April 23, 2008
WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – It’s the last weekend before the tent-poles take over. Even now cinemas are working out their arrangements for the first early showing of “Iron Man,” which will occur late Thursday night or at one minute past midnight on Friday May 1.
The Marvel comic adaptation kicks off the summer season as Indiana Jones, Chronicles of Narnia and Speed Racer.
But, this weekend, it’s a woman’s struggle with her surrogate, two dudes mistaken for terrorists and an accounting consultant plunging into the world of erotic underground sex clubs.
Or, you could take a hard look at some of the flicks you skipped on their opening weekends. As the summer tent-poles roll, these hold-overs will be quickly replaced by multiple screen showings of the week’s biggest attraction.
That could mean catching the brainy Las Vegas blackjack counters in “21,” venturing into the early days of pro football with “Leatherheads,” or laughing at the socially inept gender movies of so-called “Smart People.”
THIS WEEK'S WIDE RELEASES:
BABY MAMA: A Single businesswoman has put off having a baby. Now at 37, she finds there's only a one in a million chance for her to conceive. So, she hires a South Philly working girl to be a surrogate. But the expectant mom is full of vibrancy so it's a tug of war attempting to structure the blonde lady into following all the rules necessary to have a perfect child. Tina Fey , Amy Poehler and Sigourney Weaver star.
All Pictures © Universal Pictures
DECEPTION: Hugh Jackson stars as an accounting consultant who meets a charismatic womanizing lawyer who personfies everything the number crunches wishes he could be. In fact, the accountant introduces him to an erotic underground sex club. Evan McGregor and Michelle Williams also star.
All Pictures © Fox
HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY: While the title characters munch at White Castle, Harold learns that a girl he lusts after is heading to Amsterdam. They decide to follow her and due to an overzealous airline employee and mistaken identities, the duo are seized as terrorists.
All Pictures © New Line Cinema
HOLD OVERS:
21: How do you crack a Vegas casino bank? Bring in six MIT students and a professor (Kevin Spacey) trained in the art of counting cards. Based on a true story in which the academics won millions at blackjack It drags in places, and, pardon my ignorance, but the non-crime of card counting that leads to beatings to the pulp of the counters leaves me pondering… if it isn't illegal, then, how come you get away with picking on the brainy talented dudes?
88 MINUTES: Moonlihgting as a forensic shrink for the FBI, a professor (Al Pacino) receives death threats by phone from an individual he helped convict telling him he has only 88 minutes to live.
COLLEGE ROAD TRIP: An overachieving high school student (Raven Symone) wants to travel the country in search of the perfect college. Her overprotective father (Martin Lawrence) insists on accompanying her. (Walt Disney)
DRILLBIT TAYLOR: I wish I had thought of hiring a mercenary during my middle and high school days of providing both physical and verbal punching bags for numerous bullies. Now, Ryan, Wade and Emmit find themselves victimized by a Hannibal Lector-like bully when they first step through their new high school doors. Unable to handle the mistreatment, they place an ad in Soldier of Fortune Magazine for a protector (Owen Marshall) (Paramount)
EXPELLED NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED: Actor Ben Stein whose filmography stretches from the 80s to the present day, heads a film that documents the repression of scientific beliefs of intelligent (creation) design be it by a god, force or entity. The film takes no stand to endorse a particular belief, it simply demonstrates that the idea has been stonewalled by powerful atheistic followers of the Darwin theories of evolution. (Exclusive: Marquee Pullman, Marquee Southridge, Marquee Galleria 14)
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM: Jackie Chan and Jet Li unite for the first time for a kung-fu comedy based on the Chinese legion of the Monkey King.
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL: Produced by “Knocked Up” comedy guru Judd Apatow, the story has Jason Segel unsuccessfully handling the break up with his ex-TV star girl friend (Kristen Bell). Friends persuade him to take a trip to Hawaii to forget her, but, oops, she’s there with her new boyfriend. (Universal)
LEATHERHEADS: Although the people of Maysville, Ky. Received an early showing since George Clooney calls the small Bluegrass State community home, the rest of the country can watch an aging football legend (Clooney, who else?) and a college star (John Krasinski) vying both for spots on a professional team but for the romantic offerings of a gutsy, female sports journalist (Renee Zellweger). Oh, the flick takes place in 1925.
NIM’S ISLAND: Jodie Foster plays an author attempting to assist a fan whose father is missing on a secret island. Billed as a possible Indiana Jones for the sweeter gender, Of course, the author has her share of psychological dilemmas --- she has a fear of leaving her house and , well, the “fan” with the missing father is actually the title character in her novels. Advance word: goofy, sweet, comedic.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS: Unearthing another treasured fortune, the gang from the first flick --- Nicholas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha --- all return to track down missing pages of John Wilkes Booth’s diary which contain clues to a worldwide conspiracy.
