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Couples Retreat (PG-13)
7:00
Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG)
1:00, 4:00
Ninja Assassin (R)
10:00
Avatar 3D (PG-13)
12:00, 1:00, 3:30, 4:30, 7:15, 800
Daybreakers (R)
1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50
Edge of Darkness (R)
1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40
From Paris with Love (R)
1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:05
Leap Year (PG)
1:30, 7:10
Legion (R)
1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:30
Sherlock Holmes (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50
Up in the Air (R)
1:30, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30
The Young Victoria (PG)
4:20, 9:40
Avatar 3D (PG-13)
11:50, 3:00, 7:00, 10:15
The Book of Eli (R)
11:25, 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 (Sofa Cinema showing)
Crazy Heart (R)
11:30, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05
Dear John (PG-13)
11:25, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55
Edge of Darkness (R)
11:40, 2:15, 5:00. 7:35, 10:10
An Education (PG-13)
11:45. 2:15, 4:35, 8:00, 10:25
From Paris with Love (R)
12:00, 2:40, 5:05, 7:55, 10:20
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (PG-13)
12:05, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 (Sofa Cinema showing)
Legion (R)
11:30. 1:55, 4:20. 7:45. 10:20 (no 11:30, 1:55, 4:20 show on Sat Feb 6)
The Messenger (R)
12:20, 9:45 (Sofa Cinema showing)
A Single Man (R)
12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 (Sofa Cinema showing)
Tooth Fairy (PG)
11:35, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50
Up in the Air (R)
12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 (no 12:00, 2:30, or 5:10 shows on Sat Feb 6)
When in Rome (PG-13)
12:15, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:35
The Young Victoria (PG)
3:15, 7:25 (Sofa Cinema showing)
Avatar 2D (PG-13)
11:50 (Fri-Sun), 3:30, 7:10, 10:35
Dear John (PG-13)
11:15 (Fri-Sun), 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00
Book of Eli (R)
10:50 (Fri-Sun), 1:35, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15
Edge of Darkness (R)
10:35 (Fri-Sun), 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:25
From Paris with Love (R)
11:00 (Fri-Sun), 1:50, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20
Avatar 2D (PG-13)
12:30, 4:00, 7:15
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG)
12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:25
Avatar 3D (PG-13)
12:30, 3:50, 7:05, 10:25
The Blind Side (PG-13)
1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10
The Book of Eli (R)
2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00
Dear John (PG-13)
1:25, 4:00, 7:05, 9:35
Edge of Darkness (R)
1:55, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55
Extraordinary Measures (PG)
2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15
From Paris with Love (R)
2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 9:40
It’s Complicated (R)
1:35, 4:15
Legion (R)
7:30, 9:50
Sherlock Holmes (PG-13)
1:20, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05
Tooth Fairy (PG)
12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05
When in Rome (PG-13)
1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans (R)
7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:50
Crazy Heart (R)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat 9:30
A Single Man (R)
1:20, 4:20
The Young Victoria (PG)
1:00 (Sat, Sun), 4:00, 7:00 (no 4:00 or 7:00 shows on Sun)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG)
1:50, 4:45, 8:00, 10:15
The Blind Side (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:05
The Book of Eli (R)
1:10, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20
Dear John (PG-13)
1:20, 4:40,7:20, 9:50
Extraordinary Measures (PG)
1:30, 4:20
The Lovely Bones (PG-13)
7:00, 9:55
Tooth Fairy (PG)
1:40, 4:10, 7:50, 10:10
When in Rome (PG-13)
2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45
Movie articles
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Oscar time again
Maybe it’s because the Oscars got it so very right last year—so far as I was concerned—but I find it hard to work up any great enthusiasm for this year’s awards.
Cranky Hanke’s Weekly Reeler Feb. 3-9: Maybe renting a movie would be wise
Three movies open this week: Crazy Heart (review in this week’s Xpress), Dear John and From Paris With Love. The first is worth consideration. As for the other two ...
Cranky Hanke’s Screening Room: Even a man who is pure in heart
In just two weeks the much anticipated and much delayed remake of The Wolf Man comes howling into town. With that in mind, it strikes me that maybe we should go ahead and take another look at the original—and allow enough time for anyone so inclined to actually watch or rewatch the 1941 parent film.
Pick of the Week:
Crazy Heart (R)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Genre: Redemption Drama With Country Music
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Jack Nation
The Story: A down-on-his-luck alcoholic country singer on the dead-end circuit gets a chance at a comeback and personal redemption.
