Snohomish County
Alderwood, Lynnwood 425-776-3535
Hitch (PG-13) (12-1-3:30-4:30) 7-7:30-10-10:15
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (12:30-2:50-5) 7:20-10:05
Sideways (R) (12:45-3:45) 6:50-9:40
Hotel Rwanda (PG-13) (1:15-4:15) 7:10-9:50
In Good Company (PG-13) (11:50-2:30-4:55) 7:40-10:10
The Aviator (PG-13) (12:10-4) 8
Edmonds Theater 425-778-4554
The Aviator (PG-13) 4:30-6:45-9
Everett 9 425-290-5596
Hitch (PG-13) (1-1:30-4-4:30) 7-7:30-9:50-10:10
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (12:50-3:10-5:20) 7:15-9
Boogeyman (PG-13) (1:20-3:30-5:40) 7:50-10
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (12:20-2:35-5) 7:10-9:20
Hide and Seek (R) (1:40-4:40) 7:40-10:05
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:40-3:45) 6:45-9:40
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12:30-2:45-5:10) 7:20-9:35
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) (1:10-4:10) 6:50-9:30
Everett Mall 3 425-353-1129
Sideways (R) (1:45-4:30) 7:15-10
The Aviator (PG-13) (1:15-4:45) 8:30
Hotel Rwanda (PG-13) (1:30-4:15) 7-9:45
Galaxy 12, Monroe 360-863-0909
Are We There Yet? (PG) (12:40-2:50-5) 7:10-9:20
The Aviator (PG-13) (12-3:30) 7-10:20
Boogeyman (PG-13) (1-3:05-5:20) 7:30-9:35
Hide and Seek (R) (12:55-3:15-5:35) 7:55-10:15
Hitch (PG-13) (12-2:35-5:10) 7:45-10:20
In Good Company (PG-13) (12:10-2:40-5:10) 7:45-10:15
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) (12-2:30-5) 7:35-10:10
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:40-4:05) 7:10-10:05
The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) (1-4) 7-10
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (12:05-1:55-3:45-5:35) 7:25-9:15
Racing Stripes (PG) (12:15-2:35-4:55) 7:15-9:35
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (1-3:10-5:20) 7:30-9:40
Grand, Lynnwood 425-771-3514
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (12-2-4) 6:05-8-10:05
Ong-bak: The Thai Warrior (R) (12:40-4:30) 7:15-9:45
Boogeyman (PG-13) (12:50-3:15-5:30) 7:45-10
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:10-3) 6:15-9:10
Hide and Seek (R) (11:50-2:15-4:20) 7-9:40
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12:20-2:30-4:45) 7:30-9:50
Racing Stripes (PG) (12:30-3:30)
The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) 6:30-9:20
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) (1-3:45) 6:45-9:30
Marysville 14 360-659-1009
Hitch (PG-13) (1-1:30-4-4:30) 7-7:30-9:50-10:15
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (1:20-3:30-5:25) 7:20-9:30
Boogeyman (PG-13) (1:55-4:35) 7:55-10:10
Finding Neverland (PG) (1:50-4:55) 7:40-10:10
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (1:10-4:10) 7:35-9:50
Hide and Seek (R) (1:40-4:25) 6:55-9:35
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:55-4:15) 7:15-10:20
Are we There Yet? (PG) (1:15-4:05) 7:25-9:45
Coach Carter (PG-13) (12:40-3:40) 6:50-9:55
The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) (12:50-3:55) 7:10-10:25
Racing Stripes (PG) (1:35-4:50)
The Aviator (PG-13) (12:45-4:20) 8
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) (1:45-4:45) 7:50-10:30
National Treasure (PG) 7:45-10:35
Mountlake 9 425-744-1112
Hitch (PG-13) (1:10-4:10) 7:10-9:55
Finding Neverland (PG) (12:10-2:20-4:40) 7-9:10
The Aviator (PG-13) (11:50-3:15) 6:40-10:05
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:40-3:50) 6:50-10
Sideways (R) (1-3:40) 6:30-9:20
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (12-1:45-3:30-5:20) 7:30-9:30