PROM NIGHT: Remaking another contemporary horror standard, Brittany Snow stars as Donna who’s senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life. However, a killer from the past stalks she and her friends… all of whom witnessed an accidental death years ago. Now, they must find a way to escape the man seeking sadistic revenge. The original was released in 1980 and followed by three sequels.
RUN FATBOY RUN: After leaving his then fiancé (Thandie Newton) at the alter, ten years later the runaway groom (Simon Pegg) , now an overweight out of shape laxer, must compete in a marathon to prove to his latest love that he's the one for her. (Exclusive, Marquee Pullman)
SEMI PRO – A one hit chart topper makes enough to own a basketball team, but Jackie (Will Ferrell) Moon has the ABA franchise for the Flint Michigan Tropics, the worst team in a league ready to merge with the NBA and leave under performers facing, oblivion. (New Line Cinema)
SMART PEOPLE: Coming from the Sundance Film Festival, Sarah (“Sex in the City”) Jessica Parker agrees to take in her injured former professor (Dennis Quaid). But the doctor does not realize all the baggage that comes in tow with the professor --- his Young Republican daughter, a loafing adopted brother, and it seems the injured man can quite properly express his affection for his former student. (Exclusive, Marquee Pullman Square, Southridge)
STREET KINGS: After losing his wife, a veteran LAPD cop (Keanu Reeves) finds himself implicated in the execution of a fellow officer, which forces him to challenge the same ‘cop culture’ to which he’s been loyal during his entire career. David (“Harsh Times”) Ayer directs a film that originally had Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, and David Fincher ready to sign on to helm the pic.
SUPERHERO MOVIE: Although the director has written several "Scary Movie" spoof sequels, advance buzz has Craig Mazin bumbling , still clumsy boy transferred into a super powered Dragonfly failing to be either super or funny. Actually, it's kinda in the middle, a bunch of sketches strung together…
STOP LOSS: Having completed and survived his tour of duty in Iraq, a soldier (Ryan Phillippe) struggles with his decision to disobey the Armed Forces order that he return to the desert for another tour of duty.
THE RUINS: From a brief read of the preview for this flick, I can say, guess it’s Mexico’s time to be slaughter setting, rather than our own state. American tourists head south of the border and into the jungle to search for the missing brother of a traveler. You guessed it, they venture into an isolated portion near a hillside and encounter, well, fill in the blank, it’s a horror flick. You know the answer. I don’t have to tell you. Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone and Jonathan Tucker star.
TYLER PERRY’S MEET THE BROWNS: Struggling in Chicago with three children to raise and keep off the streets, a single mom learns she has been laid off. But a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she’s never met. She takes her family south to the funeral, but adjusting to the family she never knew existed brings intense struggles, too.
WITLESS PROTECTION: Larry the Cable Guy patrols his little bend in the road where he is the duly authorized sheriff of the small town. When he sees a beautiful woman (Ivana Millicevic) held by four black suited strangers, he does what any brave law enforcement officer would do --- he frees her. However, it appears the dudes are FBI agents protecting the woman who is a witness in a high profile Chicago crime case. Still, everyone is not who they seem as the FBI agents have an agenda which eventually sends Larry and his beautiful captive on the road to the Windy City to figure out just who are the good and the bad guys. (Lion’s Gate)
Limited Release /Art House Films
On the independent and artistic level, the Spring WV International Film Festival continues at the WVSU Capitol Center Theatre on Summers Street in downtown Charleston.
The remaining schedule:
Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. “Taxi to the Dark Side” (2008 Oscar Best Documentary) , 8:30 “In Bruges;”
Thursday, April 24, 6:30 p.m. “Persepolis;” 8:30 p.m., “Honeydripper; ”
Friday, April 25, 6:30 “Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” 9:00, “The Fence Jumper,” 11 p.m. “Lust, Caution;”
Saturday, April 26, 12:30 p.m. “Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” 3:00 p.m. Honeydripper, 5:30 p.m. “One Earth: Makutano on Kilimanjaro,” 6:00 p.m. “The Savages,” 8:30 p.m. “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” 11:00 p.m. “The Signal;”
Sunday, April 27, 1:30 p.m. “Perselpolis,” 3:30 p.m. “In Bruges,” 5:30 p.m. “The Savages,” 8:00 p.m. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.”
For further details, click: http://www.wviff.org/Spring.htm
CONCERT: Queen and Deep Purple in High Definition on Big Screens at Marquee Pullman and Marquee Southridge, Monday, April 28. Admission for the three and one half hour concert film is $10.00. On line tickets will be available at the http://marqueecinemas.com and the http://movietickets.com sites.
METROPOLITAN OPERA: Ashland’s Cinemak Movies 10 will be offering a series of high definition, digital Metropolitan Opera showings which continue to January through April.
The dates and operas include:
- La Fille du Regiment, April 26 @ 1:30 p.m.,, and April 27 @ 3 p.m.
