Be Brave, Young Pilgrim
Plus: With schmaltzy Eat Pray Love, Julia nevertheless takes this week’s Roberts family faceoff
(Aug. 19, 2010) Previews
THE SWITCH. Romantic comedy about artificial insemination stars Jennifer Aniston as Kassie Singleton, a single gal who wants to have a baby, and Jason Bateman as her neurotic friend Wally, who kinda screws things up. 100m. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language. Opens Friday at the Broadway.
CYRUS. An uncomfortable comedy with John C. Reilly as the divorced lug John, who really likes Molly (Marisa Tomei). The trouble is her grown son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), who still lives at home and seems just a little too jealous of John. Directors Jay and Mark Duplass are brothers who founded the mumblecore movement. 92m. Rated R for language and some sexual material. Through Thursday at the Garberville, opens Friday at the Minor.
PIRANHA 3D. Remake of the 1978 horror comedy Piranha, which was in turn a parody of Jaws. Elisabeth Shue plays the sheriff defending her lakeside town, a spring break spot for partying college students, as hungry prehistoric fish invade. Oh yeah, it’s in 3-D. 89m. Rated R for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use. Opening at the Broadway and the Fortuna in 3-D, at Mill Creek in 2-D.
VAMPIRES SUCK. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the writing/directing team behind the spoofs Scary Movie, Date Movie, etc. take on teen vampire flicks, in particular the Twilight series. 80m. Rated PG-13 for crude sexual content, comic violence, language and teen partying. Opening Friday at the Broadway and Mill Creek.
NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS. British hit based on the Nurse Matilda children’s book series. Emma Thompson, who also wrote the adaptation, stars as a stern nanny ruling a house full of unruly children. The star-studded cast includes Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewan McGregor, Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Smith. 100m. Rated PG for rude humor, some language and mild thematic elements. Opening at the Broadway, Mill Creek and Fortuna.
JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK. Revelatory documentary profile of the aging, oft face-lifted Brooklyn-born comedienne.84m. Rated R for language and sexual humor. Opens Friday at the Minor.
On Saturday, Arcata Theatre Lounge brings back Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic Gladiator, with Russell Crowe as the gladiator seeking revenge in ancient Rome. ATL’s next Wednesday Sci-Fi Pint and Pizza Night has a pair of esoteric European space flicks: the 1960 East German/Polish film First Spaceship on Venus and Journey to the Seventh Planet, a Danish film made in 1962. Way out!
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