Mostly All Right
Gay parenting film a hit; Charlie St. Cloud a miss
(Aug. 5, 2010) Previews
THE OTHER GUYS. Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in a parody of cop/buddy/action flicks directed and co-written by longtime Ferrell collaborator Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers). Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson show up as a macho cop duo. 108 m. Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, language, violence and some drug material. Opening Friday at the Broadway, Mill Creek, the Minor and the Fortuna.
STEP UP 3D.Can’t say that I remember the others, but this is apparently the third in the Step Up franchise, all films about the world of “street” dancing, which looks a lot like breakdancing. New York is the setting as Luke (Rick Malambri) and Natalie (Sharni Vinson) and their breakdancing crew prepare for an international contest. As noted in the title, it was shot in 3D, but it will only be shown in 2D here. 97 m. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language. At the Broadway and Fortuna.
Morris Graves Museum’s First Thursday Film Nighthas Between the Folds, a documentary about artists and scientists who practice super advanced origami.
The Arcata Theatre Lounge’s monthly Ocean Night, presented by Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper on Thursday, is subtitled Rise Above Plastics. They’ll have two docs: Bag It, about the trouble with plastic bags and plastics in general, and Shelter,about an Australian surfers’ commune. And as an added bonus: The Absynth Quintet plays after the movies. Friday, ATL screens Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi classic Alien,with Sigourney Weaver battling creepy space monsters.
Saturday, Aug. 7, Queer Humboldt and Arcata Theatre Lounge present 8: The Mormon Propo$ition, a film by Reed Cowan (who grew up in Utah, gay and Mormon) about the big money involvement of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the campaign for Prop 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative. A dance party hosted by Where’s Queer Bill follows the screening.
— Bob Doran
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