April 1, 2009
WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
(*With Updated June-August 2009 Release Schedule at end.)
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Two mainstreamers will race and thrill for your attention, but, for those living in Huntington, the first of two Appalachian Film Festival preview weekends offer out of the box celluloid.
The Festival scheduling has been altered to show more films in the evenings, rather than in the late morning and early afternoon which attracted sparse attendance. In addition, venues for semi-finalists begin April 3 at the Cinema Theatre and continue April 10 in the Media Room of Marshall Memorial Student Center. Admission is a suggested $2 donation to the Huntington Regional Film Commission.
Finalists and special presentations screen Thursday-Saturday, April 23, 24, & 25 at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center.
Screening April 3 at the Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue will be these semi-finalists:
6:00 PM, “The Dirt on You,” Short, Semi Finalist, 20:20 min.
6:30 PM, “The Wishing Bone,” Short Film, Semi Finalist, 7:05 min.
6:45 PM, “Morning Blood,” Micro Film, Semi Finalist, 3:00 min.
6:50 PM, “Long Live the King,” Short Film, Festival Presentation, 9:50 min.
7:00 PM, “One Extraordinary Street,” Documentary Semi Finalist, 95 min.
8:45 PM, “Golden Blade III - Return of the Monkey's Uncle,” Feature Film, Semi Finalist, 91 min.
For a synopsis of the films, visit: http://www.appyfilmfest.com/pages/Synopses2009/synop.html
OPENING WIDE APRIL 3:
ADVENTURELAND: Directed by Greg (“Superbad”) Mottola, this working at the amusement park blues flick shares Mottola experiences before he made it in Hollywood. During the summer of 1987 , a recent college grad learns his parents won’t finance a luxurious trip to Europe, forcing him to work as a lowly local theme park attendant where he daily deals with stuffed animals, cotton candy, and screaming kiddies. A coming of age reflection on the 80s decade featuring Kristen (“Twilight”) Stewart, Ryan (Wade Wilson /Deadpool in the upcoming “Wolverine”) Reynolds, and Jesse Eisenberg.. (Miramax)
All Pictures © Miramax
FAST & FURIOUS: Originally slated for summer release, director Justin Lin returns behind the wheels of the franchise he resurrected in 2006. What you may not know is that a young Roger Corman provided the story for a 1955 crime drama that contained Pebble Beach racing sequences and featured Dorothy (“Peyton Place”) Malone. Playing opposite her, the now late John Ireland. The title has been used at least twelve times (with the first use in 1915 as a short subject.) However, Vin Diesel initiated the Dominic Toretto role in 2001 as an ex-con battling undercover cop (Paul Walker) who infiltrates a subculture of street racing dudes. Paul Walker (Brian O’Conner) Michelle Rodriguez (Lefty) Jordana Brewster, and Vin Diesel ) reprise in the fourth installment which involves a heroin operation.
All Pictures © Universal
*****
RUTHERFORD ON FILM: Review: Haunting in Connecticut
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Wood, bricks, and nails hold the house together. Spirits of those who passed through its doors still occupy its space. When a desperate mother with a son undergoing cancer treatments rents the former funeral parlor, the family needs to call every ghostbuster or ghost hunter available.
Based on a true story, “Haunting of Connecticut” should have been shot in 3-D; it would have scared the (not suitable for print) out of everyone. After a mostly routine “old house” star, the 2-D film converts the auditorium into a stuffed frige filled with decaying malevolent ectoblastic beings. Filled with ghastly apparitions floating in and out of frames, director Peter Comwell incorporates cancer treatment side effects into harrowing hallucinations often crafted by imagery which places the ‘spirit’ in a fuzzy , netherworld background. (That’s why it would have been a natural for three dimensional impact; those vile mummified entities would have naturally hovered off the screen.)
Unlike horror clichés, you will be afforded opportunities to acquire emotional intimacy about the entire family breeding incisive dramatic empathy. You care about most of the members of the family. You believe they are real. You likely won’t have it all figured out (a portion, yes, maybe).
Everyone has been afraid of the dark, wondered what’s behind a chained door, or tempted to explore the unexplainable. Intriguingly, you’re drawn into their bodies and minds. You’re not sure whether this is an old dark house scenario, an exorcist deviation , or welcome to my nightmare party.
