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now showing apocalypto Forget The Passion of The Christ, this is Mel Gibson’s Braveheart-like portrayal of the downfall of the Mayan kingdom. During the Mayan’s decline, the ruthless king decided that to make things better and appease the gods, he would engage in massive human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Rudy Young blood) is a young man chosen for sacrifice. Ah, but he has other ideas and flees the kingdom to organize a rebel army to defeat the demented king. Bloody violence ensues. Rated R blacK christmas Bad taste or not, horror stalks Yuletide. A sorority house is terrorized by a serial killer who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters one by one during Christmas. blood diamoNd A large priceless diamond becomes the center of a struggle between a farmer, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen trying to lay their hands on it. Leonardo DiCaprio co-stars with Daimon Hounsou with Jennifer Connelly in this action adventure story. Rated R borat Shot as a mockumentary, Sacha Baron Cohen assumes the character of a journalist from Kazakhstan who is dispatched to the United states to report on the greatest country in the world. Halfway into his travels, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson. Cohen’s offbeat humor gets old quickly. He even does interviews in character–a ploy that real journalists hate. Rated R casiNo royale There’s a new Bond in town, and he’s rough, tough, and macho–Daniel Craig. Yes, filmmaker Martin Campbell began this new Bond picture like the last 20 movies had never been made. He set out to reinvent the franchise. It worked! Craig is the best Bond yet–chiseled, powerful, and sexy. He kills without hesitation, teams with the beautiful Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) and wears today’s fashions. In this scenario, Bond is tasked with his first mission from Q (Judi Dench). He must stop a financial backer of terrorism from winning a high stakes poker game in the Bahamas. Rated PG-13 charlotte’s Web Wilber the pig dreads the end of the season because he knows that pigs go to heaven and end up on the dinner table. So he hatches a plan with a spider that lives in his pen to prevent his demise from happening. Starring Dakota Fanning as Fern and Julia Roberts as the voice of Charlotte. Rated G (continued on pg 9) February 23rd 8 december 28-january 3, 2006 | entertaining u newspaper February 23, The Astronaut Farmer premieres starring Billy Bob Thornton as Charles Farmer. As a NASA Astronaut, he is forced to retire so he could save his family farm. But Farmer can’t give up his dream of space travel. So he set out to build his own rocket under the government’s threat to stop him. Feb. 23, Black Snake Moan also debuts starring Samuel L. Jackson as a struggling veteran blues artist. When he finds a wild young woman, he begins a relationship with her and finds out she was a victim of sexual abuse and has been looking in all the wrong places for love. Also on Feb. 23rd blacK sNaKe moaN , Captivity premieres starring Elisha Cuthbert as a fashion model who, along with a chauffeur, gets kidnapped and held in a small room by a serial killer. While the killer terrorizes her, she takes strength from her co-captive, and they fall 2 in love. The Number 23 also debuts. Jim Carrey stars as a man who becomes obsessed with a book that appears to be based on his life but ends with a murder that has yet to happen in real life. BEST reNo 911: miami Finally, the nutty Reno 911: Miami troupe shot a feature film that showcases the misfit cops in all their glory. They are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach, Florida during Spring Break. It is based on the Comedy Central series. So, when you’ve got winter-time cabin fever, take in some of the great new movies scheduled. 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seen. heard. noted. and quoted. godFather goNe James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, a.k.a. the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business, and so much more, died Monday at an Atlanta hospital of heart failure. He was 73. Brown was hospitalized Sunday due to pneumonia but said then he was still determined to perform in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. He went out on Christmas Day! This proves God has soul. broWN tells laWyer From the other side, “the bitch gets NothiNg” Brown’s covivant, Tomi Rae Brown, told the Augusta Chronicle she has been denied access to the South Carolina home she and the musician shared with their five-year-old son after the gate was padlocked at the request of Brown’s lawyer and accountant. She said she does not own a deed to the home but has a legal right to live there. However, Brown’s attorney asserted the late musician was never legally married to Tomi Rae and she was locked out for legal