Feb. 13 thru Feb. 20

8 Mile (R)
First Purple Rain, then (shudder) Glitter, now this. In case you haven't read the headlines (or listened to his lyrics), Eminem grew up on the streets of Detroit, yo. His mom was abusive and his dad was a no-show. And since he's spent a few years on top of the charts, Mr. Slim felt obligated to make this self-indulgent biopic.
Now Showing: Movies 7

About Schmidt (R)
Jack Nicholson gives up his crochety-but-cool persona, for once, to play a schmuck who's just plain crochety.
Now Showing: Downtown West, Carmike 10

Adaptation (R)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) takes on more wacky self-referential fare with the tale of Charlie Kaufman (Nicholas Cage), a screenwriter struggling to adapt Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep)'s book The Orchid Thief.
Now Showing: Downtown West, Foothills 12, Carmike 10, Cinemark's Tinseltown

Antwone Fisher (PG-13)
As autobiographical as a film can come, Fisher is based on the life story of its title character, who wrote the screenplay. Newcomer Derek Luke plays Antwone, a hot-headed sailor who comes to terms with himself and his family through the aid of a doctor (Denzel Washington, who also directs).
Now Showing: West Town Mall, Carmike 10

Biker Boyz (PG-13)
Laurence Fishburne, where'd ya go? Oh, there you are. In "an action-packed contemporary Western on wheels with desperadoes who live every day on the edge."
Now Showing: Carmike 10, Cinemark's Tinseltown, West Town Mall, Halls Cinema 7

Breakfast at Tiffany's (NR)
Audrey Hepburn's at her best in this 1961 comedy/drama about a high-priced escort looking for a rich man to marry who meets a young gigolo (George Peppard), instead. Directed by Blake Edwards, original music by Henry Mancini. Based on the Truman Capote novel.
Now Showing: Tennessee Theatre

Catch Me if You Can (PG-13)
Steven Spielberg demonstrates an uncharacteristically light touch in this playful autobiography of con artist Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Now Showing: Farragut Towne Square, Knoxville Center, Wynnsong 16

Chicago (PG-13)
The long-running musical hits the big screen in what some say is the best Broadway-to-film adaptation since Cabaret.
Now Showing: Downtown West, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Foothills 12, Carmike 10

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (R)
If you were starting to think you'd have to wait eons for the next Charlie Kaufman-penned festival of surrealism, think again. The writer of Adaptation read the autobio of somewhat loopy former game show host Chuck Barris (The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, The Gong Show), who claims to have interspersed his TV gigs with hits for the CIA. Then Kaufman took the kook at his word. Sam Rockwell plays Barris; Drew Barrymore, George Clooney and Julia Roberts also star.
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16, Foothills 12

Daredevil (PG-13)
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Now Showing: Cinemark's Tinseltown, Foothills 12, Wynnsong 16, Farragut Towne Square, Knoxville Center

Darkness Falls (PG-13)
In an exciting twist for the horror genre, some pissed-off dead lady comes back to seek revenge against the town that killed her. She assumes the form of a doll—no, wait, a clown—no, wait, the Tooth Fairy. Yeah, that's it. Starring a bunch of teenagers. Or at least, people who look like teenagers.
Now Showing: Cinemark's Tinseltown, Wynnsong 16, Foothills 12, Farragut Towne Square, Halls Cinema 7, Knoxville Center

Deliver Us From Eva (R)
Three guys, tired of their meddling sister (Gabrielle Union) nosing into their respective relationships, hire a penniless playboy (LL Cool J) to give her some romance of her own. Things seem to go smoothly, then, natch, the playboy falls in love with the busybody. One just can't tire of this kind of plot, especially just before Valentine's day, right?
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Knoxville Center

Die Another Day (PG-13)
Yes, Bond is back (again... and again... and again) and this time Halle Berry's his groovy sidechick. Plot has something to do with criminal mastermind scheming to take over the world, I think.
Now Showing: Movies 7

