Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2014)
MOVIES BY RICK LEVIN GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY There’s much to like in this movie; it’s not brilliant, and the fate of the world is never really in danger, but it’s clever and glossy and all the things you’d expect from Marvel’s B-team. Adventurous and funny, occasionally beautiful and never too stupid until, that is, it reminds half of its audience that it’s not for us at all. In other words, it’s got lady problems. Why does it seem like so much to ask that we not have to swallow a giant helping of casual sexism with our space action? (Valley River Center & Cinemark 17) OUR MAN IN HAMBURG BOYHOOD Philip Seymour Hoffman shines, among others, in his final role I n what would become his final film role, the late Philip Seymour Hoffman inhabits a classic fictional persona, that of the downbeat institutional man. As Günther Bachmann, a career spy heading an anti-terrorism unit in Hamburg, Hoffman — who died in February of a heroin overdose — puts an ingenious modern spin on the existential anti-hero who, against all odds and caught up in a tangle of lies and deceit, tries to do the right thing. Jaded, bedraggled and singed by worldly cynicism, Hoffman’s hangdog spy is nonetheless a man of furious intent, bent on nailing an Islamic terrorist cell even when he knows such erasures are quickly replaced by yet more hate and violence. It’s a heartbreaking performance, and an unlikely but somehow apt swan song for the greatest actor of his generation. Based on a book by John le Carré and directed by Anton Corbijn (Control), A Most Wanted Man is a very adult thriller; with infinite patience, and without shedding a drop of blood, the film weaves an intricate web of espionage that swaps gadgets and guns for the trickier stuff of ambition, collusion and international realpolitik. As Bachmann’s BOYHOOD (DIG) (R) 6:05, 9:45 EARTH TO ECHO (DIG) (PG) 4:05, 10:00 EXPENDABLES 3 (DIG) (PG-13) 10:10, 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR (3D) (R) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 10:30, 11:35, 2:25, 3:45, 5:05, 7:45, 9:05, 10:30 FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR (DIG) (R) 1:05, 6:25 THE GIVER (DIG) (PG-13) 10:40, 1:15, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (3D) (PG-13) 10:00, 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:50, 10:00 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (DIG) (PG-13) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (DIG) (PG) 10:00, 12:50, 3:25 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY (DIG) (PG) 10:25, 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 IF I STAY (DIG) (PG-13) 10:45, 1:35, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 INTO THE STORM (DIG) (PG-13) 10:15, 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50 LET’S BE COPS (DIG) (R) 10:20, 11:25, 12:55, 2:05, 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9:00, 10:25 LUCY (DIG) (R) 11:15, 2:00, 4:30, 7:55, 10:15 PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE (DIG) (PG) 10:50, 1:30, 7:35 STEP UP ALL IN (DIG) (PG-13) 10:15 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $3.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 10:05, 11:20, 12:45, 3:30, 6:10, 8:45 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (DIG) (PG-13) 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL (DIG) (PG) 10:35, 1:25, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 “company” tracks the arrival of a Chechnyan refugee (Grigoriy Dobrygin) who may have ties to an Islamic terrorist group, their mission is complicated by the hidden agendas of American and German anti-terrorism agencies, as well as the activities of an idealist immigration lawyer (Rachel McAdams) seeking to help the Chechnyan gain asylum. The plot of A Most Wanted Man moves forward like a slow but intense game of chess, in which some players are knights, leaping over logic, and some are pawns whose good offices are sacrificed for the so-called greater good. There are strong performances throughout — Willem Dafoe is solid as a banker who may be funding destruction and Robin Penn freezes the screen as a calculating American attaché. But this movie rightly belongs to Hoffman. As a staunch, debauched and aging spy bitten by failure but driven by fractured hope, his performance is a masterstroke of subtle emotion and thwarted desire. When Hoffman walks sullenly out of the film’s final frame, he looks like a ghost, a shadow passing into oblivion, never to return to this busted world. ■ IMAX: ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR 3D (G) Fri. - Sat.1100 AM 1215 PM 130 PM IMAX: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.425 PM 715 PM 1010 PM FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1145 AM 220 PM) 730 PM WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1215 340) 700 945 FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR 3D [CC,DV (R) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1230 305) 445 540 815 1005 IF I STAY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1210) 410 740 1030 THE GIVER [CC,DV] (NR) Fri. - Sat.(1120 205) 435 705 950 THE EXPENDABLES 3 [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1130) 405 710 1005 LET'S BE COPS [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1205 240) 515 740 750 955 1025 INTO THE STORM [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(215) 455 735 1015 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1110 140 350) 630 930 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1140 AM 210 PM) 440 PM WHAT IF [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(345 PM) 640 PM 940 PM HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1200) 400 655 1020 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1150 355) 645 935 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1220 PM) LUCY [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(1225) 415 650 925 EARTH TO ECHO [CC] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1105 AM) Over 12 years of making Boyhood, director Richard 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. 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. (Bijou Metro & Bijou Art Cinemas) THUR AUG 21 - WED AUG 27 THU BAD WORDS 4:30 LOCKE 4:30 LOCKE 7:50 HIS GIRL FRIDAY 7:50 CUBAN FURY 6:05 THE DOUBLE 6:05 MOONRISE ONLY LOVERS KINGDOM LEFT ALIVE 9:30 9:30 FRIDAY AUGUST 22 & SATURDAY AUGUST 23 BLENDED (PG-13) 11:25, 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:45 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG-13) 10:55, 1:50, 4:45 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 11:35, 2:25, 5:15, 8:05 EDGE OF TOMORROW (PG-13) 11:05, 1:35, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (PG-13) 10:50, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 GODZILLA (2014) (PG-13) 11:15, 4:35, 10:00 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL (PG) 1:55, 7:15 MALEFICENT (3D) (PG) 3D PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 7:10, 9:50 MALEFICENT (PG) 11:00, 1:25, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20 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 THIRD PERSON (R) 7:40, 10:35 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (PG-13) 10:45, 2:05, 5:25, 8:45 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (3D) (PG-13) 3D PRICING: $2.00 UPCHARGE ALL TICKETS 12:25, 3:45, 7:05, 10:25 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (PG-13) 11:20, 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 IF I STAY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(120) 420 715 1000 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL [CC,DV] (PG) Fri. - Sat.(1250) 410 700 945 THE GIVER [CC,DV] (NR) Fri. - Sat.(100 340) 640 920 THE EXPENDABLES 3 [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1240) 400 725 1020 LET'S BE COPS [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(130) 430 740 1015 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(110 PM) 650 PM TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(350 PM) 950 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.630 PM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D [CC,DV] (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1230 PM 330 PM) 930 PM CLOSED FOR FESTIVAL OF EUGENE FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(130 PM) 720 PM FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY DAME TO KILL FOR 3D [CC,DV (R) ★ Fri. - Sat.430 PM 1000 PM THE EXPENDABLES 3 [CC,DV] (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(100 330) 645 920 LET'S BE COPS [CC,DV] (R) Fri. - Sat.(115) 400 700 945 BOYHOOD (R) Fri. - Sat.(145 PM) 515 PM 900 PM read us online at Times For 08/22 - 08/23 © 2014 CHECK OUT OUR BEER GARDEN AT SKINNER’S BUTTE eugeneweekly.com EU GE N E W E E K LY 08-21-14 movies.indd 1 . COM • A UGUST 21, 2014 23 8/20/14 9:03 AM
