filmland / By Charlie Myers

I Have Seen Cloverfield

The monster was more sympathetic than the bland 20-somethings

(Jan. 24, 2008) Previews

There’s more blood, a spoof, a never-say die Stallone and Diane Lane versus a serial killer coming up this Friday, Jan. 25. The Oscar multiple-nominated There Will Be Blood stars Daniel Day Lewis as a turn-of-the-century oil baron who brooks no competition. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) from a script adapted from an Upton Sinclair novel. Rated R for some violence. 168 m. At the Broadway.

Johnny Depp and his friend in ‘Sweeney Todd’

GALLERY >

What is there to say about Rambo? Stallone is not going to go quietly into that gentle night, and here he gives us the fourth iteration of John Rambo some 12 years after the previous film. Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language. 103 m. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.

Untraceable stars the always-fascinating Diane Lane as an FBI agent trying to trace a serial killer who posts his victims on an untraceable website. Then the nasty person gets personal. Shades of Silence of the Lambs? Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language. 110 m. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.

Meet the Spartans appears to be a spoof of 300. Funny, I thought the original was a spoof. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content throughout, language and some comic violence. 94 m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek and Fortuna.

Steep is a documentary about extreme skiing from its early history to the present. Rated PG for extreme sports action and brief language. 102 m. At the Minor.

A high school student has to leave her private school and return to her drug-infested neighborhood, where she becomes involved in competitive step dancing in How She Move. Rated PG-13 for some drug content, suggestive material and language. 108 m. At The Movies.

Concluding the Bette Davis series at the Eureka Library is All About Eve, a film about show business released in 1951. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29, the program will be hosted by Philip Wright.

1 2 3 4 5 6 NEXT PAGE >SHARE