Grim Subjects
Murdered teens, deals with the devil and biblical apocalypse make for pretty decent film
(Jan. 21, 2010) Previews
Opening Friday, Jan. 22, is Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne “don’t call me The Rock” Johnson as a tough-as-nails hockey player who, after discouraging a young child, is forced to perform the duties of the actual tooth fairy as punishment. You want the tooth? You can’t handle the tooth! Rated PG for mild language and crude humor. 101 m. At the Broadway, Mill Creek and Fortuna.
The latest apocalyptic-Hollywood offering, Legion, sees God losing faith in humanity (I wonder why?) leaving fallen archangel Michael to try to protect a young waitress who might be pregnant with the second coming of Christ. Fingers crossed. Rated R for strong bloody violence and language. 100m. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.
Brendan Fraser stars in Extrodinary Measures as a father determined to find a cure for his two children’s terminal illnesses. He teams up with a research scientist played by Harrison Ford in an attempt to produce a new, life-saving drug. Based on a true story. Rated PG for thematic material, language and suggestive moments. 106m. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.
Finally, sneaking its way into the Minor, Daniel Day-Lewis stars in the musical Nine,about the life of a womanizing film director in a creative crisis. This one has been winning its share of awards, so you might want to pay attention. Rated PG-13 for sexual content and smoking. 115m. At the Minor.
— Andrew Goff
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THE BOOK OF ELI: The film opens in a desolate landscape littered with rotting corpses. A cat so emaciated that its ribs are its most prominent feature gnaws on a human extremity, when it suddenly senses danger. That is the animal’s final conscious moment as an arrow pierces it. Eli (Denzel Washington) has scored his next meal (which he shares, ironically, with a rat).
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