Show - M 2002 8 I Nick same name PG for thematic elements language and eome sensual material 98 min — The Associated Press a socially conscious hammer as The Other Side of Hpeven” Continued from p 6 oozes is another matter Director Cassavetes repeated bashes viewers in the head with he trashes all things related to health care Thejicript is inane most of the characters are stereotypes and “John Q" hits one of many low points when captor and hostages sit around the ER condemning the inade-quaciof the health care system Robert Duvall James Woods Anne Heche and Ray Cache es Liotta Herald co-st- ar PG-1- 3 for vio- lence language arid intense matic elements 116 min — The Associated Press The the- Rated PG From producer Gerald R The Other Side of Heaven tells the true story of John H Grotoerg’s LDS mission to the Kingdom of Tonga hi the 1950s Groberg is a resident of Utah and an Idaho native The movie stars Christopher Gorham and Anne Hathaway (The Princees Diaries) No review available Moien “Snow Doge" Rated PG “Return to Newer Land" Rated G A disappointing animated sequel to the 1953 classic “Peter Pan” Wendy is now the mother of two including daugh- ter Jane who dismisses all this Peter Pan nonsense until she gets mixed up with Peter Captain Hook and the Lost Boys Unehgaging story some nice visual effects With voices of Btayne Weaver Harriet Kate Owen and Corey Burton who imitates the original Captain Hook votes of Hans Conried 72 8 min — The Associated Press “The Count of Monte Crlsto” Rated PG-1-3 A drama that ' tends to sag wheri it strays from Alexandre Pumas' classic tale of revenge andredemptkxiThe locations are consistently great the acting tent James Caviezel makes a slightly bland Edmund Dantes and Guy Pearce goes too far over the top as the story's principal villain — Scripps Howard News ' 'Service ed PG-1-3 JRR Tolkien’s Middlearth realm of hobbits elves dwarfs wizards and humans springs to visceral He in this opening chapter of the tritegy Director Peter Jackson has crafted one of ttw finest fantasy films ever made promising equally great things for parts two and three shot simultaneously and due out around Christmas In 2002 and ‘A Walk to Remember” 2003 “Fellowship is a thriHng g Rated PG epic built from a sets An overwrought teen weepy seamless blend of full-si— Terms of Endearment" for miniatures and dgital effects theTRL” crowd— starring pop dazzling costumes and makeup and glorious New Zealand landstar Mandy Moore and Shane West of “Once and Again” as scapes Elijah Wbod leads the JII cast as the hobbit charged with nign scnooi opposites wno Taim II Jau love Moore plays the quiet revQwuoyiny mo nng or powof m8i threatens al creation Ian McKerend's daughter arid West ellen as wizard Gandalf and plays the shallow popular guy who undergoes a moral transforViggo Mortensen as human war-- ’ mation thanks to her Besides riorAragom are standouts in the A nHjfc excelent cast PG-1-3 for epic soiKiiying i66n vnovio oicnps it off of battle sequences and some “Love elements rips scary1 1mages 178 min Story” “Footloose” and “As The Associated Good As It Gets” Moore And V Wert show more poise than most pretty young actors but I no Momrran iropnociM they can't overcome the maudlin Rated PG-1-3 A repetitive overstySzed from the script adapted W IfiiiuJna — without thrHs — star thrWer or mo mcnoias spores novoi 1 - West Virginia town Several locato say IheyVs seen the same swooping winged Moth-ma- n she saw before she dted and hearing premonHons of destruction Director Mark do remngton mss wo nsra 10 ka spooky but tire movie ends up being annoying instead Laura Unney improves things— barely —as a poSce sergeant who’s on the case The movie trumpets ominously that ifs “based on true events” detailed in John A Keel's 1 975 book of the same name PG-1- 3 for terror some sexuafity and language 119 min Playing T am Sam” ze ' g “The Fellowship of the Ring” Rated ' as a Washington Post reporter Inveetlgot-inhie wife's death in a smal ring Richard Gere ’Director Steven Soderbergh does it again He brings a styt- ish fun dtetinctive film to the screen that does not Insult the intelligence or the pockelbook A strong screenplay and a perfect ensemble led by George Clooney Brad Pitt Andy Garda Don Cheadte and Jufla Roberts make this one mors than worth the money Don't wait check It out now PG-1- 3 for some language