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25TH HOUR (R) -- A Spike Lee's subtlest and most effective film since Clockers is
the story of a convicted drug dealer (Edward Norton) on the last day before he
goes to prison for seven years. (Barton) AMC Palace 20
ABOUT
SCHMIDT (R) -- A Alexander Payne
and
Jim Taylor's offbeat comedy-drama is the story of a widower (Oscar-nominated
Jack Nicholson) who struggles to decide whether he should dissuade his daughter
(Hope Davis) from marrying her boyfriend (Dermot Mulroney). Kathy Bates scored
the film's other Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. (Barton) Canal
Place, AMC Palace 20
ADAPTATION (R) -- A Director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich), have done it again with this story of a blocked screenwriter (Nicolas Cage) trying to adapt The Orchid Thief, a nonfiction bestseller by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep) about a renegade Florida botanist (Chris Cooper). (Kaufman, Cage, Streep and Cooper earned all of the film's four Oscar nominations.) (Barton) Canal Place
BIKER BOYZ (PG-13) -- Veteran
biker champ Laurence Fishburne tries to retain his title as the top biking
dog in Cali in this vroom-vroom film. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace
16, AMC Palace 20
CHICAGO (PG-13) -- A- A
spectacular staging of the hit Broadway musical showcases a sizzling Catherine
Zeta-Jones as the notorious Velma
Kelley. Richard Gere and Renée Zellweger, although less comfortable with
the physicality of their roles, both give more than able performances as huckster
lawyer Billy Flynn and his new leading lady Roxie Hart, respectively. (Winner
of 13 Oscar nominations including Best Picture.) (Carlson) AMC Palace 16,
AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9, Prytania
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL JOURNEY OF MAN (NR) -- As New Orleanians enjoy Cirque du Soleil's live show Dralion, here's a chance to capture another show by the world-famous circus. This one explores how humans develop over time. Entergy IMAX
DAREDEVIL (PG-13) -- Matt
Murdoch (Ben Affleck) is a lawyer for the underdog by day and a man-in-tights
superhero at night, ably assisted by his girlfriend Elektra (Alias'
Jennifer Garner) in this comic book cum movie co-starring Colin Farrell,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Jon Favreau and Joe Pantoliano. AMC Palace 12, AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
DARK BLUE (R) -- Kurt
Russell and Ving Rhames are LAPD cops dealing with a racially charged
murder in the shadow of the impending Rodney King verdict in 1992. Directed
by Ron Shelton, better known for more sports-oriented fare such as Bull
Durham and Tin Cup. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16,
AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
DARKNESS FALLS (PG-13) -- A
troubled young man tries to help his lone friend's younger brother,
who is haunted by spirits from long ago. Co-stars Chaney Kley and Emma
Caulfield. AMC Palace 20
DELIVER US FROM EVA (R) -- Gary Hardwick (The Brothers) wrote and directed this romantic comedy about a man (LL Cool J) recruited by his three friends -- all brothers -- to woo and marry their perfectionist sister (Gabrielle Union, from Bring it On) to take her off their hands. (Note: LL does indeed stand for Ladies Love. So there.) AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
FINAL DESTINATION 2 (R) -- David
Ellis takes over for James Wong in directing the sequel to the surprise thriller
hit of 2000 about a person who can see future dead people. AMC Palace 12, AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette
GANGS OF NEW YORK (R) -- A Martin
Scorsese's look at ethnic and religious violence in 19th century Manhattan
is cinematically brilliant. It has stunning production design, haunting cinematography,
searching themes and great acting headed by Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo
DiCaprio. (Winner of 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture.) (Barton) AMC
Palace 20
GODS AND GENERALS (PG-13) -- Writer-director Ron Maxwell (Gettysburg) returns with this tale about the events leading up to and during the early period of the Civil War including the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Bull Run and Fredericksburg. Much of the Gettysburg cast returns, some in different roles, including Robert Duvall, Stephen Lang and C. Thomas Howell. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood Cinemas 9
THE HOURS (PG-13) -- BStephen
Daldry and David Hare's adaptation of Michael Cunningham's book about
Virginia Woolf and two women later influenced by her work offers a stellar
cast including Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep and Ed Harris.
