Sept. 17, 2008
WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – If you’re the least bit into the spy genre, you’ll remember a hit theme song that began, “There’s a man who lives a life of danger.” The series, “Secret Agent,” and the crafty Coen brothers have turned household paranoia into a near international crisis.
After a long time CIA analysis bored by bureaucracy quits rather than accept reassignment due to “drinking too much,” Oz ( John Malkovich ) decides to pen his memoirs. One the same playing field, his wife (Tilda Swinton) has an affair going with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a treasury agent. Intermingling financials and manuscript on a CD, a clerk for his wife’s soon to be divorce attorney loses a copy of the disc at the guy.
An energetic personal trainer (Brad Pitt) finds the disk and urged by a middle-aged single woman , Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand ), who’s wanting to reinvent herself with cosmetic surgery, believe they have a top secret item worth enough bucks to pay for Linda’s operations.
Slicing and securing loose ends like whittling carrot sticks, “Burn After Reading” has an uncertain start, but soon becomes a who’s spying on whom while everyone sleeps with each other laugh circus. An internet dating service provides serendipity for overlapping paths which unleash chaotic assumptions and watch your back paranoia.
Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), not Clooney or Pitt, wobbles from dejected and beat up to an icy , imaginative, empowerment dynamo. She has enough quirks to set up a zoo; this diva steals the acting circus.
Give Pitt (with a striped blonde haircut and a cool bike) and Clooney thumbs up for joining the ensemble. Pitt brings the rampant energy of youth; Clooney adds a well-acted rational jerk persona.
Of course Malkovich has a Jekyll/Hyde quiet inquisitive personality that when ignited swerves first to the irrational then gradually ebbs to psychotic.
“Burn After Reading” has laughs spilling over the top, particularly as accidental encounters brew hilarious and idiotic character flaws --- which bounce handily off the dark farcical umbrella of deception and suspicion with international security implications derived from mundane domestic data.
Langley (Virginia) management (J.K. Simmons) has a perfectly indifferent just keep it covered up attitude, even as peering eyes step beyond the observance threshold and into a mounting body count.
SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE MOVIES: Gilmour, Opera, Rent
IN ADDITION to the flicks opening wide, several digital SPECIAL EVENTS kick off the fall season of screen extras: Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour’s concert film runs Monday, Sept. 22 @ 7 p.m. at Marquee’s digital houses. Cinemark’s Cinema 10, across from Ashland Town Center, unveils the Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala, also on Monday Sept. 22 @ 6 p.m. Finally, Great Escape (Nitro 12), offer a four showing , one time only filed presentation of the recently concluded Broadway icon, “Rent.” Showings are Sept. 24, 25 ( 7 p.m.) & 27, 28 (12 noon). Tickets $20. Click: http://www.greatescapetheaters.com/promotions.asp?q_promotionid=88
FILMS OPENING WIDE THIS WEEKEND (Not all titles in all areas)
Lakeview Terrace: Samuel L. Jackson stars as a member of Los Angeles’ finest attempting to scare an interracial couple (Karry Washington, Patrick Wilson) out of his neighborhood.
All Pictures © Sony
My Best Friend’s Girl: How do you win back a gal who dumped you? Get her fixed up with the worst jerk, then, wait for her to come crying back to you. But when Tank’s (Dane Cook) hired by his best friend to go out on a lousy date with Alexis (Kate Hudson), well, the two really like each other.
All Pictures © Lions Gate
Ghost Town: When a dentist goes to the hospital for a routine procedure, he dies for seven minutes and starts seeing ghosts of other recently departed. And, they have a mission for him to carry out in order to , well, get rid of the unwelcome spirits.
All Pictures © Dream Works
IGOR: A hunchbacked lab assistant dreams of becoming a mad scientist.
All Pictures © MGM
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA: Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) spend their summer in Spain where they are drawn into a series of unconventional (as only director Woody Allen came foist them) romantic entanglements. ( Exclusive Park Place Stadium, Charleston)
All Pictures © Weinstein Group
SEPTEMBER 26:
Blindness: A plague quarantines a city and a small group of those afflicted must band together to survive.
