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(Aug. 26, 2010) Previews
TAKERS. A successful gang of bank robbers — Idris Elba (The Wire), Paul Walker, T.I. (the rapper), etc. — plans one more big heist. Will a hardboiled cop (Matt Dillon) get in the way? 107m. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, a sexual situation/partial nudity and some language. At the Broadway.
THE LAST EXORCISM. Faux documentary horror flick, a la Blair Witch Project, about an evangelical minister out to validate exorcism by taking a film crew along when he drives the demon from a farmer’s daughter. 100m. Rated PG-13 for disturbing violent content and terror, some sexual references and thematic material. At the Broadway and Mill Creek.
I AM LOVE. Tilda Swinton co-produced this arty Italian melodrama about love and food written and directed by Luca Guadagnino. She stars as the Russian wife of the head of a rich Italian family in contemporary Milan. 120m. Rated R for sexuality and nudity. At the Minor.
Late night Friday, the Arcata Theatre Lounge screens Desperado, the sequel to director Robert Rodriguez’ tortilla western El Mariachi. Once again, the mariachi turned gunman (played by Antonio Banderas) goes after a brutal border town drug lord (Joaquim DeAlmeida). On Sunday, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! ATL presents the classic ’80s comedy with Bill Murray, Dan Akroyd and Harold Ramis battling specters in NYC. A special ATL Sci-Fi Pint ’n’ Pizza night next Wednesday is hosted by Missing Link Records and Steven Streufert of Bigfoot Books with a pair of Sasquatchy films: The Legend of Boggy Creek, a docudrama about a Bigfootesque creature sighted in Arkansas, and The Snow Creature, a tale about a cave-dwelling Yeti found during a Himalayan expedition and brought back to the U.S. Guess what happens then.
— Bob Doran
Reviews
CYRUS. Cyrus is a delightfully offbeat comedy/drama featuring a trio of very good actors in lead roles: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. Directed by indie brothers Mark and Jay Duplass, the film focuses on the performers and their interactions as characters. This emphasis is not surprising, as the Duplass brothers made their 2005 debut The Puffy Chair, featuring a cast of family friends, for about $15,000.
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theater / 2 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theatre, 447 Main Street. John Osborne’s sharply funny, fiercely honest exploration of political disillusionment and basic human yearning. Directed by John Heckel. $15/$13 students and seniors. ferndale-rep.org. 800-838-3006.
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