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OutGoing The weekend guideMOVIES
21 jump streetIn 21 Jump Street, Jonah Hill
and Channing atum turn upirst as high school enemies.Hill is a
nerd; atum is thepopular jock. ime passes,and both men enrol in
thepolice academy. heyrehopeless as cops. Nonethe-less, they get an
assignmentto catch a drug lord operat-ing out o a high school,
andso our bumbling heroes turnback the clock several yearsto go
undercover. he ilm isrude, speedy and outrageous,and we mean that
in the best
way. ****
american reunion
Opens today.
being flynn
In Being Flynn , De Niroplays Jonathan Flynn, a ailed
wr it er wh ose de lu si ons o
grandeur remain intact, evenas his ailures knock himdown the ood
chain romcabbie living in a slum tounemployed homeless guycrashing
in a shelter wherehis estranged son (Paul Dano)
works. Being Flynn is a melan-choly exercise, a not
particu-larly well-written take on thetoll o being a great writer.
***
Dr. seuss tHe loraX
he Lorax, based on Dr.Seuss book, ocuses on a love-struck boy
named ed (voicedby Zac Eron), whos deter-mined to ind a real tree
orthe beautiul Audrey (aylorSwit), with the help o his rag-ing
granny (Betty White). Tequest takes him to the her-mit home o the
Once-ler (EdHelms), who tells the tale oa misguided young man
andhow his dream o providingmaterials or the masses pro-
duced ecological disaster. Tisdespite the ervent eorts othe
deender o the trees, theLorax (Danny DeVito). he
Loraxis a un, ast-paced littlemovie. ***
frienDs WitH KiDs
Friends With Kids is a con-temporary romantic com-edy set in New
York. Jennier
Westeldt and Adam Scott staras Julie and Jason, best riendsin a
group that includes onemarried couple played byJon Hamm and Kristen
Wiig,and another played by MayaRudolph and Chris ODowd.Its all
ootloose and ancy-ree until those married cou-ples start having
babies, andthen lie gets a bit more com-plicated. Friends with Kids
hasa great cast and better-than-average writing, but its une-
ven overall and t he ending isclunky. ***
tHe Hunger games
Based on the popular book,Te Hunger Games stars Jenni-er
Lawrence as Katniss Ever-deen who lives in an Ameri-can dystopia,
where the rich,decadent Capitol rules bru-
tally over 12 districts. heHunger Games are a rituall,
wherein each district choosesa boy and girl to take part in
amass ight to the death. Kat-niss steps in to replace herragile kid
sister, and is joinedby the local baker Peeta Mel-lark (J osh
Hutcherson).heyre joined by a couple odubious mentors,
includingetiquette advisor Eie rin-ket (Elizabeth Banks), ward-robe
advisor Cinna (Lenny
Kravitz), and the drunk andcynical Haymitch Abernathy(Woody
Harrelson). Te Hun-ger Games is undeniably a richantasy adventure.
****
in DarKness
Opens today.
jeff, WHo liVes
at Home
Je ff , Wh o Li ve s At Hom eintroduces us to Je (JasonSegel), a
30-year-old who is somotivationless. Ater a mas-
sive hit o a bong, he receivesa mysterious wrong-numbercall
asking or Kevin. Con-
vinc ed tha t at e i s a bout tointervene in his lie, and
thatKevin is key, Je sets olooking or him. His mis-adventures into
the wrongside o town connect him
with his jerk brot her Pat ( EdHelms), who is in the proc-ess o
torching his own mar-riage, and with his rustratedmom (Susan
Sarandon), whois lustered by the attentionso a mysterious admirer
inher ofce. In the end, the tied-
together connections are justa little too pat. ***
joHn carter
Joh n Car te r begins withcynical ex-Civil War soldierCarter
(aylor Kitsch) butt-ing heads with Col. Powell(Bryan Cranston). On
the runrom Powell, Carter hides in acave and activates
mysteriousmumbo jumbo that lands himon Mars. Tere he encounters
his irst Martian, ars arkas(Willem Daoe), the leader oa species
known as the Tarks.Carter eventually breaks away
along with a helpul emalehark (Samantha Morton),Heliumite
princess Dejah
horis (Lynn Collins), andjump s i nto head -exp lodi
ngintrigue.John Carteris enter-taining when its in actionmode, but
drags when it ix-ates on the byzantine planetpolitics. **
mirror mirror
In Mirror, Mirror, Lily Col-lins stars as Snow White, aprincess
let to end or herselater the king, her ather, van-
ishes. She is just a child whenthe kingdom is taken over byher
athers second wie; thatstepmother queen (Julia Rob-erts) is
concerned only withher own beauty and the thingsmoney can buy. Te
rest o theplayers are Armie Hammer asa visiting handsome
prince,Nathan Lane as the Queenshenchman and those amedseven little
people, here givennames such as Grub andWol to distinguish them
rom the whole Disney take.Whi le col our ul and ul l osilly
jokes, Mirror, Mirroris atad too long and slow. ***
tHe raiD: reDemption
Opens today.
salmonfisHing in yemen
S a l m o n F i s h i n g i n t h eYemen stars Ewan McGre-gor
and Emily Blunt as theunlikely couple who will allin love under
extreme cir-cumstances. Rich sheik (Amr
Wak ed ) hir es an ecc ent ricBritish scientist (Ewan McGre-gor)
to conjure his dream
o creating a salmon ishingparadise in the rapids belowa gigantic
dam in the Yemen.he British prime ministerstough-as-nails aide
(KristinScott homas) gets involvedto help boost her PMs
ailingpublic image. Salmon Fishingin Yemen is a wonderully
richexperience that most roman-tic comedies can only dreamabout.
***
WanDerlust
Wanderlust stars PaulRudd and Jennier Anis-ton as a stressed-out
New
York couple who end up ina New Age-y, ree-love Geor-gia commune.
Its run by a
vaguely-sinister alpha malenamed Seth (Justin her-oux). Rudds
ill-ft with com-mune lie that really givesWanderlustits comedic
glue,making it a pleasant sur-prise. ***
WratH of tHe titans
Te sequel to Clash of theTitans, Wrath of the Titansreturns us
to Perseus (Sam
Worthington), who is calledinto battle again when Zeuss(Liam
Neeson) brotherHades (Ralph Fiennes) planto unleash Chronos,
theexiled god o the itans. Per-seus ights a Minotaur, notone but
three Cyclops, andso on. Wrath of the Titansis a big, dumb,
spectacular,dazzling, roller-coaster opseudo-awesomeness. **
Ratings out o fve
Reviews by Liz Braun, BruceKirkland, Jim Slotek, Kevin
Williamson and Steve Tilley
Sam Worthington stars in the epic antasy-action flm, Wrath o the
Titans, the sequel to the Clash o the Titans.
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