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12:50-3-5:10) 7:40-10:10
Boogeyman (PG-13) (12:30-2:50-5) 7:50-10:15
In Good Company (PG-13) (2:30) 7:20-9:50
Racing Stripes (PG) (12:20-4:50)
Olympic, Arlington 360-435-3939
In Good Company (PG-13) 7:30
Stanwood Cinemas 360-629-0514
The Aviator (PG-13) 1-4:15-7:30
The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) 12:45-3:40-7:45
Boogeyman (PG-13) 1:45-3:50-6:45-8:45
Hitch (PG-13) 1:15-3:45-6:45-9:15
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) 12:45-2:20-4-7-8:40
King County
Cinerama, Seattle 206-441-3080
House of Flying Daggers (PG-13) 1-4-7-10
Crest, Shoreline 206-363-6339
The Polar Express (G) 6:45
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (PG) 7-9:20
National Treasure (PG) 6:30-9:10
Vera Drake (R) 7:45
I Heart Huckabees (R) 9:25
Egyptian, Seattle 206-720-4560
Bride &Prejudice (PG-13) (1:40-4:20) 7-9:30
The Triplets of Belleville (PG-13) Midnight 12
Guild 45th, Seattle 206-547-2127
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:50-3:50) 7-9:55
A Very Long Engagement (R) (12:30-3:30) 6:40-9:40
Harvard Exit, Seattle 206-323-0587
Inside Deep Throat (NC-17) (12:40-2:50-5) 7:30-9:45
Bad Education (NC-17) (1:45-4:15) 7-9:30
Meridian 16, Seattle 206-622-2434
Hitch (PG-13) (11:40-12:40-1:40-2:40-3:40-4:40-5:40) 6:40-7:40-8:40-9:40-10:30
Ong-bak: The Thai Warrior (R) (11:30-2-4:30) 7-9:30
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (11:35-12:50-1:50-2:50-3:50-5) 6:05-6:55-8:10-9:10-10:10
Hide and Seek (R) (11:45-2:20-5:10) 7:50-10:20
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12-2:30-4:45) 7:20-9:50
Assault on Precinct 13 (R) (4) 9:25
In Good Company (PG-13) (1:20-4:10) 6:50-10
The Sea Inside (PG-13) (12:20-3:15) 6:10-9:20
The Aviator (PG-13) (11:50-1:10-3:30-4:50) 7:10-8:30
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (R) (12:10-3:10) 6:20-9
Closer (R) (1:30) 6:30
Finding Neverland (PG) (12:30-3-5:30) 8-10:25
Metro, Seattle 206-633-0059
Hitch (PG-13) (1:20-4:20) 7:10-9:50
Ong-bak: The Thai Warrior (R) (1:45-4:50) 7:30-9:50
Hotel Rwanda (PG-13) (1-3:45) 7-9:45
Finding Neverland (PG) (1:10-3:50) 6:45-9:10
Being Julia (R) (1:30-4) 6:50-9:15
The Aviator (PG-13) (12:40-4:15) 8
Ray (PG-13) (12:45) 7:45
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (R) (12:30-3:40) 6:40-9:30
In Good Company (PG-13) (1:40-4:30) 7:15-9:40
Kinsey (R) (4:40)
Boogeyman (PG-13) (12:50-4:10) 6:30-9:20
Neptune, Seattle 206-632-8530
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (R) (2-5) 8
Oak Tree, Seattle 206-527-1748
Hitch (PG-13) (12:45-4) 7:15-10:15
Boogeyman (PG-13) (12-2:20-4:55) 7:30-9:45
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:15-3:45) 7-10:05
Hide and Seek (R) (1-3:30) 6:45-9:25
In Good Company (PG-13) (1:15-4:40) 7:45-10:25
The Aviator (PG-13) (12:30-4:20) 8
Pacific Place, Seattle 206-652-2404
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) 1-3-5-7-9
The Wedding Date (PG-13) 12:45-3:15-5:30-8-10:30
Boogeyman (PG-13) 12:35-1:30-2:50-4:30-5:15-6:50-7:45-9:15-10
Alone in the Dark (R) 7:20-9:40
The Phantom of the Opera (PG-13) 7:40-10:40
The Chorus (Les Choristes) (PG-13) 1:45-4:40-7:25-9:45
Racing Stripes (PG) 12:30-2:55-5:20
Coach Carter (PG-13) 12:50-4-7:15-10:20
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) 2-4:45-7:30-10:15
Ocean’s Twelve (PG-13) 1:10-4:15-7:05-9:55
The Incredibles (PG) 1:40-4:25
Ray (PG-13) 1:20-4:50-8:10
Seven Gables, Seattle 206-632-8821
Sideways (R) (1:15-4) 7-9:45