Final Destination 2 (R)
Damn persistent, that death is...
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Foothills 12, Farragut Towne Square, Knoxville Center, Halls Cinema 7

Frida (R)
Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler... now it's time for Salma Hayek to prove she can really act, in this bio of artist Frida Kahlo. With Alfred Molina as hubby Diego Rivera, plus Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Geoffrey Rush as Leon Trotsky (!) and Edward Norton as Nelson Rockefeller (!!!).
Now Showing: Downtown West

Gangs of New York (R)
Simple facts: Scorsese made it. Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Cameron Diaz star in it. Therefore, you are going to see this movie. Or so we've heard.
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16, Knoxville Center

Genesis (PG)
A different look at the Biblical tale of the feud between Hamor and Jacob and between Jacob and Esau. Shot in Mali, this film is said to depict these patriarchs' desert life far closer to what it was probably really like than your run-of-the-Cecille-B.-DeMille Hollywood epic.
Now Showing: UT Film Committee

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PG)
Some kinda sequel to some kinda thing about a kid who goes to a weird school. Starring a whole bunch of Brits—including the irresistibly named Rupert Grint.
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16

The Hot Chick (PG-13)
Ahh, the well of body-switching plots never does run dry, does it? Unfortunately, neither does Rob Schneider.
Now Showing: Movies 7

The Hours (PG-13)
Star-studded adaptation of Michael Cunningham's book. The camera splits its time between Nicole Kidman, playing Virginia Woolf as she begins to write Mrs. Dalloway; Julianne Moore, playing a WWII-era mother; and Meryl Streep, playing a gay book editor throwing a party for her AIDS-stricken friend.
Now Showing: Downtown West, Carmike 10

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (PG-13)
Kate Hudson is a women's magazine columnist who has to write a column about all the things women do to drive men away, and she's got to do it in ten days. Matthew McConaughey is an ad exec who makes a big bet with his boss that he can make a woman fall in love with him in ten days. Naturally, two such shallow and dim characters deserve each other, so thank goodness they chance to meet.
Now Showing: Foothills 12, Wynnsong 16, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Halls Cinema 7, Knoxville Center, Farragut Towne Square

The Jungle Book 2 (G)
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Now Showing: Cinemark's Tinseltown, Foothills 12, Carmike 10, West Town Mall, Farragut Towne Square

Just Married (PG-13)
Brittany Murphy (8 Mile, Clueless) and Ashton Kutcher (Dude, Where's My Car?, TV's That '70s Show) go on the honeymoon from hell.
Now Showing: Halls Cinema 7, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Knoxville Center, Wynnsong 16, Foothills 12

Kangaroo Jack (PG)
Jerry Bruckheimer plus Christopher Walken equals a story about some mobsters, car crashes... and a smart-aleck marsupial? The weirdest genre melding in recent memory, this one attempts to combine an action flick with a kids' cute-mammal-a-thon.
Now Showing: Wynnsong 16, Foothills 12, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Halls Cinema 7, Farragut Towne Square, Knoxville Center, The Ritz

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PG-13)
Well, the wait is over for Book Two, which will present more of the same (hobbits, orcs, yada yada) and some new stuff (tree beings called ents, lots more screen time for a remarkably life-like CGI Gollum).
Now Showing: West Town Mall, Farragut Towne Square, Carmike 10, Foothills 12

Mon Oncle (NR)
The 1958 French masterpiece about a guy who visits his sister's family at their ultra-modern, full automated home and finds he doesn't fit in. Complications ensue when his brother-in-law gets him a job in his plastic factory.
Now Showing: UT's Art & Architecture Bldg.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (PG)
Yet another indie melting-pot film, about a 30-year-old Greek-American woman (Nia Vardalos, who also wrote the script) falling in love with a WASPy guy. Cultural complications ensue, but (as the title suggests) love carries the day.
Now Showing: Movies 7

