ENTERTAINMENT
Weekend First at HNN: Weekly Movie Comings and Goings
By Tony RutherfordHuntington News Network Columnist
Huntington, WV (HNN) -- New Mainstreamers…. Look, up in the sky, it’s two executive producers of “We Are Marshall” soaring into the stratosphere in one of the summer’s most anticipated films --- “Superman Returns.” The $300 million film hopes to restart the Man of Steel franchise and early reports have been positive.
The second film of the week, call it a chick flick or call it a comedy, but “The Devil Wears Prada” casts Meryl Streep as a vile, legendary fashion magazine editor who hires a naïve assistant (Anne Hathaway) to help her in the big-city success fable.
Next week, Johnny Depp returns with the awaited sequel: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (July 7).
Continuing Art/Festival/Limited Releases …
“Indie” lovers will have to fork over bucks and head to Huntington this week to catch the Al Gore global warming doc and to get a look at the opening film from Sundance 2006.
Friends With Money – Jennifer (“The Break Up” and formerly ‘Rachel’ on “Friends”) Aniston teams with writer/director Nichole (“Walking & Talking”) Holofcener for a film that observes the rollercoaster rides in relationships particularly four lifelong friends as it examines the unspoken divides in social classes. While one critic stated “serious afterthought reveals layers of depth and meaning anchored by a stringent critique of both sexes,” another praised the watching “great actresses get material worthy of them,” and another said “it is an exquisitely calibrated hypermodern comedy of manners.” Containing “smart, snarky dialogue,” the production was also called a “dissection of feminine net-worth envy.” Regarded as gloomy and downbeat, one review said that in a good sense the flick (or its characters?) should be on Prozac, Zoloft or Paxil.” Hilarity, heartbreak and indecision dominate in what the Hollywood Reporter said was “pitch perfect” burrowing deep into the mind set of upper middle class Angelenos “anxious to strike the right balance among career, family, love life and money but never quite pulling it off.” (Exclusive at Cinema 4 in Huntington) An Inconvenient Truth – Described as a rallying cry to protect the Earth from a deepening global climate crisis, Director Davis Guggenheim weaves global warming science with the former vice president’s advocacy for an environmental message stripped free of politics. The documentary has been called charming, funny, engaging and haunting. Exclusive Showing(s) at Marquee Cinemas Pullman Square and the Warner Theatre (Morgantown).
Interestingly, while one internet link claims that scientists have endorsed the warming warning as REAL, another site has a link to where others have called it ‘junk science.’ See it to make your own conclusion.
LAST CALL…. If you want to travel to Charleston or Hurricane , you can catch Robert Altman’s “A Prairie Home Companion” playing at Park Place Stadium Cinemas and Teays Valley Cinemas. . (Both theatres will likely drop the picture within the next week!)
Featuring Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor , Kevin Lkine, Lindsay Lohan, Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep, the film tells a true-to-life story of the famed Public Radio series, opening at Mickey’s Diner just a few blocks from the Fitzgerald Theatre in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Fans of the weekly program should find it laudable. Or, in the words of Keillor, “We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really, really happy, be patient: this will pass.”
(Note: Times and Titles subject to change at discretion of film bookers. Double check websites to verify times or to purchase on line tickets.)
