July 1, 2009
Updated Times: WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Rocky’s moving! That’s correct, after a nearly three year run at the Discount Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” interactive Downhome Decadence has ended.
A performance will be held Friday, July 3 at 9:45 p.m. with a “Red White and Blue” theme at the Fusion Drop In Center, 544 Ninth Avenue. There will be no admission charge.
According to Derek Hyman, president of the Greater Huntington Theatre Corp., the weekly showing had become unprofitable for the theatre. "There were little concession sales and we had to add extra payroll for security and clean up," Hyman said.
This year Summer admissions to the interactive costumed dance party and movie just were not enough to justify the film rental expense, Hyman said.
MAINSTREAM THIS WEEK (not all movies in all areas)
For Movie Changes/Times, CLICK HERE.
For REVIEW of MY SISTER’S KEEPER, CLICK HERE
For REVIEW of YEAR ONE, CLICK HERE
For REVIEW of THE PROPOSAL, CLICK HERE
For UPCOMING Releases, CLICK HERE
Due to the July 4 holiday, the new mainstream film opened on Wednesday, July 1, so to have a leaping, sparkling send off in their bid to unseat “Transformers,” which has soared in less than a week to the $200 million dollar mark.
However, moviegoers not into the Hasbro toy tent-pole spectacular had another choice, “My Sister’s Keeper,” which is reviewed below. Yes, it’s sad; it’s also uplifting too… and, you will want to talk about many of its themes.
All Pictures © New Line Cinema
Likely you still think of Johnny Depp as ‘Jack Sparrow’ from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy , as the fiendish “Sweeny Todd,” or as the poignant “Edward Scissorhands.” Now, the dude whose voice has been that of Willy Wonka, Icahbod Crane, and Victor Van Dort does an acting 180-degree maneuver as 30s gangster and public enemy Number One, John Dillinger, in “Public Enemies.”
All Pictures © Universal
Depp joins Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard as the charming, charismatic bank robber who had a trait for breaking out of jails. Since banks had gone belly up in the Depression, the public saw him akin to Robin Hood.
Bale, known as “Batman” and “Terminator,” plays a young FBI agent assigned to find gunfighters who can bring down the Dillinger gang.
For those looking for ‘family friendly,’ “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” promises up-graded animation as well as 3D effects (in select theatres), as Manny, Ellie, Diego and Scrat travel deep underground where they find flora, fauna, and dinosaurs still alive.
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
STARTS JULY 10
Long awaited and long dreaded, the next major release brings Sacha Baron Cohen (otherwise known as “Borat,” the journalist from Kazakhstan) back to the big screen as “Bruno,” a flamboyant Austrian fashion icon out to make heterosexual men jealous of his gayness. Can “Bruno” be more slap in the face crude than “Borat?”
All Pictures © Universal
BETH COOPER
On the same weekend, famed epic director and writer Chris (“Home Alone,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” “Rent,” as well as writing “Gremlins,” “Goonies” and “Young Sherlock Holmes”) Columbus directs this story of the nerdy school valedictorian proclaiming his love for the most popular girl in the school, live, unexpectedly, during his graduation speech. Hayden Panettiere, a woman ranked as one of the Top 15 “hottest” by Maxim Mag plays the title role in, “I Love You Beth Cooper.” Expect a little homage to John (“Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink”) Hughes too in this geek courts blonde cheerleader teen “fantasy.”
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
JULY 15
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE: How much do you need to know? Isn’t this a given? It’s Radcliffe’s sixth outing as the boy wizard and this is a darker and more hormonal film. Harry knows a final battle fast approaches, so Hogwarts is no longer a safe sanctuary. At the same time, his romance with Ginny grows and so does jealousy.
RUTHERFORD ON FILM: 'MY SISTER’S KEEPER'
A Mellow, Intense Medical Drama Leaves You Weepy, Thoughtful, and Inspired
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Think momentarily of one of those hammy, heavy-handed attorney commercials where the pitchman asks, “What can I do for you? How can our firm solve your problems?” CUT! Now, visualize the litany of activities and/or conduct that often have adults condemning young people not having a childhood anymore. PASTE!
Placing those two thoughts together, along with the stress upon family members tending to a critically ill teen, and you have the objective elements of “My Sister’s Keeper.” Add, love to the equation and you have the emotive, wringing circumstances faced by members of the Fitzgerald family.
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) has leukemia . At the suggestion of a physician, Anna (Abigail Breslin ) was conceived in a test tube as a ‘perfect’ genetic match for the seriously ill older daughter. From embryonic fluids to bone marrow, the younger daughter has been stuck, poked, and prodded. At the ripe young age of eleven, Anna stuns her mom and dad by objecting to a proposed kidney transplant. “I want to be in charge of my own body,” the young woman declares.
On the other hand, her mom (Cameron Diaz) asks, “Why won’t you help your sister [anymore ]?”
Told in a series of flashbacks, director Nick (“The Notebook,” “Alpha Dog) Cassavetes offers viewers a sample of the thought process from each character’s perspective, be it mom, dad (Jason Patric), brother Jessee ( Evan Ellingson ), Anna and Kate. Though coping with a loved one with cancer may not sound like a good view, “My Sister’s Keeper” has a gentle introspective manner whose pendulum swings seamlessly between extreme sadness and smiling giddiness. Those light or inspirational moments do not dam tears, instead, the choice of scenes conveys that interpersonal behavior varies even in times of grief.
The film’s bulls eye stridently faces children growing up too fast. In the case of the Fitzgerald siblings, the disease has left few options, but the filmmakers blend dates, proms and heart-to-heart talks in manners that you realize these kids should be still spending their days and nights imagining, pretending, believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and peering at adult situations. All wistful rituals of childhood were jettisoned by efforts to squeeze a full lifetime into an undetermined amount of teen years. It has also meant that Kate’s needs have overridden those of the other siblings.
Punctuated by soft, twinkling, narrative, narrative songs with a twinge of an upbeat tempo, “My Sister’s Keeper” immerses you ever soothingly into the family’s decision-making hierarchy which until now has been mom’s by default.
As this story unfolds, it respectfully represents the maturation of the ill girl’s first thoughts of “boy’s” as she to begins ‘dating,’ a boy suffering from cancer too. While parental approval and rebellion do not flair, appropriate and inappropriate degrees of affection symbolically stand-in for the bigger question i.e. how quickly do young people mature, how much flexibility should they have to learn decision making, and when do a child’s wishes override those of grownups?