Uptown, Seattle 206-283-1960
Hotel Rwanda (PG-13) (12:40-3:30) 6:40-9:30
Sideways (R) (12:15-1-3:10-4) 6:15-7-9:10-9:50
Varsity, Seattle 206-632-6412
Beautiful Boxer (NR) (1:30-4:10) 7-9:40
Donkey Skin (NR) (1-3:50) 6:45
Born into Brothels (NR) (12:40-2:45-4:50) 7:10-9:25
The Motorcycle Diaries (R) 9
Spike &Mike’s Sick &Twisted Festival of Animation () Midnight 12
Woodinville 12 425-482-6538
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (1-3-5) 7-9
Hitch (PG-13) (12:50-3:40-4:40) 6:30-7:30-9:20-10:20
Boogeyman (PG-13) (1:10-3:30-5:50) 8:10-10:30
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (12:30-2:50-5:20) 7:40-10
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:20-4) 7:10-10:15
Hide and Seek (R) (12:20-2:50-5:30) 8-10:35
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12-2:40-5:10) 7:50-10:10
In Good Company (PG-13) (1:30-4:10) 6:50-9:40
Racing Stripes (PG) (1:40)
Coach Carter (PG-13) (12:10-3:20) 6:40-9:50
The Aviator (PG-13) (12:40-4:30) 8:20
Sideways (R) (1:20-4:20) 7:20-10:25
Island &Skagit counties
Blue Fox Drive-In, Oak Harbor 360-675-5667
Boogeyman (PG-13) 7 w/Closer (R)
Cascade, Burlington 360-707-2727
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (G) (1-3-5) 7-9
Hitch (PG-13) (12:10-1:10-2:10-3:10-4:10-5:10) 6:10-7:10-8:10-9:10-10:10
Boogeyman (PG-13) (1:50-4:20) 6:40-7:40-9:15-10
The Wedding Date (PG-13) (12-2:20-4:40) 6:50-9:20
Million Dollar Baby (PG-13) (12:30-3:30) 6:30-9:30
Hide and Seek (R) (12:15-2:50-5:20) 8-10:20
Are we There Yet? (PG) (12:40-3:15-5:30) 7:50-10:15
Racing Stripes (PG) (12:20-2:40-5:15)
Coach Carter (PG-13) (1:30-4:30) 7:30-10:30
The Aviator (PG-13) (1:20-4:50) 8:20
Meet the Fockers (PG-13) (12:50-3:40) 6:20-9:40
Sideways (R) (1:15-4:15) 7:20-10:25
Oak Harbor Plaza 360-279-2226
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Films
Snohomish and Island counties
Second Sundays film series: Films starts at 2 p.m. in the Main Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. “Hop,” Feb. 13.
Seattle and beyond
“Bugs! in 3D”: Boeing IMAX Theatre, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“Coral Reef Adventure”: Boeing IMAX Theatre, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“Destiny in Space”: Eames IMAX Theater. Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“The Dream is Alive”: Eames IMAX Theater. Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“The Eruption of Mount St. Helens”: 10 and 11:30 a.m., 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 p.m. daily. Seattle IMAX Dome Theater, Pier 59, Waterfront Park, Seattle; 206-622-1868.
“Into the Deep”: 10:40 a.m., 12:10, 1:40, 3:10, 4:40 and 6:10 p.m. daily. Seattle IMAX Dome Theater, Pier 59, Waterfront Park, Seattle; 206-622-1868.
“Lewis &Clark: Great Journey West”: Aerial cinematography and meticulous recreations highlight this IMAX film about the 19th-century expedition that crossed uncharted North America. Eames IMAX Theater. Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“NASCAR 3D”: Boeing IMAX Theatre, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
“Sacred Planet”: Boeing IMAX Theatre, Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle; 206-443-4629. www.ticketweb.com.
Seattle Art Museum: “The Heart of England: A Centennial celebration of Michael Powell,” film series, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through March 10, $60 series, individual tickets available. Plestcheeff Auditorium, 100 University St., Seattle. “Black Narcissus,” Feb. 17.