All Pictures © Miramax
Eagle Eye: Reuniting the director and a hot dude from “Disturbia,” D. J. Caruso directs Shia LaBeouf in a Hitchcock type thriller where a dude and his mom fall unwittingly into a terror cell planning an assassination
All Pictures © Paramount
Nights in Rodanthe: Faced with her life in chaos, Adrienna (Diane Lane) retreats to a small North Carolina town to tend a small inn so she can think out the crisis. However, a storm moves in and so does a guest: Dr Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) . Both lean on each other to face the elements and emotions.
All Pictures © Warner Brothers
Miracle at St. Anna: Soldiers from the Negro 92nd Division find themselves behind enemy lines and separated from their unit in Italy. The four who risk their lives for a country that disrespects them find humanity in an Italian Village. Directed by Spike Lee
All Pictures © Walt Disney
HOLD OVERS:
BABYLON A.D.: Vin Diesel plays a mercenary delivering a mysterious young woman from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to the megalopolis known as NYC.
BURN AFTER READING: The Coen Brothers lure Brad Pitt and George Clooney into a comedy about two gym employees finding a disc with the memoirs of a CIA agent on it.
FLY ME TO THE MOON: Having started its release in Belgium, this 3-D movie follows three houseflies who sneak aboard the Apollo 11 lunar mission.
The House Bunny: Tossed out of the Playboy mansion, Shelly (Anna Faris) can’t find a place to lay her tail until she meets the seven most socially clueless sorority girls from Zeta Tau Zeta who need strong dose of her bubbly social etiquette.
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!
MIRRORS: Alexandre Aja known for his chilling “Hills Have Eyes,” “High Tension,” and “P2,” casts Kiefer Suterland, Paula Patton and Cameron Boyce in a tale of a mall security guard who finds the mirrors of a department store bring out the worst in those who stare into them.
RIGHTEOUS KILL: 50 Cent, Robert DeNiro, and Al Pacino search for a serial killer who leaves four line poems justifying the murder. Could it be that the Big Apple has a vigilante taking care of what the justice system failed to do?
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.
THE WOMEN: Call this a “Sex in the City” for older women with great NYC jobs while serving as fashion mavens. Mary Hines and Sylvia Fowler seem to have found it all in the Big Apple fashion and publishing worlds , but Hines finds her husband has been having an affair with a clerk at Sak’s. You will find Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Bette Midler, Kathy Griffin, Candice Bergen, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Ana Gasteyer, and Lynn Whitfield all in the picture. Re-Make of George Cuckor’s 1939 proto-feminist comedy.
TRAITOR: A special operations officer with ties to Afghan rebels leads to FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) tracking him throughout the Middle East. But the evidence soon becomes contradictory. Jeffrey Nachmanoff who wrote “The Day After Tomorrow” is on the screenplay.
TROPIC THUNDER: Actors on location for a big budget war flick find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences (or lack thereof) when they get caught up in a real conflict. Ben (“Night at the Museum,” “Heartbreak Kid”) Stiller directs and stars with Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Brandon Jackson and Matthew (Jack Lengyel in “WAM”) McConaughey. Tom Cruise appears in a cameo.
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys: Class struggles, greedy business affairs, and friendships in jeopardy form the tangled mess when two women find that their children have been cheating o the spouses.
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.”
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 @ 9:45 p.m.