What it’s not, no excessive slashing and body part rolling. The unknown pounces outward again and again, particularly the frightful hide and go seek explorations. The supernatural happenings avoid gushing hell fires and murderous devilish demons, leaving this story’s inexplicable close encounters --- visually and audibly --- with the paranormal pulsating closer and closer to reality.
out of
HOLD OVERS:
DUPLICITY: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite in a caper drama of corporate spies and an illicit love affair. Directed by Tony (“Michael Clayton”) Gilroy, Roberts and Owen play two operatives earning their big bucks through multinational corporate operations. The race is on for securing a patent which will bring millions. However, can the two former loners work together and juggle their growing affection for each other?
GRAN TORINO: Clint Eastwood directs himself in “Gran Torino,” in which an elderly Korean War veteran takes on a neighborhood suffering from an infestation of rival gangs. The Man with No Name, now in his 70s, plays a pacifist Korean War vet living in Detroit. When a troubled Hmong teen tries to steal his prized Gran Torino, the war veteran faces the prejudice, memories, and horrors that he has tried to forget. Buzz has Eastwood as a potential Oscar nomination candidate.
HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT: A Victorian house in Connecticut has a disturbing history. (No, it wasn’t once occupied by an executive refusing to return his bail out bonus!) The home had been a funeral parlor and the undertaker’s son Johan clairvoyantly conveyed demonic messages. The beings from Hell used him to cross over . Now, Jonah has returned and dislikes the family that bought the house. He’s going to unleash a real hell-raising devils on the loose firestorm. Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, D.W. Brown star. (Lionsgate). SEE REVIEW
HOTEL FOR DOGS: Two youngsters (Emma Roberts, Jake Austin) find themselves placed in foster care at a location that has a strict no pets policy. Searching frantically for a home for their dog, Friday, the children find an abandoned hotel. They decide it would be a perfect spot not just for Friday but for the city’s other strays.
I LOVE YOU, MAN: Here’s a subtle twist on the chick flicks, call this a “bro” film. When Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) gets a yes from Zooey (Rashida Jones), he realizes that his withdrawn personality has left him without any friends, specifically ‘best man’ at their wedding. After a series of flops, he meets Sydney (Jason Segel) , but when they become inseparable the new best friend threatens to endanger his pending marriage.
KNOWING: When placing objects in a time capsule in 1958, one student has scribbled a series of random numbers for inclusion in the capsule. Professor John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) determines they are anything but random, rather, they tell the times for impending disasters and an upcoming apocalypse. Can Cage prevent global destruction?
MISS MARCH: How many times has the snoozing Rip Van Wrinkle reawakening concept been utilized either straightforwardly or with a few intended disguisable twists? While You Were Sleeping had a man in a coma wakes to find himself engaged to a long time admirer. In this re-working Eugene (Zach Cregger) awakens from a four year coma. He appalled to learn that his former girl friend has become a hot magazine pin-up. Now, he and a friend head for the surrogate Playboy Manson where he intends to win back his ‘ex.’
MONSTERS V ALIENS: The latest 3D animated Dreamworks creation directed by Conrad (“Shrek II”) Vemon and Rob (“Shark Tales”) Letterman. The plot has a little girl hit by space debris turning into a giant monster, then whisked to a government compound where she finds a group of other monsters. Now, this group of rag tag Monsters must become super-heroes and save the world from aliens bent on killing everyone.
PAUL BLART MALL COP: Kevin James , a single suburban father trying to make ends meet, works as the security officer at a New Jersey mall. But no one takes a “mall cop” seriously, that is until Santa’s helpers shut down the megaplex and take hostages, including his daughter and her sweetheart. Now, it’s up to him to rescue his daughter like a real cop.
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN: Disney’s “Witch Mountain” franchise has roots dating back to 1975’s “Escape to Witch Mountain, “Return to Witch Mountain” and a made for TV remake. Two youthful alien visitors searching for their spacecraft enlist the aid of a cab driver (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) and a UFO specialist (Carla Gugino). Heading toward a mountain already known for paranormal activity, the alien youth must out run government investigators, gangsters, and an extraterrestrial bounty hunter. (Although the original came out in 1975, Steven Spielberg , set a new standard for lovable aliens in the 1982 release of “E.T., the Extra Terrestrial.”)
