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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 20
AMERICAN WEDDING (R) --
The American Pie series concludes as dorks Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan
tie the knot. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, 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. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand
CAMP (PG-13) -- B
Todd Graff's Fame clone about kids at a musical theater summer camp offers
toe-tapping production numbers and abundant vocal talent but is marred by clumsy
casting, spotty acting, silly plotting and a cloying sentimentality. Because its
young cast can flat-out sing, Camp succeeds without ever working. (Barton)
Canal Place
CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES --
The State Palace Theatre's series continues with screenings of A Night at the
Opera (8 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday), A Clockwork Orange (midnight
Friday-Saturday) and A Streetcar Named Desire (7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m.
Sunday). Friday-Sunday at the State Palace
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. (Carlson) AMC Palace
16, AMC Palace 20
FREAKY FRIDAY (PG) --
Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan assume the roles previously played by Barbara
Harris and Jodie Foster, respectively, in Disney's remake of its own 1976 comedy.
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
FREDDY VS. JASON (R) --
Everyone's two favorite titans of terror face off in the grudge match of all time.
Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) slices and dices his way into the dreams of Jason
Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger). Who will survive? AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
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. (Simmons)
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 (R) --
A basketball team along with its coach and cheerleaders are terrorized on the
road back from a game by a winged monster in this sequel to the surprisingly successful
(and good) 2001 movie that referenced both Duel and The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
JET LAG (R) --
Two French travelers (Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno) keep running into each other
while trying to make separate destinations in this romantic comedy from Daniele
Thompson (Cousin Cousine, Queen Margot). Co-stars Sergi Lopez, who
was so good in With a Friend Like Harry ... . Canal Place
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 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
LE DIVORCE (PG-13) --
B- This Merchant/Ivory adaptation of the Diane Johnson novel looks at
the families of an American wife and a French husband who are divorcing. I am
a fan of the Merchant/Ivory canon, but this is not their best work. Naomi Watts
as the wife and Kate Hudson as her sister are strong and convincing, but the picture
suffers from too much story (including an attempted suicide and a murder) and
too little character development to pack much emotional punch. (Barton) (Reviewed
in this issue.) AMC Palace 20, Canal Place
MARCI X (R) --
Coddled young woman Lisa Kudrow is forced to take over her father's record label
where she must contend with its controversial star rapper Damon Wayans in this
comedy directed by and co-starring Richard Benjamin. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace
20, Grand
THE MEDALLION (PG-13) --
Jackie Chan returns to Hong Kong as an immigration officer who obtains mysterious
powers after getting killed and immediately has to do supernatural battle with
evil forces in this action flick directed by Gordan Chan. AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
MY BOSS'S DAUGHTER (PG-13) --
Ashton Kutcher takes time out from his Oedipal complex to star as a young man
who tries to seduce boss Terence Stamp's daughter (Tara Reid) while house-sitting
for the boss. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
OPEN RANGE (R) -- B+
Director Kevin Costner returns to the genre he loves (and does) best with this
epic Western tale, a beautifully shot picture postcard of the waning days of an
American lifestyle. Free-grazers Costner and Robert Duvall find themselves in
brutal confrontation with corrupt lawman James Russo and ruthless rancher Michael
Gambon. (Carlson) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (PG-13) --
B+ Gore Verbinski's action/comedy is quality summer popcorn fun due to
a witty script and the performances of Geoffrey Rush as the villain and the fascinating
Johnny Depp as the film's eccentric pirate hero. (Barton) AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SEABISCUIT (PG-13) -- B+
Gary Ross capably adapts Laura Hillenbrand's surprise 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 of them. (Virgets) AMC Palace 12, AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Hollywood Cinemas 9, Prytania
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER (PG-13) --
Robert Rodriguez 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. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
S.W.A.T. (R) --
The fascist '70s TV show gets the big-screen treatment with Samuel L. Jackson,
Colin Farrell and others doing battle with evil drug lord Olivier Martinez. Let's
just hope the theme song is as cool as the one for the TV show. AMC Palace
12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SWIMMING POOL (R) --
B- Francois Ozon (8 Women) directs this erotically charged but
ultimately contrived 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). (Simmons) Canal Place
UPTOWN GIRLS (PG-13) --
Socialite Brittany Murphy tops the A-list until her accountant embezzles her inheritance.
She's forced to get a job as a nanny for the challenging Dakota Fanning (I
Am Sam). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
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-Hughes exhibits the luminescence
and prepossession that Natalie Portman showed at the same age. (Barton) AMC
Palace 20, 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. AMC
Palace 20
| 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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