Show CM EEif 81 CM CO Opening this week s 2 U o u o E o3 3 2 Q) X d) £ I o d) GD £ “The Tim Machine” Rated PQ-1- 3 The latest incarnation of HG Weils' dassic tale is barely science fiction it's more of a love story with special effects which aren’t especially special Guy Pearce stars as a scientist who builds a time machine to go back to 1899 and prevent his fiancee’s death but he ends up 800000 years in the future He finds two groups: people who live above ground and the monsters who prey upon them from below who aren't scary The worst part is the cutesiness that pervades throughout it rips you from the reverie of watching a fantasy and drops you into back into reality Pop singer Samantha Mumba rs as Pearce's futuristic love interest PG-1- 3 for intense sequences of action vio-lence 96 min One and a half co-sta- ' stars —The Associated Press t Stillshowing "40 Days and 40 Nights” v T Mty A “0" and bracking soldiers in "Pearl Harbor” and "Black Hawk Down" But he cHdnl need this comedy which is inconsistent at bed and falls apart as It grows increasingly absurd As a San who Francisco gives up sex for Lent Hartnett and his chemistry with r Sharmyn Sossamon are about the best things in the movie the two actors are likable and greatlooking and they look great together But director Michael Lehmann achieves none of the social commentary that he found in his best movie 1989's "Heathers” R for strong sexual content nudity and language 90 co-sta- min — The Associated Press "We Were Soldiers" Rated R A war movie at war with Itself it’s a film about Vietnam with the patriotism of a World War II propaganda flick With its gung-h- o ideology it harkens to the days when war movies lacked the cynicism that came with "Apocalypse Now" and "Platoon" yet if s Private Ryan” in its graphic violence The Juxtaposition is jarring yet it’s hard to fault the filmmakers whose intentions are noble In adapting the book "We Were Sokfiers Once And Young” writer- - CTaafteeaf s ilriltiliili director Randall Wallace aims to tefl a hue story about good men entering a bad war Mel Gfcson stars in the role John Wayne would have played 30 years ago leadng his men into Vie- first battle of Vietnam R for sustained sequences of graphic war violence and for language 135 min —The Associated Press "Dragonfly” Rated PQ-1-3 What happens when you cross a weak suspense script with an even weaker comedy director? This of course Look no further for a groat example of what happens when good ideas are executed badly The writing and boring direction kill it in no time flat nearly destroying decent performances by Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates Hardy worth the time for anything other than the acting and even then wait for it to hit the discount ' shelf PGM 3 for thematic material and mid sensuality 104 min — Michael Flood for The Herald Journal IMmAMv" Chronicfos” the Tom Brad Pitt flick Interview With the Vampire” The only noteworthy-attraction- : R&B singer Aaliyah killed in a plane crash last year as an ancient vampire queen (though the image of her munching a beating heart is isisetling) Han-handdirection by Michael Rymer inane dalogue and sometimes incomprehensible action Join with cheesy special effects and a deafening rack score to make a stake in Vie heart sound desirable Stuart Townsend subs for Cruise as the vampire Lestat an immortal bloodsucker who reinvents himself as a goth-roc- k star R for 101 min violence vampire —The Associated Press ed "Cfosaraade” Rated 3 moments that rival Vie unintentional hilarity of Martah Carey's “Gutter" We’re supposed to accept the sexy pop singer as the uptight school valerictorlan road who makes a cross-counttrip with two old friends (Taryn Manning and Zoe Saldana) The three grow up and find love along the way — and Britney sings! But no matter what critics say her fans wil flock to the multiplexes PGM 3 for sexual content and brief teen drinking 94 min — The Associated Press ry : Britney Spears’ flm debut is corny but tolerable for Ihe first Then It collapses into soapy teen melodrama which two-thir- laugh-out-iou- SC ti W B hi w 10 ai sc tU Ifs hard to knock Denzel Washington’s earnestness in "John Q” the story of a man who takes over an emergency room at gunpoint to force doctors to give Ns dying son a heart transplant The preposterous excess of zeal the overall film 'FI SedFLMonp8 di d PI A PI ai si si E n post-"Savi- Rated R Josh Hartnett needed a comedy after playing brooding teens ' ' in "The Virgin Suicides” and y fa "JohnQ” Rated PG-1-3 PG-1- includes U til "Queen of the Damned” Rated R A rotting corpse of a movie that’s a feeble nonsensical reflection of the previous adapta- di V tion of Anne Rice's "Vampire di a Utah State Theatre Presents 00 ai u 10 T to a F - Jack Heffner - i jjiittt directed by Lynda Linford 7M 5-- 9 February 28 March at the Caine Lyric Theatre 28 W Center Logan it 1- -2 Wfe contains strong language and themes 'V‘' A t prices are $5-$- 8 tree with valid ID 6 not admitted For more information i t: contact the Ticket Office ' Q 797-030- ' or usr7-i50- iili 5 b 4 'v -- ij Ji - -- V- ai hi di n F |