TAKEN: A former spy (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after she is abducted by slave traders in Europe while following U2’s European tour.
THE WRESTLER: Burnt out Randy Robinson (Mickey Rourke) , an 80’s era wrestler, had a heart attack and was told never to enter the ring again. Attempting to start a new life, he works in a deli, moves in with an aging stripper and tries to be a ‘dad’ to her son. Then, his old nemesis wants a rematch. Rourke won the Golden Globe for Best Actor and is deserving of the honor.
Limited Release /Art House Films
Screening April 3 at the Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue will be these Appalachian Film Festival semi-finalists:
6:00 PM, “The Dirt on You,” Short, Semi Finalist, 20:20 min.
6:30 PM, “The Wishing Bone,” Short Film, Semi Finalist, 7:05 min.
6:45 PM, “Morning Blood,” Micro Film, Semi Finalist, 3:00 min.
6:50 PM, “Long Live the King,” Short Film, Festival Presentation, 9:50 min.
7:00 PM, “One Extraordinary Street,” Documentary Semi Finalist, 95 min.
8:45 PM, “Golden Blade III - Return of the Monkey's Uncle,” Feature Film, Semi Finalist, 91 min.
For a synopsis of the films, visit: http://www.appyfilmfest.com/pages/Synopses2009/synop.html
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.
Starting April 3 – April 9
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection): Fast & Furious 11:40-1:30-2:10-4:10-4:45-6:50-7:20-9:30-9:50; Adventureland 1:30-4:10-6:50-9:30; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Walt Disney’s Earth, starts April 22; KIDTOONS: Earth Day, Sat/Sun 11:40 a.m., All seats $3.50; TIME CHANGES: Watchmen 9:00 only; Tyler Perry 1:30-4:00-6:30; Race to Witch Mountain (one print) 12:00-2:30-4:50-7:15-9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Miss March; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=584
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: Regular Engagement(s): Hotel for Dogs 5:20-7:25-9:30*, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:10-3:15; The Wrestler 4:30-7:15-9:40, S/S/T Mat 1:30 (no 4:30 & 7:05 shows Friday April 3) ; Gran Torino 7:10-9:35; Bedtime Stories 5:20, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:00-3:05; Paul Blart Mall Cop, 5:20-7:30-9:40, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00-3:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Friday the 13th ; Friday April 3 only, Appalachian Film Festival , Friday April 3 ONLY (see above) ; INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fridays 9:45 p.m., LIVE pre-show and costumed moviegoer friendly ; Admission: Regular Engagement(s): $3. After 6 p.m., $2 before 6 p.m. and all day Tuesday; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Fast & Furious 1:10-3:50-7:10-9:40 F/S/S, 3:50-7:10-9:40 Mon-Thursday; TIME CHANGES: Last House on the Left 5:10-10:05; Fired Up 7:50 , Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 2:20; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Starts April 3: Fast and Furious, Times TBA; TIME CHANGES: TBA; ENDS THURSDAY: TBA; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Fast & Furious 12:15-1:00-3:00-4:00-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; Adventureland 11:45-2;20-4:50-7:20-9:50; KIDTOONS: Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. Matinee only, “Earth Day;” TIME CHANGES: Tyler Perry 1:30-9:20 only; Taken 4:00-7:00 only; Race to Witch Mountain (one print) 11:30-1:55-4:20-6:45-9:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Fanboys, Watchmen; 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!): Fast & Furious 4:20-7;15-9:45, Sat/Sun 1:00 matinee; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Duplicity; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Fast & Furious, 11:30-12:20-2:00-3:20-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; Adventureland 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:40; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Walt Disney’s “Earth,” Starts April 22 ; KIDTOONS: Earth Day ,” Sat/Sun 11:30 a.m. only; TIME CHANGES: Duplicity 1:25-4:15-7:05; Last House on the Left 9:55 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Watchmen, Tyler Perry, Taken; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Adventureland 12:45-3:10-5:20-7:35-9:55; Fast & Furious 12:40-2:55-5:10-7:25-9:45; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Starts Wed. April 22, “Earth,” 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00-9:00; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Last House on Left, Paul Blart Mall Cop; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HINTON, WV
