July 23, 2008
WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – How can any flick take on the embodiment of comic hero and costumed vigilante that is “The Dark Knight?”
X Files faces that awesome task. And, it does so with its plot stil l tightly guarded. I’m not one for spoilers, but I have canvassed a few sites to find an overall , even general synopsis of “I Want to Believe.” Do not read more, though, if you want to remain totally oblivious to the plot until you take a seat in the theatre.
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
Fair ‘nuff… here’s a short peak: Supposedly a group of women have been abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia. Grotesque human remains turn up in snow banks along the highway. It’s up to Mulder and Scully to solve this bizarre mystery that has officials spooked. Is this an actual, leaked, unauthorized accurate portrayal? I can’t guarantee that, only that the site claims the storyline “seems” to match footage shown at WonderCon. In fact, I’ve left out a few additional sentences just to protect the mystery.
The short blurb comes from the xfilesnews.com website. “XFN has researched the blurb and we feel safe enough to tell you that this is indeed real.”
Other films opening “wide” this weekend:
July 25:
Step Brothers: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with the director of “Talladega Nights” in this comedy of pampered best friends who single parents decide to marry. Judd (“Knocked Up,” “40 Year Old Virgin”) Apatow is one of the producers.
All Pictures © Sony Pictures
X Files II: Taking the secretive approach like “Cloverfield,” the X Files sequel will be a standalone supernatural thriller which stresses the complicated Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillan Anderson) relationship. (This is the ‘authorized’ blurb)
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
Aug. 1:
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: A young archaeologist accidentally (Luke Ford) awakens China’s entombed Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) sending explorer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) on a race from ancient Chinese catacombs to the Himalayas.
All Pictures © Universal
Midnight Meat Train: Bradley Cooper plays a photographer who happens to catch the work of a serial killer (Vinnie Jones) on the New York subway. Now, Cooper wants to track down the serial killer
All Pictures © Lions Gate
Rocker: A drummer gets dumped from a 80s band just before they hit superstardom. Twenty years later after toiling at a real job, the musician has a second chance at his rock and roll fantasy.
All Pictures © Sony
Swing Vote: For a preview of election night (or a re-run of the 2000 showdown), Kevin Costner plays an apathetic lovable loser coasting through life, until his mischievous 12-year-old daughter sets off a chain of events in which her dad’s vote will determine the election outcome.
All Pictures © Walt Disney Pictures
Aug. 6:
Pineapple Express: An addict (Seth Rogen) witnesses a corrupt cop commit murder, now he and his dealer (James Franco) go on a save their hide road trip to escape a squad of officers who want them wasted. The title comes from a rare new strain of weed. It reunited you with the dudes who brought last summer’s “Superbad” to the megaplex.
All Pictures © Sony
Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II: Best friends (Alexis Biedel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn. And Blake Lively) reunite in a Grecian seaside town during their first year of college to locate their mi ssing magical jeans. Incidentally, wise producers contractually obligated these stars of “Gilmore Girls,” “Ugly Betty,” “Joan of Arcadia” and “Gossip Girl” to reunite.
All Pictures © Warner Brothers
HOLD OVERS:
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Aiming for more of a swashbuckling action audience than the fairy tale world, virtually the entire cast and crew reprise. When the children are brought back to Narnia, 1,300 years have passed and the kingdom is now controlled by the evil King Miraz. The kids meet the rightful heir, Prince Caspian, who they must restore to the throne to restore magic and glory in the land.
Get Smart: Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created the TV series that spoofed James Bond and “Man from U.N.C.L.E.” Don Adams had the title role on the small screen, which now Steve Carell snatches along with glamed up Anne Hathaway as the formerly bookish Agent 99. Alan Arkin plays the “Chief” in this ongoing struggle between the often incompetent agents of CONTROL battling the forces of KAOS. Director Peter Segal has previously delivered with “The Longest Yard,” “50 First Dates,” and “Anger Management.”
HANCOCK: Will (“Men in Black”) Smith bumbles along as a conflicted, sarcastic superhero who saves lives but leaves lots of damage along the trail. Having turned the public against his awesomely stupid deeds, the hero makes a life-changing connection with a housewife
HB II (formerly Hellboy 2: Golden Army): The mythical world rebels against humanity hoping to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must intervene. Director Guillermo Del Toro who stunned audiences with Pan’s Labyrinth is on board for the revival of the character he brought to the screen in 2004.
