Charlie Myers

Previews Opening Friday, Oct. 10 is The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley as the Duchess of Devonshire. Set in the 18th century, the film co-stars Ralph Fiennes and Charlotte Rampling. Rated PG-13. 110m. At the Broadway. Adapted from the spy novel by David Ignatius, Body of Lies stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a journalist trying to penetrate […]

Previews A slew of films open locally on Friday, Oct. 3. The western Appaloosa follows two gunman (Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen) hired to take down a tyrannical rancher (Jeremy Irons). Rated R. 114m. At the Broadway. An American Carol is a comedy about a documentary filmmaker who wants to abolish the Fourth of July. […]

Previews Following a screening at the Wild Rivers Film Fest, the locally shot Humboldt County opens commercially on Friday, Sept. 26. The story involves a medical student who finds himself in the midst of marijuana farmers. In Humboldt? No way. Rated R for drug content and language throughout. 97m. At the Broadway and Minor. Eagle […]

Previews Woody Allen fans (I’m one) can rejoice as Vicky Cristina Barcelona opens Friday, Sept. 19. Starring Woody’s latest favorite Scarlett Johansson along with Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Patricia Clarkson, the film involves a quadrangle between two vacationing women friends (Johansson and Clarkson), a painter (Bardem) and his ex (Cruz). Lucky guy. Rated PG-13 […]

Previews Opening Friday, Sept. 12, Pacino and De Niro are police detectives looking for a serial killer who may also be a cop in Righteous Kill. Worse, there seems to be a connection to a case they had previously "solved." Directed by Jon Avnet (88 Minutes). Rated R for violence, pervasive language, some sexuality and […]

Another Asian remake hits the local screens on Friday, Sept. 5, but this time Thai directors Oxide and Danny Pang remake their own film Bangkok Dangerous. The film stars Nicolas Cage as a hit man whose hard edge is threatened by his feelings for a local shopgirl and doubts about his assignment. Rated R for […]

Previews Opening Wednesday, Aug. 27, is Traitor, a thriller starring Guy Pearce as an F.B.I. agent investigating the activities of a Special Operations officer played by Don Cheadle. Jeff Daniels co-stars. Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences, thematic material and brief language. 113m. At the Broadway, Fortuna and Mill Creek. Also opening Wednesday is Hamlet […]

Previews Opening Wednesday, Aug. 20 is The Rocker, a story of a musician kicked out of a fictional ’80s band only to be given a second chance in his nephew’s garage band. Directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty), the film stars Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Christina Applegate. Do you think the new band […]

Previews> The summer funfilmfest continues Wednesday, Aug. 13, with Tropic Thunder, which rides in on the crest of protests by disability advocates because of the film’s depiction of people with learning difficulties. This alleged action comedy, directed by Ben Stiller and starring Stiller, Jeff Khan, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black, concerns a film crew […]

Previews Just in time to wipe away those August blues, Pineapple Express, which opens Wednesday, Aug. 6, is a stoner comedy from the very busy Judd Apatow factory. In a bit of a twist, the film is directed by David Gordon Green, better known in indie circles (most recently for Snow Angels) now trying his […]

Previews The new X-Files film made a believer of few people, so opening on Friday, Aug. 1, is the latest summer wannabe box office hit The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, starring the suddenly busy Brendan Fraser. Fraser reprises his character Rick O’Connell who, along with his son (Luke Ford), wife (Mario Bello subbing […]

Previews   Opening Friday, July 25, is the next-in-line summer blockbuster, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. This is the second feature film spin-off from the popular TV series, and I want to believe too but it features the Charlie-designated “Most Boring Actor in The World” David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and the much more […]