June 14, 2006
 
ENTERTAINMENT
Weekend First at HNN: Weekly Movie Comings and Goings
 
By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Columnist
 
Huntington, WV (HNN) -- New Mainstreamers …After a few weeks of just one or two films debuting, Hollywood unleashes four new flicks for viewers tired of the previous, now sluggish tent-poles.
 
The most “creative” and romantic of the offerings features Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves in “The Lake House,” a story about a lonely doctor (Bullock) who exchanges letters with a frustrated architect (Reeves) through a mailbox that crashes time barriers.
 
Meanwhile, the latest “Fast and Furious” sequel has a street racer (Lucas Black) moving to Japan where he becomes indebted due to drift racing and joins the Toyko Underworld to repay the sharks.
 
“Nacho Libre” offers director Jared (“Napoleon Dynamite”) Hess in a cutesy comedy loosely based on a priest (Jack Black) who moonlights on the Mexican pro wrestling world to raise money to save an orphanage from closure.
 
Finally, the feline with an attitude, Garfield, returns in “Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties,” as the cantankerous cat journeys to the United Kingdom and mistakenly (and temporarily) rules over a castle.
 
Continuing Art/Festival/Limited Releases …
 
If you want to travel to Charleston, you can catch Robert Altman’s “A Prairie Home Companion” playing exclusively at Park Place Stadium Cinemas.
 
Featuring Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor , Kevin Kline, 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
 
MARQUEE PULLMAN: Fast and Furious Toyko Drift: 11:30 a.m.- 2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30; Garfield: 11:45 a.m.-2:05-4:10-6:30-8:45; Lake House 12:00-2:30-4:50-7:15-9:45; Nacho Libre 12:15-12:30-2:30-2:50-4:45-5:15-7:15-7:45-9:40-10:00; Time Changes: X Men 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; DaVinci 12:05-3:05-6:10-9:15; Over the Hedge 12:30-2:35-4:40-6:45-8:50; Mission Impossible III 4:00-6:50 only;
 
FREE KID’s SUMMER MOVIES: “Zathura” and “Wallace & Gromit: Curse of Were-Rabbit” June 20-21 @ 10 a.m.
 
Ends Thursday : Poseidon
 
DISCOUNT CINEMA 4: (all shows $3.00; Tuesday $2) American Haunting 1:15-3:15-5:15-7:15-9:15; Silent Hill 1:20-4:20-7:00-9:30; The Wild 1:25-3:25-5:25; Benchwarmers 1:10-3:10-5:10-7:10-9:10; Failure to Launch 7:25-9:30; Ends Thursday: Scary Movie IV 7:20-9:20; Free Kids flix June 21 @ 10 a.m. “Cheaper by the Dozen II”
 
ASHLAND, KY
 
Starts Friday
 
CINEMARK CINEMA 10: Garfield 12:35-2:50-4:55-7:35-9:35; Nacho Libre 12:25-2:45-5:10-7:25-9:50; Fast & Furious Toyko Drift: 12:05-2:35-5:05-7:45-10:20; Lake House 12:15-2:40-5:15-7:40-10:15; Time changes: Over Hedge 12:10-2:25-4:35; Da Vinci Code 6:45-10:00; Ends Thursday: American Haunting, RV
 
MIDTOWN CINEMA 3: ($2/$3): Starts Friday: An American Haunting, Mission Impossible, RV, The Wild; Ends Thursday: Just My Luck, Silent Hill, Stick It
 
BARBOURSVILLE, WV
 
Starts Friday:
 
HUNTINGTON MALL CINEMAS: Lake House: 12:40-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:50; Garfield 12:35-2:40-4:45-7:00-9:20; Fast and Furious 12:30-2:55-5:20-7:45-10:10; Ends Thursday: DaVinci code, Over the Hedge, Break Up, X Men
 
BECKLEY, WV
 
Starts Friday:
 
CROSSROADS CINEMAS: Fast & Furious : Toyko Drift 10:00 a.m.*-12:20-2:45-5:10-7:35-10:00; Garfield 10:00 a.m.*-12:10-2:20-4:30-7:00-9:00; Time Changes: Mission Impossible III 10:15 a.m.*-1:00-9:20; See No Evil 4:00-7:05 (*Saturday Morning ONLY); Ends Thursday: Poseidon, Just My Luck, American Haunting
 
SHOWPLACE CINEMAS: Nacho Libre: 10:00 a.m.*-12:15-2:30-4:45-7:00-9:15; Lake House 10:00 a.m. – 12:20-2:40-4:50-7:10-9:35 (* Sat Morn. Only); Time Changes: X Men 9:45 a.m.*- 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:00; Over the Hedge 10:30 a.m.*-12:45-2:45-5:15-7:15-9:20; Break Up 10:00 a.m.*-12:15-2:40-5:00-7:20-9:40; Ends Thursday: DaVinci Code; (* Saturday Morning ONLY); FREE KIDS Summer Movies: “Clifford” and “Charlie and Chocolate Factory” @ 10 a.m. Tues/Wed June 20-21
 
BLUEFIELD, WV
 
Starts Friday:
 
MERCER MALL: Lake House 12:40-3:00-5:15-7:30-9:50; Nacho Libre 12:50-3:10-5:20-7:40-10:00; Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift 12:30-2:55-5:20-7:45-10:10; Garfield 12:35-2:40-4:45-7:00-9:20; Time Changes: Omen 1:00-7:00 only; X Men 4:00-9:35 only; ENDS THURSDAY: Da Vinci Code, Over the Hedge
 