Starts Friday September 19 – September 25
· As public schools open, certain cinemas have discontinued weekday matinees and/or morning shows and/or late evening shows
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) Lakeview Terrace 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40; Ghost Town 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:55; My Best Friend’s Girl 11:50-2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45; Igor 12:00-2:10-4:30-6:45-9:00; Mamma Mia Sing-along 1:50-4:30; Starts Sept. 26, Fireproof 12:30-3:30-6:20-9:00; KIDTOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 11:40 a.m. Sat/Sun ($3.50 all seats); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Mon. Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Bangkok Dangerous 7:25-9:50 only; Traitor 9:40; Clone Wars 2:00-4:20; Mirrors 9:40; Fly Me to Moon 3D 12:25-2:35-4:45-7:00; Pineapple Express 7:10-9:50 only; Tropic Thunder 6:55-9:30 only; House Bunny , no 12:00 Noon show Sat/Sun; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon A.D.; College, Death Race, Longshots; 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.) Beer for My Horses 5:10-7:15-9:20, Sat/Sun/Tues 1:00-3:05; Step Brothers 5:25-7:30-9:35, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:15-3:20; Wanted 7:05-9:25* (No 9:45 show Friday Sept 19) ; Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants II 7:25-9:45; Wall-E 5:25, Fri/Sat/Tues. Mat. 1:05-3:15; Space Chimps 5:15, Sat/Sun/Tues 1:15-3:15-5:15; ENDS THURSDAY: Hancock, ; Friday Sept. 19, 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: Igor 4:40-7:20-9:40, F/S/S Mat. 2:00; Lakeview Terrace 4:20-7:00-9:35, F/S/S Mat. 1:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 4:35-7:30-10:00, F/S/S 1:50; Starts Friday Sept. 26 “Fireproof,” 4:15-7:00-9:45, F/S/S Mat. 1:30; SPECIAL EVENT: Metropolitan Opera: Opening Night Gala , Mon. Sept. 22, 6 p.m. $15-$22; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, Death Race, Mirrors; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Igor, Lakeview Terrace, My Best Friends Girl, Times TBA; TIME CHANGES: Dark Knight, F/S/S 2:00-7:15 only, Mon-Thurs. 3:15-8:30; Tropic Thunder, F/S/S 11:45-5:00-10:20, Mon-Thurs 6:15 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Death Race, Clone Wars; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: CLOSED
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Lakeview Terrace 12:45-3:30-6:45-9:20; Ghost Town 12:30-3:15-6:50-9:25; My Best Friend’s Girl 12:40-3:10-7:00-9:30; Igor 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15; Starts Sept. 26, Fireproof 1:10-4:00-6:45-9:20; KIDTOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 12:00 a.m. Sat/Sun ($3.50 all seats); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Bangkok Dangerous 4:00-9:15; Disaster Movie 1:00-7:00; Death Race 7:10-9:40; Longshots 12:20-2:40-4:50; Mirrors 7:00-9:40; Fly Me to Moon 12:20-2:35-4:50; Tropic Thunder 7:00-9:35; Journey to the Center of the Earth 12:10-2:30-4:50; House Bunny , no 12:05 show Sat/Sun; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, College; Clone Wars, Step Brothers; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
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!): My Best Friends Girl 3:50-6:45-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:20; Igor 4:45-7:00-9:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:30; SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Babylon AD 7:00-9:20 daily; House Bunny 4:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; Bangkok Dangerous 7:15-9:45; Fly Me to Moon 4:50, Sat/Sun 12:20-2:30; ENDS THURSDAY: Disaster Movie, Tropic Thunder, Death Race; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Lakeview Terrace 1:20-4:20-7:10-9:45; Ghost Town 12:50-3:50-6:45-9;15; My Best Friend’s Girl 11:50-2:20-4:50-7;20-9:50; Igor 12:10-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15; Starts Sept. 26 , “Fireproof” 1:10-4:00-6:50-9:30; KID TOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 11:50 a.m. Sat/Sun ONLY ($3.50); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22 , 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Death Race 9:45 only; Tropic Thunder 9:20 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Mamma Mia, Mirrors, Bangkok Dangerous, Babylon AD, Disaster Movie; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: (All Digital DLP Projection)Igor 1:00-2:55-5:00-7:05-9:05; Lakeview Terrace 12:30-2:55-5:25-7:45-9:55; My Best Friends Girl 12:45-3:05-5:10-7:20-9:35; Vicky Christina Barcelona 1:05-3:05-5:10-7:10-9:15; Beer For My Horses 12:50-3:00-5:05-7:10-9:10; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Mirrors, Death Race, Bangkok Dangerous, Traitor; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Igor 11:10*-1:20-3:20-5:20-7:20-9:30; Lakeview Terrace 10:50 a.m.