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| Opening today: Capote •••1/2 In the last years of his life, writer Truman Capote was on a downward slide. In this bio-pic, based on the book written by Gerald Clarke, director Bennet Miller documents the supposed start of that slide – the years that Capote spent researching and writing his nonfiction masterpiece, “In Cold Blood.” It begins in 1959 and ends in 1965, with Capote on his way to rejection by the very socialite crowd he wished to join. | Running time: 1:38 Rating: R (violent images, brief strong language) | River Park Square: 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05. |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ••• This fourth segment of now-adolescent Harry Potter’s story, while arguably the best made, is the most gruesome, and dark, with giant snakes, savage dragons and a revived Lord Voldemort. But maybe even more more disturbing to Harry is the threat of teen ostracism. If only the young cast were better able to imitate their elders and pull off more than mere surface emotions. New director Mike Newell could have tightened things up a bit (those IMAX seats are hard), but the special effects are as far beyond what Ray Harryhausen imagined as iPods are to Victrolas. | Running time: 2:36 Rating: PG-13 (sequences of fantasy violence, frightening images) | IMAX (Riverfront Park): 2:50, 6:40, 7:30, 10, 11. NorthTown Mall: 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 12:50, 3:20, 3:50, 4:25, 7, 7:30, 8, 9:15, 10:30, 11. River Park Square: 11:15 a.m., noon, 12:30, 2:45, 3:30, 4, 6:15, 7, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30, 11. Spokane Valley Mall: 10 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:15, 1:30, 3:20, 3:50, 5, 7, 7:30, 8:30, 10:30, 11. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 11 a.m., 11:30, noon, 1, 3, 3:30, 4, 5, 7, 7:30, 8, 9, 9:30, 10:30, 11. Post Falls: 12:05, 12:45, 3:20, 4:05, 6:35, 7:20. |
| Walk the Line Joaquin Phoenix plays Johnny Cash, in this bio-pic about Cash’s rise from being the son of a cotton farmer to becoming “the man in black” and one of Sun Records’ original recording stars and on through his years of troubled behavior and drug addiction. Reese Witherspoon stars as the woman, June Carter, with whom Cash will fall in love. | Running time: 2:16 Rating: PG-13 (language, thematic material, depiction of drug dependency) | NorthTown Mall: noon, 3, 7:05, 10. River Park Square: 12:10, 12:40, 3:15, 3:55, 6:25, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:40, 4:50, 8. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:30, 1:05, 3:35, 4:10, 6:45, 7:15, 9:50, 10:20. Post Falls: 1:15, 4, 7. |
| Opening Wednesday: Bee Season As a family begins to dissolve, a father (Richard Gere) supports his daughter (Flora Cross), who shows an unusual talent for spelling, a skill that propels her toward the national spelling bee. | Running time: 1:44 Rating: PG-13 (thematic elements, a scene of sensuality, brief strong language) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square. |
| Ice Harvest John Cusack stars as a lawyer, tempted by a suitcase full of cash and a sexy beauty (Connie Nielsen), who sets off on an icy Christmas Eve that becomes a bumbling misadventure with the potential for real danger. | Running time: 1:28 Rating: R (violence, language and sexuality/nudity) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square, Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene), NorthTown Mall. |
| Just Friends A guy (Ryan Reynolds), no longer the fat boy he was in high school, tries to impress the girl (Amy Smart) whom he has always loved, only he keeps bumbling things up. | Running time: 1:28 Rating: PG-13 (sexual content/dialogue) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square, Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene), Spokane Valley Mall. |
| Pride and Prejudice Keira Knightley stars in this latest adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel about a young woman’s attempts to help her family while pursuing her own feelings for true love. | Running time: 2:07 Rating: PG (mild thematic elements) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square. |
| Rent Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, a cast of characters lives in New York’s East Village and struggles with life, love and AIDS, all set to song. | Running time: 2:15 Rating: PG-13 (mature thematic material, drugs, sexuality, some strong language) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square, Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene), NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley Mall. |
| Yours, Mine and Ours Confusion, and life lessons, result when a widower (Dennis Quaid) with eight kids hooks up with a widowed mother of 10 (Rene Russo). | Running time: 1:30 Rating: PG (mild crude humor) | Opens Wednesday at River Park Square, Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene), NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley Mall. |