HAPPENING: Adapting Japanese horror has had a hit or miss record after the phenomenal “Sixth Sense” by M. Night Shyamalan. After “Lady in the Water” (mostly thumbs up by me), “Unbreakable” and “Signs,” “The Happening” has my adrenalin flowing for a possible breakthrough as the premise concerns a natural disaster that threatens to destroy the earth.
INCREDIBLE HULK: After a dull too philosophical venture in 2003, action director Louis Leterrier --- who worked with Jet Li’s fight choreographer/director on “The Transporter” and “Transporter II --- has put the marauding green monster/hero back on screens. As for the story, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) seeks seclusion to understand and cure his condition that turns him into a monster. With the military wanting him controlled, he also must battle, The Abomination.
INDIANA JONES AND THE CRYSTAL SKULL: Steven Spielberg directs the return of everyone’s favorite globetrotting adventurer who’s been on the shelf for nearly 20 years. George Lucas teams with David Koepp on the screenplay, but it’s under wraps. However, Harris Ford reprises his role, even though his age is starting to limit his death defying stunts.
IRON MAN: Robert Downey Jr. stars as the armor plated hero. Updating the scenatio, Tony Stark remains a billionaire industralist, but has been kidnapped in Afghanistan where he is forced to work on weapons for the bad guys. The villain, none other than perennial nemesis , The Mandarin.
KIT KITTREDGE AN AMERICAN GIRL: For the very family friendly crowd, the story of an aspiring girl reporter offers an uplifting experience. “KittredGE” begins with the kid bringing home stay dogs and hobos. Her happy childhood in Cincinnati is disrupted when her dad loses his car dealership and must look for work outside the area. That means that Kit and her mother must try to make it taking in house guests (like an itinerant magician, a dance instructor ISO a husband, and a mobile librarian), as well as grow veggies and eggs.
Kung Fu Panda: Not exactly “Happy Feet,” but the big, clumsy Po labors daily in his family’s noodle shop dreaming about Kung Fu. But the bear has been chosen to fulfill a prophesy, so can the panda actually become a kung fun master? (Voices include Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman)
Mamma Mia! Last summer’s “Hairspray” proved that the movie musical can still reign under the summer sun, so now comes another Broadway icon with Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosna on the marquee. A bride to be raised on a Greek island by a mother refusing to disclose her dad’s identity, locates three possible ‘dads’ and invites them to the wedding. Yes, you get to hear ABBA’s greatest hits!
Space Chimps: Cutting edge CGI animation propels this out of the world adventure in which NASA recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to save a $5 billion probe that fell into a galactic wormhole.
SEX AND THE CITY: The movie picks up four year after the six-year-run wrapped in 2004 on HBO. Sarah Jessica Parker returns as Carrie Bradshaw, the style conscious journalist whose romantic exploits ruled the series. As the story continues, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda prepare for Carrie to take the marital plunge
SPEED RACER: The Wachowski brothers (“V is for Vendetta” and “The Matrix” trilogy) direct a family friendly movie about a young gearhead (Emile Hirsch) known as Speed Racer who following the death of his brother, Rex, must race in the death defying cross-country rally known as The Crucible. His main competitor- Racer X played by Matthew Fox (who played Red Dawson in “We Are Marshall”).
STRANGERS: Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman play a young couple staying in an isolated vacation home when a knock on the door in the mid-hours of darkness. Soon, they are fighting for their lives as three masked strangers invade their space.
WALL-E: Pixar Animation Studios. ‘Nuff said. After hundreds of years picking up humanities trash on the Planet Earth, a search robot EVE discovers that the Waste Allocation Load Lifter robot may have found the meaning of life and a way for human to return home safely. Characters include malfunctioning robot misfits and a pet cockroach.
WANTED: A young man (James McAvoy) finds that his recently murder father was an elite assassin. Now he’s recruited by a man named Sloan (Morgan Freeman) to step into his dad’s shoes. Angelina Jolie also stars. Incidentally, the concept comes from a dark comic with similarity to “Sin City” and “V for Vendetta.”
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Would you stay married to Cameron Diaz for six months to qualify for $3 million jackpot? She marries Aston Kutcher during a drunken ceremony, then he hits strikes pay dirt on the slots using her quarter.