RITZ THEATRE: Twilight, Friday and Saturday, 7 and 9:30 p.m., all tickets $1; For full schedule, click: http://www.ritzwv.com
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Fast & Furious 11:00*-1:15-3:25-5:35-7:45-9:55; Adventureland 11:05*-1:20-3:30-5:30-7:40-9:50; TIME CHANGES: Last House on the Left 9:15 only; Race to Witch Mountain 11:00*-1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Tyler Perry, Watchmen, Taken; For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Fast & Furious 3:45-6:45-9:30* Fri/Sat/Sun, 1:00 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:00-7:300 Mon-Thursday; Monsters & Aliens, 4:40-7:00-9:20* F/S/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; (*No Sun. Eve. Late Show); ENDS THURSDAY: Knowing
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Fast and Furious 4:30-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:10; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Duplicity; 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: Fast and Furious 4:50-7:20-9:45* F/S/Sunday, 11:50-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:00-7:30 Mon-Thursday; Monsters & Aliens 4:40-7:00-9:20* F/S/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; Haunting in Connecticut, 4:50-7:10-9:35*, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:30, Mon-Thurs 5:15-7:35; Knowing 3:30-6:30-9:30* F/S/S, 12:30 Sat/Sun Mat., 4:40-7:20 Mon-Thursday; (*No Sunday Late Showings); ENDS THURSDAY: Race to Witch Mountain
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Starts March 27: Fast and Furious, 4:30-7:05-9:35*, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:30, Mon-Thurs 5:05-7:30; Monsters v. Aliens (2D), 4:40-6:55-9:10* Fri/Sat/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; Last House on the Left 4:00-6:45-9:20*, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00, Mon-Thursday, 5:00-7:35; (*No Late Show on Sunday all features); ENDS THURSDAY: Knowing
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection): Fast & Furious 11:40-2:15-4:30-7:20-9:50; Adventureland 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:10-9:45; TIME CHANGES: Watchmen 1:00-9:00 only; Gran Torino 1:00-4:00 only; Taken 4:15-6:40 only; Last House on the Left 6:45-9:45 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Hotel for Dogs; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Theaters/WestVirginia/Wheeling/tabid/278/Default.aspx
UPCOMING RELEASES (Dates Subject to Change; not all films in all areas)
April 10: Hannah Montana The Movie, Dragonball (Wednesday April 8) , Observe and Report
April 17: Mardi Gras, State of Play, 17 Again, Crank II
April 22: Disney nature’s “Earth”
April 24: Fighting, Obsessed, The Soloist
May 1: Ghost of Girlfriend’s Past, X Men Origins- Wolverine , Battle for Terra
May 8: Next Day Air, Star Trek
May 15: Angels and Demons
May 22: Night at the Museum II: Escape from the Smithsonian, Terminator Salvation , Dance Flick
May 29: Drag Me to Hell, Up, Lonely Maiden , Up, Brothers Bloom
June 5: Hangover, Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins
June 12: Imagine That, Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
June 19: The Proposal, Year One
June 26: My Sister’s Keeper, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (on June 24)
July 1: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Public Enemies
July 10: Bruno, I Love You Beth Cooper
July 17: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
July 24: All Good Things, G-Force, The Orphan, Ugly Truth
July 31: Funny People, They Came from Upstairs
August 7: GI Joe, Julie & Julia, Shorts, When in Rome
August 14: Bandslam, District 9, The Goods: The Don Ready Story, Time Traveler’s Wife
August 21: Goose on the Loose, Inglorious Bastards
August 28: Boat That Rocked, Final Destination Death Trip 3D, Halloween 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
(*With Updated June-August 2009 Release Schedule at end.)
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Two mainstreamers will race and thrill for your attention, but, for those living in Huntington, the first of two Appalachian Film Festival preview weekends offer out of the box celluloid.