| Continuing: Chicken Little ••• Chicken Little (voice by Zach Braff) scares the scat out of his town by telling them that the sky is falling. When he can’t prove it, everyone loses faith in him except for his three friends, Abby Mallard (Joan Cusack), Runt of the Litter (Steve Zahn) and Fish Out of Water (Dan Molina). Worst of all, Chicken Little loses the trust of his father, Buck Cluck (Garry Marshall). When he finds out the secret of the falling sky, again no one believes him. | Running time: 1:28 Rating: G | NorthTown Mall: 11:55 a.m., 12:45, 2:05, 2:55, 4:30, 5:20, 7:15, 7:45, 9:20, 9:35, 9:50. River Park Square: 11:30 a.m., 12:55, 1:40, 3:05, 3:50, 5:30, 6:20, 8, 8:30, 10. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:30, 1:10, 3:30, 4:10, 6:40, 7:20, 9:20, 9:50. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:05, 12:35, 2:20, 2:50, 4:30, 5:05, 7:35, 9:45, 9:45. Post Falls: 1:20, 3:05, 4:45, 6:30, 8:10. |
| Derailed •• A regular guy (Clive Owen) faces a litany of pressures in his everyday life, and is tempted to cheat on his wife (Melissa George) when he meets an attractive woman (Jennifer Aniston) on the commuter train. But their quickie affair is interrupted by violent hood (Vincent Cassel) who proceeds to blackmail him. | Running time: 1:50 Rating: R (strong disturbing violence, language, sexuality) | NorthTown Mall: 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10. River Park Square: 2:25, 5, 7:35, 10:10. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:15, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30. Post Falls: 1:30, 4:15, 6:20, 8:30. |
| Dreamer A trainer (Kurt Russell) and his daughter (Dakota Fanning) nurse an injured horse back to health, with an eye on racing her in the Breeders’ Cup. | Running time: 1:42 Rating: PG-13 (brief mild language) | NorthTown Mall: 12:25, 4, 6:50, 9:25, 9:30. River Park Square: 12:45. Spokane Valley Mall: noon, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 4:55, 7:45. |
| Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag This IMAX film follows the exploits of an Air Force officer as he strives to survive Red Flag, an elite training exercise aimed at giving fighter pilots the skills they need to survive air-to-air combat. | Running time: :48 Rating: Not rated | IMAX (Riverfront Park): 5:40. |
| Flightplan •• When a woman (Jodie Foster) loses her young daughter on an overnight flight, the crew begins to think that she’s imagined the whole thing. And then she gets violent. | Running time: 1:33 Rating: PG-13 (violence, intense plot material) | Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 6:40, 9:35. |
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin ••• At age 40, Andy (Steve Carell) is a virgin working in an electronics store. When his co-workers discover his secret they decide to “fix” things. | Running time: 1:56 Rating: R (sexual content, language, drugs) | Garland: 9:45 a.m. Coeur d’Alene Discount: 2, 4:15, 6:45, 9:05. |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Curtis Jackson, better known as the hip-hop star 50 Cent, stars as a street gangsta who turns his back on the hood to pursue a career as a rapper. | Running time: 2:14 Rating: R (strong violence, pervasive language, drug content, sexuality, nudity) | River Park Square: 12:40, 3:25, 4, 6:10, 6:50, 9:10, 9:50. |
Good Night, and Good Luck •••• Broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his staff at CBS News decide to do a story on the notorious practices of red-baiting U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, which is resisted not only by the McCarthy camp but also from the network ownership. | Running time: 1:33 Rating: PG (language) | River Park Square: 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 5:05, 7:40, 9:55. |
| The Greatest Game Ever Played In 1913, when two of the world’s greatest golfers, Harry Vardon (Stephen Dillane) and Ted Ray, were set to compete for the U.S. Open, they found themselves facing a surprising challenge in an unknown 20-year-old former caddie named Francis Ouimet (Shia LaBeouf). | Running time: 1:55 Rating: PG (brief mild language) | Coeur d’Alene Discount: 1:45, 4:05, 6:35, 9. |
| In Her Shoes •• When her workaholic sister (Toni Collette) tosses her out, a loser of a young woman (Cameron Diaz) heads for Florida to live with the grandmother (Shirley Maclaine) she never knew she had. | Running time: 2:10 Rating: PG-13 (thematic material, language, sexual content) | Coeur d’Alene Discount: 1:10, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45. |
| Jarhead ••1/2 Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Sam Mendes’ adaptation of Anthony Swofford’s best-selling memoir of his being a U.S. Marine sniper in the Gulf War. It follows Swofford’s progression from Marine recruit to Guf War warrior. And as Swofford’s book does, the film ends up being a look at Marine life as the individual members of his platoon wait for battle. | Running time: 1:57 Rating: R (violence, gore, nudity, sexual situations, strong language) | NorthTown Mall: 12:05, 2:50, 6:55, 9:45. River Park Square: 12:50, 1:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:30, 7, 9:25, 10. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:40. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:40, 4:05, 7:05, 10. |
| Just Like Heaven A lovely architect (Mark Ruffalo) falls in love with the spirit of a woman (Reese Witherspoon) who once lived in his apartment. | Running time: 1:35 Rating: PG-13 (mild violence, sexual content, brief nudity, alcohol abuse) | Coeur d’Alene Discount: 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15. |