and sexual content 114 eye-filin- - T3 ' One weird edgy scene — In which Cuba Gooding Jr's character imagines in a hallucination lhat Siberian huskies are taking to him — is the best part of a lightweight predictable Disney comedy Gooding is ingratiating as dways as a Miami dentist who finds out he was adopted and treks to Alaska after his real mother dtes AN the locals are flannel-wearin- g heavily bearded stereotypes with bad teeth — including James Cobum as his real father But the dogs are Just too cute along with their ankna-tron-ic counterparts that are so expressive they’re spooky PG for mild crude humor 99 min —The Associated Press fever-induc- : Page II twiaiai March Friday - —The Associated Press “Oceans Eleven” Rated PG-1-3 min — MRood for The Herald Journal Rated elseMefe PG-1-3 Sean Pem takes another great acting leap this time playing a man with the mental ability of a Pam’s arvthe-mar- k performance can’t salvage a movie that pushes too many manipulative buttons and too often hedges on the truth Michelle Pfeiffer plays the attorney who helps Penn's character in his light to retain custody of hte young daughter (Dakota Flemming) —Scripps Howard News Service “In the Bedroom” Rated R Directorfco-writsrTod- d Fields delivers a poignant tale with eqdal parts human nature ' regret and the absurdlty of He in New a set England lobstering town Fantastic performances by Tom WHkinson Sissy Spacek t ' Nick 8taN and WHan Mapother ouiwuign imnor pncnos n mo (fraction and a strong but faml-la- r portrayal by MarisaTomel Worth the timd in the movie house but not worth fuH price — MRood : for The Herald Journal HI The Ysaye String Quartet along with clarinetist Michel Portal and pipnist Bruno Fontaine will perform March 19 at the Ecdes Conference Center String Quartet Wends perform forlnganandionce and golfers Ski jumpers care much fora with die Ysaye in a crosswind Pilots aren’t crazy about a crosswind either There’s a “Crosswind" though that musk lovers can look forward to — the group of six French chamber musicians currently touring under that name The sextet includes ' die Ysaye clarinetist String Quartet Michel Portal andpianist Bruno FontaineTney'11 be in Logan March 19 for die latest conceit in The Chamber Music Society of Logan series and will present a program that includes improvised juz classical pieces a new work and even a couple of standards" by Jerome Kern The Ysaye String Quartet is in its 18th year since die four original members started the group while students at the Paris Conservatory They’ve traveled the world to high acclaim in tboseyearsand have recorded for Decca Philos and Hannonia MundL ‘ By popuhrdemand they’re v to me for returning Logan third time in four years this ‘ i trip with stellar reinforce- meats Michel Portal in addition to being a renmsrned dar-world-famo- us ‘ film scores and with Bruno f Fontaine a new work in memory of die late composer of popular tangos Astor Piazzola Portal and Fontaine' will join Ysaye in a perfor-mance of that work “Cinco de la Ttede” at die end of the concert in Logan Portal will also be featured that he earlier recorded widi from die Vienna Orchestra Mozart’s K 581 Quintet for Clarinet and Strings One reviewer who heard his performance of the with Ysaye rhapsodized piece UTS— ratal proveda me pcncct partner his noble sweet time as rich and lyrical as any I have bend" Bruno Fontaine too is a musician for in addition to being a fine pianist he also conducts orchestras serves as (firector and producer has composed film scores and also arranges music Fontaine’s appearance with Ysaye will afford many mem-be- n of the audience their first possibly only opportunity to near Guillaume Lekeu’s Quartet for Piano and Strings The Crosswind concert will be held at 7:30 pan in the RffW Conference Center on die campus of Utah State University: Tickets are available at $15 regular admission and $5 for students They may be purchased by mail from y CMSLPO Box 3620 Logan UT 84323-362- 0 by phone or in person at the Spectrum tick5 or at et office (43 5) the door prior to die concert The public is invited-Jmaster classes taught by Michel Portal and members of the Ysaye Quartet at 3 pah the afternoon of the concert There is no charge Further information is available from Vicki at a mulri-talent- ed : - 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