The Lowdown: A straightforward redemption drama that’s damaged by an unpersuasive romance, but offers the compensation of a strong lead performance from Jeff Bridges.
Reviews:
Edge of Darkness (R)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | 2 Comment(s)
Genre: Standard Revenge Thriller Wrapped in Endless Convolutions
Directed by: Martin Campbell (Casino Royale)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
The Story: When a Boston detective’s daughter is murdered, the detective follows a trail that leads him to pretty high places in his search for her killers.
The Lowdown: A simple revenge thriller that’s tarted up with not very convincing conspiracy nonsense that isn’t helped by a sluggish pace.
To Save a Life (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Genre: Christian Teen Drama
Directed by: Brian Baugh
Starring: Randy Wayne, Deja Kreutzberg, Joshua Weigel, Steven Crowder, Sean Michael
The Story: A teenage hotshot finds religion after witnessing the suicide of a former friend.
The Lowdown: Competently made but incredibly tedious, it’s teen melodrama at it’s most boring.
When in Rome (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider)
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Danny DeVito
The Story: A young woman takes coins from a fountain of love in Rome, which causes the coins’ previous owners to instantly fall in love with her.
The Lowdown: A couple of not-so-bad leads in a really unfunny, high-concept, occasionally strange (in the worst kind of way) and inept retread of romantic-comedy formula.
Special Showings
Dead Again (R)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | 7 Comment(s)
Genre: Hitchcockian Thriller
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Andy Garcia, Wayne Knight, Hanna Schygulla
The Hendersonville Film Society will show Dead Again at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
The Four Musketeers (PG)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Genre: Swashbuckling Comedy/Adventure
Directed by: Richard Lester
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay, Michael York, Faye Dunaway
Still Showing:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (PG)
Justin Souther | 12/30/2009 | 10 Comment(s)
Avatar (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 12/23/2009 | 123 Comment(s)
The Blind Side (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 11/25/2009 | 1 Comment(s)
Crazy Heart (R)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Edge of Darkness (R)
Ken Hanke | 02/03/2010 | 2 Comment(s)
Justin Souther | 01/27/2010 | 2 Comment(s)
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 01/06/2010 | 27 Comment(s)
It’s Complicated (R)
Justin Souther | 12/30/2009 | 2 Comment(s)
Legion (R)
Ken Hanke | 01/27/2010 | 9 Comment(s)
The Messenger (R)
Ken Hanke | 01/27/2010 | 4 Comment(s)
Sherlock Holmes (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 12/30/2009 | 40 Comment(s)
A Single Man (R)
Ken Hanke | 01/20/2010 | 9 Comment(s)
Tooth Fairy (PG)
Justin Souther | 01/27/2010 | 2 Comment(s)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 11/25/2009 | 16 Comment(s)
Up in the Air (R)
Ken Hanke | 12/23/2009 | 6 Comment(s)
When in Rome (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 02/03/2010 | Comment here
Upcomers
Starts Friday
Crazy Heart
See review in “Cranky Hanke.”
Dear John
This is the year we get not one, but two movie versions of Nicholas Sparks novels. The reason for this punishment is unclear, but this one is the first up. In its favor is the fact that Lasse Hallström directed it. Not in its favor is the fact that the screenplay is from Jamie Linden, who wrote We Are Marshall. Also on the plus side, this is the one that doesn’t star Miley Cyrus. It does, however, have Channing Tatum (Fighting), so that’s probably a wash. The story involves Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer’s Body) falling in love with soldier-on-leave Tatum. A long-distance relationship and promise of marriage once he gets out ensues, but just as Tatum is about to leave the army, 9/11 occurs, so he re-enlists. None too surprisingly, Seyfried ends up marrying someone else. If you’re still interested, this is probably your movie. It has not been shown to critics. (PG-13)
From Paris With Love
French filmmaker Luc Besson hasn’t actually made many movies in recent years (read: this century), but that hasn’t kept him from producing — and sometimes writing — a seemingly endless stream of pictures with other directors. The most notable of these have been in the action mode. You know, things like The Transporter (2002) and its sequels. This latest — directed by Pierre Morel (Taken) — appears to be pretty much of an action piece in standard Besson mode. The story finds hapless U.S. embassy worker Jonathan Rhys Meyers (August Rush) being teamed up with American spy John Travolta to prevent a terrorist attack in Paris. The trailer looks like over-the-top trashy fun. There’s not much in the way of reviews yet, but David Denby (New York) has lavished praise on the film, claiming that Morel is a better filmmaker than John Woo. Now, that’s a statement that is bound to raise hackles in some quarters. (R)
