10,000 B.C. (PG-13)
7:00, 10:00
Howl’s Moving Castle (PG)
1:00, 4:00
Please call the info line for updated showtimes.
21 (PG-13)
1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45
88 Minutes (R)
1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00
Deception (R)
1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (PG)
1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30
Leatherheads (PG-13)
1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50
Made of Honor (PG-13)
1:00, 1:15, 4:00, 4:15, 7:00, 7:15, 9:45, 10:00
Redbelt (R)
1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 7:45, 10:00
Smart People (R)
4:00, 9:30
Street Kings (R)
1:00, 7:00
Baby Mama (PG-13)
12:50, 4:05, 7:15, 9:50
Iron Man (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 10:05
Made of Honor (PG-13)
1:10. 3:50, 6:40, 9:40
Speed Racer (PG)
12:25, 3:40, 7:05, 10:20
What Happens in Vegas...(PG-13)
1:20, 4:15, 7:25, 10:00
21 (PG-13)
1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50
Baby Mama (PG-13)
1:35, 4:15, 7:15, 9:35
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (R)
1:25, 7:05
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R)
4:30, 9:55
Iron Man (PG-13)
1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:20, 7:00, 7:15, 9:50, 10:05
Leatherheads (PG-13)
1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45
Made of Honor (PG-13)
1:05, 3:30, 7:10, 9:30
Redbelt (R)
1:35. 3:55, 7:30, 10:10
Speed Racer (PG)
1:15, 1:30, 4:05, 4:30, 7:05, 7:30, 10:00
What Happens in Vegas (PG-13)
1:10, 1:40, 4:05, 4:35, 7:00, 7:15, 9:20, 9:35
The Counterfeiters (R)
1:20, 4:20
Flawless (PG-13)
7:20, Late show Fri-Sat only 9:30
A Man Named Pearl (G)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, Late show Fri-Sat only 9:20
Under the Same Moon (PG-13)
1:00 (Sat-Sun), 4:00, 7:00
10,000 B.C. (PG-13)
2:00 (Sat-Sun), 4:30, 7:10
The Bucket List (PG-13)
2:00 (Sat-Sun), 4:30
Horton Hears a Who! (G)
2:05 (Sat-Sun), 4:30, 7:00
Nim’s Island (PG)
2:05 (Sat-Sun), 4:30, 7:00
The Other Boleyn Girl (PG-13)
7:00
Baby Mama (PG-13)
12:55, 3:35, 7:15, 10:05
The Forbidden Kingdom (PG-13)
12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guatanamo Bay (R)
12:50, 3:55, 7:10, (;35
Iron Man (PG-13)
12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:35, 9:30, 10:00, 10:35
Made of Honor (PG-13)
12:45, 4:05, 7:25, 9:55
Nim’s Island (PG)
1:25, 4:15, 6:55, 9:25
Redbelt (R)
1:20, 3:45, 7:40, 10:20
Speed Racer (PG)
12:35, 1:10, 1:40, 3:40, 4:20, 5:00, 6:45, 7:30, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30
What Happens in Vegas… (PG-13)
1:05, 1:35, 4:10, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:15
Baby Mama (PG-13)
12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15
The Forbidden Kingdom (PG-13)
12:50, 7:20
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R)
4:20, 10:05
Iron Man (PG-13)
1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30
Speed Racer (PG)
12:30, 1:10. 4:10, 4:40, 7:10, 7:40, 10:10, 10:40
What Happens in Vegas… (PG-13)
12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 8:00, 10:25
Pick of the Week:
Flawless (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Crime Drama
Directed by: Michael Radford (The Merchant of Venice)
Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Caine, Lambert Wilson, Nathaniel Parker, Shaughan Seymour, Joss Ackland
The Story: A janitor and a soon-to-be-fired manager at a large diamond corporation team up to relieve the company of a portion of their inventory.
The Lowdown: Dynamite performances, stylish direction and an incredible script combine to make clever entertainment.
Reviews:
Iron Man (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 23 Comment(s)
Genre: Comic-Book Action-Adventure
Directed by: Jon Favreau (Zathura)
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb
The Story: When arms manufacturer Tony Stark is captured by terrorists, he transforms himself into an unstoppable juggernaut of vengeance known as Iron Man.
The Lowdown: Enjoyable big-budget fun that’s aware of its own preposterousness and benefits from probably the best performance ever seen in a comic-book movie, thanks to Robert Downey Jr.
Made of Honor (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Directed by: Paul Weiland (City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold)
Starring: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kadeem Hardison
The Story: A wealthy playboy finds out his female best friend is getting married—just when he’s realized that she’s the one for him. He accepts her offer to serve as maid of honor at her wedding in order to stop the proceedings and steal her away.
The Lowdown:: A completely by-the-book romantic comedy featuring one of the most unintentionally sleazy leading-man characters to ever grace a movie screen.