You Don’t Mess with Zohan: Judd (“Knocked Up”) Apatow and Adam Sandler team on a screenplay in which a Mossad agent fakes his death and re-emerges in the Big Apple as a hair stylist. Dennis (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”) Dugan directs.
Limited Release /Art House Films
ONGOING INTERACTIVE FUN NOW AT 9:45 PM FRIDAYS…
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 July 25:
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) X Files I Want to Believe 11:35-1:30-2:00-4:00-4:30-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; The Step Brothers 11:30-12:15-2:00-2:40-4:30-5:10-7:00-7:35-9:30-10:00; Dark Knight (4 PRINTS) 11:40-12:00-1:30-2:00-3:00-3:20-4:45-5:15-6:15-6:40-8:15-8;45-9:35-9:55; TIME CHANGES: Meet Dave 11:45-2:00-4:20 only; Wanted 7:10-9:50 only; Get Smart 6:40-9:20 only; Kung Fu Panda 12:10-2:30-4:50; Hancock (one print) 11:40-2:00-4:20-6:40-9:00; Wall-E 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; KID TOONS: Thomas and Friend the Great Discovery Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. ONLY (all seats $3.50); FREE KID’S FLIX: Tuesday/Wednesday 10 a.m. July 29-July 30,Shrek the Third, Mr Bean’s Holiday; ENDS THURSDAY: Kit Kittredge, Hulk, Indiana Jones; 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.) Indiana Jones Kingdom of Crystal Skull 1:20-4:15-7:10-9:35; Sex and the City 4:10-7:00; The Strangers 1:15-9:45; Iron Man 1:30-4:20-7:00-9:30; Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1:00-4:00; The Happening 7:20-9:25* only (No 9:25 show Fri. July 25); FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. 10 a.m. July 30, Surf’s Up; ENDS THURSDAY: What Happens in Vegas; Friday July 25, 9:45 ONLY: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' (Interactive preshow begins 9:45 p.m.); For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Step Brothers 12:45-3:30-7:10-9:40; X Files I Want to Believe 12:40-3:10-7:25-9:55; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Get Smart, Wanted, Meet Dave; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Step Brothers, X Files I Want to Believe , Starts Fri July 25, Times TBA; Dark Knight 11:30-12:15-2:45-3:30-6:30-7:00-9:45-10:15; TIME CHANGES: Journey to the Center of the Earth 11:50-2:15-4:30-6:50; Get Smart 9:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Kung Fu Panda, Wanted; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: (Confirmed Thru July 31) Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 12:00-4:30-8:00; The Happening 12:10-2:25-4:45-7:05-9:20; Speed Racer 12:15-3:20; What Happens in Vegas 6:30-8:50; Baby Mama 12:04-2:20-4:35-6:55-9:15; Prom Night 6:50-9:00; Horton Hears Who 12:20-2:30-4:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Made of Honor, Nim’s Island; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=560
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): X Files I Want to Believe 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Step Brothers 11:50-2:15-4:40-7:05-9:30; Dark Knight (3 prints) 11:40-12:00-1:30-3:00-3:20-4:45-6:15-6:40-8:15-9:35-9:55; Mamma Mia 1:00-4:00-6:45-9:20; KIDTOONS: Thomas & Friends Great Discovery, Sat/Sun 11:30 am ($3.50 all tickets); FREE KID’S FLIX: Tuesday/Wednesday, 10 a.m. July 29 & 30, Mr Bean’s Holiday, Shrek the Third; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:20-2:30-4:40-7:00; Kit Kittredge 12:10-2:30-4:50; Get Smart 7:10-9:45; Kung Fu Panda 12:15-2:35-4:55-7:15; Strangers 9:35 only; Indiana Jones 9:15 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Wanted; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
Starts Wednesday
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!): X Files I Want to Believe 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Step Brothers 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:10-2:20-4:30-6:50; Wall-E 11:30 a.m. daily; Hellboy II 9:30 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave; FREE KID’S FLICKS: Tues/Wed 10 a.m. July 29 & 30, Barnyard, Flushed Away; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
Starts Wednesday
