Bat-mania!
Yes, The Dark Knight really is all that, but Mamma Mia! is 10 tons of lame
(July 24, 2008) Previews
Opening Friday, July 25, is the next-in-line summer blockbuster, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. This is the second feature film spin-off from the popular TV series, and I want to believe too but it features the Charlie-designated “Most Boring Actor in The World” David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and the much more interesting and competent Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully. This film is apparently a stand-alone story taking place some six years after the timeline of the TV series, but the film’s producers have been coy about details. Amanda Peet should add some spice to the mix. Will it displace The Dark Knight at the box office? Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material. 104 m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek, Fortuna and Minor.
The indefatigable Judd Aptow factory provides the only local competition this Friday with the Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly comedy Step Brothers.The story line is comedy basic: Ferrell and Reilly play characters forced to live together when the mother (Mary Steenburgen) of one marries the father (Richard Jenkins) of the other. Let me guess, the brothers are two grownups who never grew up. At least the adult part of the cast looks interesting. Rated R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language. 95 m. At the Broadway, Fortuna and Mill Creek.
Want a break from current films? The Journal’s Bob Doran hosts the next Based on the Book Series sponsored by the Eureka Library, Sweet Smell of Success. This noir-ish 1957 film features Burt Lancaster as powerful New York columnist J.J. Hunsecker, who hires the eager-to-please publicist Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) to prevent his sister from marrying a musician. In 1957, the film was seen as an attack on Walter Winchell, but new viewers will experience a gritty black and white film about complete amorality. The screening starts promptly at 6:30p.m. on Tuesday, July 29, in the Multipurpose Room of the Eureka Main Library.
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