(Winner of nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture.) (Barton) AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place
HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS (PG-13)
-- C Donald Petrie's lame
romantic comedy stars Kate Hudson as a magazine writer and Matthew
McConaughey as an ad agent in a contest of ill-imagined romantic gamesmanship.
Hudson is gorgeous and charming, but more roles like this will result
in a sadly short career. (Barton) (Reviewed in this issue.) AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
THE JUNGLE BOOK 2 (G) --C Awash in jungle greens, this latest from the Disney sequel factory looks better than it sounds. John Goodman proved in Monsters, Inc. that he can infuse character into a character, but his Baloo can't compete with the late jive-talker Phil Harris -- and neither can the new movie's voices and production numbers meet the high standards set by the 1967 original by New Orleans' own Louis Prima, as well as Sterling Holloway, Sebastian Cabot and especially songwriters Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. (Tisserand). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
KANGAROO JACK (PG) --Anthony
Anderson and Jerry O'Connell must retrieve $10,000 in stolen loot
they were supposed to deliver for the mob in Australia in this
romp from David McNally (Coyote Ugly). Estella Warren (Planet
of the Apes) co-stars. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette
THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE (R)
--Anti-capital punishment
activist Kevin Spacey finds himself on death row after being
convicted of raping and killing a fellow activist in this crime
thriller by that master of subtlety, Alan Parker (Angel Heart, Mississippi
Burning). Kate Winslet is the reporter who hears Gale's story
in flashbacks, while Laura Linney plays the murder victim. AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (PG-13)
-- A+Director Peter Jackson presents
this spectacular sequel to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring. Jaw-dropping combat sequences, an expert use of digital imagery and
a true devotion to the heart of the Tolkien classic make movie magic. (Winner
of six Oscar nominations including Best Picture.) (Carlson) AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 20
NATIONAL SECURITY (PG-13) --A
white ex-cop (Steve Zahn) who once beat the crap out an African-American
man (Martin Lawrence) winds up working alongside him as a security guard
in this comedy from Dennis Dugan. AMC Palace 16
OLD SCHOOL (R) -- Thirtysomething buddies Will Farrell, Luke Wilson and Vince Vaughn decide to relive their college days with by opening their own frat house near campus. The students are intrigued. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
THE PIANIST (R) -- A Roman Polanski's true story of a Polish pianist (Oscar-nominated Adrien Brody) who survived the Holocaust but lost his entire family in the process. This film asks searching questions about the nature of humankind. (Winner of seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture.) (Barton) Canal Place
THE RECRUIT (PG-13) --C+ Roger Donaldson's thriller involves old CIA hand Al Pacino's relationship with new operative Colin Farrell. Some surprises and an earnest performance by Pacino don't succeed in raising a fundamentally predictable plot above the mediocre. (Barton) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
SHANGHAI KNIGHTS (PG-13) -- BThis
sequel to 2000's surprise hit Shanghai Noon soars, just not
quite so high. Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) and Roy O'Bannon (Owen Wilson)
reunite to chase a murderer through the streets of merry old England
and to stop a plot to kill the royal family. (Carlson) AMC Palace
12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas
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| AMC Palace 12 734-2020; AMC Palace 16 734-2020; AMC Palace 20 734-2020; Canal Place 581-5400; Chalmette 277-9797; Downtown Joy 522-7575; Entergy IMAX 581-4629; Plaza 245-0102; Prytania 891-2787; Zeitgeist 525-2767
Compiled by David Lee Simmons
Contributors: Rick Barton, Shala Carlson, David Lee Simmons |
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