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) The Step Brothers 11:20-11:50-1:45-2:30-4:15-5:00-7:00-7:30-9:30-10:00; X Files I Want to Believe 11:30-2:00-4:40-7:15-9:45; Dark Knight 11:00-12:00-1:00-2:15-3:15-4:30-6:30-8:00-9:00-0:50; KIDTOONS: Thomas & Friends: Great Discovery , Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. ONLY; FREE KID’S FLIX: Tues/ Wed 9:30 a.m. July 29-30, Mr Bean’s Holiday, Shrek the Third; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: X Files I Want to Believe 12:35-2:55-5:10-7:25-9:40; Step Brothers 12:55-3:05-5:10-7:15-9:20; FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. July 30 @ 10 a.m., Daddy Day Camp; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
TIME CHANGES
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Space Chimps 12:15-2:30-4:45-6:55 only ; Hellboy II Golden Army 4:15-7:15-10:00 only; Hancock 12:20*-2:40-5:00-7:20-9:40 (*No 12:20 Sat/Sun); Wanted 9:10 only; Kung Fu Panda 11:40-2:00 only;
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Kit Kittredge 1:05-3:05-5:05 only; Wanted 7:20-9:45 only
ENDS THURSDAY:
Marquee Southridge: Get Smart, Indiana Jones, Meet Dave
Park Place Stadium Cinemas: Meet Dave, Get Smart
HURRICANE, WV
Starts Wednesday, July 2
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: X Files I Want to Believe 10:00 a.m*.-12:45-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45; Step Brothers 10:30 a.m.*- 1:00-3:05-5:10-7:20-9:50; TIME CHANGES:Kit Kitteredge 10:10 a.m. ONLY; Hellboy II 12:45-5:15-7:30-10:00; Space Chimps 10:20 a.m.*-12:50-2:50-5:05-7:15 only; Get Smart 9:50 only; Wall-E 10:05 a.m.*-12:35-3:05-6:00; Wanted 8:10-10:20; FREE SUMMER KIDS SERIES: Tuesday/Thursday, 10 a.m., July 28 and 30, Nancy Drew; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Kung Fu Panda; (* No Sunday Early Showing ); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Hancock 4:30-7:00-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; FREE KIDS FLIX: Tuesday 10 a.m., July 29, Alvin; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE
LOGAN, W.VA.
Starts Friday
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8:Step Brothers 12:30-2:40-4:50-7:35-9:55; X Files I Want to Believe 12:25-2:30-4:45-7:15-9:35; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:35-2:30-4:20; Wanted 7:20-9:50; Wall-E 1:00 only; Hellboy 4:00-7:05-9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave; FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. July 30, 10 a.m. Pirates Who Don’t Do; 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: X Files I Want to Believe 4:00-6:50-9:25, Sat/Sun 12:30; The Step Brothers 4:40-7:05-9:30, Sat/Sun 11:50-2:15; Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Hancock 7:00-9:20; Wall-E 4:15, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:45; FREE KIDS SUMMER MOVIES: Tuesday, 10 a.m. July 29 , Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything ; ENDS THURSDAY: Hellboy II
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: X Files I Want to Believe 4:00-6:45-9:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00; Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Sex and the City 3:30-6:30 only; Hancock 9:45 only , Sat./Sun Mat. 12:30; FREE KIDS FLIX: Tuesday 10 a.m. July 29, Alvin; ENDS THURSDAY: Hellboy II
WHEELING, WV
HIGHLAND 14 OPENS AUG 8
UPCOMING RELEASES
Aug. 1: He’s Just Not That Into You, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Rocker, Swing Vote
Aug. 8: Pineapple Express, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II
Aug. 15: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Mirrors, Vicky Cristina Barrcelona
Aug. 22: Death Race, Crossing Over, Fly Me to the Moon 3D, The House Bunny, The Longshots
Aug. 29: Babylon A.D., College, Traitor, Hamlet II, Disaster Movie
Sept. 5: Accidental Husband, Bangkok Dangerous, Passengers
Sept. 12: Righteous Kill, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys, The Women
Sept. 19: Ghost Town, Igor, Lakeview Terrace, My Best Friend’s Girl, Taken
Sept. 26: Eagle eye, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe, Blindness
Oct. 3: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Oct. 10: City of ember, The Express, House of Lies, Quarantine, Sex Drive, Soul Men
Oct. 17: Max Payne
Oct. 24: Brother Bloom, He’s Just Not That Into You, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Saw V, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D
Oct. 31: RockNrOLLA
Nov. 7: Quantum of Solace (James Bond), Madagascar II
Nov. 21: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince
· 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) – How can any flick take on the embodiment of comic hero and costumed vigilante that is “The Dark Knight?”
