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AUDIO VISIONS --
Zeitgeist presents this touring program by Sixpack Films featuring works by Michaela
Grill, Almada, Maia Gusberti and others. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday at Zeitgeist
BEYOND BORDERS (R) --
Sexy socialite Angelina Jolie and committed international-aid worker Clive Owen
keep running into each other while trying to solve the world's problems over several
decades in this war-torn romantic thriller. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace
16, AMC Palace 20, Grand
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. AMC
Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand
FILMS OF ANNE-MARIE MIEVILLE --
Works by the filmmaker best known for her collaborations with Jean-Luc Godard
are presented, including We're All Still Here and How Can I Love.
7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, through Nov. 6 at Zeitgeist
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
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,
Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
KILL BILL VOL. 1 (R) --
D Quentino Tarantino's first movie in six years was hardly worth waiting
for. Uma Thurman stars as an assassin out for revenge against former associates
who tried to kill her. The picture offers all the bells and whistles cinematic
technology can deliver, but it hasn't got a story remotely worth watching, and
it's viscerally repellent to boot. (Barton) (Reviewed in this issue.) AMC Palace
12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place, 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,
Hollywood Cinemas 9
MYSTERIES OF EGYPT (NR) --
Omar Sharif narrates this IMAX look at the ancient history and culture of Egypt,
sponsored by National Geographic. Entergy IMAX
MYSTIC RIVER (R) -- B+
Not quite the modern masterpiece it has been christened by critics starved for
decent dramatic fare, Mystic River is still an intelligent, powerful film.
Three south Boston friends (Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon) find themselves
struggling with loss and revenge in this adaptation of the Dennis Lehane bestseller.
As a grieving father and vengeful ex-con, Penn delivers an amazing performance
that outweighs the film's missteps. (Carlson) (Reviewed in this issue.) AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Canal Place
NEW ORLEANS FILM COLLECTIVE --
The Collective presents a program of short films including works by Helen Hill
and Courtney Egan, and Cosmo Ferguson. 7:30 pm. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Zeitgeist
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDLANDS (R)
--
Sergio Leone gets the British treatment in this modern-day story of ex-hood Robert
Carlyle trying to return to his home and win back an old flame. Co-stars Rhys
Ifans. Canal Place
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 PARTY'S OVER (NR) --
Also known as Last Party 2000, this film by Donovan Leitch and Rebecca
Chaiklin allows actor Philip Seymour Hoffman to take a look at democracy in America.
7:30 p.m. daily through Thursday
RADIO (PG) --
Mentally challenged Cuba Gooding Jr. goes from being ridiculed as a young man
to becoming a fixture on a South Carolina high school football team thanks to
his friendship with coach Ed Harris in this fact-based story directed by Michael
Tollin and co-starring Debra Winger. AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC
Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9
RESPIRO (PG-13) --
The eccentric behavior of frustated Sicilian housewife Valeria Golina (Rain
Man) tempts her struggling fisherman of a husband to have her committed (against
the protests of one of her sons) in this film directed by Emanuele Crialese (Once
We Were Strangers). Canal Place
RUNAWAY JURY (PG-13) -- B
Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Rachel Weisz are joined by a fine
supporting cast (including local favorites such as Fahnlohnee Harris, Michael
Arata and Carol Sutton) in this sometimes fun but ultimately tepid John Grisham
story set in New Orleans. (Simmons) (Reviewed in this issue.) AMC Palace 12,
AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood Cinemas 9,
Prytania
SCARY MOVIE 3 (PG-13) --
Spoofmeister David Zucker keeps up the yucks with an ensemble cast featuring Eddie
Griffin, Leslie Nielsen, Darrell Hammond, Charlie Sheen and Queen Latifah. AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
SCHOOL OF ROCK (PG-13) -- B+
With a script by offbeat writer Mike White, Richard Linklater's mainstream comedy
gives wild man Jack Black his best role yet as substitute teacher who turns a
bunch of uptight 12-year-olds into a rock 'n' roll band. This material isn't original
in concept but it's well executed and fun. (Barton) 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 20
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (R) --
Remake of Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic, produced by Michael Bay, with debuts
by director Marcus Nispel and screenwriter Scott Kosar, and starring Jessica Biel,
R. Lee Ermey and New Orleanian John Larroquette (providing the narration). AMC
Palace 12, AMC Palace 16, AMC Palace 20, Chalmette, Grand, Hollywood
Cinemas 9
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN (R) --
C+ Audrey Wells' drama about an American woman (Diane Lane) recovering
in Italy from an ugly divorce 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) AMC Palace 12, AMC Palace 20
VERONICA GUERIN (R) --
Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth) directs Cate Blanchett in the title role
about the Irish journalist who was killed while profiling drug dealers. Co-stars
Brenda Fricker and includes a cameo by frequent Schumacher star Colin Farrell
(Tigerland, Phone Booth). AMC Palace 16, 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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