Action! Thrills! Laughter!
If you’re looking for any of the above, prepare to be disappointed
(Feb. 5, 2009) Previews
Good things sometimes come to those who wait. Opening Friday, Feb. 6, is Rachel Getting Married, featuring an outstanding performance by Anne Hathaway (I saw the film in Portland) as a woman furloughed from rehab to attend her sister Rachel’s wedding, to almost disastrous results. Also excellent is Rosemarie DeWitt as Rachel but this is Hathaway’s film. Highly recommended. Rated R for language and brief sexuality. 113m. At the Minor.
Based on the novella by Neil Gaiman, Coraline is a stop-motion animated fantasy about a young girl (Dakota Fanning) who goes through a door in her home and enters a parallel universe. Rated PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor. 100m. At Fortuna and Mill Creek.
Based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, He’s Just Not That Into You is a pop psychology examination of relationships in Baltimore among the 20s and 30s set, with Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly and Ben Affleck. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language. 129m. At Fortuna and Mill Creek.
Steve Martin is Inspector Clouseau in Pink Panther 2, also featuring Jean Reno and Emily Mortimer. I’m breathless with anticipation. Rated PG for some suggestive humor, brief mild language and action. 92m. At Fortuna and Mill Creek.
Push is a sci-fi thriller about “psychic warriors” known as The Division and a telekinetic whose father was killed by them, with another appearance by Dakota Fanning. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, smoking and a scene of teen drinking. 111m. At Mill Creek.
Reviews
TAKEN: Move over Daniel Craig, Kiefer Sutherland, Jodie Foster; there’s a new and meaner guy out there in the latest vigilante film and his name is Liam Neeson — you know, same name as the actor — and he’s kicking ass all over Paris. At least Luc Besson factory director Pierre Morel, from a script by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, knows enough to keep the pace moving non-stop, which makes this film go down so easy you hardly knew you were there.
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