A Man Named Pearl (NR)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 1 Comment(s)
Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Brent Pierson and Scott Galloway
Starring: Pearl Fryar, Metra Fryar, Rev. Jerome McCray, Ronnie Williams, Polly Laffitte, Jean Grosser
The Story: Documentary film on self-taught South Carolina topiary artist Pearl Fryar and his garden.
The Lowdown: A very entertaining, beguiling look at a unique garden and an equally unique human being that’s well worth your while.
Special Showings
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Comedy
Directed by: Jamie Uys (Animals Are Beautiful People)
Starring: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo N!xau, Louw Verwey
Walk-In Theater—sponsored by the merchants of the Bledsoe Building in West Asheville—will present The Gods Must Be Crazy Friday, May 9, at dusk in the parking lot behind the Bledsoe building. Admission is free, and as usual, patrons are asked to leave pets and coolers at home, but to bring lawn chairs.
Gold Diggers of 1933 (NR)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Musical Comedy
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy and Busby Berkeley
Starring: Joan Blondell, Warren William, Aline MacMahon, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee
Gold Diggers of 1933 is the second of a three-movie Busby Berkeley retrospective, and will be presented at Pack Library in Lord Auditorium Monday, May 12, at 6 p.m. The film will be introduced and discussed by Xpress film critic Ken Hanke.
Naqoycatsi (PG)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 2 Comment(s)
Genre: Musical Abstraction
Directed by: Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi)
Starring:
Naqoycatsi will be shown at the Asheville Art Museum at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and May 11.
Young and Innocent (NR)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Comedy Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, George Curzon
Young and Innocent, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, May 9, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.
Still Showing:
21 (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 04/02/2008 | 2 Comment(s)
88 Minutes (R)
Ken Hanke | 04/23/2008 | 2 Comment(s)
Baby Mama (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 04/30/2008 | 4 Comment(s)
Ken Hanke | 04/30/2008 | Comment here
Deception (R)
Ken Hanke | 04/30/2008 | Comment here
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (PG)
Ken Hanke | 04/23/2008 | 31 Comment(s)
Flawless (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
The Forbidden Kingdom (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 04/23/2008 | Comment here
Ken Hanke | 04/23/2008 | Comment here
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantánamo Bay (R)
Ken Hanke | 04/30/2008 | Comment here
Ken Hanke | 03/19/2008 | 36 Comment(s)
Iron Man (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 23 Comment(s)
Leatherheads (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 04/09/2008 | 4 Comment(s)
Made of Honor (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 05/07/2008 | Comment here
A Man Named Pearl (NR)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 1 Comment(s)
Nim’s Island (PG)
Justin Souther | 04/09/2008 | Comment here
Prom Night (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 04/16/2008 | Comment here
Smart People (R)
Ken Hanke | 04/16/2008 | Comment here
Street Kings (R)
Ken Hanke | 04/16/2008 | Comment here
Upcomers
Starting Friday, May 9th
A Man Named Pearl
See review in “Cranky Hanke.”
Redbelt
What the devil is this? David Mamet tackles the martial-arts/underdog sports genre? And he has dragged the great Chiwetel Ejiofor with him—not to mention Emily Mortimer? And Tim Allen is in the cast? And so are Rebecca Pidgeon and Joe Mantegna—but they’re no surprise given that it’s a Mamet film. Regardless of the inexplicable choice of material, this is the new David Mamet picture about a martial-arts instructor (Ejiofor) who is forced by circumstances into considering entering a competition, even though competing is against his principles. Look at it this way: It’s not Speed Racer and it for sure isn’t What Happens in Vegas .... (R)
Early Review Samples:
• “So how’s the Mamet Rocky? Fast. Lively. In your face. Very watchable. And, like its predecessors, so bizarrely convoluted it barely holds together on a narrative level.” (David Edelstein, New York)
• “A satisfying, unexpectedly involving B-movie that owes as much to old Hollywood as to Greek tragedy.” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times)
Speed Racer
After upsetting fans by proving (with the two sequels) that The Matrix wasn’t really grounds for founding a religion, the Wachowski Brothers are back with this family-friendly, big-screen version of the cartoon series. Yeah, it sounds preposterous, but the trailer is certainly something to look at, and the cast—Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon—isn’t exactly chopped liver. (PG)
Early Review Samples:
• “A peculiar, hybrid phenomenon, a special effects driven family fare that at heart, despite technical inventiveness, is too simple, conventional, and naive.” (Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.com)
• “Pure cotton candy—entirely non-nutritious but too sweet and pretty for young people to resist.” (Todd McCarthy, Variety)
What Happens In Vegas ...
The poster for this movie—with its forced “aren’t we hot and don’t we look like we’re having ever so much fun” image of Cameron and Ashton (last names being unnecessary on the poster with two such cool people)—is enough to make you want to take a hostage. Chances are this rom-com will completely live up to its poster. The movie is about a couple who get married in a state of intoxication and suddenly find getting a divorce complicated when one of them (Ashton) wins millions on a slot machine. The fact that it’s not been screened for critics hedges that bet. (PG-13)
