Show 2002 13 H mirm i- 4i- Jean-Lu- ' Cache “Minority Report” Rated PG-1-3 The 8 Page Ibtence Rattigan’s 1974 day of the same name) hasAtn’t71lost his filmicGodard grace talent both before and behind the camera Catch it on video for what little H does have to offer PG-1- 3 for violence and some language 113 min — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal 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 is not able to check his teary eyes at the door and the tacked on endng Is a bit awkward given the rest of the film While this is not enough to turn you away at the door it is worth noting nonetheless Don't spare the pennies seek how PG-1- 3 for violence brief language some sexual ity and drug content 144 " c “In Praise of Love” (“Eloge de did the festival circuit last year' (Cannes New York Toronto) and is now opening across the United States — appeals to wit and the intellect and to displays Godard's innately sensual understanding ofthe medium of film A meditation on memory and the powers of seduction shot through with this filmmaker’s usual musings (“every desire must meet its lassitude”) “In Praise of Love” is about love on one level and a demonstration of love on another ' Whatever one flunks of the film — and its rarefied air won’t he to everyone’s taste — there's no denying that it’s die work of a man who quite simply loves movies (The title incidentally bears no relation to T Amour”) — which top-notc- hard to watch “Quitting” wanting to leave toe theater early While director Zhang Yang’s idea is intriguing — a movie about a true story played by those who lived through it — two hours of watching an insolent selfish abuse his hardworking parents will tax even the most tolerant audience Zhang’s follows one of China’s well-- ’ black-and-wh- ite next Not many movies fold in known movie stars Jia Hongsheng Moving in Chinese society’s fast lane he began experimenting with drugs A depression ensued prompting Jia to quit acting and start behaving so bizanely that he alienates his friends Depression does not make for a happy home life — ora happy movie TTk problem is: Zhang's format is so irritating A documentary about drug use or disaffect full-fledg- ed ’ s ' ' i scorn) r A philosopher as well as auteur Godard ranges wide in “In Praise of Love” at the same time ending the narrative back on itself with a teasing remark at the film's close: “Perhaps nothing was said” That happily is impossible given the talent at hand “In Praise of Love” a Manhattan Pictures International release is unrated Running time: 98 miming stars (out of four) — TheAssodatod Press Three-and-t-h- alf ' Common Ground and Jerry Fuhriman arc proud to offer che Vallcy 3 winter scenes as 'Holiday card V 1-- interesting A movie about the search for happiness in modern Chinese life could work This hybrid however has neither toe power of a documentary nor tiie appeal of a good story “Quitting” released by Sony Pictures Classics is rated R for drug content Running time: 112 minutes In Mantouin wito English subtitles One and one-ha- lf stars out of four —The Associated Prpss f Reg 12“ s tV'-'il Vprotte4sdirect$yVf provide people with disabilities f-- -t ed youth in China would be r a J AU fa Cadie Vallef 1 arriving in theaters during September instead of October and Halloween Regardless the flick stinks like rotten cheese The acting story visuals and pace feel like they crawled out of the most fetid sewer in the world The movie revolves around a serial killer and his possessed Internet site that is out for revenge' Q8 min Zero Andys —Andy Morgan For The Herald Journal quotations from SL Augustine with pointed jabs at “The Matrix” and “Titanic” and America’s seeming failure of memory The director once again takes his digs at the United States that long have been featured in his wort (Not even Steven Spielberg escapes Godard’s almost pro forma FLAT TIRE REPAIR Holiday Cards with a Cause! n “fear dotcom" Rated R This film seems misplaced at Iscsl cinemas Review: "Quitting” It’s “Star Wars: Episode I — Attack of the Ctones” Rated PQ George Lucas carries the universe a little further to the future with the latest installment of the “Star Wars’ saga with near perh fection The acting is the story and filming superb After the last little hiccup it is a welcome contribution to the collection I always say that time in the theatre is never wasted if the journey is fulfilling and this trip is — with no hyper drive to spare Check it out nowPG for sustained sequences of violence 135 min — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal Kltfsplaying - Godard whose own filmography includes such seminal movies of the 1960b as “Breathless” and “Weekend” is inseparable from the present which helps explain the sudden shift within “In Praise Of Love” to color and to a time just two yean before The remainder of the movie is an extended flashback that places EUe against the complex backdrop of history specifically the Freiidi Resistance and an elderly couple who lived through it — and who happen to be Elle’s grandparents To reveal much more would be to spoil Godard’s cunning always allusive technique which honora such French film greats as Henri Langlois and Robert Bresson me minute while pausing along the way to riff on “American Beauty” toe The narrative is relatively straightforward — coining from a man who often has gone down his own obscurantist path in his movies The first two-thirof this film are in set in a positively glistening Paris die beloved terrain of Godard’s filmmaking beginning There we meet a young director Edgar (Bruno Putzulu) who's trying to cast a film that will traverse four stages of love — initial acquaintanceship sexual desire separation and eventual reunion So far so good until Edgar’s chosen leading lady — Cecile Camp’s archetypally named Elle (the French word for “she”) — turns out to be a woman with whom the director has a complicated history The part typically for min' — Michael Flood For The Herald Journal imj nculcuj ‘In Praise of Love’ Continued from p 6 drown in (tie seas off misguided Friday i - A 4- ' - ' vv : VV 4 4 V 0 HU E S DAmiTiRU R For more information and to place your order call Common Ground 713-028- 8 ieti of 4 additional Jerry Fuhriman greeting cards are alio available for purchase m holiday gifts Available in October at Chapter TVvo Books Fuhriman'a Framing AV SHANCRI-LEicape Outdoor Medid Company A Utile Something Trailhead and Square One Printing Box A ii : a: jt“ i1— viMtu s urefrlortr "UMiiWit- t- S D'AYi On or Off The Vehicle I i Most Passenger Cars & Light Trucks Otter Gcodon Tuesday or Thursday Only Logan 885 North Mein 753-241- 2 discount Vw wwaauToaxnivf 787-184- 4 |