Similarly, Anna’s legal challenge to make decisions regarding her body more than hints, at least for the legally attuned, on a larger controversy which has divided men and women, young and old, black and white, and spiritual believer versus spiritual believer. Sidestepping the Roe v. Wade implications, Anna’s decision to take a position (rather than blindly follow instructions) argues persuasively for parents to judge their child’s maturity and be conscious of how the child feels instead of relying upon mom and/or dad selfishly putting themselves into the shoes of their child as a way to re-live their own youth.
This suggestion, though here shown by Diaz obsessed and absorbed on healing her dying daughter equally transcends to soccer moms, football dads, or talent competitions such as dancing, beauty pageants, or gymnastics.
Bald Sofia Vassilieva achieves such acting accolades --- from laughing on a date and expressing indecisiveness during a kiss to confidently stating , “I need to speak to mom alone” and turning a chemotherapy reaction into a halfway humorous mocking of herself --- that the teen actress deserves award nomination consideration. I’m not certain too many children or adults could maintain the mostly pleasant demeanor while family members systematically descend into drastic dysfunction.
These well spaced happy moments avoid deeply, forbearing sadness and allows most viewers the luxury of lessening the intensity. On the other hand, I saw one couple move up to two rows from the screen suggesting they wanted to immerse themselves more into the on screen situations.
(Editor’s Note & Spoiler Alert: Author Jodi Picoult stated on her website, “There’s a great deal in the movie that I think is great and I enjoyed watching it --- and I hope you did too.” The book has been selected as Marshall University’s One Book (common reading) for the 2009-2010 academic year. I have not read the book, but by checking Picoult’s website, those who read the book and see the movie, or vice versa, have a vital question when discussing the two mediums.)
REVIEW: YEAR ONE
No, it’s not Flintstones, Try Incompetent Hunters Banished to the Ancient Sin City
By Tony Rutherford
Entering “Year One,” I anticipated Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble stone-age antics served up, of course, with an abundance of director Harold (“Analyze This,”) Ramis moderately digestible potty mouth and subtle nuances toward the vulgar. That how the writer of such 70s and 80s hits like “Meatballs,” “Caddyshack,” “Stripes, and “Ghostbusters” achieved comedic writing success and graduated to directing “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” and “Groundhog Day.”
To his credit, he took Jack Black and Michael Cera, known for Apatow raunchiness in “Superbad” and “Tropic Thunder” essentially dropped them in a chronological out of sync Garden of Eden, where the incompetent hunters and gather duo get booted from the tribe after tasting the forbidden fruit.
A mildly reimagining of events involving known Biblical characters ( Cain, Abel, Isaac and dwellers of Sodom prevent the Good Book thumpers from shouting undue blasphemy brands. Ramis chose not to parody the stories of Genesis, instead, he explored fictional interactions of Black and Cera with them.
The lengthiest visits are with Cain just after the slaying of Abel and a subsequent journey to Sodom, where they are taken as slaves.
Don’t rant because of a sequence or set of dialogue coming out of their mouths. “Year One” is not intended to depict Biblically correct doctrine (or recite accurate stories), it lifts their names and familiarity to shoot really out of the box and fill in intentionally humorous gaps.
When a dude eats from the forbidden tree (we know it was Eve), you realize that this is not a mean spirited or belief mocking. It’s just a so-so attempt to inspire a little laughter into the early days after creation.
The film has a Monty Python “Life of Brian” feel, but it’s not offensive. At most, it conveys moments of extreme faith or periods of disbelief, which any normal believer or non-believer experiences.
But, the filmmakers never find the proper mode to coax laughs from the audience. Cain (David Cross as a arrogant, selfish dude with no redeeming qualities) has more chemistry in his briefly overly hammed argument with Abel (Paul Rudd) than Black and Cera as Zed and Oh. The cavemen’s attempts to grab their ladies by the hair (often thwarted by armies and virgin sacrifices) add a trifle of better parody with bumbling adventurous attempted heroics by a blubbery ditz and his stone age nerd both hoping for would-be swashbuckler heroics to save themselves and their ladies.
“Year One” has lots of potential, but aside from the non-humorous humiliations in the ancient city of sin, you could call this “Year 0.25.” It needed work. And, according to reliable sources, the director planned a sequence with Noah which was tossed after “Evan Almighty” sunk.
Rating: *1/2 out of *****
REVIEW:
The Proposal : Gender Warfare Cultivates Belly Laughs for Males and Females
Is this just a chic flick? Not necessarily. Judging from the numerous husky laughs at an advance screening, the dudes in the predominately female audience had gotten their money’s worth in their funny bone.
Lifting a few concepts from the famed “Devil Wears Prada,” “The Proposal” has as much to say about working nine to five steps from a ‘dream’ publishing position as it does about the not so blissful relationship of the newly betrothed couple. For that matter, Andrew, the groom to be (Ryan Reynolds) gingerly drops in on a corporate conference uttering the word “engaged.”
It’s the magic word for Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock), who has just been told that she’s to be deported for an infraction of her visa, which will cost her the editor’s job at the publishing firm too. Once betrothed to her liege seeks visual and verbal revenge on the take no prisoners (and fire at will) boss. Her humbling on one knee proposal is both laughable, poignant, and humbling.
However, “27 Dresses” director Anne Fletcher (who was also a producer on “Wedding Planner”) has assembled a strong supporting cast (Mary Steenburgen, Betty White, Craig T. Nelson) and an absorbing (and continuous) foilables and a fish out of water remote Alaska setting for the staunch feminist boss to meet her new in-laws.
I can rattle off the memorable scenes with one or two word descriptions (so as not to spoil your fun) --- The hawk, the towel, the fitting, and the hip gyrating chant. Male or female you’re going to be doing some serious laughing.
Bullock’s “boss” is a couple of steps down from Miranda (Meryl Streep) in “Devil Wears Prada.” Instead, she tough as nails (watch her climb down into the boat carrying her bag and not breaking a heel) but lacks the mean spirited, cynical arrogance of Miranda. Bullock’s sweeter and straight laced persona places her somewhere mid-spectrum between Miranda and Lucy (Renee Zellweger) in “New in Town.”
“The Proposal” does not have its faults. Personally, dad’s degree of meddling and fetching sends the couple’s chemistry off a beat or two. Their adaptation to each other and her adjustment to small town Alaska fare just fine, thank you. Despite an unnecessary cliché let down, the film’s brutally cynical gender warfare one-liners (and conversations) assure a bouncing romp and unforgettable lines such as “Ask me nicely, on your knee” and Betty White’s native American chants and use of the words “Easter eggs.”