Full schedule and additional details: http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=162
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: Marquee Cinemas has started a series of opera presentations, too. This week the performance is “Madama Butterfly.” Check web site for details. Showings Sat/Sun 12 noon and Mon/Tues 6:30 p.m. (Special Engagement Prices of $20, $18 seniors/children)
ONGOING INTERACTIVE FUN
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Although squirt guns, rice, lighters, and other projectiles are forbidden, you can brush up on your Time Warp dance and check out those character costumes. The long running and cult favorite continues a multiple weekend run at the Cinema with the shadow cast now accompanying the on screen action. Pre Show begins @ 11:30 p.m.
Starts Friday:
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) Deception 1:30-4:10-6:30-9:30; Baby Mama 12:00- 2:30-5:00-7:25-9:55; Harold and Kumar 12:00-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Queen and Deep Purple Concert, Monday April 28, 7:30 p.m. ($10), ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man” (Thursday, May 1) 8:00-11:00 p.m. (Regular showings start May 2) ; KIDTOONS Bob the Builder , Sat/Sun April 26-27 @ 12 noon (Admission $3.50 ); TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 7:00-9:40 only; Smart People 12:00-2:20-7:00 only; Ruins 4:40-9:20 only; College Road Trip 12:30-2:40-4:50 only; Superhero Movie, 12:30*-2:45-5:00-7:15-9:30 (*No 12:30 show Sat/Sun); Expelled, No Intelligence , no 7:15-9:45 show on Thurs. May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: Run Fat Boy, Stop Loss, Shutter; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=584
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: (all shows after 6 p.m. $3.00; Tuesday $2; $2.00 all shows before 6 p.m.) : 10,000 B.C. 4:20-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:20; Semi Pro 5:15-7:15-9:15, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:15-3:15; Fool’s Gold 4:30-7:05-9:25, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:30; Spiderwick Chronicles 5:10-7:15-9:20, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:00-3:05; ENDS THURSDAY: Bucket List; Friday 12 Midnight: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' (Interactive preshow begins 11:30 p.m.); 10,000 BC, Semi Pro; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Forbidden Kingdom 4:30-7:10-9:50, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35; 88 Minutes 4:45-7:25-10:05, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35; Forgetting Sarah Marshall 4:35-7:15-9:55, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40; TIME CHANGES: Superhero Movie 7:30, Fri/Sat/Sun 2:45; Ruins 4:55-10:15, Fri/Sat/Sun 12:30; Horton Hears a Who 4:35-6:45, Fri/Sat/Sun 12:10-2:20; Shutter 9:15 daily; ENDS THURSDAY: Shutter; http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Forbidden Kingdom 11:40-2:15-4:55-7:40-10:10; Forgetting Sarah Marshall 11:50-2:20-5:00-7:30-10:05; 88 Minutes 12:00-2:30-5:05-7:35-10:00; TIME CHANGES: Drillbit Taylor 11:55-2:25-4:40-7:05; The Ruins 9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: College Road Trip, 10,000 BC, Shutter; For full schedule, click: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
Starts Friday
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: Vantage Point 4:40-6:55-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:25; Fool’s Gold 3:30-6:55-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:25; Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 3:20-6:30-9:00, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40; Step 2 The Streets 9:05 daily, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:05; Bucket List 7:00-9:15 only; Spiderwick Chronicles 4:35-6:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 2:20; Alvin 4:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; ENDS THURSDAY: National Treasure, Penelope, Jumper; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=560
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!) : Deception 1:20-4:05-6:50-9:30; Baby Mama 12:10-2:30-4:55-7:20-9:45; Harold and Kumar 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:25-9:45; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” 8:00-11:00 , Thursday May 1 only (Starts May 2 with regular schedule); KIDTOONS Bob the Builder , Sat/Sun Apr 26-27 @ 12 noon ($3.50 all ages for Kidtoons); Superhero Movie 7:00-9:15 only; TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 1:00-9:35; Ruins 9:20 only; 21, 3:45-6:45 only; College Road Trip 12:15-2:30-4:40 only; Horton Hears a Who, 12:30-2:45-5:00-7:15; Expelled, No Intelligence , no 7:15-9:45 show on Thurs. May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: Smart People; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
Starts Friday
MERCER MALL: Features/Times To Be Announced; For full schedule, click: http://www.carmike.com/showtimesdetails.aspx?theatrenumber=075503
COMMONS 8 (Marquee Cinemas, Wytheville, Va.): (Now all digital projection!) Baby Mama 5:00-7:25-9:25, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:35; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” Thurs. May 1 , 8:00-11:00 only; TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 9:30 only; 21, 6:45-9:35 only; Horton Hears a Who 4:30 daily, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; Expelled, 5:00 only on May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
