Movie Reviews

The Eagle Has Landed

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Eagle Has Landed at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 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…

Fired Up!

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The Story: Two high-school jocks decide to con their way into a cheerleading camp with hopes of conquering many nubile young women. Important life lessons follow. The Lowdown: A standard teenage-sex romp neutered with a PG-13 rating. The movie is never quite obnoxious, but never quite any good.

Waltz With Bashir

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The Story: An Israeli documentarian sifts through his past and the pasts of his fellow Israeli Army friends to try to remember what exactly happened during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. The Lowdown: A unique, striking and frequently powerful film that explores the question of guilt through inaction. Though imperfect and easier to admire than…

Silent Movie

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show Silent Movie at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, 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…

Confessions of a Shopaholic

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The Story: A shopaholic accidentally gets a job writing a column for a finance magazine and becomes a surprise sensation. The Lowdown: Funny, stylish and lighter-than-air, this is a blessed relief from the recent run of witless romantic comedies, thanks to inspired direction and the presence of the wonderful Isla Fisher.

The International

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The Story: An Interpol agent and a New York City assistant district attorney try to bring to justice a powerful bank that is involved in an arms deal. The Lowdown: An intelligent thriller that may skimp a bit on the action, but makes up for it with a classy cast and strong direction.

He’s Just Not That Into You

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The Story: A multicharacter look at the dating and mating habits of a group of interconnected 30-somethings with intimacy and maturity issues. The Lowdown: A large cast of recognizable -- if not quite box-office -- actors can do nothing to save this unromantic, unfunny, unreal and unlikable mess centered on a group of people it's…

Push

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The Story: A group of people with telekinetic and clairvoyant powers living in Hong Kong must track down a briefcase that will free them from the tyranny of an evil U.S. government agency. The Lowdown: A surprisingly competent sci-fi thriller that’s never as clever as it thinks it is, but is held together by the…

7th Heaven

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show 7th Heaven at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, 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…

Coraline

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The Story: A young girl finds a portal to another world -- one that appears to offer everything she could want. The Lowdown: A beautifully made, richly detailed and wonderfully developed film, but one that lacks much in the way of an emotional core, and is ultimately a horror movie made with kids in mind.

Pennies From Heaven

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The Hendersonville Film Society will show Pennies From Heaven at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, 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…

The Uninvited

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The Story: A young girl fresh out of a mental hospital has visions of her late mother that inform her that Mom's death was actually murder by the nurse who is now engaged to Dad. The Lowdown: A nice-looking, but fairly dreary and dull exercise in psychological horror that tries to pass itself off as…

Taken

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The Story: The daughter of a former spy is kidnapped in Paris, sending dear old dad across the Atlantic and on a rampage in an effort to get her back. The Lowdown: An often times goofy, far-fetched and overly serious action flick that’s never really dull, but is entertaining only for unintentional reasons.