***1/2 out of *****
HOLD OVERS:
DRAG ME TO HELL: Alison (“Beowulf,” “Delirious”) Lohman has a chip on her shoulder --- she wants to be the first female loan officer at her bank. After competing with the boys club, she’s also been warned that a woman might not be tough enough for the position. An elderly woman (Loren Raver) gets down on hands and knees begging for an extension on her mortgage. To impress her boss, Lohman says, “No.” As a result, the lady puts a curse on her which transforms her life into hell on earth while she awaits a demon to collect her soul for eternal damnation.
THE HANGOVER: Here comes what many predict as the summer comedy sleeper. Director Todd (“Old School,” “Road Trip”) Phillips watched a steady diet of screwball comedy growing up, like “Stripes” and “Revenge of the Nerds,” but you would recognize him best as an Oscar nominated writer of “Borat.” Now, he’s cast Bradley (“Yes Man,” “The Rocker”) Cooper in a Vegas bachelor party gone bonkers. When the three groomsman awake, there’s a tiger in the bathroom of their suit and a six-month old baby in the closet. At ShowWest, Curtis McCall, caught a clip and told us, it’s a comedy of the Aptow style. “It could be hilarious. I don’t think people are aware of it right now, I think it will have a lot of bite.” At least two of those exiting a screening said the movie contained the most laughs of any they had seen previously (and their combined age was over 100 years).
IMAGINE THAT: Let’s cut to the chase. Eddie Murphy has not had a hit in years floundering in “Meet Dave,” “Adventures of Pluto Nash,” and “Norbit.” Can Murphy find the zip and zest that propelled him in “Beverly Hills Cop,” or to a certain extinct “Daddy Day Car” and “Nutty Professor?” Ironically, the plot has a link to Eddie’s career . He plays a financial exec whose life has hit the bricks until his daughter invites him to come into her imaginary world.
LAND OF THE LOST: Don’t write this off as just typical family friendly. Will Ferrell stars in what , based on buzz, will spoof a fabled 70s Saturday cartoon show with lots of creatures populating an alternate universe. He’s paired with a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) and a female research assistant (Anna Friel).
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.
MY LIFE IN RUINS: Nia (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) Vardalos stars as a travel guide leading a troupe of rag-tag tourists to see the beauty of Greece, while she dreams of finding another more substantial job. She’s stranded there and has the demeanor of an methodic, rigid school teacher unable to convert spontaneous opportunities into humor. Although she stereotypes tourists from various countries, she’s about to meet an American who will help her loosen up and dance.
STAR TREK: It’s the dawn of a new Trekkie craze as J.J. Abrams directs, “Star Trek (2009),” which tells the origin of Captain Kirk , Mr. Spock and the crew before they take the USS Enterprise to places not boldly gone before. A sequel is already in the works.
TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3: A re-make of a 1974 Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw underrated thriller, Denzel Washington takes Matthau’s role as an NYC subway dispatcher whose world of on-time routine shatters when four armed terrorists (led by John Travolta) hijack a train and demand a large ransom or they will start putting bullet hole in the passengers trapped in the dark tunnels under Manhattan. However, this reviewer, found it a bit disappointing since it switches too often from the terror tunnel and the race to fulfill ransom demands on the surface, which allows the action director (Tony Scott) opportunities to crash and bang vehicular demolition derby.
UP: Pixer and Disney Digital 3D team for what’s already generating five star reviews from critics who have seen advance showings. Here’s the story: A 78-year-old balloon salesman ties thousands of the air-filled objects to his house lifting off to South America. Unfortunately, the home-made aircraft has a stowaway --- an eight year old explorer (voice by Christopher Plummer). Pete (“Monsters Inc.”) Docter directs.
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 July 1 – July 8
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection): Starts Wednesday, July 1, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 11:30-12:15-1:50-2:35-4:10-4:55-6:30-7:15-8;55-9:35; Public Enemies 11:50-12:20-3:00-3:30-6:15-6:50-9:30-9:55 ; Continuing: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-1:30-2:45-3:15-4:30-5:00-6:05-6:30-8:00-8:30-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:25; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Tues. July 14, 12 midnight; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; JULY 8-9, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF JULY 1: Land of Lost, 12:00-2:30-5:00 only; Drag Me to Hell 7:30-10:00 only; Taking of Pelham 1:00-9:35; The Proposal 12:30-3:05-4:00-6:15-6:50-9:00; Up in 3D, 11:30-2:00-4:45-6:50-9:15; ENDS TUESDAY, JUNE 30, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, Imagine That; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9219
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: Admission: $3. After 6 p.m., $2 before 6 p.m. and all day Tuesday: Angels and Demons 1:10-4:10-7:00-9:40; Terminator Salvation 1:20-4:20-7:10-9:30; 17 Again, 1:05-3:10-5:15-7:20-9:25; Dance Flick, 7:25-9:25; X Men Wolverine, 1:05-3:15-5:25-7:35-9:45; ENDS THURSDAY: Monsters v Aliens, Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past, Dance Flick ; FREE KIDS FLIX: The Longshots, Wed. July 8, 10 a.m.; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 2D, 11:00-12:10-1:30-2:40-4:00-5:10-6:30-7:40-9:00-10:10; Public Enemies, 11:30-2:50-7:10-10:20; CONTINUING: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 12:10-1:50-3:30-5:10-6:50-8:30-10:10; My Sisters Keeper, 11:20-2:00-4:40-7:20-9:50; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE LATE TUES JULY 14, 12:01 A.M. “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince;” STARTS JULY 15; “Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince,” 12:10-1:50-3:30-5:10-6:50-8:30-10:10; TIME CHANGES: Night at Smithsonian 11:20-1:50-4:20; Year One 7:00-9:20 only; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Taking of Pelham, Land of the Lost; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: My Sisters Keeper 11:20-2:00-4:35-7:10-9:55; Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:30-1:30-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:30-7:30-8:30-10:00; Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs, 12:00-1:00-2:45-3:45-5:15-6:15-7:45-8:45-10:05; Public Enemies, 12:15-3:30-6:45-10:15; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: TBA; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BARBOURSVILLE, WV
CINEMARK HUNTINGTON MALL 12: Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs Real D 3D, 1:00-3:20-5:40-8:00-10:20; Ice Age 2D, 11:50-2:10-4:30-6:50-9:10; Public Enemies, 11:55-1:30-3:05-4:45-6:15-7:55-9:25; CONTINUING: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 12:35-1:40-2:50-3:55-5:00-6:10-7:15-8:20-9:30-10:35; Up in Real D 3D, 1:05-3:35-6:05-8:35; Brothers Keeper, 11:50-2:25-5:00-7:35-10:10; TIME CHANGES EFF July 1: Night at Museum 12:15-3:10 only; Year One 7:10-9:35 only; UP , 2D , 11:35-2:00-4:50-7:20-9:50; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Brothers Bloom, Angels and Demons; For full schedule, check: http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=1046