X Files faces that awesome task. And, it does so with its plot stil l tightly guarded. I’m not one for spoilers, but I have canvassed a few sites to find an overall , even general synopsis of “I Want to Believe.” Do not read more, though, if you want to remain totally oblivious to the plot until you take a seat in the theatre.
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
Fair ‘nuff… here’s a short peak: Supposedly a group of women have been abducted in the wintry hills of rural Virginia. Grotesque human remains turn up in snow banks along the highway. It’s up to Mulder and Scully to solve this bizarre mystery that has officials spooked. Is this an actual, leaked, unauthorized accurate portrayal? I can’t guarantee that, only that the site claims the storyline “seems” to match footage shown at WonderCon. In fact, I’ve left out a few additional sentences just to protect the mystery.
The short blurb comes from the xfilesnews.com website. “XFN has researched the blurb and we feel safe enough to tell you that this is indeed real.”
Other films opening “wide” this weekend:
July 25:
Step Brothers: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly re-team with the director of “Talladega Nights” in this comedy of pampered best friends who single parents decide to marry. Judd (“Knocked Up,” “40 Year Old Virgin”) Apatow is one of the producers.
All Pictures © Sony Pictures
X Files II: Taking the secretive approach like “Cloverfield,” the X Files sequel will be a standalone supernatural thriller which stresses the complicated Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillan Anderson) relationship. (This is the ‘authorized’ blurb)
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
Aug. 1:
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: A young archaeologist accidentally (Luke Ford) awakens China’s entombed Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) sending explorer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) on a race from ancient Chinese catacombs to the Himalayas.
All Pictures © Universal
Midnight Meat Train: Bradley Cooper plays a photographer who happens to catch the work of a serial killer (Vinnie Jones) on the New York subway. Now, Cooper wants to track down the serial killer
All Pictures © Lions Gate
Rocker: A drummer gets dumped from a 80s band just before they hit superstardom. Twenty years later after toiling at a real job, the musician has a second chance at his rock and roll fantasy.
All Pictures © Sony
Swing Vote: For a preview of election night (or a re-run of the 2000 showdown), Kevin Costner plays an apathetic lovable loser coasting through life, until his mischievous 12-year-old daughter sets off a chain of events in which her dad’s vote will determine the election outcome.
All Pictures © Walt Disney Pictures
Aug. 6:
Pineapple Express: An addict (Seth Rogen) witnesses a corrupt cop commit murder, now he and his dealer (James Franco) go on a save their hide road trip to escape a squad of officers who want them wasted. The title comes from a rare new strain of weed. It reunited you with the dudes who brought last summer’s “Superbad” to the megaplex.
All Pictures © Sony
Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II: Best friends (Alexis Biedel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn. And Blake Lively) reunite in a Grecian seaside town during their first year of college to locate their mi ssing magical jeans. Incidentally, wise producers contractually obligated these stars of “Gilmore Girls,” “Ugly Betty,” “Joan of Arcadia” and “Gossip Girl” to reunite.
All Pictures © Warner Brothers
HOLD OVERS:
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Aiming for more of a swashbuckling action audience than the fairy tale world, virtually the entire cast and crew reprise. When the children are brought back to Narnia, 1,300 years have passed and the kingdom is now controlled by the evil King Miraz. The kids meet the rightful heir, Prince Caspian, who they must restore to the throne to restore magic and glory in the land.
Get Smart: Mel Brooks and Buck Henry created the TV series that spoofed James Bond and “Man from U.N.C.L.E.” Don Adams had the title role on the small screen, which now Steve Carell snatches along with glamed up Anne Hathaway as the formerly bookish Agent 99. Alan Arkin plays the “Chief” in this ongoing struggle between the often incompetent agents of CONTROL battling the forces of KAOS. Director Peter Segal has previously delivered with “The Longest Yard,” “50 First Dates,” and “Anger Management.”
HANCOCK: Will (“Men in Black”) Smith bumbles along as a conflicted, sarcastic superhero who saves lives but leaves lots of damage along the trail. Having turned the public against his awesomely stupid deeds, the hero makes a life-changing connection with a housewife
HB II (formerly Hellboy 2: Golden Army): The mythical world rebels against humanity hoping to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must intervene. Director Guillermo Del Toro who stunned audiences with Pan’s Labyrinth is on board for the revival of the character he brought to the screen in 2004.