National Security (PG-13)
Not a hard-hitting assessment of our nation's capability to combat terrorism, but an action-comedy about rent-a-cop Martin Lawrence's capabilities to break up a smuggling ring.
Now Showing: Carmike 10, Halls Cinema 7, West Town Mall

The Pianist (R)
Roman Polanski's Palme D'or-winning film about Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jewish pianist on the run during World War II. Incidentally, Polanski himself hid from the Nazis as a child.
Now Showing: Downtown West

Pulp Fiction (R)
Do you really need us to tell you what this one is about?
Now Showing: UT Film Committee

The Quiet American (R)
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Now Showing: Downtown West

Rabbit-Proof Fence (PG)
In Australia, three aboriginal girls, taken from their mothers to be trained as domestic servants, escape from their captors and set off for home, trekking 1,500 miles across the Outback. The title is reference to a fence that stretched hundreds of miles across the outback. See our review, page 23.
Now Showing: Downtown West.

The Recruit (PG-13)
This thriller purports to take us inside the harsh world of CIA training, with Al Pacino as our guide. Agency spokesman Chase Brandon shared his wealth of knowledge with the filmmakers, so I'm sure we'll be privy to all sorts of top-secret goodies.
Now Showing: Carmike 10, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Foothills 12, West Town Mall, Farragut Towne Square, Halls Cinema 7

The Ring (PG-13)
The devilishly scary Japanese hit gets remade with Mulholland Drive's Naomi Watts in the lead. A familiar-sounding plot revolves around a video that brings death to all who view it.
Now Showing: Movies 7

Sankofa (NR)
A modern Ebeneezer Scrooge story of sorts: A self-absorbed black American fashion model is on a photo shoot in Africa. Somehow, she finds herself transported back in time to a plantation in the West Indies. After suffering the horrors of slavery, she finds herself a changed person and joins a freedom-seeking Maroon colony. Screened in conjunction with a lecture by and reception for its creator, Haile Gerima, acclaimed Ethiopian filmmaker and professor at Howard University. Part of UT's African Semester.
Now Showing: UT Film Committee

Shanghai Knights (PG-13)
In this sequel to 2000's Shanghai Noon, Chon (Jackie Chan) and Roy (Owen Wilson) head to London.
Now Showing: Foothills 12, Wynnsong 16, Cinemark's Tinseltown, Halls Cinema 7, Knoxville Center, Farragut Towne Square

Star Trek: Nemesis (PG-13)
There seems to be a strange electromagnetic signature coming from Kolarus III, Captain Picard. Could it have anything to do with the dismantled pieces of android, or the impending peace with the Romulans, or your bio-engineered replica who's now promising not to use his weapons of mass destruction?
Now Showing: Movies 7

Storytelling (R)
Director Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness) is back with yet another vicious dissection of middle-class foibles. The film has two unrelated sections: the first is about a college student (Selma Blair) who has a misguided fling with her fiction-writing professor; the second follows a filmmaker (Paul Giamatti) making a documentary about a dysfunctional family (headed by John Goodman and Julie Hagerty). With one sex scene partly obscured by a red rectangle, courtesy of MPAA.
Now Showing: UT Film Committee

Sweet Home Alabama (PG-13)
Reese Witherspoon stars as Melanie, a hotshot New York designer who heads home to 'Bama to seek a divorce from the "redneck husband" she married in high school. Since she's now engaged to the NYC mayor's son, it's all a bit urgent.
Now Showing: Movies 7

Talk to Her (R)
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Now Showing: Downtown West

Two Weeks Notice (PG-13)
This Hugh Grant/Sandra Bullock vehicle pits a cuddly do-gooder female against an evil corporate man.
Now Showing: West Town Mall, Carmike 10

The Wild Thornberrys Movie (PG)
Yet another kids' feature based on a Nickelodeon series. For those who live in minorless households: it's about a 12-year-old girl who travels the world communicating with animals. In the film, she also communicates with Rupert Everett, Brenda Blethyn and Marisa Tomei.
Now Showing: Halls Cinema 7