COMMONS 8 (Marquee Cinemas, Wytheville, Va.): Nacho Libre 12:20-2:50-5:05-7:20-9:35; Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift: 12:00-2:30-5:00-7:30-10:05; Lake House 12:15-2:45-5:10-7:30-9:50; Garfield Tale of Two Kitties 12:25-2:25-5:15-7:15-9:25; Ends Thursday: X Men, Da Vinci Code, Over the Hedge, RV, See No Evil
 
CHARLESTON, WV
 
Starts Friday:
 
MARQUEE SOUTHRIDGE: Fast and Furious III: 10:10 a.m.*-12:30-2:50-5:15-7:45-10:10; Garfield: Tail of Two Kitties 9:50 a.m.*-11:40-1:40-3:40-5:40-7:40-9:40; Lake House 10:00 a.m.*-12:10-2:30-4:50-7:20-9:45; Nacho Libre: 10:00 a.m.*- 12:00-2:20-4:40-7:00-9:20 (*Early Morning Show on Saturday Only)
 
PARK PLACE STADIUM CINEMAS: Garfield 1:30-3:25-5:15-7:10-9:00; Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift 12:20-2:30-4:45-7:05-9:15; Lake House 12:45-2:50-5:00-7:15-9:25; Nacho Libre 1:30-3:25-5:20-7:20-9:15
 
A Prairie Home Companion 12:30-2:45-5:00-7:10-9:20; Cars 12:00-12:30-2:30-3:00-5:00-5:30-7:30-8:00-9:55; “The Omen” 12:10-2:25-4:50-7:05-9:25
 
Ends Thursday:
 
Park Place Stadium: RV, See No Evil , DaVinci Code
 
Marquee Southridge: See No Evil
 
Time Changes:
 
Marquee Southridge: RV: 4:10-9:35 only; DaVinci 10:00 a.m.*-1:00-6:30; Over the Hedge 10:40 a.m.*-12:50-3:00-5:05-7:10-9:15; X Men: 10:05 a.m.* -12:20-2:45-5:10-7:35-10:00; Break Up 10:00 a.m.*- 12:15-2:40-5:05-7:30-9:55
 
Park Place Stadium: X Men 12:15-2:30-4:50-7:15-9:30
 
FREE MORNING KIDS FLIX
 
Marquee Southridge: Doogal, Zathura (June 20-21 @ 10 a.m. )
 
Park Place Stadium: Madagascar (Wed. June 21 @ 10 a.m.)
 
HINTON, WV
 
Ritz Theatre: Cars, Friday, 6:00 and 8:30 p.m., Saturday, 3:30, 6 and 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3:30 and 6 p.m.
 
HURRICANE, WV
 
Starts Friday
 
TEAYS VALLEY CINEMA 10: Nacho Libre 10:15 a.m *.-12:55-3:05-5:15-7:25-9:40; Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift 10:40 a.m.*-1:15-3:25-5:35-7:45-10:05; Lake House 10:20 a.m*.-12:50-3:10-5:30-7:40-10:00; Garfield 10:30 a.m.*-12:45-3:00-5:05-7:15-9:25; Time Changes: X Men 7:25-9:55 only; Di Vinci 9:20 only; RV 10:00 am.-12:20-2:40-5:00; Over the Hedge: 10:15 a.m.*-12:45-3:00-5:15-7:00; ENDS THURSDAY: See No Evil (* No Early Morning show on Sundays)
 
LEWISBURG , WV
 
Starts Friday:
 
SENECA SHOWPLACE: Nacho Libre 4:45-7:15-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15-2:30; Time Changes: Omen 9:30 daily; Break Up 4:00-6:45; Ends Thursday: Over the Hedge
 
LOGAN , WV
 
Starts Friday
 
FOUNTAIN PLACE CINEMA 8: Garfield 12:35-2:30-4:30-7:15-9:05; Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift 12:05-2:20-4:40-7:10-9:25; Lake House 12:35-2:40-5:00-7:45-9:50; Nacho Libre 12:00-2:15-4:15-7:05-9:10; Ends Thursday: DaVinci Code, X Men, Over the Hedge, See No Evil
 
FREE SUMMER KIDS FLIX: “Dreamer”, Wed. June 21 @ 10 a.m.
 
NITRO, WV
 
Great Escape Nitro 12: http://greatescapetheatres.com or 769-0405
 
SUMMERSVILLE, WV
 
Starts Friday
 
NICHOLAS SHOWPLACE: Fast and Furious III 4:40-7:10-9:35, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:00-2:20; Garfield Tail of Two Kitties 5:00-7:15-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:10-2:45; Nacho Libre 4:50-7:00-9:25, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:20-2:30; Ends Thursday: Break Up, X Men, Over the Hedge
 
WELCH, WV
 
Starts Friday
 
McDOWELL 3: Fast and Furious III 4:55-7:20-9:40, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:15-2:30; Nacho Libre 5:00-7:10-9:20, Sat/Sun Mat. 12:30-2:45;Cars 4:00-6:45-9:30, Sat/Sun Mat. 1:15; Ends Thursday: Break Up, See No Evil; Free Kids Summer Movie: “Tim Burtons Corpse Bride,” @ 10 a.m. June 20
 
UPCOMING RELEASES *
 
COMING JUNE 23: Click , Waist Deep
 
COMING JUNE 30: Superman Returns (June 28), The Devil Wears Prada
 
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
 
COMING JULY 28: 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, Ant bully, 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 Fountain Place ) and http://www.marqueecinemas.com (for Southridge); for Teays Valley, http://allstarcimemas.com/Teays.asp , and for Ashland's Midtown at : http://midtowncinemas3.com.