BECKLEY, WV
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 3D, 11:30-12:15-12:40-1:50-2:30-2:55-4:10-4:45-5:10-6:30-7:15-8:50-9:25; Public Enemies, 12:30-3:30-6:40-9:45; Continuing: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 11:40-2:10-4:45-7:15-9:45; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF. JULY 1: Taking of Pelham 1:00-7:00 only; Drag Me to Hell, 4:00-9:25 only; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Land of Lost; Imagine That; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=10115
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!): Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 12:00-2:15-4:30-7:00-9:15; Public Enemies, 11:40-3:00-6:45-9:50; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of Fallen, 12:00-3:15-6:30-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 11:35-2:10-4:45-7:20-9:55; TIME CHANGES EFF JULY 1, Night at Smithsonian 11:40-2:10-4:35-7:10; Year One 9:40 only; SENDS TUES JUNE 30: Taking of Pelham, Land of Lost; FREE KIDS FLICKS, July 7-8, 9:30 a.m., Horton Hears a Who, Evan Almighty; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9196
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!): Starts July 1, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 12:00-12:30-2:15-2:45-4:30-5:00-6:45-7:15-9:00-9:30; Public Enemies, 1:45-4:50-6:55-10:00; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45;My Sister’s Keeper, 11:35-2:10-4:45-7:20-9:55; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Tues. July 14, 12 midnight; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF FRI JULY 1: Land of the Lost 6:45-9:15 only; Imagine That 11:40-2:05-4:25 only; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: TBA; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=6021
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaur (3D), 1:00-3:05-5:10-7:15-9:20; Public Enemies, 12:55-4:00-7:05; 9:55; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 1:00-1:30-4:00-4:30-7:00-8:00-10:00; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:40-3:00-5:25-7:40-9:55; FREE KIDS FLIX: Kit Kitteredge, Wed. July 1, 10 a.m., Horton Hears a Who July 8 , 10 a.m.; ENDED THURSDAY, JUNE 25: Imagine That; ENDS TUES JUNE 30; Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HINTON, WV
RITZ THEATRE: Closed for renovations; grand re-opening July 4; For full schedule, click: http://www.ritzwv.com
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Starts Wed July 1: Public Enemies 10:15-1:15-4:15-7:15-10:15; Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 10:00-11:00-12:00-1:00-2:00-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:00-7:00-8:00-9:30; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 10:00-10:30-1:00-1:30-4:00-4:30-7:00-7:30-10:00-10:30 ; My Sister’s Keeper, 10:15-12:30-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE JULY 14 , 12:01 A.M. “Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince;” TIME CHANGES: Taking of Pelham 2:30-7:05; Year One , 12:30-5:05-9:35; Night at the Museum , 10:00 p.m. ; FREE SUMMER KIDS SERIES TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 10 A.M., June 30 & July 2, Marley and Me; ENDS TUES JULY 30: TBA; (**No Early Bird Show Sundays); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Starts July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs , 4:30-7:00-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00; Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 3:15-6:30-9:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00; ENDS JUNE 30: Drag Me to Hell; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, June 30, Space Chimps, July 7, Nim’s Island; For advance tickets, http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=4500
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 12:35-2:40-4:55-7:25-9:35; Public Enemies 1:00-4:40-7:05-9:50; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 12:00-4:00-7:00-10:05; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:05-2:25-4:40-7:15-9:50; FREE KIDS FLIX WEDNESDAYS 10 A.M., July 1 , Madagscar; July 8, Kit Kittredge ; TIME CHANGES: Daily Matinees; ENDS TUESSDAY JUNE 30: Night at Museum, Taking of Pelham; For full schedule click: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/fountainplace/index.html
NITRO, WV
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SUMMERSVILLE, WV
NICHOLS SHOWPLACE: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 4:40-7:00-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:20; Public Enemies, 3:30-6:45-9:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15; Transformers, 3:15-6:30-9:45, S/Sun Mat. 12:00; The Proposal, 4:35-7:10-9:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:30-2:00 ; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: Hangover, Drag Me to Hell; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, Tuesday, June 30, 10 a.m., Space Chimps, July 7, Nim’s Island; For advance tickets: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=4499
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 4:30-7:00-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:05-2:15; Public Enemies, 4:00-6:40-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00; Transformers, 3:15-6:30-9:45, S/Sun Mat. 12:00; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, Tuesday @ 10 a.m., June 30, Tales of Despereaux, July 7, Hotel for Dogs; ENDED TUESDAY JUNE 30; Hangover, Up; For Advance Tickets, http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9609
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection): Starts Wed. July 1: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 11:30-12:00-12:30-1:40-2:10-2:40-4:00-4:30-5:00-6:20-6:50-7:20-9:10-9:40; Public Enemies, 12:30-3:30-6:40-9:45; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 1:20-4:15-7:00-9:40; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles, July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs ; TIME CHANGES EFF WED July 1: Up, 11:45-2:10-4:35-7:00-9:25; Land of Lost 11:40-2:10-4:40; Drag Me to Hell , 7:10-9:40 ONLY; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Terminator Salvation, Star Trek; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=11469
UPCOMING RELEASES (Dates Subject to Change; not all films in all areas)
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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By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Rocky’s moving! That’s correct, after a nearly three year run at the Discount Cinema Theatre, 1021 Fourth Avenue, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” interactive Downhome Decadence has ended.
A performance will be held Friday, July 3 at 9:45 p.m. with a “Red White and Blue” theme at the Fusion Drop In Center, 544 Ninth Avenue. There will be no admission charge.
According to Derek Hyman, president of the Greater Huntington Theatre Corp., the weekly showing had become unprofitable for the theatre. "There were little concession sales and we had to add extra payroll for security and clean up," Hyman said.
This year Summer admissions to the interactive costumed dance party and movie just were not enough to justify the film rental expense, Hyman said.
MAINSTREAM THIS WEEK (not all movies in all areas)
For Movie Changes/Times, CLICK HERE.