HAPPENING: Adapting Japanese horror has had a hit or miss record after the phenomenal “Sixth Sense” by M. Night Shyamalan. After “Lady in the Water” (mostly thumbs up by me), “Unbreakable” and “Signs,” “The Happening” has my adrenalin flowing for a possible breakthrough as the premise concerns a natural disaster that threatens to destroy the earth.
INCREDIBLE HULK: After a dull too philosophical venture in 2003, action director Louis Leterrier --- who worked with Jet Li’s fight choreographer/director on “The Transporter” and “Transporter II --- has put the marauding green monster/hero back on screens. As for the story, Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) seeks seclusion to understand and cure his condition that turns him into a monster. With the military wanting him controlled, he also must battle, The Abomination.
INDIANA JONES AND THE CRYSTAL SKULL: Steven Spielberg directs the return of everyone’s favorite globetrotting adventurer who’s been on the shelf for nearly 20 years. George Lucas teams with David Koepp on the screenplay, but it’s under wraps. However, Harris Ford reprises his role, even though his age is starting to limit his death defying stunts.
IRON MAN: Robert Downey Jr. stars as the armor plated hero. Updating the scenatio, Tony Stark remains a billionaire industralist, but has been kidnapped in Afghanistan where he is forced to work on weapons for the bad guys. The villain, none other than perennial nemesis , The Mandarin.
KIT KITTREDGE AN AMERICAN GIRL: For the very family friendly crowd, the story of an aspiring girl reporter offers an uplifting experience. “KittredGE” begins with the kid bringing home stay dogs and hobos. Her happy childhood in Cincinnati is disrupted when her dad loses his car dealership and must look for work outside the area. That means that Kit and her mother must try to make it taking in house guests (like an itinerant magician, a dance instructor ISO a husband, and a mobile librarian), as well as grow veggies and eggs.
Kung Fu Panda: Not exactly “Happy Feet,” but the big, clumsy Po labors daily in his family’s noodle shop dreaming about Kung Fu. But the bear has been chosen to fulfill a prophesy, so can the panda actually become a kung fun master? (Voices include Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman)
Mamma Mia! Last summer’s “Hairspray” proved that the movie musical can still reign under the summer sun, so now comes another Broadway icon with Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosna on the marquee. A bride to be raised on a Greek island by a mother refusing to disclose her dad’s identity, locates three possible ‘dads’ and invites them to the wedding. Yes, you get to hear ABBA’s greatest hits!
Space Chimps: Cutting edge CGI animation propels this out of the world adventure in which NASA recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to save a $5 billion probe that fell into a galactic wormhole.
SEX AND THE CITY: The movie picks up four year after the six-year-run wrapped in 2004 on HBO. Sarah Jessica Parker returns as Carrie Bradshaw, the style conscious journalist whose romantic exploits ruled the series. As the story continues, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda prepare for Carrie to take the marital plunge
SPEED RACER: The Wachowski brothers (“V is for Vendetta” and “The Matrix” trilogy) direct a family friendly movie about a young gearhead (Emile Hirsch) known as Speed Racer who following the death of his brother, Rex, must race in the death defying cross-country rally known as The Crucible. His main competitor- Racer X played by Matthew Fox (who played Red Dawson in “We Are Marshall”).
STRANGERS: Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman play a young couple staying in an isolated vacation home when a knock on the door in the mid-hours of darkness. Soon, they are fighting for their lives as three masked strangers invade their space.
WALL-E: Pixar Animation Studios. ‘Nuff said. After hundreds of years picking up humanities trash on the Planet Earth, a search robot EVE discovers that the Waste Allocation Load Lifter robot may have found the meaning of life and a way for human to return home safely. Characters include malfunctioning robot misfits and a pet cockroach.
WANTED: A young man (James McAvoy) finds that his recently murder father was an elite assassin. Now he’s recruited by a man named Sloan (Morgan Freeman) to step into his dad’s shoes. Angelina Jolie also stars. Incidentally, the concept comes from a dark comic with similarity to “Sin City” and “V for Vendetta.”
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS: Would you stay married to Cameron Diaz for six months to qualify for $3 million jackpot? She marries Aston Kutcher during a drunken ceremony, then he hits strikes pay dirt on the slots using her quarter.
You Don’t Mess with Zohan: Judd (“Knocked Up”) Apatow and Adam Sandler team on a screenplay in which a Mossad agent fakes his death and re-emerges in the Big Apple as a hair stylist. Dennis (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry”) Dugan directs.