| The Legend of Zorro •• Martin Campbell, who directed 1998’s original “The Mask of Zorro,” returns for this well-meaning but lame sequel. When villains pose a threat to California’s pending statehood, adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega (Antonio Banderas) again becomes Zorro – threatening his marriage to Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones). | Running time: 2:10 Rating: PG (sequences of violence/peril, action, language) | NorthTown Mall: 12:20, 3:30, 6:25, 9:10, 9:25. River Park Square: 12:35, 3:35, 7:05, 10:15. Spokane Valley Mall: 1, 4, 7:10, 10:10. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15. |
| Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon Combining a CGI duplicated lunar landscape, real photos and footage previously unreleased by NASA, this IMAX 3D film is based on the experiences of the 12 men who have walked on the moon’s surface. | Running time: :40 Rating: Not rated | IMAX (Riverfront Park): 1:50. |
| Mallrats ••• A 97-minute look at 20-somethings hanging out at their favorite mall, shopping for clothes and comic books, eating custom-made cookies, attempting to see Magic Eye paintings and exploring the emotional minefields. | Running time: 1:34 Rating: R (strong language, sexual dialogue/scenes, drug content) | Garland: midnight. |
| March of the Penguins ••• The yearly trek of Emperor penguins across Antarctica to mate is captured by French documentary filmmaker Luc Jacquet and his crew of camera operators. | Running time: 1:20 Rating: G (violent images) | Garland: 1:30, 5:35. Coeur d’Alene Discount: 1:20, 3, 4:45. |
| Prime A career driven professional from the Upper East Side (Uma Thurman) is wooed by a young painter from Brooklyn, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst (Meryl Streep). | Running time: 1:46 Rating: PG-13 (sexual content including dialogue, language) | River Park Square: 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 9:40. Spokane Valley Mall: 4:40, 10:50. |
| Saw II Jigsaw locks a few unlucky people in a booby-trapped shelter; they must find a way out before they inhale too much of a lethal nerve gas and die. But they must watch out, for the traps Jigsaw has set in the shelter lead to death also. | Running time: 1:31 Rating: R (grisly violence, gore, terror, language, drug content) | NorthTown Mall: 12:40, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:55. River Park Square: 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:45, 7:20, 9:45. Spokane Valley Mall: 1:45, 7:50. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 12:25, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05. |
| Shopgirl ••• A lonely young woman (Claire Danes) who works behind a glove counter is romanced both by an offbeat young guy (Jason Schwartzman) and an older rich man (Steve Martin). The film fleshes out Steve Martin’s short story and says something profound. | Running time: 1:44 Rating: R (partial nudity, language) | River Park Square: 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50. |
| Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ••• Inventor Wallace and his faithful dog sidekick Gromit come to the rescue when the crops of local farmers are threatened by a ravenous giant bunny. The script builds on characters from the award-winning series of short films and the traditional claymation is augmented with digital artistry. | Running time: 1:25 Rating: G | Coeur d’Alene Discount: 1:30, 3:20, 5:10, 7, 8:50. |
| War of the Worlds Tom Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, a self-absorbed crane operator who, while babysitting his two resentful children over the weekend, must protect them as best he can against tripod-walking killing machines. | Running time: 1:56 Rating: R (scary sci-fi violence, disturbing images) | Garland: 3:15, 7:25. |
| The Weather Man ••1/2 Nicolas Cage is the title character, Dave Spritz, a man with a single talent – standing in front of a blue screen and performing the television weather report – who is otherwise alienated from his family, his father (Michael Caine) and even himself. | Running time: 1:43 Rating: R (strong language, sexual content) | River Park Square: 7:45, 10:10. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 10:25. |
| Wedding Crashers ••• Two guys (Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson) who crash wedding parties to score with single women find their lives complicated when love, in one form or another, comes knocking. | Running time: 1:59 Rating: R (sexual content/nudity, language) | Coeur d’Alene Discount: 6:40, 8:55. |
| Zathura ••1/2 Director Jon Favreau tells the story of two young brothers who are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is magically hurtled through space. Even with the special effects, some of which are far too violent for little kids, the movie is unworthy of Van Allsburg’s inventive illustrations. | Running time: 1:53 Rating: PG (fantasy action, peril, language) | NorthTown Mall: 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:20, 9:40. River Park Square: 12:20, 1:05, 2:55, 3:40, 5:20, 6:40, 9:15. Spokane Valley Mall: 12:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:40. Riverstone (Coeur d’Alene): 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55. Post Falls: 1:10, 3:45, 6:15, 8:25. |