For REVIEW of MY SISTER’S KEEPER, CLICK HERE
For REVIEW of YEAR ONE, CLICK HERE
For REVIEW of THE PROPOSAL, CLICK HERE
For UPCOMING Releases, CLICK HERE
Due to the July 4 holiday, the new mainstream film opened on Wednesday, July 1, so to have a leaping, sparkling send off in their bid to unseat “Transformers,” which has soared in less than a week to the $200 million dollar mark.
However, moviegoers not into the Hasbro toy tent-pole spectacular had another choice, “My Sister’s Keeper,” which is reviewed below. Yes, it’s sad; it’s also uplifting too… and, you will want to talk about many of its themes.
All Pictures © New Line Cinema
Likely you still think of Johnny Depp as ‘Jack Sparrow’ from the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy , as the fiendish “Sweeny Todd,” or as the poignant “Edward Scissorhands.” Now, the dude whose voice has been that of Willy Wonka, Icahbod Crane, and Victor Van Dort does an acting 180-degree maneuver as 30s gangster and public enemy Number One, John Dillinger, in “Public Enemies.”
All Pictures © Universal
Depp joins Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard as the charming, charismatic bank robber who had a trait for breaking out of jails. Since banks had gone belly up in the Depression, the public saw him akin to Robin Hood.
Bale, known as “Batman” and “Terminator,” plays a young FBI agent assigned to find gunfighters who can bring down the Dillinger gang.
For those looking for ‘family friendly,’ “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” promises up-graded animation as well as 3D effects (in select theatres), as Manny, Ellie, Diego and Scrat travel deep underground where they find flora, fauna, and dinosaurs still alive.
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
STARTS JULY 10
Long awaited and long dreaded, the next major release brings Sacha Baron Cohen (otherwise known as “Borat,” the journalist from Kazakhstan) back to the big screen as “Bruno,” a flamboyant Austrian fashion icon out to make heterosexual men jealous of his gayness. Can “Bruno” be more slap in the face crude than “Borat?”
All Pictures © Universal
BETH COOPER
On the same weekend, famed epic director and writer Chris (“Home Alone,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” “Rent,” as well as writing “Gremlins,” “Goonies” and “Young Sherlock Holmes”) Columbus directs this story of the nerdy school valedictorian proclaiming his love for the most popular girl in the school, live, unexpectedly, during his graduation speech. Hayden Panettiere, a woman ranked as one of the Top 15 “hottest” by Maxim Mag plays the title role in, “I Love You Beth Cooper.” Expect a little homage to John (“Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink”) Hughes too in this geek courts blonde cheerleader teen “fantasy.”
All Pictures © 20th Century Fox
JULY 15
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE: How much do you need to know? Isn’t this a given? It’s Radcliffe’s sixth outing as the boy wizard and this is a darker and more hormonal film. Harry knows a final battle fast approaches, so Hogwarts is no longer a safe sanctuary. At the same time, his romance with Ginny grows and so does jealousy.
RUTHERFORD ON FILM: 'MY SISTER’S KEEPER'
A Mellow, Intense Medical Drama Leaves You Weepy, Thoughtful, and Inspired
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Think momentarily of one of those hammy, heavy-handed attorney commercials where the pitchman asks, “What can I do for you? How can our firm solve your problems?” CUT! Now, visualize the litany of activities and/or conduct that often have adults condemning young people not having a childhood anymore. PASTE!
Placing those two thoughts together, along with the stress upon family members tending to a critically ill teen, and you have the objective elements of “My Sister’s Keeper.” Add, love to the equation and you have the emotive, wringing circumstances faced by members of the Fitzgerald family.
Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) has leukemia . At the suggestion of a physician, Anna (Abigail Breslin ) was conceived in a test tube as a ‘perfect’ genetic match for the seriously ill older daughter. From embryonic fluids to bone marrow, the younger daughter has been stuck, poked, and prodded. At the ripe young age of eleven, Anna stuns her mom and dad by objecting to a proposed kidney transplant. “I want to be in charge of my own body,” the young woman declares.
On the other hand, her mom (Cameron Diaz) asks, “Why won’t you help your sister [anymore ]?”
Told in a series of flashbacks, director Nick (“The Notebook,” “Alpha Dog) Cassavetes offers viewers a sample of the thought process from each character’s perspective, be it mom, dad (Jason Patric), brother Jessee ( Evan Ellingson ), Anna and Kate. Though coping with a loved one with cancer may not sound like a good view, “My Sister’s Keeper” has a gentle introspective manner whose pendulum swings seamlessly between extreme sadness and smiling giddiness. Those light or inspirational moments do not dam tears, instead, the choice of scenes conveys that interpersonal behavior varies even in times of grief.
The film’s bulls eye stridently faces children growing up too fast. In the case of the Fitzgerald siblings, the disease has left few options, but the filmmakers blend dates, proms and heart-to-heart talks in manners that you realize these kids should be still spending their days and nights imagining, pretending, believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and peering at adult situations. All wistful rituals of childhood were jettisoned by efforts to squeeze a full lifetime into an undetermined amount of teen years. It has also meant that Kate’s needs have overridden those of the other siblings.
Punctuated by soft, twinkling, narrative, narrative songs with a twinge of an upbeat tempo, “My Sister’s Keeper” immerses you ever soothingly into the family’s decision-making hierarchy which until now has been mom’s by default.
As this story unfolds, it respectfully represents the maturation of the ill girl’s first thoughts of “boy’s” as she to begins ‘dating,’ a boy suffering from cancer too. While parental approval and rebellion do not flair, appropriate and inappropriate degrees of affection symbolically stand-in for the bigger question i.e. how quickly do young people mature, how much flexibility should they have to learn decision making, and when do a child’s wishes override those of grownups?
Similarly, Anna’s legal challenge to make decisions regarding her body more than hints, at least for the legally attuned, on a larger controversy which has divided men and women, young and old, black and white, and spiritual believer versus spiritual believer. Sidestepping the Roe v. Wade implications, Anna’s decision to take a position (rather than blindly follow instructions) argues persuasively for parents to judge their child’s maturity and be conscious of how the child feels instead of relying upon mom and/or dad selfishly putting themselves into the shoes of their child as a way to re-live their own youth.
This suggestion, though here shown by Diaz obsessed and absorbed on healing her dying daughter equally transcends to soccer moms, football dads, or talent competitions such as dancing, beauty pageants, or gymnastics.