Starts Friday
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Deception 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40; Baby Mama 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:55; Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo 12:00-2:25-4:55-7:25-9:55; Queen and Deep Purple (in High Definition), Monday, April 28 only 7:30 p.m. (Special Engagement: Concert $10.00; 3 hours, 34 minutes); KIDTOONS, Bob the Builder, 12 noon April 19-20 (All seats $3.50). For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Baby Mama 12:40-3:00-5:10-7:20-9:30; Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay 12:45-3:00-5:15-7;35-9:55; Deception 12:50-3:05-5:15-7:30-9:45; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
TIME CHANGES
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Superhero Movie , 9:30 only; Leatherheads (Mon April 28 1:15-4:10)
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Nim’s Island 12:50-2:55-5:00; Drillbit Taylor 7:40-9:50 only
ENDS THURSDAY:
Marquee Southridge: The Ruins, Street People, Smart People, Drillbit Taylor
Park Place Stadium Cinemas: Meet the Browns, The Ruins, Horton Hears Who, 10,000 BC
HURRICANE, WV
Starts Friday
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Harold & Kumar 11:00 a.m.*-1:05-3:10-5:15-7:30-10:00; Deception 10:30 a.m.*-12:50-3:00-5:10-7:20-9:50; Baby Mama 10:45 a.m.*- 1:20-3:20-5:20-7:25-9:40; TIME CHANGES: Horton Hears a Who 10:30 a.m.*-11:00*-1:00-3:00-5:00; Leatherheads 7:00-9:30; Nim’s Island 11:00 a.m.*-1:15-3:15-5:15-7;15 ; 21 9:45 only; Superhero Movie 10:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Superhero Movie, Street Kings; (* Fri/Sat Early Bird ); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Forbidden Kingdom , Fri 4:00-6:50-9:30, Sat/Sun 1:00-4:00-6:50-9:30* (no Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs 4:45-7:20; Prom Night , Friday, 4:45-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun 12:00-2:30-4:45-7:10-9:30* (no Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:30; ADVANCE SHOWING, “iron Man,” 8:00, May 1 only (no 7:30 “Prom Night” on May 1) ; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE
LOGAN, W.VA.
Starts Friday
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Baby Mama 5:00-7:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:45; Harold and Kumar Escape 4:20-7:00-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:10; Deception 4:40-7:40-9:55, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:30; TIME CHANGES: Nim’s Island 4:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:40; Leatherheads 7:30-9:45; ENDS THURSDAY: Street Kings, Ruins, 21; For full schedule click: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/fountainplace/index.html
NITRO, WV
Great Escape Nitro 12: http://greatescapetheatres.com or 769-0405
SUMMERSVILLE, WV
NICHOLS SHOWPLACE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall , Fri-Sun 4:00-7:00-9:30*, Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:30; Sat/Sun Mat. 1:15 matinee; Forbidden Kingdom, Fri-Sun 4:10-6:50-9:20*, Mon-Thurs. 4:55-7:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:20; Prom Night, 7:15-9:25 Fri/Sat, 7:15 only Sun- Wed.; Nim’s Island , 5:00 daily, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:40; Leatherheads, Fri-Sun 3:50-6:40-9:10*, Mon-Thurs. 4:10-7:20 only, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” Thurs. May 1, 8 p.m. (* No Late Show on Sunday). ENDS THURSDAY: Superhero Movie.
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Superhero Movie, Fri-Sun. 5:00-7:10-9:20*, Mon-Thurs. 5:20-7:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40 – 2:50; Forbidden Kingdom, Fri-Sun. 4:00-6:40-9:10*, Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; Prom Night , Fri-Sun 4:50-7:00-9:15*, Mon-Wed. 5:10-7:15, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:30-2:40; ADVANCE SHOWING: Iron Man, Thurs. May 1 , 8 p.m. only; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE.
UPCOMING RELEASES
May 2: Iron Man, Made of Honor
May 9: Speed Racer , What Happens in Vegas
May 16: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
May 21: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Postal
May 30: Sex and the City, Strangers
June 6: Kung Fu Panda, You Don’t Mess with Zohan
June 13: The Happening, The Incredible Hulk
June 20: Get Smart, The Love Guru
June 27: Wall-E, Wanted
July 2: Hancock
July 11: HB II (formerly Hellboy 2: Golden Army), Meet Dave (formerly Starship Dave)
July 18: Dark Knight, Mamma Mia! , Space Chimps
July 25: American Teen, The Longshots, Step Brothers, X Files II
Aug. 1: He’s Just Not That Into You, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Rocker, Swing Vote
Aug. 8: Journey 3-D, Pineapple Express, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II
Aug. 15: The International, Mirrors, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Wild Child
Aug. 22: Accidental Husband, Bangkok Dangerous, Crossing Over, Fly Me to the Moon 3D, The House Bunny
Aug. 29: Babylon A.D., College, Traitor, Hamlet II
· Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
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WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – It’s the last weekend before the tent-poles take over. Even now cinemas are working out their arrangements for the first early showing of “Iron Man,” which will occur late Thursday night or at one minute past midnight on Friday May 1.
