Show CN oo BH CN CN gtlscxlcticmr to Continued from p 6 3 "Mr Deeds” a3 Rated c0)u o u o E o3 —I V 2 1) T co d — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal CD 2 "Ulo A Stitch" Rated PG Disney's latest animated adventure is a sweet energetic reasonably funny little confection that's when it comes to family appeal Girls will like LMo the young spark plug heroine boys will enjoy the goofy alien Stitch and his swath of mayhem parents will welcome the sunny message of familial faith and resilience and a depiction of economic and domestic strife that's unusually substantive for a cartoon Ulo is a young Hawaiian girl in the care of her frazzled older sister after the deaths of their parents As they struggle to stay together a destructive "angel” is sent from above in the form of an escaped alien mutant that doles out’ mis- chief as he gradually learns the value of family PG tor mild sci-- fi ' action 85 min — The Associated Press ' - "The Bourne Identity" Rated PG-1- 3 Between Matt Pamon and the Blake Herron's Tony Gilroy-' screenplay this film falls far short of what Hcould have been Director Doug Liman and costars Chris Cooper and Fran-k- a Potente try their best to save it from disaster but their talent drown in the seas of misguided talent both before and behind the camera Catch it on video for what little it does have to offer PG-1- 3 tor violence and some language 113 min — Michael Flood ' For The Herald Journal “Star Wars: Episode "Like Mike” Rated PG Rapper UT Bow Wow (who now goes by just Bow Wow) stare as a teerage orphan who gets his shot at basketball star-- ' dom thanks to a magical pair of sneakers that may have belonged to Michael Jordan NBA players — inducing Allen Iverson Jason Kidd Chris Webber and Vince Carter — show up in awkward cameos The play-ere should stick to their day jobs — and so should Bow Wow Ifs who's painfully predictable and dlched but a harmless family film with positive messages about teamwork and forgiveness Morris Chestnut Eugene Levy and Crispin Glover PG for brief mild language 100 min Two stare out of four — The Associated Press top-not- ch PG-1-3 A film that should never have been remade Frank Capra made it perfectly the first time and there is no way for these “filmmakers” to improve upon or even match his accomplishment They have taken a film that speaks volumes of the human condition and reduced it to an indictment of charm kindness and innocence The cast is badly chosen horribly directed by Steven Brill as they blandly recite Tim Herlihy's horrid script A thorough waste of time were it not for John Turturro's delightful comic performance that belies the rest of the ridiculous film PG-1- 3 for language including some sexual references and some rear nudity 97 min o with the latest installment of the “Star Wars saga with near per- fection The acting is the story and filming superb After the last little hiccup it is a welcome contribution to the collection i- - Attack of the donee" Rated PG Georgs Lucas carries the uni-- : 'verse a Httle further to the future always say that time in the theatre is never wasted if the journey is fulfilling and this trip to —with no hyper drive to spare ' Check it out nowPG for sustained sequences of violence 135 min — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal I on “Spider-Man- ” - Rated Sam Raimi delivers the goods with Danny Elfman's impeccable score and flawless camera work to help him along- - The usually deficient Tobey Maguire offers a decent performance as Peter Parker but owes much of his success to Willem Dafoe who gives him the perfect villain to ' play against As popcorn flicks for is one this a blueprint go summer ferePG-- 1 3 for stylized violence and action 121 min — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal min ' — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal' i "Minority Report” Rated PG-1- 3 Steven Spielberg delivers a Summer flick that has a little more to offer it some brains with Its brawn: Tom Cruise Max von Sydow and Colin Farrell head a top notch cast with ILM's visual effects offering a strong complement Unfortunately he to not able to check his teary eyes at the door and the tacked on ending to a bit awkward given the rest of the film While this to not enough to turn you away at the door It to worth noting' nonetheless Don't iRare the pennies see It now PG-1- 3 for violence brief language’ some sexuality and dreg content 144 - min ' —Michael Flood For The Herald Journal I ductions at the Eccles $vTlieatre this summer the ladasae film tomes company has chosen four §big screen monuments of Arabia” "The “Good-fGreto Waltz? iJ Only one showing remains