Speed Racer (PG)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (R)
10:00
Please call the info line for updated showtimes.
Hancock (PG-13)
1:00, 1:15, 1:45, 2:00, 3:15, 3:30, 4:30, 4:45, 5:30, 5:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:45, 8:00, 9:30, 9:45, 10:00, 10:10
The Happening (R)
1:00, 3:15, 5:20, 7:45, 9:50
The Incredible Hulk (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45
Sex and the City (R)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00
Wall-E (G)
1:00, 1:30, 3:20, 4:15, 5:40, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30
Get Smart (PG-13)
1:00, 4:05, 6:55, 10:00
Hancock (PG-13)
1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)
7:10, 10:25
Kung Fu Panda (PG)
12:50, 3:55
Wall-E (G)
12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:40
Wanted (R)
1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG)
1:00, 7:00
Get Smart (PG-13)
1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40
Hancock (PG-13)
1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 9:15, 9:30, 9:45
The Incredible Hulk (PG-13)
1:25, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)
1:00, 7:00
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G)
2:05, 4:30, 7:05, 9:25
Kung Fu Panda (PG)
1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:35, 9:45
The Love Guru (PG-13)
4:10, 10:10
Wall-E (G)
1:05. 1:20, 4:05, 4:30, 7:00, 7:15, 9:25, 9:40
Wanted (R)
1:15, 2:00, 3:50, 4:35, 6:30, 7:20, 9:05, 9:55
Mongol (R)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00 (no 7:00 show Thu July 10), Late show Fri-Sat only 9:30
Priceless (PG-13)
1:20, 4:20
Then She Found Me (R)
7:20, Late show Fri-Sat 9:40
Who Does She Think She Is? (Not Rated)
7:00 Thu July 10 only
Wall-E (G)
1:00 (Fri-Sun only), 4:00, 7:00
Get Smart (PG-13)
11:15, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05
Hancock (PG-13)
9:30, 10:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30
The Happening (R)
2:20, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55
The Incredible Hulk (PG-13)
11:20, 1:55, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)
4:00, 7:10, 9:50
Iron Man (PG-13)
11:25
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G)
9:35, 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45
Kung Fu Panda (PG)
9:45, 11:55, 2:10, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25
The Love Guru (PG-13)
11:10, 2:05, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40
Wall-E (G)
9:50, 11:05, 12:20, 1:40, 2:50, 4:20, 5:20, 6:50, 7:50, 9:35, 10:25
Wanted (R)
9:40, 11:00, 12:10, 1:35, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:45, 7:45, 9:20, 10:20
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (PG-13)
9:55, 12:25
Get Smart (PG-13)
12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15
Iron Man (PG-13)
12:30, 7:10
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (G)
11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 9:50
Kung Fu Panda (PG)
11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 10:20
The Love Guru (PG-13)
11:40, 2:45, 5:10, 8:00, 10:25
Wanted (R)
11:50, 12:20, 2:20, 3:00, 5:05, 7:20, 7:50, 10:00, 10:30
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (PG-13)
4:20, 9:55
Pick of the Week:
Mongol (R)
Justin Souther | 07/01/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Historical Action-Drama
Directed by: Sergei Bodrov (Nomad)
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun, Honglei Sun, Amadu Mamadakov
The Story: The story of Genghis Khan’s rise to power, from the days of his youth to becoming the ruler of the Mongols.
The Lowdown: A methodical, often beautiful film about how Genghis Khan might have come into power that separates itself from most historical epics by focusing on the characters as opposed to the actors.
Reviews:
WALL-E (G)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | 9 Comment(s)
Genre: Animated-Sci-Fi Comedy-Romance
Directed by: Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo)
Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver
The Story: Left on Earth to clean up the tons of waste left by humans, a robot develops a personality and falls in love with a visiting robot.
The Lowdown: A brilliant first half and a more traditional second half result in an entertaining film that just never scales the heights intended.
