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1ST 8 Weekend Friday, March 22, 2002 The Indianapolis Star vraw.indystar.com fTTTTTT" GfcJjJJP Star ratings: excellent, good, fair, poor WW i it II New movies opening this week include (from left) Sorority Boys, featuring Heather 1 Matarazzo; Blade 2, with Ron Perlman; and Iris, starring Kate Winslet. Making a return appearance after 20 years is E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, with Drew Barrymore. 3 IndyStar.Com: Click on Movies for complete reviews, movie news and box-office receipts. Ratings by Bonnie Britton unless otherwise noted, film Ratinglength Castdirector The story Where playing Blade II for strong pervasive Wesley Snipes, Kris Kris- Half-human, half-vampire Blade (Snipes) is recruited by the Vampire Nation to help them battle the GC: Greenwood Park, Clearwater, Eastgate; 12 violence, language, some tofferson, Ron Perlman Reapers, which attack humans AND vampires.

State-of-the-art effects and martial-arts scenes, and Loews: College Park; UA: Circle Centre, Eagle drug use and sexual con- and Luke Goss. Directed more. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): The Reapers reflect the dark obsessions of director Guillermo Highlands, Galaxy; Regal: Shiloh, Village Park, tent; 110 minutes. by Guillermo del Toro. del Toro, who likes movies about things that bite you and aren't designed to let go.

Kerasotes: Showplace 12, Showplace 16 E.T. The Extra- PG for tense moments. Henry Thomas, Drew Bar- The intergalactic traveler of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial returns with a digital makeover. The 20th-anniver- GC: Greenwood Park, Clearwater; Loews: Cherry Terrestrial 115 minutes.

rymore, Dee Wallace. Di- sary edition of E.T. is essentially the same movie that has enthralled children for two decades, but now Tree, College Park; UA: Circle Centre, Eagle High-. Not reviewed. rected by Steven Spiel- the alien gives a more animated performance, courtesy of George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic.

lands, Galaxy; Regal: Shiloh, Village Park; berg. Kerasotes: Showplace 12, Showplace 16; Legacy Iris for sexualitynudity and Judi Dench, Kate Winslet A terrific cast, including Oscar nominees Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent, star in this GC: Castleton Arts some language; 90 min- and Jim Broadbent. Di- poignant film about British "novelist Iris Murdoch, who died in 1999 after battling Alzheimer's disease. utes. rected by Richard Eyre.

Critic's comment: Good, but not great. The years that would help explain her extraordinary talent are missing. Lantana PG-13 for language and Anthony LaPaglia, Barbara A cop, his worried wife, a psychiatrist her alienated husband, a housewife and others are all linked GC: Castleton Arts 12 sexuality; 121 minutes. Hershey and Geoffrey when one disappears and two of the others become suspects. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): The Rush.

Directed by Ray film only seems to be a murder mystery; its real subject is the everyday lives of these characters Lawrence. their worries, their sorrows, the way they're locked into solitary sadness. Subtle and touching. i Night of the Hunter No MPAA rating; sug- Robert Mitchum, Peter Prisoner Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) discovers the secret of a condemned man (Peter Graves), Key Cinemas (No star ratings) gested for mature audi- Graves and Shelley Win- who has hidden $10,000 somewhere around his house. After being released, Powell seeks out the ences; 93 minutes.

tens. Directed by Charles man widow, marries her and looks for the loot. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): One of the greatest Laughton. of all American films, masterfully photographed in black and white by Stanley Cortez in 1955. Sorority Boys for crude sexual con- Harland Williams, Barry Harland Williams plays one of a trio of frat boys who get tossed out of their fraternity.

Their scheme to GC: Greenwood Park, Clearwater; Loews: Cherry tent, nudity, strong Ian- Watson, Michael Rosen- get back into the fraternity involves sneaking into a sorority house to retrieve an incriminating video. Tree, College Park; UA: Circle Center, Eagle High-guage, some drug use; 94 baum. Directed by Wally Critic's comment (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinef): A lame-brained attempt to update Animal House. lands, Galaxy; Regal: Shiloh, Village Park, Kera- I minutes. Wolodarsky.

This will be a laugh riot to 14-year-olds and their intellectual equivalents. sotes: Showplace 16 Wisconsin Death No MPAA rating; for ma- Directed by James Marsh. A visually audacious riff on Michael Lesy's macabre 1973 cult classic book of vintage photographs and Key Cinemas I Trip ture audiences; 76 min- news clips chronicling the human tragedies that engulfed the rural farming community of Black River (No star ratings) utes. Falls, in the 1890s. Critic's comment (Stephen Holden, New York Times): A creepily enthralling I document that illustrates the susceptibility to insanity.