HUNTINGTON, WV
Starts Friday June 30
MARQUEE PULLMAN: Devil Wears Prada 11:40-2:15-4:50-7:30-9:55; An Inconvenient Truth 1:45-4:15-6:50-9:15; Superman Returns: 11:45-12:00-12:15-3:00-3:15-3:30-6:15-6:30-6:45-9:30-9:45-10:00; Time Changes: Break Up 4:15-10:05; X Men 7:30-10:05; Da Vinci 1:00-6:50; Over the Hedge 11:30-2:00-4:30; Garfield 12:05-2:40-5:00; Fast and Furious III 7:00-9:40; Ended Tuesday: The Omen; July 7: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: (all shows $3.00; Tuesday $2) Poseidon 1:10-3:15-5:20-7:25-9:30; Time Changes: Friends With Money 1:20-3:20-7:20; Stick It 5:15-9:25; Benchwarmers 3:10-7:10; American Haunting 1:15-5:15-9:15; Silent Hill 7:00-9:30; The Wild 1:25-3:25-5:25; Free Kids flix July 5 @ 10 a.m. “Spongebob Squarepants”
ASHLAND, KY
Starts Friday
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Devil Wears Prada 11:55-2:30-5:05-7:40-10:20; Superman Returns: 12:00-12:30-3:25-3:55-6:50-7:20-10:15; Time Changes: Break Up 7:20 – 9:55 only; X Men: 7:30-10:10 only; Garfield 12:35-2:50-4:55 only; Cars 12:20-12:40-4:05-4:25-6:55-9:45; Ended Tuesday: The Omen; Kids Summer Movie Club House: “Good Boy,” July 5 @ 10 a.m. $1 admission
MIDTOWN CINEMA 3: ($2/$3): Starts Friday: Da Vinci Code 12:00-3:00-6:00-9:00; Over the Hedge: 11:15-1:15-3:15-5:15-7:20; RV 11:30-1:30-3:30-5:30-7:30-9:30; Omen 9:20 ONLY; Ends Thursday: Poseidon
BARBOURSVILLE, WV
Starts Friday:
HUNTINGTON MALL CINEMAS: Devil Wears Prada 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:30; Superman Returns 12:30-3:45-7:00-10:10; Time Changes: Garfield 12:35-2:40-4:45; Fast & Furious 7:45-10:10 only; Ends Thursday: Nacho Libre, The Omen
BECKLEY, WV
Starts Friday:
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: Devil Wears Prada 10:00*-12:35-3:15-7:05-9:45; Nacho Libre (move over from Showplace) 10:00 a.m.*-12:10-2:25-4:40-7:00-9:30; TIME CHANGES: Break Up 7:10-9:40; Over the Hedge 9:45 a.m.*-11:40-1:40-3:40-5:40; RV 9:45 a.m.*11:55-2:10-4:25; Omen 9:35; X Men 7:40-10:00; Ends Thursday: Da Vinci Code (*Saturday Morning ONLY)
SHOWPLACE CINEMAS: Superman Returns 11:45-12:00-3:00-3:15-6:15-6:30-9:30-9:45.
BLUEFIELD, WV
Starts Friday:
MERCER MALL: Superman Returns 12:30-1:00-3:45-4:15-7:00-7:30-10:10-10:45; Devil Wears Prada : 1:30-4:15-7:00-9:30; Time Changes: Garfield 12:35-2:40-4:45 only; Break Up 7:30-10:00 only; Ends Thursday: Nacho Libre
COMMONS 8 (Marquee Cinemas, Wytheville, Va.): Superman Returns 11:45-12:00-3:00-3:15-6:15-6:30-9:30-9:45; Devil Wears Prada 11:40-2:10-4:35-7:05-9:35; Time Changes: Nacho Libre 7:35-9:55; Fast and Furious 7:10-9:40; Garfield 11:35-1:35-3:35-5:35; Cars 12:15-12:45-3:20-4:00-6:35-9:15; Ended Tuesday: Break Up, Omen
CHARLESTON, WV
Starts Friday:
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Devil Wears Prada 10:00 a.m.*-12:10-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; Superman Returns 11:45-12:00-3:00-3:15-6:15-6:30-9:30-9:45 (*Early Morning Show on Saturday Only)
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Superman Returns” 12:00-1:00-3:10-4:00-7:00-8:00-10:00; Devil Wears Prada 12:05-2:35-4:55-7:15-9:30; Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Advance Showing Thurs. Night July 6 @ 12:01 a.m.)