self-awa- re PG-1-3 "The Sum of AH Fears" Rated PG-1- 3 This 'the latest foray into the world of Tom Clancy to a strong entry into the spywar flick arena delivers the goods Phil Alden Robinson's direction works perfectly with Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman James Cromwell and Liev Schreiber's performances in overcoming the weak some- times boorish script A fun time in the movie house that to well worth the matinee price PG-1- 3 for violence disaster images and brief strong language 118 5FGicrQ7o0le-a-Bio- n ffor each film“Lawrence of Arabia” pUyi Friday Aug 2 Mr Chips” runs Tuesday Aug 6 and fThe Great Waltz” runs FridayAugl 9 Tickets are - tat 1 pjnrGoodby co-st- ar imbre information contact die Dansante bo Ipffice750-O3O- Playing elsewhere f O ' v 'jHjwmnce of Anisia” film classic "Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) Starring Peter O’ TooleAlec Guinness Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn J David Lean’sepic "Martin Lawrence Uve: Runteldat” Rated R women the fictional opera singer Carla Doner and his devoted wife Poldi The scenery and romance of 1840s Vienna Strauss’s fabulous music including "Tales from the Vienna Woods” and “Die Fledennaus” and gorgeous singing make this an irresistible cream pdf of a movie f you're looking for the dirty details about the comedian’s Awards indmHng Oscars for personal troubles in recent Beast Picture aha Best years took elsewhere He ' touches on them only briefly i: Director B Lawrence unites about an hour after his show has kthp desett tribes ofAiabia v begun But if you're looking for against Ttifkt during World dirty talk you’ve come to the War l in swearing battle right place Lawrence gives his :stouencei and breathtaking fans what they want and shows action:' An assortment of that eight years after his enoractors an 7 pltentmienat mously successful first concert I intriguing subject told film "You So Crazy” he still has Intfaientie desert locations a gift for physical comedy He’s $ Xinakethis genuine block-- -: strongest when talking about the buster k mbst-se- e on foci big topics that originally made his those screeri: 'per whp have'’ standup so funny: dating sex this on home film Seen He's children weakest wily marriage when he takes on more serious yideoiisUan opportunity to see it on foe big screen subjects: Osama bin Laden fear a of flying the civil rights move- ment police brutality R for iR'fThe Great Waltz (1038) strong crude sexual dialogue ’Staring Luise Rainer and strong language 104 min ‘ Fernand Gravet and Miliza Two and a half stare out of tour : lCarjusthis delightful — The Associated Press Hollywood operetta isthe ' If I I ' $0 j “Good-By-e t tv- - t "Happy Times" Rated R Zhang Yimou China's most cel-ebrated director turns his unerr-ing gaze upon marriage in this wryly comic farce following a bachelor who poor middle-age- d desperately seeks a wife Zhao (Zhao Benshan) has a bike one good shirt and a tendency to exaggerate hte employment status He sets his sights on a corpulent shrew (Dong Uhua) who e need proves that not be young and pretty: She demands that he employ her blind stepdaughter— but thafs just a ruse to get the girt off her hands With no moneyand no weddtog In sight a deep affeo- goto-digger- storybfcomposer Johan Strauss's rise to fame and his r “ tion emerges between the sturdy working man and the waifish abused girl PG tor thematic ele- merits and violence 106 min In Mandarin with English subtitles ' TWo and a half stare out of four — The Associated Press Another Desert Song The Mr Chips” (1969) Starring Peter O' Thole and Petula Clark A reserved quiet school master at a private boys' school falls in krvewifo a showgirl (the popular British singer Petula Clark) in this musical that earned another Oscar nomination for Peter O’ Toole The scholarly crotchety teacher transitions into a man of strength and dignity whose tendency to appear ridiculous at times is endearing big-budg- et —UFO Staff fourth album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” It ended up being an indictment of the recording industry and Its inability to han- - ' die a band like Wilco which has a sound thafs hard to classify Jones' film to interesting on that level but doesn't ted us much that 8 new It functions even better as a concert film when toe band is cicking either in rehearsal oron stage they're mesmerizing Not rated but contains some strong language 92 1 Am Drying to Break Your Heart” Not rated 'v' Photographer and first-tim-e filmmaker Bam Jones' documen-" taiy began life as a behkxMhe- scenes look at Hte Chicago band min: WHoo as they recorded their —The Associated Press |