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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. 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) (Editor's note: Prints of 28 Days Later currently in theaters
now have the bonus of a recently added alternate ending.) AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Grand, Prytania
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 Henry Rollins. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
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
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
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
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. daily
through Thursday 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
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE (PG-13) --
Angelina Jolie returns as the butt-kicking adventurer, this time battling a Chinese
crime boss over the hunt for Pandora's Box. Directed by Jan de Bont of Speed
fame. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
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, communicated with only snippets of crystalline
dialogue. (Barton) 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
MYSTERIES OF EGYPT (NR) --
Omar Sharif narrates this IMAX look at the ancient history and culture of Egypt,
sponsored by National Geographic. Opens Monday, Aug. 4, at Entergy IMAX
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (PG-13) --
B+ Gore Verbinski's action/comedy employs Hollywood convention from the
ultimate victory of the heroes to the benedictory kiss of the star-crossed lovers.
The picture is quality summer popcorn fun, however, due to a witty script and
the performances of Geoffey Rush as the lip-smacking villain and the fascinating
Johnny Depp as the film's eccentric pirate hero. (Barton) (Reviewed in this issue.)
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
SEABISCUIT (PG-13) -- B+
Gary Ross capably adapts Laura Hillenbrand's surpise best-selling book about the
legendary thoroughbred race horse. Though there's not enough horse in this horse
movie, the action is well-shot, and leads Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper and Tobey
Maguire all do what's asked them (especially Maguire as jockey Red Pollard). (Virgets)
(Reviewed in this issue.) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
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 16,
AMC Palace 20
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER (PG-13) --
Robert Rodriguez apparently closes out the Spy Game series with this update of
the Cortez siblings, in which brother Juni must rescue sister Carmen after she
is kidnapped by a virtual-reality game. Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino return
as the parents, with an amazing supporting cast featuring Sylvester Stallone,
George Clooney, Alan Cumming, Salma Hayek, Ricardo Montalban and Bill Paxton.
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
SWIMMING POOL (R) --
Francois Ozon (8 Women) directs this erotically charged tale of a mystery
novelist (Charlotte Rampling) searching for her muse in the south of France and
unexpectedly finding it in her publisher's daughter (Ludivine Sagnier). Canal
Place
TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (R) --
C Jonathan Mostow's stab at the second sequel about the killing machines
from the future who try to kill and/or protect a future savior of humanity is
fundamentally a remake of the first sequel. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to speak
in three-word sentences and smash the living daylights out of almost anything
he sees. (Barton) 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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