REEL WEEK: What’s Happening at the Movies
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Entertainment Editor
Huntington, WV (HNN) – The best-selling female artist of all time brings her cinematic digital rendition of her world tour to Marquee Cinemas Pullman Square (Huntington) and Southridge (Charleston). “Celine: Through the Eyes of the World” runs through Thursday, Feb. 24, but there’s only one show daily of the concert extravaganza.
“Celine” rolls at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Monday-Thursday, and at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20 and 21. Tickets are $16.
Shot during her 2008-2009 Taking Chances World Tour, the “Eyes of the World” film offers an exceptional perspective of her performance, whether you were able to see her live in person or see her on film as your first experience.
No stranger to the cinema, two of Dion’s songs have been honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as “Best Original Song.” Celine took home an Oscar in 1992 for “Beauty and the Beast” and in 1998 for “My Heart Will Go On” from “Titanic.” She is a 5 time Grammy Award winner, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Album for Falling Into You (1996); and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "My Heart Will Go On" (1998).
In a prepared statement Dion reacted to the hot ticket film which puts everyone on the front row and offers a glimpse at her family and touring creative collaborators. She said, "This was an amazing world tour, but there's a lot more than just concert footage on this film. I let the cameras follow me everywhere. There are a lot of ups and downs, and it's very personal...and it's definitely the most intimate journey that I've ever shared with my fans."
For further information on Celine: Through the Eyes of the World, please visit www.TheHotTicket.net.
BALLET IN CINEMA: The international series of Operas shot at famous performance venues (i.e. Opera Houses) around Europe expands to a performance cousin that features classical works and dancing performances.
On Thursday, Feb 25 & Sunday, Feb 28, the Kirov Ballet performs “Don Quixote” at three Marquee Cinema locations (Beckley, Charleston, Huntington). Performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia.
OPERA IN CINEMA heads for Milan, Italy for its March 18 & March 23 performance’s of Bizet’s “Carmen” shot at Teatro alla Scala. Then, BALLET returns March 25 and March 28 for Stravinsky & The Ballets Russes: Firebird, The Wedding and The Rite of Spring at Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre.
MAINSTREAM: SHUTTER ISLAND
Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” casts Leonardo DiCaprio as a traumatized detective who journeys with partner (Mark Ruffalo) to a criminal insane asylum to look for an escaped female inmate where they are immediately confounded by mystery and strange occurrences. They soon find that “treatment” at this asylum has been both illegal and sinister. Ben Kingsley , Max Von Sydow and Michelle Williams star.
Scorsese’s body of work has gone critically downward after 80s heights (“Taxi Driver,” “New York New York,” “Raging Bull”), so so 90s (“Casino,” “Good Fellas”) and inconclusive 21st Century (“Gangs of New York,” “Aviator,” “Shine a Light,”). As the decades past, his directing (and topics) have moved more toward center, rather than edgy, mysterious oddities (“After Hours”), the uncomfortable, controversial (“The Last Temptation of Christ”) and a step from mainstream horror (“The Departed”). However, his award and nomination court arguably impress --- an Oscar, 83 other awards, and 61 nominations.
CINEMA EXCLUSIVE: A SINGLE MAN
Set in 1962, a gay California English professor mourns the death of his ‘personal partner’ of sixteen years who died nearly a year ago in a car accident. Professor George (Colin Firth) has determined he must get his affairs in order. He plans to take his own life later that night. Firth has been nominated for an Best Actor Oscar. The film has 21 nominations and ten wins from various festivals, critics associations and organizations, including a Golden Globe nomination. (Exclusive, Cinema Theatre, Huntington.)
FLASHBACK: 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY
Prior to “Houston, the Eagle has landed,” Stanley Kubrick shot this elaborate, provocative and philosophical science fiction drama that has so many ambiguities that viewers debate the meaning and actions of certain scenes , and, symbolism overtakes what remained the best visual effects until George Lucas trumped them with “Star Wars.”
The film explored a runaway, power hungry, computer (Hal) wresting control from his programmers even as the journey to the edges of the solar system suggest simultaneous interpretations --- one from a spiritual context, another from an accomplishment of man perspective, and, another, well, watch it, and fill in your own vision. ( Two showings only, Monday Flashback, 4 & 7:30 p.m. Cinema Theatre, 1023 Fourth Avenue.
Originally, released in Cinerama, a projection format that utilized three projectors creating an in the round experience.
UPCOMING: A toxin turns people into zombies (and it’s not a re-make of “Toxic Avenger”) and “Cop Out.”