The Festival scheduling has been altered to show more films in the evenings, rather than in the late morning and early afternoon which attracted sparse attendance. In addition, venues for semi-finalists begin April 3 at the Cinema Theatre and continue April 10 in the Media Room of Marshall Memorial Student Center. Admission is a suggested $2 donation to the Huntington Regional Film Commission.
Finalists and special presentations screen Thursday-Saturday, April 23, 24, & 25 at the Keith Albee Performing Arts Center.
Screening April 3 at the Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue will be these semi-finalists:
6:00 PM, “The Dirt on You,” Short, Semi Finalist, 20:20 min.
6:30 PM, “The Wishing Bone,” Short Film, Semi Finalist, 7:05 min.
6:45 PM, “Morning Blood,” Micro Film, Semi Finalist, 3:00 min.
6:50 PM, “Long Live the King,” Short Film, Festival Presentation, 9:50 min.
7:00 PM, “One Extraordinary Street,” Documentary Semi Finalist, 95 min.
8:45 PM, “Golden Blade III - Return of the Monkey's Uncle,” Feature Film, Semi Finalist, 91 min.
For a synopsis of the films, visit: http://www.appyfilmfest.com/pages/Synopses2009/synop.html
OPENING WIDE APRIL 3:
ADVENTURELAND: Directed by Greg (“Superbad”) Mottola, this working at the amusement park blues flick shares Mottola experiences before he made it in Hollywood. During the summer of 1987 , a recent college grad learns his parents won’t finance a luxurious trip to Europe, forcing him to work as a lowly local theme park attendant where he daily deals with stuffed animals, cotton candy, and screaming kiddies. A coming of age reflection on the 80s decade featuring Kristen (“Twilight”) Stewart, Ryan (Wade Wilson /Deadpool in the upcoming “Wolverine”) Reynolds, and Jesse Eisenberg.. (Miramax)
All Pictures © Miramax
FAST & FURIOUS: Originally slated for summer release, director Justin Lin returns behind the wheels of the franchise he resurrected in 2006. What you may not know is that a young Roger Corman provided the story for a 1955 crime drama that contained Pebble Beach racing sequences and featured Dorothy (“Peyton Place”) Malone. Playing opposite her, the now late John Ireland. The title has been used at least twelve times (with the first use in 1915 as a short subject.) However, Vin Diesel initiated the Dominic Toretto role in 2001 as an ex-con battling undercover cop (Paul Walker) who infiltrates a subculture of street racing dudes. Paul Walker (Brian O’Conner) Michelle Rodriguez (Lefty) Jordana Brewster, and Vin Diesel ) reprise in the fourth installment which involves a heroin operation.
All Pictures © Universal
*****
RUTHERFORD ON FILM: Review: Haunting in Connecticut
Huntington, WV (HNN) - Wood, bricks, and nails hold the house together. Spirits of those who passed through its doors still occupy its space. When a desperate mother with a son undergoing cancer treatments rents the former funeral parlor, the family needs to call every ghostbuster or ghost hunter available.
Based on a true story, “Haunting of Connecticut” should have been shot in 3-D; it would have scared the (not suitable for print) out of everyone. After a mostly routine “old house” star, the 2-D film converts the auditorium into a stuffed frige filled with decaying malevolent ectoblastic beings. Filled with ghastly apparitions floating in and out of frames, director Peter Comwell incorporates cancer treatment side effects into harrowing hallucinations often crafted by imagery which places the ‘spirit’ in a fuzzy , netherworld background. (That’s why it would have been a natural for three dimensional impact; those vile mummified entities would have naturally hovered off the screen.)
Unlike horror clichés, you will be afforded opportunities to acquire emotional intimacy about the entire family breeding incisive dramatic empathy. You care about most of the members of the family. You believe they are real. You likely won’t have it all figured out (a portion, yes, maybe).
Everyone has been afraid of the dark, wondered what’s behind a chained door, or tempted to explore the unexplainable. Intriguingly, you’re drawn into their bodies and minds. You’re not sure whether this is an old dark house scenario, an exorcist deviation , or welcome to my nightmare party.
