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CABIN FEVER (R) --
In this horror flick from Eli Roth, five friends are spooked by a mysterious virus
on a camping trip after graduation. AMC Palace 20, Grand
COLD CREEK MANOR (R) --
Parents Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid move their city-bound family to the country
but run into major trouble when the previous owner of their new home gets out
of prison and tries to get his house back. AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR (PG-13) --
In order to win a regular adult role, former kid actor David Spade tries to relive
a childhood he never had because of early Hollywood fame. Chalmette
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (R) -- B+
The latest from director Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity)
overcomes niggling plot missteps and clumsy symbolism to craft a thriller with
a heart about desperate immigrants struggling to survive (and ultimately leave)
contemporary London. (Simmons) Canal Place
DUPLEX (PG-13) --
Murder and mayhem surround yuppie couple Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore as they
try to land a sweet piece of New York City real estate in this latest film by
Danny DeVito. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette
THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS (PG-13) --
New York ad exec Cuba Gooding Jr. must form a gospel choir in his former Georgia
hometown in order to collect on the inheritance left him by his dead aunt. (Happens
every day.) Co-stars a slew of music types including Beyonce Knowles. 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? Grand
GOOD BOY! (PG) --
Man's best friend apparently is actually a spy sent from another planet to scout
out the turf for an invasion in this combination of live action and computer-generated
imagery and featuring the voices of Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally and Brittany
Murphy. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
HOUSE OF THE DEAD (R) --
A promising rave becomes a huge downer when zombies and monsters invade in this
film adaptation of Sega's popular video game and starring Jurgen Prochnow, Clint
Howard and others. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (PG-13) --
Man-eater Catherine Zeta-Jones tries to get back at divorce lawyer George Clooney
when he wins a case involving her ex-husband in this romantic comedy from the
Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel. Co-stars Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush and
Cedric the Entertainer. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20,
Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
KILL BILL VOL. 1 (R) --
Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited combination film noir/yakuza homage features
revenge-seeking Uma Thurman and fellow Tarantino alumni Samuel L. Jackson and
Michael Madsen, as well as Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Darryl Hannah and David Carradine.
AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
LOST IN TRANSLATION (R) -- A-
Writer-director Sofia Coppola (The Virgin Suicides) continues to establish
herself as a filmmaker with her own voice in this subtle tale of the relationship
between a fading movie star (Bill Murray) and the young wife (Scarlett Johansson)
of an L.A. photographer while in Tokyo. (Simmons) AMC Palace 20, Canal Place
LUTHER (PG-13) -- B-
Director Eric Till helms this interesting little film about the medieval German
monk who fathered the Reformation. Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love)
captures Luther's volcanic mix of intellect, madness and righteous indignation,
but his is a performance searching for a richer film. (Carlson) AMC Palace
16, AMC Palace 20
MATCHSTICK MEN (PG-13) --
A- Ridley Scott's often humorous drama about a neurotic flim-flam man's
relationship with the 14-year-old daughter he just met offers terrific performances
by Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman and a story that takes you places you don't
expect. It's not perfect, but it's close. (Barton) AMC Palace 12
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (R) --
New print of the all-time classic comedies features Michael Palin, Eric Idle,
John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and memorable scenes (the limbless sentry, crossing
the bridge). Prytania
MYSTERIES OF EGYPT (NR) --
Omar Sharif narrates this IMAX look at the ancient history and culture of Egypt,
sponsored by National Geographic. Entergy IMAX
NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL --
The 15th annual festival continues with screenings around the city. For movies
listings, showtimes and venues visit www.neworleansfilmfest.com.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (R) --
Director Robert Rodriguez apparently lays to rest yet another trilogy (Spy
Kids being the other) in this third installment of his El Mariachi
series, reuniting Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek and adding Johnny Depp and
Eva Mendes. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette,
Grand
OUT OF TIME (PG-13) --
A chief of police in a Florida town (Denzel Washington) finds himself a suspect
in a murder in this thriller from Carl Franklin (One False Move), co-starring
Sanaa Lathan. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
THE RUNDOWN (PG-13) --
Can you smell what the bounty hunter is cookin'? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and
Seann William Scott team up to hunt for gold in the Amazon and battle evil-doers
like Christopher Walken. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20,
Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SCHOOL OF ROCK (PG-13) --
Consummate ham Jack Black (Shallow Hal) this time plays a rock 'n' roller
who winds up getting booted from his band and recruiting middle-schoolers for
a "battle of the bands" contest in the latest from Richard Linklater (Dazed
and Confused). AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SECONDHAND LIONS (PG) --
Shy teen Haley Joel Osment (yes, he's growing up) bonds with great-uncles Michael
Caine and Robert Duvall while he's visiting with troubled mom Kyra Sedgwick in
this film set in 1960s-era Texas. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Hollywood Cinemas 9
SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER (PG-13) --
Robert Rodriguez closes out the Spy Kids 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 16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
THIRTEEN (R) -- B
Writer-director Catherine Hardwicke and co-screenwriter/co-star Nikki Reed are
at their best when picking over the harrowing details of growing up as a teen
girl in L.A., but not so much when it comes to developing an actual story arc.
(Simmons) Canal Place
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN (R) --
C+ Audrey Wells' drama about an American woman recovering in Italy from
an ugly divorce is billed as a star vehicle for the capable Diane Lane. The picture
offers worthy themes about friendship, family and later-life romance, but a clumsy
script keeps nudging us to feel emotions that the picture doesn't earn. (Barton)
(Reviewed in this issue.) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20
UNDERWORLD (R) --
In one of the more bizarre updates of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, vampire
tough-chick Kate Beckinsale falls for human dude Scott Speedman, whose blood the
werewolves covet mightily. Feature-film directing debut by music-video director
Len Wiseman. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND (R) -- A-
Sam Green and Bill Siegel's award-winning documentary (edited by New Orleanian
Dawn Logdson) deftly examines the '60s radical group that split from the Students
for a Democratic Society and turned to terrorist acts to protest the Vietnam War
and social injustice.(Simmons) 8 p.m. Friday through Oct. 23 at Zeitgeist
| 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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