Jan 25-31, 2006
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News Quirks 1.25.06
Curses, Foiled Again Police in Lincoln, Neb., reported that a 40-year-old man robbed a grocery store but was unable to make his getaway because several customers and three store managers followed him into the parking lot and surrounded his pickup truck. “They were telling him, ‘Put the cash drawer down. We’ve got your license number.…
Astrology 01.25.06
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I don’t take drugs or alcohol, but I love to get high. Astrologer Caroline Casey states my belief perfectly when she says that we all need regular doses of vastness. So how do I crack open the doors of perception? Engaging in extreme horseplay is one way. Recently, for instance, three…
UNDERCLASSMAN**
Nick Cannon plays a streetwise LA cop who goes undercover at a private school to investigate a student’s murder in this action comedy from director Marcos Siega. Shawn Ashmore and Cheech Marin costar. (95 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/underclassman.html
TWO FOR THE MONEY***
Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey are teamed in this drama set in the world of high-stakes sports gambling. Rene Russo costars. D.J. Caruso directs. (122 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/twoforthemoney/
THE MAN*1/2
Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy (two names I never thought I’d see in the same sentence) team up for this comedy about a federal agent and a dental-supply salesman who mistakenly wind up working together on a sting operation. Costarring Miguel Ferrer. Directed by Les Mayfield. (84 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/the_man/
LORD OF WAR****
Nicolas Cage stars in Andrew Niccol’s fact-based action-adventure about a globetrotting arms dealer who attempts to stay one step ahead of Interpol, business rivals and some of his best customers. Costarring Jared Leto and Bridget Moynahan. (122 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/lord_of_war/
JUNEBUG****
From filmmaker Phil Morrison comes this portrait of a simple Southern family whose lives are disrupted when their long-estranged son visits with his wife — a dealer in outsider art. Starring Alessandro Nivola and Embeth Davidtz. (102 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/junebug.html
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM****
From Alex Gibney comes this critically acclaimed documentary about the climate of corporate greed and corruption which contributed to both the company’s rise and fall. (110 min, NR)
ASYLUM**1/2
Director David Mackenzie brings Patrick McGrath’s bestselling novel to the big screen. Natasha Richardson and Ian McKellen star in the story of a woman who falls in love with a patient incarcerated at the psychiatric hospital run by her husband. With Marton Csokas. (90 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/asylum.html