The Marvel comic adaptation kicks off the summer season as Indiana Jones, Chronicles of Narnia and Speed Racer.
But, this weekend, it’s a woman’s struggle with her surrogate, two dudes mistaken for terrorists and an accounting consultant plunging into the world of erotic underground sex clubs.
Or, you could take a hard look at some of the flicks you skipped on their opening weekends. As the summer tent-poles roll, these hold-overs will be quickly replaced by multiple screen showings of the week’s biggest attraction.
That could mean catching the brainy Las Vegas blackjack counters in “21,” venturing into the early days of pro football with “Leatherheads,” or laughing at the socially inept gender movies of so-called “Smart People.”
THIS WEEK'S WIDE RELEASES:
BABY MAMA: A Single businesswoman has put off having a baby. Now at 37, she finds there's only a one in a million chance for her to conceive. So, she hires a South Philly working girl to be a surrogate. But the expectant mom is full of vibrancy so it's a tug of war attempting to structure the blonde lady into following all the rules necessary to have a perfect child. Tina Fey , Amy Poehler and Sigourney Weaver star.
All Pictures © Universal Pictures
DECEPTION: Hugh Jackson stars as an accounting consultant who meets a charismatic womanizing lawyer who personfies everything the number crunches wishes he could be. In fact, the accountant introduces him to an erotic underground sex club. Evan McGregor and Michelle Williams also star.
All Pictures © Fox
HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY: While the title characters munch at White Castle, Harold learns that a girl he lusts after is heading to Amsterdam. They decide to follow her and due to an overzealous airline employee and mistaken identities, the duo are seized as terrorists.
All Pictures © New Line Cinema
HOLD OVERS:
21: How do you crack a Vegas casino bank? Bring in six MIT students and a professor (Kevin Spacey) trained in the art of counting cards. Based on a true story in which the academics won millions at blackjack It drags in places, and, pardon my ignorance, but the non-crime of card counting that leads to beatings to the pulp of the counters leaves me pondering… if it isn't illegal, then, how come you get away with picking on the brainy talented dudes?
88 MINUTES: Moonlihgting as a forensic shrink for the FBI, a professor (Al Pacino) receives death threats by phone from an individual he helped convict telling him he has only 88 minutes to live.
COLLEGE ROAD TRIP: An overachieving high school student (Raven Symone) wants to travel the country in search of the perfect college. Her overprotective father (Martin Lawrence) insists on accompanying her. (Walt Disney)
DRILLBIT TAYLOR: I wish I had thought of hiring a mercenary during my middle and high school days of providing both physical and verbal punching bags for numerous bullies. Now, Ryan, Wade and Emmit find themselves victimized by a Hannibal Lector-like bully when they first step through their new high school doors. Unable to handle the mistreatment, they place an ad in Soldier of Fortune Magazine for a protector (Owen Marshall) (Paramount)
EXPELLED NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED: Actor Ben Stein whose filmography stretches from the 80s to the present day, heads a film that documents the repression of scientific beliefs of intelligent (creation) design be it by a god, force or entity. The film takes no stand to endorse a particular belief, it simply demonstrates that the idea has been stonewalled by powerful atheistic followers of the Darwin theories of evolution. (Exclusive: Marquee Pullman, Marquee Southridge, Marquee Galleria 14)
FORBIDDEN KINGDOM: Jackie Chan and Jet Li unite for the first time for a kung-fu comedy based on the Chinese legion of the Monkey King.
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL: Produced by “Knocked Up” comedy guru Judd Apatow, the story has Jason Segel unsuccessfully handling the break up with his ex-TV star girl friend (Kristen Bell). Friends persuade him to take a trip to Hawaii to forget her, but, oops, she’s there with her new boyfriend. (Universal)
LEATHERHEADS: Although the people of Maysville, Ky. Received an early showing since George Clooney calls the small Bluegrass State community home, the rest of the country can watch an aging football legend (Clooney, who else?) and a college star (John Krasinski) vying both for spots on a professional team but for the romantic offerings of a gutsy, female sports journalist (Renee Zellweger). Oh, the flick takes place in 1925.
NIM’S ISLAND: Jodie Foster plays an author attempting to assist a fan whose father is missing on a secret island. Billed as a possible Indiana Jones for the sweeter gender, Of course, the author has her share of psychological dilemmas --- she has a fear of leaving her house and , well, the “fan” with the missing father is actually the title character in her novels. Advance word: goofy, sweet, comedic.
NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS: Unearthing another treasured fortune, the gang from the first flick --- Nicholas Cage, Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha --- all return to track down missing pages of John Wilkes Booth’s diary which contain clues to a worldwide conspiracy.