*-1:00-3:10-5:20-7:30-9:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 10:55 a.m.*-1:05-3:10-5:15-7:20-9:50; TIME CHANGES: Tropic Thunder 1:05-5:30-7:35 only; Traitor 10:45 a.m.*-3:10-9:50 only; Bangkok Dangerous 11:00*-4:00-9:50 only; Dark Knight 1:00-7:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Disaster Movie, Babylon AD, Mamma Mia, (* Early Show Sat ONLY); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Disaster Movie, Babylon AD, Mamma Mia, (* Early Show Sat ONLY); ENDS THURSDAY: Death Race
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8:Igor 4:50-7:05-9:05, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:30; Lakeview Terrace 4:35-7:30-9:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15-2:25; My Best Friend’s Girl 4:55-7:15-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:40; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, House Bunny, Disaster Movie, Beer for my Horses, Death Race; 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: My Best Friends Girl , Friday 4:15-7:00-9:35, Sat/Sun 1:20-4:15-7:00-9:35* (No Sun. Late Show); Mamma Mia, Friday, 4:00-6:45-9:15, Sat/Sun 1:10-4:00-6:45-9:15* (No Sun Late Show); Women , Friday 3:50-6:40-9:20, Sat/Sun 12:50-3:50-6:40-9:20* (No Late Show Sun.) , Mon-Thurs 4:50-7:25; Death Race, Fri/Sat/Sun 6:50-9:30* (No Sun Late Show); Space Chimps, Fri, 4:50, Sat/Sun 12:40-2:45-4:50 , Mon-Thurs, 5:20; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, Tropic Thunder
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Bangkok Dangerous, Fri 4:40-7:00-9:25, Sat/Sun 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:00-9:25* (No Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:10-7:30; Step Brothers, Fri/Sat 7:10-9:30, Sun 7:10, Mon-Thurs. 7:35; Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys , Friday 3:40-6:30-9:15, Sat/Sun 1:00-3:40-6:30-9;15* (No Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:25; House Bunny, Friday 4:55, Sat/Sun 12:20-2:40-4:55, Mon-Thurs. 5:20; ENDS THURSDAY: Death Race
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection) Lakeview Terrace 12:40-4:20-7:10-9:50; Ghost Town 12:20-4:25-7:00-9:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 12:40-4:10-6:50-9:30; Igor 12:00-2:15-4:30-6:45-9:00; Mamma Mia Sing-Along 12:50-4:00-6:40-9:20; SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Mon. Sept. 22 , 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Traitor 9:20; Mirrors 9:40; Fly Me to the Moon 12:30-2:50-5:00-7:10; Journey to the Center of the Earth 12:10-2:30-4:50-7:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Disaster Movie, College, Longshots, Death Race; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Theaters/WestVirginia/Wheeling/tabid/278/Default.aspx
UPCOMING RELEASES
Sept. 26: Eagle eye, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe, Blindness
Oct. 3: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Religulous
Oct. 10: City of ember, The Express, Body of Lies, Quarantine, Sex Drive,
Oct. 17: Max Payne, Flash of Genius
Oct. 24: Brothers 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, Passengers, Pride and Glory, Crossing Over
Oct. 31: RockNrOLLA, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Haunting of Molly Hartley
Nov. 7: Quantum of Solace (James Bond), Madagascar II
November 14: Role Models, Australia, Soul Men
Nov. 21: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, Soloist
Nov. 26: Transporter III, The Road, Four Christmases
Nov. 28: Bolt
Dec. 5: Punisher: War Zone
Dec. 12: Twilight, Seven Pounds, Day the Earth Stood Still, Defiance
Dec. 19: Tale of Despereaux
· 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) – If you’re the least bit into the spy genre, you’ll remember a hit theme song that began, “There’s a man who lives a life of danger.” The series, “Secret Agent,” and the crafty Coen brothers have turned household paranoia into a near international crisis.
