Charlie Myers

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 […]

Previews Opening Friday, Jan. 30, is the French film Taken, featuring Liam Neeson as a retired secret agent who returns to action when his teen daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped by sex traffickers. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language. 94m. At the Broadway, Fortuna […]

Previews Film fortune finally smiles upon filmslumdog Humboldt County. Opening Friday, Jan. 23 is Slumdog Millionaire (see review below); Milk (see review); Revolutionary Road, directed by Sam Mendes with Kate Winslet reunited with Leonardo DiCaprio in suburban angst (Rated R. 119m. At the Broadway); The Wrestler, featuring comeback kid Mickey Rourke as a pro wrestler […]

Previews Opening Friday, Dec. 19, is Seven Pounds, which reunites director Gabriele Muccino and Will Smith, both from The Pursuit of Happyness, in a tale about an IRS agent, depressed by the death of his wife, who decides to help seven people before he commits suicide. But the suicide is put on hold when he […]

Previews The major opening Friday, Dec. 12, is the "reinvention" of the 1951 science fiction classic of the same title, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) steps into director Robert Wise’s shoes and Keanu Reeves inherits the role of the emissary from another planet with a dire environmental […]

Previews Somewhere people will be watching Milk or Frost/Nixon this coming weekend, or even Rachel at the Wedding, but in Movie Mudville (a.k.a. Humboldt County), we have one pathetic choice. Opening Friday, December 5 is Punisher: War Zone, a sort of follow-up to 2004’s The Punisher with Brit Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo on the defunct […]

Previews Opening Wednesday, Nov. 26, is Australia, a historical epic set prior to WWII. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge), the film stars Nicole Kidman as an Englishwoman who inherits an Australian ranch and Hugh Jackman as her Aussie partner. PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality and brief strong language. 155m. At the […]

Previews Opening Friday, Nov. 21, is Twilight, based on the popular young adult vampire novel by Stephenie Meyer. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen; Lords of Dogtown), the film features Kristen Stewart as a teen who falls for a gorgeous guy (Robert Pattinson, Cedric in the last two Potter films), who seems to have extraordinary powers. […]

Previews Opening Friday, Nov. 14 is Quantum of Solace, the 22nd James Bond film and the second to star Daniel Craig in the title role. I was a big fan of 2006’s Casino Royale, which brought a fresh perspective to the series, not to mention the best “Bond girl” ever in Eva Green. At least […]

Previews Opening Friday, Nov. 7, is Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, featuring the city zoo animals in a sequel to the animated 2005 film. Starring the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen, etc. Rated PG for some mild crude humor. 89m. At the Broadway, Fortuna and Mill Creek. Role Models is a slacker […]

Previews Opening on Halloween is The Changeling, a thriller set in the late 1920s based on a true story about a woman who claims that the child returned to her following a kidnapping is not her son. Directed by Clint Eastwood, Angelina Jolie stars as the mother, with support from John Malkovich and Amy Ryan. […]

Previews Opening Friday, Oct.17, is Max Payne, a video game adaptation with Mark Wahlberg in the title role as a leather coat-clad, pistol-packing antihero cop. Rated PG-13. 90m. At Mill Creek, the Minor, Fortuna and Broadway. In the road trip/teensploitation comedy genre, Sex Drive chronicles the journey a libidinous 18-year-old male (redundant, I know) who […]