Limited Release /Art House Films
ONGOING INTERACTIVE FUN NOW AT 9:45 PM FRIDAYS…
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 July 25:
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) X Files I Want to Believe 11:35-1:30-2:00-4:00-4:30-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; The Step Brothers 11:30-12:15-2:00-2:40-4:30-5:10-7:00-7:35-9:30-10:00; Dark Knight (4 PRINTS) 11:40-12:00-1:30-2:00-3:00-3:20-4:45-5:15-6:15-6:40-8:15-8;45-9:35-9:55; TIME CHANGES: Meet Dave 11:45-2:00-4:20 only; Wanted 7:10-9:50 only; Get Smart 6:40-9:20 only; Kung Fu Panda 12:10-2:30-4:50; Hancock (one print) 11:40-2:00-4:20-6:40-9:00; Wall-E 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; KID TOONS: Thomas and Friend the Great Discovery Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. ONLY (all seats $3.50); FREE KID’S FLIX: Tuesday/Wednesday 10 a.m. July 29-July 30,Shrek the Third, Mr Bean’s Holiday; ENDS THURSDAY: Kit Kittredge, Hulk, Indiana Jones; 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.) Indiana Jones Kingdom of Crystal Skull 1:20-4:15-7:10-9:35; Sex and the City 4:10-7:00; The Strangers 1:15-9:45; Iron Man 1:30-4:20-7:00-9:30; Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1:00-4:00; The Happening 7:20-9:25* only (No 9:25 show Fri. July 25); FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. 10 a.m. July 30, Surf’s Up; ENDS THURSDAY: What Happens in Vegas; Friday July 25, 9:45 ONLY: 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' (Interactive preshow begins 9:45 p.m.); For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Step Brothers 12:45-3:30-7:10-9:40; X Files I Want to Believe 12:40-3:10-7:25-9:55; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Get Smart, Wanted, Meet Dave; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Step Brothers, X Files I Want to Believe , Starts Fri July 25, Times TBA; Dark Knight 11:30-12:15-2:45-3:30-6:30-7:00-9:45-10:15; TIME CHANGES: Journey to the Center of the Earth 11:50-2:15-4:30-6:50; Get Smart 9:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Kung Fu Panda, Wanted; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: (Confirmed Thru July 31) Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 12:00-4:30-8:00; The Happening 12:10-2:25-4:45-7:05-9:20; Speed Racer 12:15-3:20; What Happens in Vegas 6:30-8:50; Baby Mama 12:04-2:20-4:35-6:55-9:15; Prom Night 6:50-9:00; Horton Hears Who 12:20-2:30-4:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Made of Honor, Nim’s Island; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=560
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): X Files I Want to Believe 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Step Brothers 11:50-2:15-4:40-7:05-9:30; Dark Knight (3 prints) 11:40-12:00-1:30-3:00-3:20-4:45-6:15-6:40-8:15-9:35-9:55; Mamma Mia 1:00-4:00-6:45-9:20; KIDTOONS: Thomas & Friends Great Discovery, Sat/Sun 11:30 am ($3.50 all tickets); FREE KID’S FLIX: Tuesday/Wednesday, 10 a.m. July 29 & 30, Mr Bean’s Holiday, Shrek the Third; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:20-2:30-4:40-7:00; Kit Kittredge 12:10-2:30-4:50; Get Smart 7:10-9:45; Kung Fu Panda 12:15-2:35-4:55-7:15; Strangers 9:35 only; Indiana Jones 9:15 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Wanted; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
Starts Wednesday
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!): X Files I Want to Believe 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:50; Step Brothers 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:10-2:20-4:30-6:50; Wall-E 11:30 a.m. daily; Hellboy II 9:30 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave; FREE KID’S FLICKS: Tues/Wed 10 a.m. July 29 & 30, Barnyard, Flushed Away; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
Starts Wednesday
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) The Step Brothers 11:20-11:50-1:45-2:30-4:15-5:00-7:00-7:30-9:30-10:00; X Files I Want to Believe 11:30-2:00-4:40-7:15-9:45; Dark Knight 11:00-12:00-1:00-2:15-3:15-4:30-6:30-8:00-9:00-0:50; KIDTOONS: Thomas & Friends: Great Discovery , Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. ONLY; FREE KID’S FLIX: Tues/ Wed 9:30 a.m. July 29-30, Mr Bean’s Holiday, Shrek the Third; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: X Files I Want to Believe 12:35-2:55-5:10-7:25-9:40; Step Brothers 12:55-3:05-5:10-7:15-9:20; FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. July 30 @ 10 a.m., Daddy Day Camp; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