After a long time CIA analysis bored by bureaucracy quits rather than accept reassignment due to “drinking too much,” Oz ( John Malkovich ) decides to pen his memoirs. One the same playing field, his wife (Tilda Swinton) has an affair going with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a treasury agent. Intermingling financials and manuscript on a CD, a clerk for his wife’s soon to be divorce attorney loses a copy of the disc at the guy.
An energetic personal trainer (Brad Pitt) finds the disk and urged by a middle-aged single woman , Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand ), who’s wanting to reinvent herself with cosmetic surgery, believe they have a top secret item worth enough bucks to pay for Linda’s operations.
Slicing and securing loose ends like whittling carrot sticks, “Burn After Reading” has an uncertain start, but soon becomes a who’s spying on whom while everyone sleeps with each other laugh circus. An internet dating service provides serendipity for overlapping paths which unleash chaotic assumptions and watch your back paranoia.
Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), not Clooney or Pitt, wobbles from dejected and beat up to an icy , imaginative, empowerment dynamo. She has enough quirks to set up a zoo; this diva steals the acting circus.
Give Pitt (with a striped blonde haircut and a cool bike) and Clooney thumbs up for joining the ensemble. Pitt brings the rampant energy of youth; Clooney adds a well-acted rational jerk persona.
Of course Malkovich has a Jekyll/Hyde quiet inquisitive personality that when ignited swerves first to the irrational then gradually ebbs to psychotic.
“Burn After Reading” has laughs spilling over the top, particularly as accidental encounters brew hilarious and idiotic character flaws --- which bounce handily off the dark farcical umbrella of deception and suspicion with international security implications derived from mundane domestic data.
Langley (Virginia) management (J.K. Simmons) has a perfectly indifferent just keep it covered up attitude, even as peering eyes step beyond the observance threshold and into a mounting body count.
IN ADDITION to the flicks opening wide, several digital SPECIAL EVENTS kick off the fall season of screen extras: Pink Floyd Guitarist David Gilmour’s concert film runs Monday, Sept. 22 @ 7 p.m. at Marquee’s digital houses. Cinemark’s Cinema 10, across from Ashland Town Center, unveils the Metropolitan Opera Opening Night Gala, also on Monday Sept. 22 @ 6 p.m. Finally, Great Escape (Nitro 12), offer a four showing , one time only filed presentation of the recently concluded Broadway icon, “Rent.” Showings are Sept. 24, 25 ( 7 p.m.) & 27, 28 (12 noon). Tickets $20. Click: http://www.greatescapetheaters.com/promotions.asp?q_promotionid=88
FILMS OPENING WIDE THIS WEEKEND (Not all titles in all areas)
Lakeview Terrace: Samuel L. Jackson stars as a member of Los Angeles’ finest attempting to scare an interracial couple (Karry Washington, Patrick Wilson) out of his neighborhood.
All Pictures © Sony
My Best Friend’s Girl: How do you win back a gal who dumped you? Get her fixed up with the worst jerk, then, wait for her to come crying back to you. But when Tank’s (Dane Cook) hired by his best friend to go out on a lousy date with Alexis (Kate Hudson), well, the two really like each other.
All Pictures © Lions Gate
Ghost Town: When a dentist goes to the hospital for a routine procedure, he dies for seven minutes and starts seeing ghosts of other recently departed. And, they have a mission for him to carry out in order to , well, get rid of the unwelcome spirits.
All Pictures © Dream Works
IGOR: A hunchbacked lab assistant dreams of becoming a mad scientist.
All Pictures © MGM
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA: Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) spend their summer in Spain where they are drawn into a series of unconventional (as only director Woody Allen came foist them) romantic entanglements. ( Exclusive Park Place Stadium, Charleston)
All Pictures © Weinstein Group
SEPTEMBER 26:
Blindness: A plague quarantines a city and a small group of those afflicted must band together to survive.