PROM NIGHT: Remaking another contemporary horror standard, Brittany Snow stars as Donna who’s senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life. However, a killer from the past stalks she and her friends… all of whom witnessed an accidental death years ago. Now, they must find a way to escape the man seeking sadistic revenge. The original was released in 1980 and followed by three sequels.
RUN FATBOY RUN: After leaving his then fiancé (Thandie Newton) at the alter, ten years later the runaway groom (Simon Pegg) , now an overweight out of shape laxer, must compete in a marathon to prove to his latest love that he's the one for her. (Exclusive, Marquee Pullman)
SEMI PRO – A one hit chart topper makes enough to own a basketball team, but Jackie (Will Ferrell) Moon has the ABA franchise for the Flint Michigan Tropics, the worst team in a league ready to merge with the NBA and leave under performers facing, oblivion. (New Line Cinema)
SMART PEOPLE: Coming from the Sundance Film Festival, Sarah (“Sex in the City”) Jessica Parker agrees to take in her injured former professor (Dennis Quaid). But the doctor does not realize all the baggage that comes in tow with the professor --- his Young Republican daughter, a loafing adopted brother, and it seems the injured man can quite properly express his affection for his former student. (Exclusive, Marquee Pullman Square, Southridge)
STREET KINGS: After losing his wife, a veteran LAPD cop (Keanu Reeves) finds himself implicated in the execution of a fellow officer, which forces him to challenge the same ‘cop culture’ to which he’s been loyal during his entire career. David (“Harsh Times”) Ayer directs a film that originally had Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, and David Fincher ready to sign on to helm the pic.
SUPERHERO MOVIE: Although the director has written several "Scary Movie" spoof sequels, advance buzz has Craig Mazin bumbling , still clumsy boy transferred into a super powered Dragonfly failing to be either super or funny. Actually, it's kinda in the middle, a bunch of sketches strung together…
STOP LOSS: Having completed and survived his tour of duty in Iraq, a soldier (Ryan Phillippe) struggles with his decision to disobey the Armed Forces order that he return to the desert for another tour of duty.
THE RUINS: From a brief read of the preview for this flick, I can say, guess it’s Mexico’s time to be slaughter setting, rather than our own state. American tourists head south of the border and into the jungle to search for the missing brother of a traveler. You guessed it, they venture into an isolated portion near a hillside and encounter, well, fill in the blank, it’s a horror flick. You know the answer. I don’t have to tell you. Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone and Jonathan Tucker star.
TYLER PERRY’S MEET THE BROWNS: Struggling in Chicago with three children to raise and keep off the streets, a single mom learns she has been laid off. But a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she’s never met. She takes her family south to the funeral, but adjusting to the family she never knew existed brings intense struggles, too.
WITLESS PROTECTION: Larry the Cable Guy patrols his little bend in the road where he is the duly authorized sheriff of the small town. When he sees a beautiful woman (Ivana Millicevic) held by four black suited strangers, he does what any brave law enforcement officer would do --- he frees her. However, it appears the dudes are FBI agents protecting the woman who is a witness in a high profile Chicago crime case. Still, everyone is not who they seem as the FBI agents have an agenda which eventually sends Larry and his beautiful captive on the road to the Windy City to figure out just who are the good and the bad guys. (Lion’s Gate)
Limited Release /Art House Films
On the independent and artistic level, the Spring WV International Film Festival continues at the WVSU Capitol Center Theatre on Summers Street in downtown Charleston.
The remaining schedule:
Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m. “Taxi to the Dark Side” (2008 Oscar Best Documentary) , 8:30 “In Bruges;”
Thursday, April 24, 6:30 p.m. “Persepolis;” 8:30 p.m., “Honeydripper; ”
Friday, April 25, 6:30 “Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” 9:00, “The Fence Jumper,” 11 p.m. “Lust, Caution;”
Saturday, April 26, 12:30 p.m. “Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” 3:00 p.m. Honeydripper, 5:30 p.m. “One Earth: Makutano on Kilimanjaro,” 6:00 p.m. “The Savages,” 8:30 p.m. “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” 11:00 p.m. “The Signal;”
Sunday, April 27, 1:30 p.m. “Perselpolis,” 3:30 p.m. “In Bruges,” 5:30 p.m. “The Savages,” 8:00 p.m. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.”
For further details, click: http://www.wviff.org/Spring.htm
CONCERT: Queen and Deep Purple in High Definition on Big Screens at Marquee Pullman and Marquee Southridge, Monday, April 28. Admission for the three and one half hour concert film is $10.00. On line tickets will be available at the http://marqueecinemas.com and the http://movietickets.com sites.
METROPOLITAN OPERA: Ashland’s Cinemak Movies 10 will be offering a series of high definition, digital Metropolitan Opera showings which continue to January through April.
The dates and operas include:
- La Fille du Regiment, April 26 @ 1:30 p.m.,, and April 27 @ 3 p.m.