University of Washington International Film and Discussion Series: Films at 4:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesdays in Feb., UW Bothell, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell; 206-543-4852, www.uwb.edu/community/ transportation/map.html. “Good Bye Lenin!,” Feb. 16.
Movie reviews
“The Aviator” HHH Near-three-hour telling of the life of Howard Hughes, aviation pioneer, Hollywood mogul, and obsessive, with Leonardo DiCaprio growing into the role as he goes. Director Martin Scorsese is drunk on the lavish sets and costumes, and the scenes are well-made, but the movie is more of a good subject than a good story. With Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn. (PG-13, for violence, language, nudity.)
“Finding Neverland” HHH Fictionalized story of J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp), and how he might have come to write “Peter Pan” after befriending a family of boys and their lonely mother (Kate Winslet). A bit too literal in its life-into-art ideas, but the movie will definitely bring on the sniffles. (PG, for subject matter.)
“Hide and Seek” HH Robert De Niro takes his daughter (the uncanny Dakota Fanning) into the country after the death of his wife-but the kid’s “imaginary friend” is soon making life miserable. A pretty decent start is upended by the eventual explanation of the mystery, and this one turns into the same old thing. (R, for violence, subject.)
“Hotel Rwanda” HHHH It makes its points somewhat bluntly, but what a story this movie has to tell: it’s based on the real-life experiences of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager in Rwanda, who in the 1994 massacres protected refugees in his building. Don Cheadle gives a heroic performance. (PG-13, for violence, language, subject matter.)
“House of Flying Daggers” HHH From director Zhang Yimou, a color-soaked story of love and action in the time of the Tang dynasty. It’s a sweet confection rather than a filling meal, but a fun exercise. (In Mandarin, with English subtitles.) (PG-13, for violence.)
“I (Heart) Huckabees” HHH “Three Kings” director David O. Russell delivers an “existential comedy” about a man (Jason Schwartzman) who hires detectives to figure out his life. A bright cast and larky spirit keep the movie going, even if it has a Swiss cheese quality at times. With Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts. (R, for language, subject matter.)
“The Incredibles” HHHH Terrific Pixar feature about a family of superheroes, who come out of forced retirement when needed. The action-movie element keeps it shy of the “Finding Nemo” benchmark, but it’s got wonderful characters and impeccable comic timing. (PG, for violence.)
“Kinsey” HHH An enlightening look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, the sex researcher whose bombshell books shook up America. Both admirable and unsavory aspects of Kinsey’s life are included, although the film is basically sympathetic to him (and Liam Neeson’s terrific performance catches the humor of a starchy scientist bluntly describing the wildest sex acts). With Laura Linney. (R, for nudity, language, subject matter.)
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” HHH Based on the first three of the best-selling childrens books, this is the dreadful saga of the Baudelaire orphans, who are constantly at the mercy of wicked Count Olaf (Jim Carrey). The movie doesn’t quite follow through, but it has genuinely weird moments, and Carrey is terrific. (PG, for violence, subject matter.)
“A Love Song for Bobby Long” HH This cliched drama strains to be a deep-friend Southern melodrama of the Tennessee Williams school. Boy, does it strain. John Travolta hams it up as a boozy failed writer, and Scarlett Johansson keeps it low key. (R rating is for language, subject matter.) (R, for language, subject matter.)
“Million Dollar Baby” HHHH A wise, patient, and extremely moving film about a boxing trainer (Clint Eastwood) who reluctantly tutors a young woman (Hilary Swank). Eastwood also directed, transforming the old-fashioned material into a wonderfully gentle tale. With Morgan Freeman. (PG-13, for violence, language.)
“The Motorcycle Diaries” HHHH Before he became a world revolutionary, Che Guevara set out on an eight-month trip along the length of South America, with a buddy and a dubious motorcycle. This movie takes a somewhat romantic view of the journey, but it’s a great road movie and an absorbing character study. Directed by Walter Salles. (In Spanish, with English subtitles.) (R, for subject matter.)
“Napoleon Dynamite” HHHH Funny and sweet and weird, this movie chronicles the life of a high-school student in a small town in Idaho. He is Napoleon (Jon Heder), who lives in a heightened state of aggressive cluelessness that has made him an outcast. Director Jared Hess treats this bizarre world with a precisely observed humor that is never cruel. (PG, for subject matter.)