What it’s not, no excessive slashing and body part rolling. The unknown pounces outward again and again, particularly the frightful hide and go seek explorations. The supernatural happenings avoid gushing hell fires and murderous devilish demons, leaving this story’s inexplicable close encounters --- visually and audibly --- with the paranormal pulsating closer and closer to reality.
out of
HOLD OVERS:
DUPLICITY: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite in a caper drama of corporate spies and an illicit love affair. Directed by Tony (“Michael Clayton”) Gilroy, Roberts and Owen play two operatives earning their big bucks through multinational corporate operations. The race is on for securing a patent which will bring millions. However, can the two former loners work together and juggle their growing affection for each other?
GRAN TORINO: Clint Eastwood directs himself in “Gran Torino,” in which an elderly Korean War veteran takes on a neighborhood suffering from an infestation of rival gangs. The Man with No Name, now in his 70s, plays a pacifist Korean War vet living in Detroit. When a troubled Hmong teen tries to steal his prized Gran Torino, the war veteran faces the prejudice, memories, and horrors that he has tried to forget. Buzz has Eastwood as a potential Oscar nomination candidate.
HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT: A Victorian house in Connecticut has a disturbing history. (No, it wasn’t once occupied by an executive refusing to return his bail out bonus!) The home had been a funeral parlor and the undertaker’s son Johan clairvoyantly conveyed demonic messages. The beings from Hell used him to cross over . Now, Jonah has returned and dislikes the family that bought the house. He’s going to unleash a real hell-raising devils on the loose firestorm. Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew, D.W. Brown star. (Lionsgate). SEE REVIEW
HOTEL FOR DOGS: Two youngsters (Emma Roberts, Jake Austin) find themselves placed in foster care at a location that has a strict no pets policy. Searching frantically for a home for their dog, Friday, the children find an abandoned hotel. They decide it would be a perfect spot not just for Friday but for the city’s other strays.
I LOVE YOU, MAN: Here’s a subtle twist on the chick flicks, call this a “bro” film. When Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) gets a yes from Zooey (Rashida Jones), he realizes that his withdrawn personality has left him without any friends, specifically ‘best man’ at their wedding. After a series of flops, he meets Sydney (Jason Segel) , but when they become inseparable the new best friend threatens to endanger his pending marriage.
KNOWING: When placing objects in a time capsule in 1958, one student has scribbled a series of random numbers for inclusion in the capsule. Professor John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) determines they are anything but random, rather, they tell the times for impending disasters and an upcoming apocalypse. Can Cage prevent global destruction?
MISS MARCH: How many times has the snoozing Rip Van Wrinkle reawakening concept been utilized either straightforwardly or with a few intended disguisable twists? While You Were Sleeping had a man in a coma wakes to find himself engaged to a long time admirer. In this re-working Eugene (Zach Cregger) awakens from a four year coma. He appalled to learn that his former girl friend has become a hot magazine pin-up. Now, he and a friend head for the surrogate Playboy Manson where he intends to win back his ‘ex.’
MONSTERS V ALIENS: The latest 3D animated Dreamworks creation directed by Conrad (“Shrek II”) Vemon and Rob (“Shark Tales”) Letterman. The plot has a little girl hit by space debris turning into a giant monster, then whisked to a government compound where she finds a group of other monsters. Now, this group of rag tag Monsters must become super-heroes and save the world from aliens bent on killing everyone.
PAUL BLART MALL COP: Kevin James , a single suburban father trying to make ends meet, works as the security officer at a New Jersey mall. But no one takes a “mall cop” seriously, that is until Santa’s helpers shut down the megaplex and take hostages, including his daughter and her sweetheart. Now, it’s up to him to rescue his daughter like a real cop.
RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN: Disney’s “Witch Mountain” franchise has roots dating back to 1975’s “Escape to Witch Mountain, “Return to Witch Mountain” and a made for TV remake. Two youthful alien visitors searching for their spacecraft enlist the aid of a cab driver (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) and a UFO specialist (Carla Gugino). Heading toward a mountain already known for paranormal activity, the alien youth must out run government investigators, gangsters, and an extraterrestrial bounty hunter. (Although the original came out in 1975, Steven Spielberg , set a new standard for lovable aliens in the 1982 release of “E.T., the Extra Terrestrial.”)