Time Changes:
Marquee Southridge: Break Up 10:15 only; X Men 9:40 only; Park Place Stadium: “The Break Up” 7:00-9:15 only; Garfield 1:30-3:25-5:15 only; Cars 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-9:55
ENDED TUESDAY
Marquee Southridge: Over the Hedge, DaVinci Code, Omen
FREE MORNING KIDS FLIX
Park Place Stadium: Robots (Wed. July 5 @ 10 a.m.)
HINTON, WV
Ritz Theatre: Click: Friday, 6 and 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 3:30, 6 and 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3:30 and 6 p.m. Coming Soon: Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest
HURRICANE, WV
Starts Friday
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Devil Wears Prada 10:45 a.m. *-1:30-4:15-7:00-9:40; Superman Returns: 10:00 a.m.* 12:40-1:15-4:00-4:30-7:15-8:00-10:25; Time Changes: A Prairie Home Companion 4:20-7:05; Fast and Furious: 7:45-10:05; Garfield 10:30 a.m.*-12:45-3:00-5:05; Cars 10:00 am.*-11:00 a.m.*-1:00-1:30-4:00-7:00-9:35; Break Up 9:45 only. (* No Early Morning show on Sundays) ; FREE Kid’s Summer Movie Camp, July 4 & 6: “Madagascar @ 9:30 a.m.
LEWISBURG , WV
Starts Friday:
SENECA SHOWPLACE: Superman Returns: 3:00-6:15-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat: 11:45 a.m.; Click 4:30-7:00-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:15; Ended Tuesday: Nacho Libre . LOGAN , WV
Starts Friday
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Superman Returns 12:00-1:00-3:10-4:30-7:00-8:00-10:00; Devil Wears Prada 12:25-2:45-5:05-7:35-9:55; “Time Changes: Garfield II 12:35-2:30-4:30-7:15; Nacho Libre 9:10 only; Advance Showing: “Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” @ 12:01 a.m. July 6;
FREE SUMMER KIDS FLIX: “Madagascar”, Wed. July 5 @ 10 a.m.
NITRO, WV
Great Escape Nitro 12: http://greatescapetheatres.com or 769-0405
SUMMERSVILLE, WV
Starts Friday
NICHOLAS SHOWPLACE: Superman Returns: 3:00-6:15-9:30, Sat/Sun 11:45 a.m.; Click 4:40-7:10-9:40, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:50-2:15; Fast and Furious III 7:00-9:35;; Garfield Tail of Two Kitties 5:00, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:45; Nacho Libre 7:00-9:25; Cars 4:00-6:45-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:15
WELCH, WV
Starts Friday
McDOWELL 3: Superman Returns 3:00-6:15-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 11:45; Click 5:00-7:20-9:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:35; The Omen 7:00-10:00; Garfield 4:45, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:45-2:45; Ends Thursday: Cars
UPCOMING RELEASES *
COMING JULY 7: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, A Scanner Darkly, Little Man,
COMING JULY 14: Pulse, You Me and Dupree
COMING JULY 21: Lady in the Water, Monster House, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Clerks II
COMING JULY 28: Ant Bully; Miami Vice, Barnyard, John Tucker Must Die, I Could Never Be Your Woman, Little Miss Sunshine
COMING AUG 4: Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Fearless, Barnyard, Night Listener
COMING AUGUST 9: World Trade Center
COMING AUG 11: The Reaping, Accepted, Zoom, Step Up
And COMING OCT. 27 (tentatively) WE ARE MARSHALL
* Release dates subject to change; not all films will play in every market and/or every theatre.
On line ticket purchases for Marquee’s Huntington Pullman Square 16, Charleston Southridge, Welch Cinemas 3, Wytheville Cinemas 8 at http://www.marqueecinemas.com.
On line tickets available for Charleston theatres at:
http://ourshowtimes.com (Park Place Stadium Cinemas) and http://www.marqueecinemas.com (for Southridge); for Teays Valley, http://allstarcimemas.com/Teays.asp , and for Ashland's Midtown at : http://midtowncinemas3.com.