Wanted (R)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | 23 Comment(s)
Genre: Violent Action-Adventure-Fantasy
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch)
Starring: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann
The Story: An office drone discovers he’s really a born assassin when he’s recruited by a secret society of killers.
The Lowdown: Visually appealing—sometimes beautiful—and the very definition of action-packed, Wanted is also too hip for its own good, and so nihilistic (and glum about it) that it’s a bit of a downer.
Special Showings
Scorpio (PG)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | Comment here
Genre: Spy Action-Drama
Directed by: Michael Winner (I'll Never Forget What's'isname)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt
The Hendersonville Film Society will show Scorpio at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 6, in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community, 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville. (From Asheville, take I-26 to U.S. 64 West, turn right at the third light onto Thompson Street. Follow to the Lake Point Landing entrance and park in the lot on the left.)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (NR)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | 1 Comment(s)
Genre: Fact-Based Drama
Directed by: Marc Rothemund
Starring: Julia Jentsch, Alexander Held, Fabian Hinrichs, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, July 4, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.
Still Showing:
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (PG)
Ken Hanke | 05/21/2008 | 22 Comment(s)
Get Smart (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 06/25/2008 | 2 Comment(s)
The Happening (R)
Ken Hanke | 06/18/2008 | 10 Comment(s)
The Incredible Hulk (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 06/18/2008 | 3 Comment(s)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/28/2008 | 27 Comment(s)
Iron Man (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 05/07/2008 | 24 Comment(s)
Kung Fu Panda (PG)
Ken Hanke | 06/11/2008 | 4 Comment(s)
The Love Guru (PG-13)
Justin Souther | 06/25/2008 | 26 Comment(s)
Mongol (R)
Justin Souther | 07/01/2008 | Comment here
Priceless (PG-13)
Ken Hanke | 06/11/2008 | 8 Comment(s)
Sex and the City (R)
Justin Souther | 06/04/2008 | 12 Comment(s)
Ken Hanke | 06/25/2008 | 6 Comment(s)
WALL-E (G)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | 9 Comment(s)
Wanted (R)
Ken Hanke | 07/01/2008 | 23 Comment(s)
Upcomers
Starts Wednesday
Hancock
The question with a new Will Smith movie isn’t really if it will make money, it’s how much money will it make? (Some theaters are so convinced of an instant hit, that they’re opening the film on Tuesday night.) With a high-concept property like Hancock—Smith as a foulmouthed, hard-drinking, ill-tempered superhero being put through a PR makeover by Jason Bateman—the sky ought to be the limit. But will it? Granted, Smith’s movies are pretty much critic-proof, but early reviews on Hancock are surprisingly rough. Audiences will flock to it, but will they go back, and what will they tell their friends? (PG-13)
Early Review Samples:
• “It keeps rewriting its own rules in an effort to pander to the audience.” (Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter)
• “Narrative illogic and missed opportunities plague the film increasingly as it cartwheels through its surprisingly brief running time.” (Todd McCarthy, Variety)
Kit Kittredge
American Girl, a subsidiary of Mattel, puts out a line of dolls and assorted ephemera (like books) featuring “historical” preteen characters. Their 1934 doll is Kit Kittredge, and it is this doll that is being brought to theater screens. Abigail Breslin plays the plucky Depression-era girl who aspires to be a reporter. Previous American Girl movies have been made for TV, but this one—helmed by Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park)—has hit the big screen. The not unimpressive cast includes Joan Cusack, Chris O’Donnell and Wallace Shawn. The period detail in the trailer looks pretty good, too, and early reviews are encouraging. (G)
Early Review Samples:
• “This classy, heart-on-its-sleeve movie is packed with laudable life lessons and Depression-era trivia, including the fact that the hobo sign of fish bones means really good garbage (particularly useful on the Upper East Side).” (Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times)
• “Considering that it is inspired by one of the dolls in the American Girl product line, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is some kind of a miracle: an actually good movie.” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times)