All Pictures © Miramax
Eagle Eye: Reuniting the director and a hot dude from “Disturbia,” D. J. Caruso directs Shia LaBeouf in a Hitchcock type thriller where a dude and his mom fall unwittingly into a terror cell planning an assassination
All Pictures © Paramount
Nights in Rodanthe: Faced with her life in chaos, Adrienna (Diane Lane) retreats to a small North Carolina town to tend a small inn so she can think out the crisis. However, a storm moves in and so does a guest: Dr Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) . Both lean on each other to face the elements and emotions.
All Pictures © Warner Brothers
Miracle at St. Anna: Soldiers from the Negro 92nd Division find themselves behind enemy lines and separated from their unit in Italy. The four who risk their lives for a country that disrespects them find humanity in an Italian Village. Directed by Spike Lee
All Pictures © Walt Disney
HOLD OVERS:
BABYLON A.D.: Vin Diesel plays a mercenary delivering a mysterious young woman from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to the megalopolis known as NYC.
BURN AFTER READING: The Coen Brothers lure Brad Pitt and George Clooney into a comedy about two gym employees finding a disc with the memoirs of a CIA agent on it.
FLY ME TO THE MOON: Having started its release in Belgium, this 3-D movie follows three houseflies who sneak aboard the Apollo 11 lunar mission.
The House Bunny: Tossed out of the Playboy mansion, Shelly (Anna Faris) can’t find a place to lay her tail until she meets the seven most socially clueless sorority girls from Zeta Tau Zeta who need strong dose of her bubbly social etiquette.
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!
MIRRORS: Alexandre Aja known for his chilling “Hills Have Eyes,” “High Tension,” and “P2,” casts Kiefer Suterland, Paula Patton and Cameron Boyce in a tale of a mall security guard who finds the mirrors of a department store bring out the worst in those who stare into them.
RIGHTEOUS KILL: 50 Cent, Robert DeNiro, and Al Pacino search for a serial killer who leaves four line poems justifying the murder. Could it be that the Big Apple has a vigilante taking care of what the justice system failed to do?
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.
THE WOMEN: Call this a “Sex in the City” for older women with great NYC jobs while serving as fashion mavens. Mary Hines and Sylvia Fowler seem to have found it all in the Big Apple fashion and publishing worlds , but Hines finds her husband has been having an affair with a clerk at Sak’s. You will find Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing, Bette Midler, Kathy Griffin, Candice Bergen, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Cloris Leachman, Carrie Fisher, Ana Gasteyer, and Lynn Whitfield all in the picture. Re-Make of George Cuckor’s 1939 proto-feminist comedy.
TRAITOR: A special operations officer with ties to Afghan rebels leads to FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) tracking him throughout the Middle East. But the evidence soon becomes contradictory. Jeffrey Nachmanoff who wrote “The Day After Tomorrow” is on the screenplay.
TROPIC THUNDER: Actors on location for a big budget war flick find themselves relying on their boot camp experiences (or lack thereof) when they get caught up in a real conflict. Ben (“Night at the Museum,” “Heartbreak Kid”) Stiller directs and stars with Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Brandon Jackson and Matthew (Jack Lengyel in “WAM”) McConaughey. Tom Cruise appears in a cameo.
Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys: Class struggles, greedy business affairs, and friendships in jeopardy form the tangled mess when two women find that their children have been cheating o the spouses.
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.”
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 @ 9:45 p.m.