Full schedule and additional details: http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=162
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: Marquee Cinemas has started a series of opera presentations, too. This week the performance is “Madama Butterfly.” Check web site for details. Showings Sat/Sun 12 noon and Mon/Tues 6:30 p.m. (Special Engagement Prices of $20, $18 seniors/children)
ONGOING INTERACTIVE FUN
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Although squirt guns, rice, lighters, and other projectiles are forbidden, you can brush up on your Time Warp dance and check out those character costumes. The long running and cult favorite continues a multiple weekend run at the Cinema with the shadow cast now accompanying the on screen action. Pre Show begins @ 11:30 p.m.
Starts Friday:
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) Deception 1:30-4:10-6:30-9:30; Baby Mama 12:00- 2:30-5:00-7:25-9:55; Harold and Kumar 12:00-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Queen and Deep Purple Concert, Monday April 28, 7:30 p.m. ($10), ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man” (Thursday, May 1) 8:00-11:00 p.m. (Regular showings start May 2) ; KIDTOONS Bob the Builder , Sat/Sun April 26-27 @ 12 noon (Admission $3.50 ); TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 7:00-9:40 only; Smart People 12:00-2:20-7:00 only; Ruins 4:40-9:20 only; College Road Trip 12:30-2:40-4:50 only; Superhero Movie, 12:30*-2:45-5:00-7:15-9:30 (*No 12:30 show Sat/Sun); Expelled, No Intelligence , no 7:15-9:45 show on Thurs. May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: Run Fat Boy, Stop Loss, Shutter; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=584
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: (all shows after 6 p.m. $3.00; Tuesday $2; $2.00 all shows before 6 p.m.) : 10,000 B.C. 4:20-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:20; Semi Pro 5:15-7:15-9:15, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:15-3:15; Fool’s Gold 4:30-7:05-9:25, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:30; Spiderwick Chronicles 5:10-7:15-9:20, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:00-3:05; ENDS THURSDAY: Bucket List; Friday 12 Midnight: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' (Interactive preshow begins 11:30 p.m.); 10,000 BC, Semi Pro; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Forbidden Kingdom 4:30-7:10-9:50, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35; 88 Minutes 4:45-7:25-10:05, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35; Forgetting Sarah Marshall 4:35-7:15-9:55, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40; TIME CHANGES: Superhero Movie 7:30, Fri/Sat/Sun 2:45; Ruins 4:55-10:15, Fri/Sat/Sun 12:30; Horton Hears a Who 4:35-6:45, Fri/Sat/Sun 12:10-2:20; Shutter 9:15 daily; ENDS THURSDAY: Shutter; http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Forbidden Kingdom 11:40-2:15-4:55-7:40-10:10; Forgetting Sarah Marshall 11:50-2:20-5:00-7:30-10:05; 88 Minutes 12:00-2:30-5:05-7:35-10:00; TIME CHANGES: Drillbit Taylor 11:55-2:25-4:40-7:05; The Ruins 9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: College Road Trip, 10,000 BC, Shutter; For full schedule, click: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
Starts Friday
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: Vantage Point 4:40-6:55-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:25; Fool’s Gold 3:30-6:55-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:25; Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 3:20-6:30-9:00, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40; Step 2 The Streets 9:05 daily, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:05; Bucket List 7:00-9:15 only; Spiderwick Chronicles 4:35-6:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 2:20; Alvin 4:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; ENDS THURSDAY: National Treasure, Penelope, Jumper; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=560
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!) : Deception 1:20-4:05-6:50-9:30; Baby Mama 12:10-2:30-4:55-7:20-9:45; Harold and Kumar 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:25-9:45; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” 8:00-11:00 , Thursday May 1 only (Starts May 2 with regular schedule); KIDTOONS Bob the Builder , Sat/Sun Apr 26-27 @ 12 noon ($3.50 all ages for Kidtoons); Superhero Movie 7:00-9:15 only; TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 1:00-9:35; Ruins 9:20 only; 21, 3:45-6:45 only; College Road Trip 12:15-2:30-4:40 only; Horton Hears a Who, 12:30-2:45-5:00-7:15; Expelled, No Intelligence , no 7:15-9:45 show on Thurs. May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: Smart People; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
Starts Friday
MERCER MALL: Features/Times To Be Announced; For full schedule, click: http://www.carmike.com/showtimesdetails.aspx?theatrenumber=075503
COMMONS 8 (Marquee Cinemas, Wytheville, Va.): (Now all digital projection!) Baby Mama 5:00-7:25-9:25, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:35; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” Thurs. May 1 , 8:00-11:00 only; TIME CHANGES: Street Kings 9:30 only; 21, 6:45-9:35 only; Horton Hears a Who 4:30 daily, Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; Expelled, 5:00 only on May 1; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