“National Treasure” HH A completely stupid Jerry Bruckheimer production about a “DaVinci Code” -like search for hidden treasure, the chief clue residing on the back of the Declaration of Independence. The movie’s surprisingly entertaining if you go with it. Nicolas Cage stars. (PG, for violence.)
“Notre Musique” HHH A new musing from director Jean-Luc Godard, using a literary conference in Sarajevo as the backdrop for thoughts on war. Enigmatic as always, Godard still has much to say, and says it quite lyrically here. (In French, with English subtitles.) (Not rated; probably R, for subject matter.)
“Ocean’s Twelve” HHH The thieving gang from “Ocean’s Eleven” returns, this time in Europe, in an outing breezier than the first. George Clooney is still the ringleader, but he cedes most of the screen time to Brad Pitt and Catherine Zeta-Jones. (PG-13, for language.)
“The Phantom of the Opera” HH Lavish adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical version, and more of a document of the show than a movie in its own right. The production is hampered by a Phantom (Gerard Butler) who doesn’t sing well, although the film’s romantic Christine (Emmy Rossum) is a plus. (PG-13, for violence.)
“The Polar Express” HHH A super-production adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s children’s book. Rendered entirely in computer animation that realistically replicates human beings (notably Tom Hanks), the movie should delight kids, although it’s more amusement-park ride than gentle bedtime story. (G)
“Purple Butterfly” HH The story’s set in early-1930s Shanghai, as the Japanese try to move in and an underground Chinese resistance group fights back. The actual story, however, is mystifying, as director Ye Lou plays scenes in what seems to be random order. Zhang Ziyi stars. (In Mandarin, with English subtitles.) (R, for violence, subject matter.)
“Racing Stripes” H A pet zebra wants to be a thoroughbred racehorse. We know this because the animals talk, in a movie that has a plea for tolerance and lots of poop jokes. It’s pretty lame, despite the celebrity voices for the animals (Dustin Hoffman, Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Muniz). (PG, for subject matter.)
“Ray” HHH Musical biopic of Ray Charles, with Jamie Foxx giving a spectacular performance (with Charles’ vocals). The movie ties up Charles’ traumas a little neatly, but otherwise it’s a brisk and funny tribute to a man who triumphed over blindness, poverty, and his own demons. Taylor Hackford directed. (PG-13, for language, subject matter.)
“The Sea Inside” HHH Javier Bardem gives a superb performance as Ramon Sampedro, a quadriplegic Spaniard who campaigned for the right to die with dignity. Director Alejandro Amenabar doesn’t always succeed in bringing this story to life, but it’s well acted. (In Spanish, with English subtitles.) (PG-13, for subject matter.)
“Sideways” HHHH Two old friends road-trip for a week in the Santa Barbara wine country, sampling vintages and meeting women. This melancholy comedy is full of keen observations, good wine talk, and some slapstick, and it’s beautifully acted by a cast led by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. (R, for language, nudity.)
“Spanglish” HH A wealthy L.A. family is changed by the arrival of a Mexican housekeeper (Paz Vega) and her daughter. This meandering dramedy from James L. Brooks comes out flat and shapeless, despite the best efforts of Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. (PG-13, for subject matter, language.)
“The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” HH A so-so film adaptation of the smash cartoon TV series, about a sponge and a starfish and their journey into the live-action world. Pretty bizarre, but the movie is at its best when concentrating on the small jokes around the original characters (a collection of guest voices, including Alec Baldwin, doesn’t pay off). (PG, for subject matter.)
“A Tale of Two Sisters” HHH An overlong but atmospheric horror picture that should intrigue fans of “The Ring.” Two teenage sisters go to stay at their father’s country house, but something is very wrong from the start. (In Korean, with English subtitles.) (Not rated; probably R, for violence.)
“A Very Long Engagement” HHH A World War I tale from “Amelie” director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, about a woman (Audrey Tatou) determined to find her lost lover. Jeunet’s toybox style doesn’t exactly fit the gravity of the setting, but it makes the movie bouncy to watch. (In French, with English subtitles.) (R, for violence, subject matter.)
“The Wedding Date” H A mild variation on “Pretty Woman”: Debra Messing hires a male escort (Dermot Mulroney) to pretend to be her boyfriend at her sister’s wedding in London. The movie never gets past the unsavory undertone, and the usually energetic Messing is held back. (PG-13, for subject matter.)
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