TIME CHANGES
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Space Chimps 12:15-2:30-4:45-6:55 only ; Hellboy II Golden Army 4:15-7:15-10:00 only; Hancock 12:20*-2:40-5:00-7:20-9:40 (*No 12:20 Sat/Sun); Wanted 9:10 only; Kung Fu Panda 11:40-2:00 only;
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Kit Kittredge 1:05-3:05-5:05 only; Wanted 7:20-9:45 only
ENDS THURSDAY:
Marquee Southridge: Get Smart, Indiana Jones, Meet Dave
Park Place Stadium Cinemas: Meet Dave, Get Smart
HURRICANE, WV
Starts Wednesday, July 2
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: X Files I Want to Believe 10:00 a.m*.-12:45-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45; Step Brothers 10:30 a.m.*- 1:00-3:05-5:10-7:20-9:50; TIME CHANGES:Kit Kitteredge 10:10 a.m. ONLY; Hellboy II 12:45-5:15-7:30-10:00; Space Chimps 10:20 a.m.*-12:50-2:50-5:05-7:15 only; Get Smart 9:50 only; Wall-E 10:05 a.m.*-12:35-3:05-6:00; Wanted 8:10-10:20; FREE SUMMER KIDS SERIES: Tuesday/Thursday, 10 a.m., July 28 and 30, Nancy Drew; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave, Kung Fu Panda; (* No Sunday Early Showing ); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Hancock 4:30-7:00-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; FREE KIDS FLIX: Tuesday 10 a.m., July 29, Alvin; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE
LOGAN, W.VA.
Starts Friday
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8:Step Brothers 12:30-2:40-4:50-7:35-9:55; X Files I Want to Believe 12:25-2:30-4:45-7:15-9:35; TIME CHANGES: Space Chimps 12:35-2:30-4:20; Wanted 7:20-9:50; Wall-E 1:00 only; Hellboy 4:00-7:05-9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Meet Dave; FREE KIDS FLIX: Wed. July 30, 10 a.m. Pirates Who Don’t Do; 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: X Files I Want to Believe 4:00-6:50-9:25, Sat/Sun 12:30; The Step Brothers 4:40-7:05-9:30, Sat/Sun 11:50-2:15; Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Hancock 7:00-9:20; Wall-E 4:15, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:45; FREE KIDS SUMMER MOVIES: Tuesday, 10 a.m. July 29 , Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything ; ENDS THURSDAY: Hellboy II
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: X Files I Want to Believe 4:00-6:45-9:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00; Dark Knight 3:00-6:15-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:40; Sex and the City 3:30-6:30 only; Hancock 9:45 only , Sat./Sun Mat. 12:30; FREE KIDS FLIX: Tuesday 10 a.m. July 29, Alvin; ENDS THURSDAY: Hellboy II
WHEELING, WV
HIGHLAND 14 OPENS AUG 8
UPCOMING RELEASES
Aug. 1: He’s Just Not That Into You, Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Rocker, Swing Vote
Aug. 8: Pineapple Express, Sisterhood of Traveling Pants II
Aug. 15: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Mirrors, Vicky Cristina Barrcelona
Aug. 22: Death Race, Crossing Over, Fly Me to the Moon 3D, The House Bunny, The Longshots
Aug. 29: Babylon A.D., College, Traitor, Hamlet II, Disaster Movie
Sept. 5: Accidental Husband, Bangkok Dangerous, Passengers
Sept. 12: Righteous Kill, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys, The Women
Sept. 19: Ghost Town, Igor, Lakeview Terrace, My Best Friend’s Girl, Taken
Sept. 26: Eagle eye, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe, Blindness
Oct. 3: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Oct. 10: City of ember, The Express, House of Lies, Quarantine, Sex Drive, Soul Men
Oct. 17: Max Payne
Oct. 24: Brother Bloom, He’s Just Not That Into You, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Saw V, Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D
Oct. 31: RockNrOLLA
Nov. 7: Quantum of Solace (James Bond), Madagascar II
Nov. 21: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince
· Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
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