Bald Sofia Vassilieva achieves such acting accolades --- from laughing on a date and expressing indecisiveness during a kiss to confidently stating , “I need to speak to mom alone” and turning a chemotherapy reaction into a halfway humorous mocking of herself --- that the teen actress deserves award nomination consideration. I’m not certain too many children or adults could maintain the mostly pleasant demeanor while family members systematically descend into drastic dysfunction.
These well spaced happy moments avoid deeply, forbearing sadness and allows most viewers the luxury of lessening the intensity. On the other hand, I saw one couple move up to two rows from the screen suggesting they wanted to immerse themselves more into the on screen situations.
(Editor’s Note & Spoiler Alert: Author Jodi Picoult stated on her website, “There’s a great deal in the movie that I think is great and I enjoyed watching it --- and I hope you did too.” The book has been selected as Marshall University’s One Book (common reading) for the 2009-2010 academic year. I have not read the book, but by checking Picoult’s website, those who read the book and see the movie, or vice versa, have a vital question when discussing the two mediums.)
REVIEW: YEAR ONE
No, it’s not Flintstones, Try Incompetent Hunters Banished to the Ancient Sin City
By Tony Rutherford
Entering “Year One,” I anticipated Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble stone-age antics served up, of course, with an abundance of director Harold (“Analyze This,”) Ramis moderately digestible potty mouth and subtle nuances toward the vulgar. That how the writer of such 70s and 80s hits like “Meatballs,” “Caddyshack,” “Stripes, and “Ghostbusters” achieved comedic writing success and graduated to directing “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” and “Groundhog Day.”
To his credit, he took Jack Black and Michael Cera, known for Apatow raunchiness in “Superbad” and “Tropic Thunder” essentially dropped them in a chronological out of sync Garden of Eden, where the incompetent hunters and gather duo get booted from the tribe after tasting the forbidden fruit.
A mildly reimagining of events involving known Biblical characters ( Cain, Abel, Isaac and dwellers of Sodom prevent the Good Book thumpers from shouting undue blasphemy brands. Ramis chose not to parody the stories of Genesis, instead, he explored fictional interactions of Black and Cera with them.
The lengthiest visits are with Cain just after the slaying of Abel and a subsequent journey to Sodom, where they are taken as slaves.
Don’t rant because of a sequence or set of dialogue coming out of their mouths. “Year One” is not intended to depict Biblically correct doctrine (or recite accurate stories), it lifts their names and familiarity to shoot really out of the box and fill in intentionally humorous gaps.
When a dude eats from the forbidden tree (we know it was Eve), you realize that this is not a mean spirited or belief mocking. It’s just a so-so attempt to inspire a little laughter into the early days after creation.
The film has a Monty Python “Life of Brian” feel, but it’s not offensive. At most, it conveys moments of extreme faith or periods of disbelief, which any normal believer or non-believer experiences.
But, the filmmakers never find the proper mode to coax laughs from the audience. Cain (David Cross as a arrogant, selfish dude with no redeeming qualities) has more chemistry in his briefly overly hammed argument with Abel (Paul Rudd) than Black and Cera as Zed and Oh. The cavemen’s attempts to grab their ladies by the hair (often thwarted by armies and virgin sacrifices) add a trifle of better parody with bumbling adventurous attempted heroics by a blubbery ditz and his stone age nerd both hoping for would-be swashbuckler heroics to save themselves and their ladies.
“Year One” has lots of potential, but aside from the non-humorous humiliations in the ancient city of sin, you could call this “Year 0.25.” It needed work. And, according to reliable sources, the director planned a sequence with Noah which was tossed after “Evan Almighty” sunk.
Rating: *1/2 out of *****
REVIEW:
The Proposal : Gender Warfare Cultivates Belly Laughs for Males and Females
Is this just a chic flick? Not necessarily. Judging from the numerous husky laughs at an advance screening, the dudes in the predominately female audience had gotten their money’s worth in their funny bone.
Lifting a few concepts from the famed “Devil Wears Prada,” “The Proposal” has as much to say about working nine to five steps from a ‘dream’ publishing position as it does about the not so blissful relationship of the newly betrothed couple. For that matter, Andrew, the groom to be (Ryan Reynolds) gingerly drops in on a corporate conference uttering the word “engaged.”
It’s the magic word for Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock), who has just been told that she’s to be deported for an infraction of her visa, which will cost her the editor’s job at the publishing firm too. Once betrothed to her liege seeks visual and verbal revenge on the take no prisoners (and fire at will) boss. Her humbling on one knee proposal is both laughable, poignant, and humbling.
However, “27 Dresses” director Anne Fletcher (who was also a producer on “Wedding Planner”) has assembled a strong supporting cast (Mary Steenburgen, Betty White, Craig T. Nelson) and an absorbing (and continuous) foilables and a fish out of water remote Alaska setting for the staunch feminist boss to meet her new in-laws.
I can rattle off the memorable scenes with one or two word descriptions (so as not to spoil your fun) --- The hawk, the towel, the fitting, and the hip gyrating chant. Male or female you’re going to be doing some serious laughing.
Bullock’s “boss” is a couple of steps down from Miranda (Meryl Streep) in “Devil Wears Prada.” Instead, she tough as nails (watch her climb down into the boat carrying her bag and not breaking a heel) but lacks the mean spirited, cynical arrogance of Miranda. Bullock’s sweeter and straight laced persona places her somewhere mid-spectrum between Miranda and Lucy (Renee Zellweger) in “New in Town.”
“The Proposal” does not have its faults. Personally, dad’s degree of meddling and fetching sends the couple’s chemistry off a beat or two. Their adaptation to each other and her adjustment to small town Alaska fare just fine, thank you. Despite an unnecessary cliché let down, the film’s brutally cynical gender warfare one-liners (and conversations) assure a bouncing romp and unforgettable lines such as “Ask me nicely, on your knee” and Betty White’s native American chants and use of the words “Easter eggs.”
***1/2 out of *****
HOLD OVERS:
DRAG ME TO HELL: Alison (“Beowulf,” “Delirious”) Lohman has a chip on her shoulder --- she wants to be the first female loan officer at her bank. After competing with the boys club, she’s also been warned that a woman might not be tough enough for the position. An elderly woman (Loren Raver) gets down on hands and knees begging for an extension on her mortgage. To impress her boss, Lohman says, “No.” As a result, the lady puts a curse on her which transforms her life into hell on earth while she awaits a demon to collect her soul for eternal damnation.
