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2 FAST AND 2 FURIOUS (PG-13) --
Actor Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen are out and actor Tyrese Gibson and director
John Singleton are in for this sequel to the 2001 action hit that returns only
co-star Paul Walker. Vroom, vroom. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
28 DAYS LATER (R) -- B
Director Danny Boyle brings chaos back to the big screen with this apocalyptic
thriller starring Cillian Murphy and Christopher Eccleston. A London lab experiment
unleashed causes the infected population to turn into red-eyed, rage-filled zombies.
(Carlson) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place,
Grand
BAD BOYS II (R) --
Actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunite with the filmmaking team of director
Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer in this slam-bang sequel to the 1995
hit about a couple of action-crazy Miami detectives. Co-stars Gabrielle Union,
Joe Pantoliano and Mr. Keepin' It Real himself, Henry Rollins. AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
BRUCE ALMIGHTY (PG-13) -- B+
Jim Carrey and director Tom Shadyac reteam for this charming cosmic comedy about
a man fed up with what he perceives as God's indifference to his plight. When
he blasphemes once too often, God (in the form of Morgan Freeman) grants him omnipotence
and says, "Here, you do better." Needless to say, all hell breaks loose. (Carlson)
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (PG-13) --
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu return in this sequel to the action
movie based on the cheesy T&A detective series, with Bernie Mac replacing Bill
Murray as Bosley and Demi Moore showing up out of nowhere as a fallen Angel, so
to speak. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
FINDING NEMO (G) -- A
This Disney/Pixar collaboration about a little fish separated from his father
floats fantastically on the voice talents of Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres
and a winning script penned by director Andrew Stanton. Technologically, Nemo
is stunning, but -- more importantly -- this fish tale has heart and humor akin
to its older sibling Toy Story. (Carlson) AMC Palace 12, AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
FLICKER ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY --
Ten18 Film's partnership with Flicker includes local films in competition with
audience and jury awards, and an after-party. (See Hot 7 in this issue.) 8
p.m. Thursday at The Howlin' Wolf
HOW TO DEAL (PG-13) --
Teen pop sensation and girl-next-door Mandy Moore has guy problems in this film
based on some of Sarah Dessen's teen romance novels. Reunites American Beauty
co-stars Allison Janney and Peter Gallagher. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace
16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
THE HULK (PG-13) -- B
The chameolonic director Ang Lee (The Ice Story, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon) proves his versatility once again by bringing the temperamental comic-book
behemoth to the big screen. Eric Bana is pitch-perfect as brooding scientist Bruce
Banner, who has serious anger-management issues. Yet Lee also overstays his welcome,
seemingly caught between operatic tragedy and comic-book fun. (Simmons) AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand
INCH' ALLAH DIMANCHE (NR) --
French-Algerian director Yamina Benguigi offers this personal look at growing
up as a child of Algerian immigrants in France in the 1970s. Winner of the FIPRESCI
Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Also: Academy Award-winning
short film Black Rider. Presented by Film Movement. 9:30 p.m. Friday
through July 31 at Zeitgeist
THE ITALIAN JOB (PG-13) -- B-
Forget stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton (and the zinger-free
script, for that matter) and watch one of Hollywood's most shameless moments of
product placement as the Mini Cooper S car scoots all over the screen. Other than
that, it's one predictable-as-hell heist movie during a heat wave of heist movies.
(Simmons) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20
JOHNNY ENGLISH (PG) --
British comic genius Rowan Atkinson is a bumbling secret agent matching wits with
French thief John Malkovich, who wants to steal the queen's jewels and throne
in this comedy by director Peter Howitt (Sliding Doors). Co-stars Natalia
Imbruglia. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
IMAX FILM FEST --
The annual celebration of all things big screen concludes with 3D Mania! Encounter
in the Third Dimension, a look at 3D's history and future. Monday through
Sunday at Entergy IMAX
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (PG-13) --
Finally! Nineteenth century literary figures as superheroes! Now that's something
a writer can get behind. Stephen Norrington directs this film version of Alan
Moore's popular comic-book mini-series featuring such literary favorites as Allen
Quartermain (Sean Connery), Captain Nemo (Naseeruddin Shah) and The Invisible
Man (Tony Curran). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9, Prytania
LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE & BLONDE (PG-13) --
Reese Witherspoon returns as the fashion-savvy and surprisingly intelligent legal
eagle, this time having graduated from law school and taking up the animal-testing
cause in D.C. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
MAN ON THE TRAIN (R) --
A- Patrice Leconte's mostly quiet tale of an unlikely friendship between
elderly literature teacher Jean Rochefort and career criminal Johnny Hallyday
has an array of sharply imagined moments, many communicated with only snippets
of crystalline dialogue. (Barton) (Reviewed in this issue.) Canal Place
THE MATRIX RELOADED (R) --
A The badass Wachowski brothers are back with a sequel that's equal, as
Matrix Reloaded rejoins Neo (Keanu Reeves) on his quest for digital self-fulfillment.
Amazing choreography by Yuen Wo Ping and the ever-ingenious imaginations of the
Wachowskis fuel a film packed with unbelievable action and that now-familiar mystic
sensibility. (Carlson) Entergy IMAX
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (PG-13) --
Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) and ear/eye candy producer Jerry Bruckheimer
(Pearl Harbor) team up with actor Johnny Depp for this action-adventure
story inspired by the Disney ride. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
RUGRATS GO WILD (PG) --
The two popular Nickelodeon TV cartoons, Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys,
join forces, starring the voices of Bruce Willis, Lacey Chabert, Jodi Carlisle,
Tim Curry, LL Cool J and Elizabeth Daily. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS (PG) --
Animated version of the legendary adventurer featuring voices from Brad Pitt,
Michelle Pfeiffer, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Haysbert. AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SOCCER CINEMA/FOOTBALL FILMS --
Zeitgeist concludes this summer series with screenings of Brandy Yeun's The
Champions (a Shaolin soccer comedy from Hong Kong) and The Other Final,
a documentary about a match played by Bhutan and Montserrat on the same day as
the 2002 World Cup final match. 8 p.m. Friday through July 31 at Zeitgeist
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (R) --
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns after a 12-year Terminator hiatus to protect an
older John Connor (this time Nick Stahl) from yet another superior cyborg (Kristanna
Loken) sent from the future to kill him. Directed this time not by James Cameron
but instead Jonathan Mostow (U-571). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
WHALE RIDER (PG-13) -- A
Niki Caro's story of a 12-year-old New Zealand Maori girl's desire to become her
native village's chief is less like a conventional work of fiction and more like
a poem written in light. Young star Keisha Castle-Huges exhibits the luminescence
and prepossession that Natalie Portman showed at the same age. (Barton) Canal
Place
WINGED MIGRATION (G) --
French actor-director Jacques Perrin's latest documentary hopes to do for birds
what his Microcosmos did for insects. Winged Migration follows migratory
birds in a tour of the seven continents that took three years to film. Canal
Place
| 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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