TAKEN: A former spy (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after she is abducted by slave traders in Europe while following U2’s European tour.
THE WRESTLER: Burnt out Randy Robinson (Mickey Rourke) , an 80’s era wrestler, had a heart attack and was told never to enter the ring again. Attempting to start a new life, he works in a deli, moves in with an aging stripper and tries to be a ‘dad’ to her son. Then, his old nemesis wants a rematch. Rourke won the Golden Globe for Best Actor and is deserving of the honor.
Limited Release /Art House Films
Screening April 3 at the Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue will be these Appalachian Film Festival semi-finalists:
6:00 PM, “The Dirt on You,” Short, Semi Finalist, 20:20 min.
6:30 PM, “The Wishing Bone,” Short Film, Semi Finalist, 7:05 min.
6:45 PM, “Morning Blood,” Micro Film, Semi Finalist, 3:00 min.
6:50 PM, “Long Live the King,” Short Film, Festival Presentation, 9:50 min.
7:00 PM, “One Extraordinary Street,” Documentary Semi Finalist, 95 min.
8:45 PM, “Golden Blade III - Return of the Monkey's Uncle,” Feature Film, Semi Finalist, 91 min.
For a synopsis of the films, visit: http://www.appyfilmfest.com/pages/Synopses2009/synop.html
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.
Starting April 3 – April 9
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection): Fast & Furious 11:40-1:30-2:10-4:10-4:45-6:50-7:20-9:30-9:50; Adventureland 1:30-4:10-6:50-9:30; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Walt Disney’s Earth, starts April 22; KIDTOONS: Earth Day, Sat/Sun 11:40 a.m., All seats $3.50; TIME CHANGES: Watchmen 9:00 only; Tyler Perry 1:30-4:00-6:30; Race to Witch Mountain (one print) 12:00-2:30-4:50-7:15-9:40; ENDS THURSDAY: Confessions of a Shopaholic, Miss March; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=584
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: Regular Engagement(s): Hotel for Dogs 5:20-7:25-9:30*, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:10-3:15; The Wrestler 4:30-7:15-9:40, S/S/T Mat 1:30 (no 4:30 & 7:05 shows Friday April 3) ; Gran Torino 7:10-9:35; Bedtime Stories 5:20, Sat/Sun/Tues Mat. 1:00-3:05; Paul Blart Mall Cop, 5:20-7:30-9:40, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00-3:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Friday the 13th ; Friday April 3 only, Appalachian Film Festival , Friday April 3 ONLY (see above) ; INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE: Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fridays 9:45 p.m., LIVE pre-show and costumed moviegoer friendly ; Admission: Regular Engagement(s): $3. After 6 p.m., $2 before 6 p.m. and all day Tuesday; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Fast & Furious 1:10-3:50-7:10-9:40 F/S/S, 3:50-7:10-9:40 Mon-Thursday; TIME CHANGES: Last House on the Left 5:10-10:05; Fired Up 7:50 , Fri/Sat/Sun Mat. 2:20; ENDS THURSDAY: NONE; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: Starts April 3: Fast and Furious, Times TBA; TIME CHANGES: TBA; ENDS THURSDAY: TBA; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BECKLEY, WV
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Fast & Furious 12:15-1:00-3:00-4:00-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; Adventureland 11:45-2;20-4:50-7:20-9:50; KIDTOONS: Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m. Matinee only, “Earth Day;” TIME CHANGES: Tyler Perry 1:30-9:20 only; Taken 4:00-7:00 only; Race to Witch Mountain (one print) 11:30-1:55-4:20-6:45-9:10; ENDS THURSDAY: Fanboys, Watchmen; 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!): Fast & Furious 4:20-7;15-9:45, Sat/Sun 1:00 matinee; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Duplicity; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabloid=580
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!) Fast & Furious, 11:30-12:20-2:00-3:20-6:30-7:00-9:00-9:30; Adventureland 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:40; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Walt Disney’s “Earth,” Starts April 22 ; KIDTOONS: Earth Day ,” Sat/Sun 11:30 a.m. only; TIME CHANGES: Duplicity 1:25-4:15-7:05; Last House on the Left 9:55 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Watchmen, Tyler Perry, Taken; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Default.aspx?tabid=583