Starts Friday September 19 – September 25
· As public schools open, certain cinemas have discontinued weekday matinees and/or morning shows and/or late evening shows
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection) Lakeview Terrace 1:40-4:20-7:00-9:40; Ghost Town 11:50-2:20-4:50-7:20-9:55; My Best Friend’s Girl 11:50-2:15-4:45-7:15-9:45; Igor 12:00-2:10-4:30-6:45-9:00; Mamma Mia Sing-along 1:50-4:30; Starts Sept. 26, Fireproof 12:30-3:30-6:20-9:00; KIDTOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 11:40 a.m. Sat/Sun ($3.50 all seats); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Mon. Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Bangkok Dangerous 7:25-9:50 only; Traitor 9:40; Clone Wars 2:00-4:20; Mirrors 9:40; Fly Me to Moon 3D 12:25-2:35-4:45-7:00; Pineapple Express 7:10-9:50 only; Tropic Thunder 6:55-9:30 only; House Bunny , no 12:00 Noon show Sat/Sun; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon A.D.; College, Death Race, Longshots; 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.) Beer for My Horses 5:10-7:15-9:20, Sat/Sun/Tues 1:00-3:05; Step Brothers 5:25-7:30-9:35, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:15-3:20; Wanted 7:05-9:25* (No 9:45 show Friday Sept 19) ; Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants II 7:25-9:45; Wall-E 5:25, Fri/Sat/Tues. Mat. 1:05-3:15; Space Chimps 5:15, Sat/Sun/Tues 1:15-3:15-5:15; ENDS THURSDAY: Hancock, ; Friday Sept. 19, 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: Igor 4:40-7:20-9:40, F/S/S Mat. 2:00; Lakeview Terrace 4:20-7:00-9:35, F/S/S Mat. 1:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 4:35-7:30-10:00, F/S/S 1:50; Starts Friday Sept. 26 “Fireproof,” 4:15-7:00-9:45, F/S/S Mat. 1:30; SPECIAL EVENT: Metropolitan Opera: Opening Night Gala , Mon. Sept. 22, 6 p.m. $15-$22; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, Death Race, Mirrors; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Igor, Lakeview Terrace, My Best Friends Girl, Times TBA; TIME CHANGES: Dark Knight, F/S/S 2:00-7:15 only, Mon-Thurs. 3:15-8:30; Tropic Thunder, F/S/S 11:45-5:00-10:20, Mon-Thurs 6:15 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Death Race, Clone Wars; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: CLOSED
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Lakeview Terrace 12:45-3:30-6:45-9:20; Ghost Town 12:30-3:15-6:50-9:25; My Best Friend’s Girl 12:40-3:10-7:00-9:30; Igor 12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15; Starts Sept. 26, Fireproof 1:10-4:00-6:45-9:20; KIDTOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 12:00 a.m. Sat/Sun ($3.50 all seats); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Bangkok Dangerous 4:00-9:15; Disaster Movie 1:00-7:00; Death Race 7:10-9:40; Longshots 12:20-2:40-4:50; Mirrors 7:00-9:40; Fly Me to Moon 12:20-2:35-4:50; Tropic Thunder 7:00-9:35; Journey to the Center of the Earth 12:10-2:30-4:50; House Bunny , no 12:05 show Sat/Sun; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, College; Clone Wars, Step Brothers; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=680
BLUEFIELD, WV
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!): My Best Friends Girl 3:50-6:45-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:20; Igor 4:45-7:00-9:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:30; SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Babylon AD 7:00-9:20 daily; House Bunny 4:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:10; Bangkok Dangerous 7:15-9:45; Fly Me to Moon 4:50, Sat/Sun 12:20-2:30; ENDS THURSDAY: Disaster Movie, Tropic Thunder, Death Race; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Lakeview Terrace 1:20-4:20-7:10-9:45; Ghost Town 12:50-3:50-6:45-9;15; My Best Friend’s Girl 11:50-2:20-4:50-7;20-9:50; Igor 12:10-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15; Starts Sept. 26 , “Fireproof” 1:10-4:00-6:50-9:30; KID TOONS: Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland 11:50 a.m. Sat/Sun ONLY ($3.50); SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Monday, Sept. 22 , 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Death Race 9:45 only; Tropic Thunder 9:20 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Mamma Mia, Mirrors, Bangkok Dangerous, Babylon AD, Disaster Movie; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: (All Digital DLP Projection)Igor 1:00-2:55-5:00-7:05-9:05; Lakeview Terrace 12:30-2:55-5:25-7:45-9:55; My Best Friends Girl 12:45-3:05-5:10-7:20-9:35; Vicky Christina Barcelona 1:05-3:05-5:10-7:10-9:15; Beer For My Horses 12:50-3:00-5:05-7:10-9:10; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Mirrors, Death Race, Bangkok Dangerous, Traitor; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Igor 11:10*-1:20-3:20-5:20-7:20-9:30; Lakeview Terrace 10:50 a.m.