Starts Friday
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Deception 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40; Baby Mama 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:55; Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo 12:00-2:25-4:55-7:25-9:55; Queen and Deep Purple (in High Definition), Monday, April 28 only 7:30 p.m. (Special Engagement: Concert $10.00; 3 hours, 34 minutes); KIDTOONS, Bob the Builder, 12 noon April 19-20 (All seats $3.50). For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Baby Mama 12:40-3:00-5:10-7:20-9:30; Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay 12:45-3:00-5:15-7;35-9:55; Deception 12:50-3:05-5:15-7:30-9:45; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
TIME CHANGES
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Superhero Movie , 9:30 only; Leatherheads (Mon April 28 1:15-4:10)
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Nim’s Island 12:50-2:55-5:00; Drillbit Taylor 7:40-9:50 only
ENDS THURSDAY:
Marquee Southridge: The Ruins, Street People, Smart People, Drillbit Taylor
Park Place Stadium Cinemas: Meet the Browns, The Ruins, Horton Hears Who, 10,000 BC
HURRICANE, WV
Starts Friday
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Harold & Kumar 11:00 a.m.*-1:05-3:10-5:15-7:30-10:00; Deception 10:30 a.m.*-12:50-3:00-5:10-7:20-9:50; Baby Mama 10:45 a.m.*- 1:20-3:20-5:20-7:25-9:40; TIME CHANGES: Horton Hears a Who 10:30 a.m.*-11:00*-1:00-3:00-5:00; Leatherheads 7:00-9:30; Nim’s Island 11:00 a.m.*-1:15-3:15-5:15-7;15 ; 21 9:45 only; Superhero Movie 10:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Superhero Movie, Street Kings; (* Fri/Sat Early Bird ); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Forbidden Kingdom , Fri 4:00-6:50-9:30, Sat/Sun 1:00-4:00-6:50-9:30* (no Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs 4:45-7:20; Prom Night , Friday, 4:45-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun 12:00-2:30-4:45-7:10-9:30* (no Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:30; ADVANCE SHOWING, “iron Man,” 8:00, May 1 only (no 7:30 “Prom Night” on May 1) ; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE
LOGAN, W.VA.
Starts Friday
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Baby Mama 5:00-7:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:45; Harold and Kumar Escape 4:20-7:00-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:10; Deception 4:40-7:40-9:55, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:30; TIME CHANGES: Nim’s Island 4:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:40; Leatherheads 7:30-9:45; ENDS THURSDAY: Street Kings, Ruins, 21; For full schedule click: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/fountainplace/index.html
NITRO, WV
Great Escape Nitro 12: http://greatescapetheatres.com or 769-0405
SUMMERSVILLE, WV
NICHOLS SHOWPLACE: Forgetting Sarah Marshall , Fri-Sun 4:00-7:00-9:30*, Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:30; Sat/Sun Mat. 1:15 matinee; Forbidden Kingdom, Fri-Sun 4:10-6:50-9:20*, Mon-Thurs. 4:55-7:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:20; Prom Night, 7:15-9:25 Fri/Sat, 7:15 only Sun- Wed.; Nim’s Island , 5:00 daily, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:40; Leatherheads, Fri-Sun 3:50-6:40-9:10*, Mon-Thurs. 4:10-7:20 only, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; ADVANCE SHOWING: “Iron Man,” Thurs. May 1, 8 p.m. (* No Late Show on Sunday). ENDS THURSDAY: Superhero Movie.
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Superhero Movie, Fri-Sun. 5:00-7:10-9:20*, Mon-Thurs. 5:20-7:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:40 – 2:50; Forbidden Kingdom, Fri-Sun. 4:00-6:40-9:10*, Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; Prom Night , Fri-Sun 4:50-7:00-9:15*, Mon-Wed. 5:10-7:15, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:30-2:40; ADVANCE SHOWING: Iron Man, Thurs. May 1 , 8 p.m. only; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE.
UPCOMING RELEASES
May 2: Iron Man, Made of Honor
May 9: Speed Racer , What Happens in Vegas
May 16: Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
May 21: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Postal
May 30: Sex and the City, Strangers
June 6: Kung Fu Panda, You Don’t Mess with Zohan
June 13: The Happening, The Incredible Hulk
June 20: Get Smart, The Love Guru
June 27: Wall-E, Wanted
July 2: Hancock
July 11: HB II (formerly Hellboy 2: Golden Army), Meet Dave (formerly Starship Dave)
July 18: Dark Knight, Mamma Mia! , Space Chimps
July 25: American Teen, The Longshots, Step Brothers, X Files II
Aug. 1: He’s Just Not That Into You, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Rocker, Swing Vote
Aug. 8: Journey 3-D, Pineapple Express, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II
Aug. 15: The International, Mirrors, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Wild Child
Aug. 22: Accidental Husband, Bangkok Dangerous, Crossing Over, Fly Me to the Moon 3D, The House Bunny
Aug. 29: Babylon A.D., College, Traitor, Hamlet II
· Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
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