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Adventureland 12:45-3:10-5:20-7:35-9:55; Fast & Furious 12:40-2:55-5:10-7:25-9:45; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE: Starts Wed. April 22, “Earth,” 1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00-9:00; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Last House on Left, Paul Blart Mall Cop; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HINTON, WV
RITZ THEATRE: Twilight, Friday and Saturday, 7 and 9:30 p.m., all tickets $1; For full schedule, click: http://www.ritzwv.com
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Fast & Furious 11:00*-1:15-3:25-5:35-7:45-9:55; Adventureland 11:05*-1:20-3:30-5:30-7:40-9:50; TIME CHANGES: Last House on the Left 9:15 only; Race to Witch Mountain 11:00*-1:00-3:00-5:00-7:00 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Tyler Perry, Watchmen, Taken; For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Fast & Furious 3:45-6:45-9:30* Fri/Sat/Sun, 1:00 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:00-7:300 Mon-Thursday; Monsters & Aliens, 4:40-7:00-9:20* F/S/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; (*No Sun. Eve. Late Show); ENDS THURSDAY: Knowing
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Fast and Furious 4:30-7:10-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:10; TIME CHANGES: NONE; ENDS THURSDAY: Duplicity; 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: Fast and Furious 4:50-7:20-9:45* F/S/Sunday, 11:50-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:00-7:30 Mon-Thursday; Monsters & Aliens 4:40-7:00-9:20* F/S/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; Haunting in Connecticut, 4:50-7:10-9:35*, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:30, Mon-Thurs 5:15-7:35; Knowing 3:30-6:30-9:30* F/S/S, 12:30 Sat/Sun Mat., 4:40-7:20 Mon-Thursday; (*No Sunday Late Showings); ENDS THURSDAY: Race to Witch Mountain
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Starts March 27: Fast and Furious, 4:30-7:05-9:35*, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:30, Mon-Thurs 5:05-7:30; Monsters v. Aliens (2D), 4:40-6:55-9:10* Fri/Sat/Sun, 12:00-2:20 Sat/Sun Mat., 5:10-7:25 Mon-Thursday; Last House on the Left 4:00-6:45-9:20*, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00, Mon-Thursday, 5:00-7:35; (*No Late Show on Sunday all features); ENDS THURSDAY: Knowing
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection): Fast & Furious 11:40-2:15-4:30-7:20-9:50; Adventureland 11:30-2:05-4:40-7:10-9:45; TIME CHANGES: Watchmen 1:00-9:00 only; Gran Torino 1:00-4:00 only; Taken 4:15-6:40 only; Last House on the Left 6:45-9:45 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Hotel for Dogs; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/Theaters/WestVirginia/Wheeling/tabid/278/Default.aspx
UPCOMING RELEASES (Dates Subject to Change; not all films in all areas)
April 10: Hannah Montana The Movie, Dragonball (Wednesday April 8) , Observe and Report
April 17: Mardi Gras, State of Play, 17 Again, Crank II
April 22: Disney nature’s “Earth”
April 24: Fighting, Obsessed, The Soloist
May 1: Ghost of Girlfriend’s Past, X Men Origins- Wolverine , Battle for Terra
May 8: Next Day Air, Star Trek
May 15: Angels and Demons
May 22: Night at the Museum II: Escape from the Smithsonian, Terminator Salvation , Dance Flick
May 29: Drag Me to Hell, Up, Lonely Maiden , Up, Brothers Bloom
June 5: Hangover, Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins
June 12: Imagine That, Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
June 19: The Proposal, Year One
June 26: My Sister’s Keeper, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (on June 24)
July 1: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Public Enemies
July 10: Bruno, I Love You Beth Cooper
July 17: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
July 24: All Good Things, G-Force, The Orphan, Ugly Truth
July 31: Funny People, They Came from Upstairs
August 7: GI Joe, Julie & Julia, Shorts, When in Rome
August 14: Bandslam, District 9, The Goods: The Don Ready Story, Time Traveler’s Wife
August 21: Goose on the Loose, Inglorious Bastards
August 28: Boat That Rocked, Final Destination Death Trip 3D, Halloween II
· Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
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