THE HANGOVER: Here comes what many predict as the summer comedy sleeper. Director Todd (“Old School,” “Road Trip”) Phillips watched a steady diet of screwball comedy growing up, like “Stripes” and “Revenge of the Nerds,” but you would recognize him best as an Oscar nominated writer of “Borat.” Now, he’s cast Bradley (“Yes Man,” “The Rocker”) Cooper in a Vegas bachelor party gone bonkers. When the three groomsman awake, there’s a tiger in the bathroom of their suit and a six-month old baby in the closet. At ShowWest, Curtis McCall, caught a clip and told us, it’s a comedy of the Aptow style. “It could be hilarious. I don’t think people are aware of it right now, I think it will have a lot of bite.” At least two of those exiting a screening said the movie contained the most laughs of any they had seen previously (and their combined age was over 100 years).
IMAGINE THAT: Let’s cut to the chase. Eddie Murphy has not had a hit in years floundering in “Meet Dave,” “Adventures of Pluto Nash,” and “Norbit.” Can Murphy find the zip and zest that propelled him in “Beverly Hills Cop,” or to a certain extinct “Daddy Day Car” and “Nutty Professor?” Ironically, the plot has a link to Eddie’s career . He plays a financial exec whose life has hit the bricks until his daughter invites him to come into her imaginary world.
LAND OF THE LOST: Don’t write this off as just typical family friendly. Will Ferrell stars in what , based on buzz, will spoof a fabled 70s Saturday cartoon show with lots of creatures populating an alternate universe. He’s paired with a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) and a female research assistant (Anna Friel).
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.
MY LIFE IN RUINS: Nia (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) Vardalos stars as a travel guide leading a troupe of rag-tag tourists to see the beauty of Greece, while she dreams of finding another more substantial job. She’s stranded there and has the demeanor of an methodic, rigid school teacher unable to convert spontaneous opportunities into humor. Although she stereotypes tourists from various countries, she’s about to meet an American who will help her loosen up and dance.
STAR TREK: It’s the dawn of a new Trekkie craze as J.J. Abrams directs, “Star Trek (2009),” which tells the origin of Captain Kirk , Mr. Spock and the crew before they take the USS Enterprise to places not boldly gone before. A sequel is already in the works.
TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3: A re-make of a 1974 Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw underrated thriller, Denzel Washington takes Matthau’s role as an NYC subway dispatcher whose world of on-time routine shatters when four armed terrorists (led by John Travolta) hijack a train and demand a large ransom or they will start putting bullet hole in the passengers trapped in the dark tunnels under Manhattan. However, this reviewer, found it a bit disappointing since it switches too often from the terror tunnel and the race to fulfill ransom demands on the surface, which allows the action director (Tony Scott) opportunities to crash and bang vehicular demolition derby.
UP: Pixer and Disney Digital 3D team for what’s already generating five star reviews from critics who have seen advance showings. Here’s the story: A 78-year-old balloon salesman ties thousands of the air-filled objects to his house lifting off to South America. Unfortunately, the home-made aircraft has a stowaway --- an eight year old explorer (voice by Christopher Plummer). Pete (“Monsters Inc.”) Docter directs.
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 July 1 – July 8
HUNTINGTON, WV
MARQUEE PULLMAN: (Now ALL digital projection): Starts Wednesday, July 1, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 11:30-12:15-1:50-2:35-4:10-4:55-6:30-7:15-8;55-9:35; Public Enemies 11:50-12:20-3:00-3:30-6:15-6:50-9:30-9:55 ; Continuing: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-1:30-2:45-3:15-4:30-5:00-6:05-6:30-8:00-8:30-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:45-3:45-6:45-9:25; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Tues. July 14, 12 midnight; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; JULY 8-9, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF JULY 1: Land of Lost, 12:00-2:30-5:00 only; Drag Me to Hell 7:30-10:00 only; Taking of Pelham 1:00-9:35; The Proposal 12:30-3:05-4:00-6:15-6:50-9:00; Up in 3D, 11:30-2:00-4:45-6:50-9:15; ENDS TUESDAY, JUNE 30, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, Imagine That; For Full Schedule, click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9219
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: Admission: $3. After 6 p.m., $2 before 6 p.m. and all day Tuesday: Angels and Demons 1:10-4:10-7:00-9:40; Terminator Salvation 1:20-4:20-7:10-9:30; 17 Again, 1:05-3:10-5:15-7:20-9:25; Dance Flick, 7:25-9:25; X Men Wolverine, 1:05-3:15-5:25-7:35-9:45; ENDS THURSDAY: Monsters v Aliens, Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past, Dance Flick ; FREE KIDS FLIX: The Longshots, Wed. July 8, 10 a.m.; For full schedule click and select date: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/cinema/index.html
ASHLAND, KY
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 2D, 11:00-12:10-1:30-2:40-4:00-5:10-6:30-7:40-9:00-10:10; Public Enemies, 11:30-2:50-7:10-10:20; CONTINUING: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 12:10-1:50-3:30-5:10-6:50-8:30-10:10; My Sisters Keeper, 11:20-2:00-4:40-7:20-9:50; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE LATE TUES JULY 14, 12:01 A.M. “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince;” STARTS JULY 15; “Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince,” 12:10-1:50-3:30-5:10-6:50-8:30-10:10; TIME CHANGES: Night at Smithsonian 11:20-1:50-4:20; Year One 7:00-9:20 only; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Taking of Pelham, Land of the Lost; For full times, http://www.cinemark.com/metropolitan_opera.asp
PHOENIX 10 KYOVA MALL: My Sisters Keeper 11:20-2:00-4:35-7:10-9:55; Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:30-1:30-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:30-7:30-8:30-10:00; Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs, 12:00-1:00-2:45-3:45-5:15-6:15-7:45-8:45-10:05; Public Enemies, 12:15-3:30-6:45-10:15; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: TBA; Full schedule: http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=10480
BARBOURSVILLE, WV
CINEMARK HUNTINGTON MALL 12: Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs Real D 3D, 1:00-3:20-5:40-8:00-10:20; Ice Age 2D, 11:50-2:10-4:30-6:50-9:10; Public Enemies, 11:55-1:30-3:05-4:45-6:15-7:55-9:25; CONTINUING: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 12:35-1:40-2:50-3:55-5:00-6:10-7:15-8:20-9:30-10:35; Up in Real D 3D, 1:05-3:35-6:05-8:35; Brothers Keeper, 11:50-2:25-5:00-7:35-10:10; TIME CHANGES EFF July 1: Night at Museum 12:15-3:10 only; Year One 7:10-9:35 only; UP , 2D , 11:35-2:00-4:50-7:20-9:50; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Brothers Bloom, Angels and Demons; For full schedule, check: http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=1046
