Movie Reviews

I'll Never Forget What's'isname, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, June 27, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Ogre at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 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…

The Story: An Indian guru is hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs to help their star player get back with his estranged wife just in time for him to return in form and win the Stanley Cup. The Lowdown: A generally unfunny, juvenile movie exacerbated by Mike Myers’ constant mugging and need to point out…

The Apple is being shown by TV Eye as part of its Weird Wednesdays series Wednesday, June 25, at 9:30 p.m. at Asheville Brewing Company on Coxe Avenue.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Black Rainbow at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 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…

Prospero's Books, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, June 20, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Story: Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk) is on the run from General Ross, who wants to use him to benefit the military. The Lowdown: An effective enough comic-book movie that suffers from a lackluster hero and the limitations of CGI.

The Story: An unknown force or disease or virus is causing mass suicides. Can a humble science teacher learn the cause and save himself and his rapidly diminishing charges? The Lowdown: A silly thriller with uninteresting characters -- who in real life might qualify for Darwin Awards -- and a preposterous plot.

The Story: A mad killer stalks overage teens in a bowling alley. The Lowdown: A lot of people you never heard of and Robert Carradine flounder in this drab horror opus that wouldn't make the cut in the Wal-Mart DVD dump bin.

The Story: A lazy panda is accidentally chosen to be the Dragon Warrior and must become a kung-fu master in order to save his valley from an evil leopard. The Lowdown: Visually striking, simply plotted and generally charming and entertaining, this movie makes for quality family entertainment.

Alice Neel is being presented by the Asheville Art Museum at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $10 general admission and $8 for museum members, seniors and students.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Housekeeping at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 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 in…

Walk-In Theater will present Repo Man Friday, June 13, starting at dusk in the parking lot behind the Bledsoe Building in West Asheville. Sponsored by the merchants of the Bledsoe Building. Admission is free. And as usual, patrons are asked to leave pets and coolers at home, but to bring lawn chairs.

The Story: A lady of easy virtue loses her sugar daddy through an indiscretion with a hotel barman and sets out in search of a new source of income -- with the barman in close pursuit. The Lowdown: Wit, style and charm -- along with the irresistible Audrey Tautou and the likable Gad Elmaleh --…

The Man Who Fell to Earth, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Story: An Israeli superagent goes to New York City to follow his dream of becoming a world-class hairstylist. The Lowdown: Despite a few laughs and a fair number of surprisingly subversive ideas, this is your standard-issue random, lazy, sloppy Adam Sandler comedy.

The Phantom of Liberty, part of a series of Classic Cinema From Around the World, will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday, June 6, at Courtyard Gallery, 9 Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Info: 273-3332.

The Hendersonville Film Society will show Twilight's Last Gleaming at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 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 Story: Two mismatched friends set out to make their own version of a Rambo movie with nothing but a camcorder and determination. The Lowdown: A truly wonderful, funny and charming evocation of childhood and the bonding power of the movies; while it may bite off a bit more than it can chew, it scales…

The Story: Three masked maniacs terrorize a couple in a lonely house with predictable results and an alarming lack of imagination. The Lowdown: A couple of B-list stars run around doing stupid things in this unpleasant, humorless attempt at milking our fears of home-invasion horrors.

The Story: The four women of the wildly popular HBO series Sex and the City return to continue quests for love and fashion. The Lowdown: A predictable, shallow movie that comes across more as an extended version of the TV show than anything that should be playing in theaters, and -- at a running time…