Web posted July 26, 2007

Juneau's Cinema guide


★★★★ = Classic ★★★ = Good ★★ = So-so H = Lame

OPENING

"Crazy Love" (PG-13) ★★★

Where: Gold Town Nickelodeon. Times: Shows Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7, 9:15 p.m.; Sunday, 4, 7 p.m.

Synopsis: A documentary on a real life incident. Sixteen years after Linda Riss had acid thrown in her face by Burt Pagach, the couple marry.

"No Reservations" (PG) (No review at presst time)

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Starts Friday and shows daily, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:10 p.m.

Synopsis: The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.

"The Simpsons Movie" (PG-13) ★★★½

Where: 20th Century Twin. Times: Starts Friday and shows daily, 4:15, 7:20, 9:30 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m.

Synopsis: When Homer mistakenly pollutes the river with toxic waste from the power plant, he loses his job and forces evacuation from Springfield, possibly forever.

ALSO SHOWING

"Driving Lessons" (PG-13) ★★½

Where: Back Room at the Silverbow. Times: Shows Monday-Wednesday, July 30-Aug. 1, 8 p.m.

Synopsis: Oscar-nominated Laura Linney stars as a domineering mother in this affecting coming-of-age drama.

CLOSING

"Ratatouille" (G) ★★★

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Ends Thursday, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 p.m.

Synopsis: A young rat living within the walls of a famous Paris bistro wishes to become a chef, but he is hindered by his family's skepticism and the rat-despising staff and patrons.

CONTINUING

"Hairspray" (PG) ★★★★

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:20 p.m.

Synopsis: Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (PG-13) ★★★

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 3:50, 7, 10 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 12:45 p.m.

Synopsis: With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.

"I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry" (PG-13) ★ (outside critics); ★★★ (Chester Carson)

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

Synopsis: Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a gay couple to receive domestic partner benefits.

"Live Free or Die Hard" (PG-13) ★★★

Where: 20th Century Twin. Times: Daily, 4, 9:45 p.m.

Synopsis: John McClane takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization that systematically is shutting down the United States.

"Sicko" (PG-13) ★★★

Where: 20th Century Twin. Times: Daily, 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

Synopsis: A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations.

"Transformers" (PG-13) ★★★

Where: Glacier Cinemas. Times: Daily, 4, 6:50, 9:50 p.m.

Synopsis: A war re-erupts on Earth between two robotic clans, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, leaving the fate of mankind hanging in the balance.

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