BECKLEY, WV
GALLERIA CINEMAS: (Now All Digital Projection!): Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 3D, 11:30-12:15-12:40-1:50-2:30-2:55-4:10-4:45-5:10-6:30-7:15-8:50-9:25; Public Enemies, 12:30-3:30-6:40-9:45; Continuing: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 11:40-2:10-4:45-7:15-9:45; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF. JULY 1: Taking of Pelham 1:00-7:00 only; Drag Me to Hell, 4:00-9:25 only; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Land of Lost; Imagine That; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=10115
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!): Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 12:00-2:15-4:30-7:00-9:15; Public Enemies, 11:40-3:00-6:45-9:50; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of Fallen, 12:00-3:15-6:30-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 11:35-2:10-4:45-7:20-9:55; TIME CHANGES EFF JULY 1, Night at Smithsonian 11:40-2:10-4:35-7:10; Year One 9:40 only; SENDS TUES JUNE 30: Taking of Pelham, Land of Lost; FREE KIDS FLICKS, July 7-8, 9:30 a.m., Horton Hears a Who, Evan Almighty; For full schedule: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9196
CHARLESTON, WV
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: (Now All Digital Projection!): Starts July 1, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 12:00-12:30-2:15-2:45-4:30-5:00-6:45-7:15-9:00-9:30; Public Enemies, 1:45-4:50-6:55-10:00; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45;My Sister’s Keeper, 11:35-2:10-4:45-7:20-9:55; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Tues. July 14, 12 midnight; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles; July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs; TIME CHANGES EFF FRI JULY 1: Land of the Lost 6:45-9:15 only; Imagine That 11:40-2:05-4:25 only; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: TBA; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=6021
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaur (3D), 1:00-3:05-5:10-7:15-9:20; Public Enemies, 12:55-4:00-7:05; 9:55; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 1:00-1:30-4:00-4:30-7:00-8:00-10:00; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:40-3:00-5:25-7:40-9:55; FREE KIDS FLIX: Kit Kitteredge, Wed. July 1, 10 a.m., Horton Hears a Who July 8 , 10 a.m.; ENDED THURSDAY, JUNE 25: Imagine That; ENDS TUES JUNE 30; Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost; For full listing: http://www.ourshowtimes.com/parkplace/index.html
HINTON, WV
RITZ THEATRE: Closed for renovations; grand re-opening July 4; For full schedule, click: http://www.ritzwv.com
HURRICANE, WV
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Starts Wed July 1: Public Enemies 10:15-1:15-4:15-7:15-10:15; Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 10:00-11:00-12:00-1:00-2:00-3:00-4:00-5:00-6:00-7:00-8:00-9:30; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 10:00-10:30-1:00-1:30-4:00-4:30-7:00-7:30-10:00-10:30 ; My Sister’s Keeper, 10:15-12:30-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:45; ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE JULY 14 , 12:01 A.M. “Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince;” TIME CHANGES: Taking of Pelham 2:30-7:05; Year One , 12:30-5:05-9:35; Night at the Museum , 10:00 p.m. ; FREE SUMMER KIDS SERIES TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 10 A.M., June 30 & July 2, Marley and Me; ENDS TUES JULY 30: TBA; (**No Early Bird Show Sundays); For full schedule click: http://boxoffice.printtixusa.com/allstar/movies?v=2756
LEWISBURG, WV
SENACA SHOWPLACE: Starts July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs , 4:30-7:00-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00; Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 3:15-6:30-9:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00; ENDS JUNE 30: Drag Me to Hell; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, June 30, Space Chimps, July 7, Nim’s Island; For advance tickets, http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=4500
LOGAN, W.VA.
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 12:35-2:40-4:55-7:25-9:35; Public Enemies 1:00-4:40-7:05-9:50; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen 12:00-4:00-7:00-10:05; My Sister’s Keeper, 12:05-2:25-4:40-7:15-9:50; FREE KIDS FLIX WEDNESDAYS 10 A.M., July 1 , Madagscar; July 8, Kit Kittredge ; TIME CHANGES: Daily Matinees; ENDS TUESSDAY JUNE 30: Night at Museum, Taking of Pelham; 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: Starts Wed. July 1, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D, 4:40-7:00-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:20; Public Enemies, 3:30-6:45-9:50, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15; Transformers, 3:15-6:30-9:45, S/Sun Mat. 12:00; The Proposal, 4:35-7:10-9:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:30-2:00 ; ENDS TUES JUNE 30: Hangover, Drag Me to Hell; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, Tuesday, June 30, 10 a.m., Space Chimps, July 7, Nim’s Island; For advance tickets: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=4499
WELCH, WV
MCDOWELL 3: Starts Wed July 1, Ice Age Dawn of Dinosaurs 4:30-7:00-9:10, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:05-2:15; Public Enemies, 4:00-6:40-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:00; Transformers, 3:15-6:30-9:45, S/Sun Mat. 12:00; FREE KIDS SUMMER FLICKS, Tuesday @ 10 a.m., June 30, Tales of Despereaux, July 7, Hotel for Dogs; ENDED TUESDAY JUNE 30; Hangover, Up; For Advance Tickets, http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=9609
WHEELING, WV
Marquee Highlands 14: (All Digital DLP Projection): Starts Wed. July 1: Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, 11:30-12:00-12:30-1:40-2:10-2:40-4:00-4:30-5:00-6:20-6:50-7:20-9:10-9:40; Public Enemies, 12:30-3:30-6:40-9:45; CONTINUING: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, 11:30-12:00-1:00-2:45-3:15-4:30-6:05-6:30-8:00-9:20-9:45; My Sister’s Keeper, 1:20-4:15-7:00-9:40; FREE KID’S SUMMER SERIES TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY 9:30 a.m., June 30-July 1, Space Chimps, Spiderwick Chronicles, July 7-8, Igor, Hotel for Dogs ; TIME CHANGES EFF WED July 1: Up, 11:45-2:10-4:35-7:00-9:25; Land of Lost 11:40-2:10-4:40; Drag Me to Hell , 7:10-9:40 ONLY; ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30: Terminator Salvation, Star Trek; For full schedule click: http://www.marqueecinemas.com/location.asp?location=11469
UPCOMING RELEASES (Dates Subject to Change; not all films in all areas)
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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