray one kind of ordinary life, scene by scene, over the years. Nearly every scene in Boyhood is beautifully true to the moment it depicts, whether that moment involves teenage boys posturing toughness or a dad making his daughter cringe with a talk about condoms. Every year, Linklater and his actors did something beautiful. As a whole, the movie is observational, natural, likable — a ballsy project made life-sized by the mundane. ■ LUCY (DIG) (R) 10:40, 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 MOST WANTED MAN, A (DIG) (R) 10:25, 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE (DIG) (PG) 10:20, 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 SEX TAPE (DIG) (R) 10:45, 1:35, 4:10, 7:35, 10:00 STEP UP ALL IN (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 10:35, 4:15, 10:30 STEP UP ALL IN (DIG) (PG-13) 1:30, 7:45 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 10:05, 11:10, 12:45, 3:25, 6:05, 8:45 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) (PG-13) 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 1:50, 10:05 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) (PG-13) 10:10, 6:30 really started to build.” This time around, Weintraub says, he had virtually no crew; often it was just he and actor Patrick O’Driscoll shooting alone. “This one was way different,” he says of the new film. “We took our time. We made sure we were happy with every scene in the movie. This is what I envisioned it turning out like.” Watch The Assassin free online at 531productions.com. — Rick Levin THUR AUG 7 - WED AUG 13 BAD WORDS 5:50 MOONRISE KINGDOM 5:50 CUBAN FURY 7:30 UNDER THE SKIN 7:30 CUBAN FURY 9:25 THE DOUBLE 9:25 NEW AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (PG-13) 11:00, 12:30, 2:05, 3:30, 5:10, 7:05, 8:35, 10:10 BLENDED (PG-13) 11:25, 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG-13) 10:45, 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:35 DIVERGENT (PG-13) 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 EDGE OF TOMORROW (PG-13) 1:20, 3:50, 6:25, 9:10 EDGE OF TOMORROW (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 11:05, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:45 GODZILLA (2014) (PG-13) 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:00 MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST, A (R) 10:55, 1:30, 4:05, 7:20, 9:55 NEIGHBORS (R) 11:30, 2:00, 4:20, 7:30, 10:05 RIO 2 (3D) (G) 3D PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 7:10 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (PG-13) 11:20, 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 9:40 ALL AGES BEFORE 7PM read us online at eugeneweekly.com Times For 08/08 - 08/09 © 2014 eugeneweekly.com • A ugust 7, 2014 23
