Show 2003 DM TSSWff: J t stbsslctidass llmr 28 Opening this week “Rabbit-Proo- f Fence” Rated PG A feisty Friday Cache girl rebels against Australia's policy of takchildren like her ing mixed-rac- e away from their parents and putting them in training schools for menial work She engineers an escape with her young sister and cousin trekking 1500 miles in an effort to return home The d story provides action and suspense but Noyce makes little effort to capture the inner lives of the girls or the friends and foes they meet Directed by Phillip Noyce With Kenneth Branagh David Gulpilil Evertyn Sampi Tianna Sansbuiy (95 min) Two stare out of four — Christian Science Monitor Travolta stare as a DEA agent investigating Ihe dsappearance of several Army Rangers including his former sergeant (Samuel L Jackson) in the Panamanian jungle R for violence and Ian--guage 95 min One star out of four — The Associated Press “The Core" Rated PG-1-3 Director Jon AmieTs adven- fact-base- The 6 Page “Basic" Rated R ' ture isn't quite the pits Ifs dumb fun at times the movie's affable knot of heroes providing heart and humor to occasionally make you forget the stupidity of the premise Aaron Eckhart as a scruffy geophysicist and Hilary Swank as a space-shutt- le pilot lead a repair teem aboard a vessel that tunnels thousands of miles deep to detonate nukes Earth's core that will jump-stawhich has stopped spinning creating doomsday atmospheric havoc The movie drags on too long the extravagant visual effects are overly abstract and sporadically witty dialogue is offset by some real clunky groan-er-s PG-1- 3 for sci-- fi Kfadeath situations and brief strong language 135 minutes Two stare out of four —The Associated Press movies fbflowipg “Bringing Down the House” “National Security" and “Kangaroo Jack" This lime Chris Rock dbsets for the that time and stars as an alderman chosen to run for president against a very whits very Southern sitting vfoe president In no time he's taught al his uptight campaign handers how to get their freak on— ft shir- zielTypical of sketch-drive- n comedy the jokec are hit and miss The movie works best when Rock's character makes speeches simply because Ifs so similar to watching him do standup comedy PG-1-3 for language some sexuality and drug references 95 min Two stars out of four — The Associated Press Still sho wing rt seemed John Travolta couldn’t have fallen any farther than “Battlefield Earth” And it seemed director John McTier-na- n couldn't have fallen any far- ther than “Roilerball" But they ' both have and here it is: a film that tries to disguise its lazy plot and flimsy characters with twists that make no sense and with a seemingly endless series of ' false endings that reveal every- one and no one as a villain at the same time It’s hollow soulless and unabashedly pleased It with itself without justification “Boat flip” Rated R Can tha Academy retroactively revoke Cuba Gooding Jr's Oscar? It should because of alt the questionable career choices he's made since winning for 19968 “Jeny Maguire” this is the most baffling Goodng and Horatio Sanz of “Saturday Night Live” co-stas friends looking for romance who end up on an cruise after angering a ar all-g- “Head of State” Rated PG-1-3 The latest in a recent series of r A A ' A A A A A A ' March 28 2003 $16 7:00 pm FREE TO THE PUBLIC — £ p A a THgtore Big Movie" Rated Q The petite porky pink guy ie Rfo hard not to be charmed by this simple Ittle movie The second bigecraen animated feature based on a Winnie the Pooh character (following 2000's The Tlgger so dam cute Movie”) is so sweet so earnest so utterly guleless The Reded R "Dreamcatcher” is based from Ihe Stephen King novel of the same name and ie directed by Lawrence Kasdan ("Mumfonf) The movie tetts the story of four friends (Thomas Jane Jason Lee Damian Lewis and Timothy Otyphant) who share a special gift and bond with a mentally retarded boy named "Duddits” (Donnie Wtehbetg) The foursome Is alone in Ihe woods when a race of attene tries to invade Ihe Earth Morgan Freeman ("Driving Miss Daisy") and Tom Sizemore ("Saving Private running time makes it the perfect first movie for very young children For sightly older kids —6 years old max— there are positive messages about teamwork and friendship and appreciating the people who are impor-tato you G 75 min Three stare out of four —The Associated Prees nt “The Hunted” Rated R Tommy Lee Jones stare as LT Bonham an Indten-etyi- are the military head honchos sent to eradteate the Logan High School Orchestra’s highest award winners in the Region IV Solo and Ensemble Festival will perform chamber works of classical composers including Mozart Dvorak and Shostakovich It is part of the Concert and V aliens Rated R for gory violence tense scenes and swearing your money is better spent on another movie as this has sporadic bursts of terror and a lame second acL R for violence gore and language 131 min Friday April 4 Adult and $14 See FILM on p 8 - 7:30 pm StudentsSenior ProsehHhiis coujwn al Ilia box office f If and save $2 pn aacb lidket you y j IS A' i-- : jnrrclrasul A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ' Jibe e tracker who trains sokSets to kill with knives and hands and who also teaches them to become invisible to their enemies Al is wed undone of Ns trainees goes nuts after seeing the butchery in Kosova Aaron Halam Ryan”) : presents — agent Alegedy madcap homophobic antics ensue The movie claims to have been : -made "In the tradition of ’Some Uke It Hot” but nothing even remotely resembles Ihe wit and charm of the Bitty Wider classic R for strong sexual content language and some drug material 95 min One star out of four — The Associated Press R A-- A i s Alasdair Fraser Tabernacle Concert: J & Lecture Series A A A-- I TVroArklysbutoffour — Andy Morgan for The Herald Journal iyoi aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa A A A travel a aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAaaaaaa mim ') ' |