4bmmtoMmJLmmiilJm' Tli r. mivTfm ff-ti'ir-- r--. rmfin All About the Benja- for violence, language, Ice Cube and Mike Epps. Two men chase diamonds and a winning lottery ticket. Critic's comment: The improvised bits are fun- GC: Clearwater, Eastgate; Loews: College Park: mins sexuality; 90 minutes.

Directed by Kevin Bray. niest, although they can be rude and crude. It's not a big studio movie; it's a low-tech comedy aimed UA: Circle Centre, Eagle Highlands, Galaxy at followers of Ice Cube and his Friday movies. The two-star rating is a measure against other movies of this genre, not Citizen Kane. A Beautiful Mind PG-13 for intense the- Russell Crowe, Jennifer Russell Crowe turns in a brilliant performance as the mathematical genius John Forbes Nash who GC: Clearwater, Greenwood Park; Hollywood: matic material, sexual Connelly and Ed Harris.

battled paranoid schizophrenia and reclaimed his life, winning the Nobel Prize in 1994. Critic's com- Kerasotes: Showplace 12, Showplace 16; Loews: i content, a scene of vio- Directed by Ron Howard. ment: Ron Howard's film gives insight into the terrifying world of mental illness, yet offers a message Cherry Tree, College Park; Regal: Shiloh, Village lence; 129 minutes. of hope and triumph. Oscar nominee for best film, director, actor, supporting actress.

Park; UA: Eagle Highlands, Galaxy i Big Fat Liar PG for mild profanity; 88 Frankie Muniz and Aman- Two 14-year-olds go to Hollywood seeking justice after a sleazy producer steals one kid's homework Loews: Cherry Tree; Regal: Village Park; Village minutes. da Bynes. Directed by and turns it into a movie. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): A surprisingly entertaining comedy. Ideal for Cinema Shawn Levy.

younger teens, not painful for their parents. Dragonfly PG-13 for thematic ma- Kevin Costner, Kathy The wife of a physician dies when her bus is washed away in a mudslide, or does she? After a GC: Greenwood Park; Loews: Cherry Tree; Regal: k'h terial, sensuality; 104 min- Bates, Joe Morton and no-body funeral, the cynical doctor is faced with evidence of supernatural visits. Critic's comment Shiloh; Village Cinema I utes. Linda Hunt. Directed by (Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel): Dragonfly is a weirdly off-putting romantic ghost story that i Tom Shadyac.

never finds that magical, love-that-transcends-death tone for which it is aiming. i 40 Days and 40 for sex, nudity, Ian- Josh Hartnett and Shan- A man grows weary of his knee-jerk sexual behavior and swears off sex for Lent. Then he meets the GC: Clearwater, Eastgate, Greenwood Park; Kera- I Nights guage; 93 minutes. nyn Sossamon. Directed girl of his dreams but can't explain why he's so standoffish.

His co-workers run a lottery on the Web, sotes: Showplace 12, Showplace 16; Loews: Col- by Michael Lehmann. betting he'll cave in. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): Hartnett is breezy and likable, and Lehmann has lege Park; Regal: Shiloh, Village Park; UA: Circle I a sympathy for his characters that elevates the story above the level of a sexual sitcom. Centre, Eagle Highlands, Galaxy Gosford Park for violence, language; Maggie Smith, Alan Bates, Guests and servants crowd a great country house, and one of them is murdered. Critic's comment GC: Castleton Arts; Loews: College Park 137 minutes.

Kristin Scott Thomas and (Roger Ebert): A joyous and audacious achievement. It employs the genre of the classic British murder Emily Watson. Directed by mystery, as defined by Agatha Christie, but surpasses the limitations and redefines the goal. Oscar Robert Altman. nominee for best film, director, supporting actress.

Harrison's Flowers for war violence, grue- Andie MacDowell and Da- A woman goes to the Balkans to find her husband, who is reported dead while covering the war. GC: Clearwater; Kerasotes: Showplace 16; UA: some images, language, vid Strathaird. Directed by Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): That it is probable she will be killed and orphan their children is not Galaxy drugs; 122 minutes. Elie Chouraqui. the problem of this movie.

Strong performances and top production values work to win us over, wear us down and persuade us to accept this movie as plausible. Ice Age PG for mild peril; 88 min- Voices of Denis Lean, A woolly mammoth, a saber-toothed tiger and a sloth team up to rescue a human baby and return it to GC: Clearwater, Eastgate, Greenwood Park; Kera- utes. John Leguizamo and Ray its parents. Critic's comment (Roger Ebert): A pleasure to look at and scarcely less fun as a story. Un- sotes: Showplace 12, Showplace 16; Legacy; Romano.

Directed by likely, but the sly dialogue is well-delivered, and the visuals are rich with character touches for the ani- Loews: College Park; Regal: Shiloh, Village Park; Chris Wedge. mals. UA: Eagle Highlands, Galaxy, Circle Centre.