*-1:00-3:10-5:20-7:30-9:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 10:55 a.m.*-1:05-3:10-5:15-7:20-9:50; TIME CHANGES: Tropic Thunder 1:05-5:30-7:35 only; Traitor 10:45 a.m.*-3:10-9:50 only; Bangkok Dangerous 11:00*-4:00-9:50 only; Dark Knight 1:00-7:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Disaster Movie, Babylon AD, Mamma Mia, (* Early Show Sat ONLY); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Disaster Movie, Babylon AD, Mamma Mia, (* Early Show Sat ONLY); ENDS THURSDAY: Death Race
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8:Igor 4:50-7:05-9:05, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:35-2:30; Lakeview Terrace 4:35-7:30-9:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15-2:25; My Best Friend’s Girl 4:55-7:15-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:40; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, House Bunny, Disaster Movie, Beer for my Horses, Death Race; 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: My Best Friends Girl , Friday 4:15-7:00-9:35, Sat/Sun 1:20-4:15-7:00-9:35* (No Sun. Late Show); Mamma Mia, Friday, 4:00-6:45-9:15, Sat/Sun 1:10-4:00-6:45-9:15* (No Sun Late Show); Women , Friday 3:50-6:40-9:20, Sat/Sun 12:50-3:50-6:40-9:20* (No Late Show Sun.) , Mon-Thurs 4:50-7:25; Death Race, Fri/Sat/Sun 6:50-9:30* (No Sun Late Show); Space Chimps, Fri, 4:50, Sat/Sun 12:40-2:45-4:50 , Mon-Thurs, 5:20; ENDS THURSDAY: Bangkok Dangerous, Tropic Thunder
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Bangkok Dangerous, Fri 4:40-7:00-9:25, Sat/Sun 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:00-9:25* (No Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:10-7:30; Step Brothers, Fri/Sat 7:10-9:30, Sun 7:10, Mon-Thurs. 7:35; Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys , Friday 3:40-6:30-9:15, Sat/Sun 1:00-3:40-6:30-9;15* (No Sun. Late Show), Mon-Thurs. 5:00-7:25; House Bunny, Friday 4:55, Sat/Sun 12:20-2:40-4:55, Mon-Thurs. 5:20; ENDS THURSDAY: Death Race
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection) Lakeview Terrace 12:40-4:20-7:10-9:50; Ghost Town 12:20-4:25-7:00-9:40; My Best Friend’s Girl 12:40-4:10-6:50-9:30; Igor 12:00-2:15-4:30-6:45-9:00; Mamma Mia Sing-Along 12:50-4:00-6:40-9:20; SPECIAL EVENT: David Gilmour Concert, Mon. Sept. 22 , 7 p.m. $10; TIME CHANGES: Traitor 9:20; Mirrors 9:40; Fly Me to the Moon 12:30-2:50-5:00-7:10; Journey to the Center of the Earth 12:10-2:30-4:50-7:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Babylon AD, Disaster Movie, College, Longshots, Death Race; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Theaters/WestVirginia/Wheeling/tabid/278/Default.aspx
UPCOMING RELEASES
Sept. 26: Eagle eye, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe, Blindness
Oct. 3: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Religulous
Oct. 10: City of ember, The Express, Body of Lies, Quarantine, Sex Drive,
Oct. 17: Max Payne, Flash of Genius
Oct. 24: Brothers 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, Passengers, Pride and Glory, Crossing Over
Oct. 31: RockNrOLLA, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Haunting of Molly Hartley
Nov. 7: Quantum of Solace (James Bond), Madagascar II
November 14: Role Models, Australia, Soul Men
Nov. 21: Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, Soloist
Nov. 26: Transporter III, The Road, Four Christmases
Nov. 28: Bolt
Dec. 5: Punisher: War Zone
Dec. 12: Twilight, Seven Pounds, Day the Earth Stood Still, Defiance
Dec. 19: Tale of Despereaux
· Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
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