reasons pertaining to the estate. Brown’s abuse of his significant others is well documented. I guess she’s not in the will either. JacKo traVels to mecca After 18 months of self-imposed exile, Michael Jackson arrived in Las Vegas with his three children over the weekend, where he will reportedly begin attempting to make a comeback per the Las Vegas Review- Journal. The reclusive entertainer may be developing a live show on the Strip. His show could be called “Jacko Does Janet on The Strip.” more JacKo crappo Michael Jackson filed suit Friday against his former accountants, Bernstein, Fox, Whitman, Goldman & Sloan, claiming they made unauthorized deals that cost the moonwalker $2.5 million a year. While Jacko was entertaining little boys at Nerverland, his accountants allegedly were stealing him blind. more superFicial NeWs From Jolie/pitt Angelina Jolie spent Christmas in Costa Rica with refugees from Colombia as part of her work as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the agency said. The actor was joined by Brad Pitt, who helped hand out toys to kids in the capital city of San José. Ahh, it warms one’s heart to know that Jolie/Pitt are such altruistic phony celebrities. the schWarz cracKed up oN the slope Arnold Schwarzenegger required surgery to fix his snapped femur, which he broke over the weekend while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho. The California governor will reportedly be on crutches for weeks after screws are used to reattach his thighbone. Marie, fed up with his crap, could have pushed him into that tree. “Terminate this, fool,” she could have said. KNight oF rocK Queen Elizabeth II awarded Bono an honorary British knighthood “in recognition of his services to the music industry and for his humanitarian work,” the British embassy said. But don’t call him Sir Bono. Only British citizens can claim that title. rees WaNts secoNd chaNce liKe rees Dethroned Miss Nevada USA Katie Rees held a tear-soaked press conference Saturday to announce Rrated photos of her that surfaced on the Web were snapped years ago, before she was tiara’d. Rees appealed to Donald Trump to give her a second chance, à la reigning Miss USA Tara Conner, and allow Rees to compete in next year’s Miss USA contest. Ah, but can she do what Tara did to Donald as good as Tara did it to get that chance. Donald passed on her request. I didn’t think so either. trump’s Flag Flies large Donald Trump filed a $10 million lawsuit last week...and it’s not against Rosie O’Donnell. No, the real estate kingpin is suing Palm Beach, Florida, for not letting him fly a 15-by-25-foot American flag over his Mar-a-Lago Club. Trump’s suit said a smaller flag would “look silly.” Kinda like his hair. “My flag has to be proportional to my ego,” Trump could have said. heNNer-broWN uNioN Marilu Henner married Michael Brown, a former college classmate who proposed to her from his hospital bed after undergoing surgery for cancer. The duo exchanged vows on Thursday, per the New York Times. Isn’t that nice. somethiNg smells liKe Wet dog Macy’s pulled Sean John hooded jackets from its shelves and Websites after learning that the jackets weren’t made of faux fur but of a canine known as “raccoon dog.” In a statement, Sean “Diddy” Combs says, “I was completely unaware of the nature of this material” and that he has ceased production on the offending clothing line. Snoop Dogg could have offered to take over the line with the moniker, “Dogs on Dogg.” Advanced Ticketing at amctheatres.com or (904) 264-3888 A.M.Cinema - All seats $5 before noon on Fri., Sat., Sun., & holidays - denoted by ( ) AMC Select- Special films for select tastes. ORANGE PARK 24 Wells Road and Blanding BLACK CHRISTMAS (R) (11:10 @ $5), 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 THE GOOD SHEPHERD (R) (11:30 @ $5), 2:45, 3:15, 6:30, 7:00, 10:10, 10:40 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (PG) (11:00, 11:45 @ $5), 1:45, 2:35, 4:30, 5:20, 7:15, 8:15, 10:00, 11:00 WE ARE MARSHALL (PG) (11:55 @ $5), 12:40, 3:10, 4:00, 6:15, 7:10, 9:15, 10:15 ROCKY BALBOA (PG) (11:20 @ $5), 12:05, 2:05, 2:50, 4:50, 5:35, 7:35, 8:20, 10:25, 11:00 CHARLOTTE’S WEB (G) (11:15 @ $5), 12:00, 1:45, 2:30, 4:20, 5:25, 7:05, 8:00, 9:45, 10:35 ERAGON (PG) (11:30 @ $5), 12:15, 2:00, 3:00, 4:40, 5:40, 7:30, 8:15, 10:05, 10:55 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (PG13) (11:05 @ $5), 12:45, 2:00, 4:05, 4:45, 7:05, 7:55, 9:55, 10:45 APOCALYPTO (R) 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 BLOOD DIAMOND (R) (11:35 @ $5), 3:20, 7:15, 10:45 THE HOLIDAY (PG13) (11:40 @ $5), 3:30, 6:45, 9:55 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (PG) (11:35 @ $5), 2:05, 4:45 DECK THE HALLS (PG) (11:45 AM @ $5) DEJA VU (PG13) 7:35, 10:30 CASINO ROYALE (PG13) 7:10, 10:25 HAPPY FEET (PG) (11:35 @ $5), 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:25 ————$AMC SELECT%———— DREAMGIRLS (PG13) (11:55 @ $5), 12:45, 3:10, 4:05, 6:20, 7:10, 9:30, 10:20 THE NATIVITY STORY (PG) (11:50 @ $5), 2:30, 5:00 THE HISTORY BOYS (R) (11:00 @ $5), 1:55, 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 REGENCY 24 Behind Regency Square Mall BLACK CHRISTMAS (R) (11:15 @ $5), 1:25, 3:50, 6:10, 8:25, 10:40 THE GOOD SHEPHERD (R) (11:10 @ $5), 12:10, 2:35, 3:40, 6:15, 7:10, 9:50, 10:35 NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (PG) (11:05 @ $5), 12:15, 1:45, 3:00, 4:30, 5:40, 7:15, 8:20, 10:10, 10:50 WE ARE MARSHALL (PG) (11:05 @ $5), 12:25, 1:55, 3:45, 4:50, 7:05, 7:45, 10:05, 10:45 ROCKY BALBOA (PG) (11:25 @ $5), 12:40, 1:50, 3:05, 4:25, 5:35, 7:00, 8:10, 10:10, 10:30 CHARLOTTE’S WEB (G) (11:00 @ $5), 12:05, 1:20, 2:25, 3:35, 4:40, 5:55, 7:05, 9:35 ERAGON (PG) (11:20 @ $5), 12:45, 2:15, 3:10, 4:45, 5:50, 7:30, 8:15, 10:50 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (PG13) (11:30 @ $5), 1:10, 2:20, 3:55, 5:05, 6:50, 8:00, 9:55, 10:40 APOCALYPTO (R) 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 BLOOD DIAMOND (R) 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:30 THE HOLIDAY (PG13) 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:35 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (PG) (11:55 @ $5), 2:10, 4:25 DECK THE HALLS (PG) 2:05 DEJA VU (PG13) 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 CASINO ROYALE (PG13) 6:55, 10:00 HAPPY FEET (PG) (11:35 @ $5), 12:55, 3:25, 5:55, 8:25, 10:20 BORAT (R) 10:50 PM THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (G) (11:20 @ $5), 1:40 SAW III (R) 10:40 PM ————$AMC SELECT%———— DREAMGIRLS (PG13) (11:00 @ $5), 12:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:55, 6:30, 7:50, 9:30, 10:45 THE NATIVITY STORY (PG) (11:00 @ $5), 1:00, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55 -SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT No passes or discount coupons Times for Saturday, December 30, 2006 decK the halls This mediocre holiday film involves two feuding neighbors. When Steve Finch (Matthew Broderick) finds out that Buddy Hall (Danny DeVito) is building the mother of all light displays on his house, he goes ballistic. Buddy is stealing Steve’s thunder as Mr. Christmas. Buddy keeps adding more and more lights so his display can be seen from a satellite orbiting in space. Comedic situations ensue. Rated PG dÉJÀ Vu Denzel Washington stars as an ATF agent who travels back in time to save a woman from being murdered. While accomplishing his mission, he falls in love with his target, which greatly complicates his mission. Rated PG-13 dreamgirls This fabulous film adaptation of the Broadway musical is based on Tom Eyen’s book–a thinly veiled biography of the rise of the Supremes as the first black/white crossover singing group in the 1960s. It’s the best adaptation of a Broadway musical to film ever. Ex-American Idol reject, Jennifer Hudson steals he movie as the Dreams original lead singer Effie White who is dumped in favor of Deena (Beyonce’ Knowles) who represents Diana Ross. This movie could dominate the Academy Awards. Hudson is a shoe-in for a nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Prated PG-13 (Opens Christmas Day) eragoN A farm boy in his homeland of Alagasia finds a dragon egg that leads him on a predestined journey. Eventually, he finds out he is the one person who can defend his homeland against an evil king by learning to ride a fire breathing dragon. This fantasy redefines “air power,” as the dragon is used as a tactical weapon. Rated PG-13 happy Feet In the close-knit world of Emperor Penguins, they find their mates through singing. Ah but a penguin is born who can’t sing a note. So, the misfit Mumbles takes up tap dancing, and soon is banished for their community. He meets a posse of outcasts and soon the whole penguin nation is dancing to the oldies. The animated film is voiced by Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman, Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, and Brittany Murphy. Rated PG the holiday Two women, played by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet who suffer from romantic difficulties, swap homes in each other’s countries. There, each woman meets the man of their dreams. La de da. Costarring Jude Law and Jack Black as the women’s love interests. Typical holiday fare Rated PG-13 Night at the museum A hapless security guard, Larry Daley (Be Stiller) accidently invokes an ancient curse that causes the animals and insects on display to come to life. Rated PG pursuit oF happyNess Will Smith stars in this true story of a precocious child and his father, who through circumstances beyond his control, drfits into a downward spiral and ends up homeless but working in a Dean Witter internship. Later he becomes a top Wall Street broker. Smith’s real life son Jaden Smith plays his son in this engrossing docudrama. 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