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BREAKING TRAIL—This film highlights riders of all disciplines choosing their own backcountry adventures. Arrive early for cold beers and an awesome raffle benefiting Winter Wildlands Alliance. Saturday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. $10, Idaho Mountain Touring, 1310 W. Main St., Boise, 208-336-3854, winterwildlands.org. REEL ROCK FILM TOUR—A mind-blowing, palmsweating pump fest of climbing flicks. Sponsored by Boise State Campus Recreation. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit rec. boisestate.edu. See story, this page. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. $8 door, $6 advance. Boise State Student Union (Simplot Grand Ballroom), 1910 University Drive, Boise. SPROUT FILM FESTIVAL—Watch some amazing films and raise awareness about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. There will be two showings, each with different films. To purchase tickets, go to egyptiantheatre.net or call The Arc at 208-422-1759. Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. $8-$10. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, thearcinc.org.
Opening THE BLACK POWER MIX TAPE—This documentary by Goran Hugo Olsson explores the black power movement of the ’60s and ’70s. (NR) Flicks JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN—This comedy/ thriller stars Rowan Atkinson, returning as an improbable (and slightly clueless) secret agent. (PG) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3—The third installment of this spooky series is set in the ’80s and follows a new family. (R) Edwards 9, Edwards 22. THE THREE MUSKETEERS—This reboot of the classic Alexandre Dumas tale stars Orlando Bloom, Logan Lerman and Milla Jovovich. (PG-13) Edwards 9, Edwards 22 THE WAY—Martin Sheen stars in Emilio Estevez’s film about a man who embarks on a journey that follows the Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. Deborah Kara Unger and Estevez co-star. (PG-13) Flicks
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TO BE OR NOT TO BE (TRUE) Anonymous says Shakespeare was a fraud GEORGE PRENTICE The theme of Anonymous, the big-budget potboiler slated to open on the nation’s screens Friday, Oct. 28, is a stunner to anyone unfamiliar with the controversy swirling over the legitimacy of Shakespeare’s canon. But the real stunner is how good the film is. Not content with a tongue-in-cheek conceit like Shakespeare In Love, the Oscar winVanessa Redgrave gives a stunning performance as Queen Elizabeth in Anonymous. ner that poked delicate fun at Shakespeare’s attempt to craft Romeo and Juliet, Anonywhile he anxiously awaits the film’s debut, Anonymous is one of the year’s best. mous not only tackles the question, “Was healthy skepticism of the movie’s plot should The film is certain to rile purists with its Shakespeare a fraud?” but bulldozes anyone be the order of the day. theory that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of or anything that disputes the theory that the “What’s problematic with the entire quesOxford, was not only an incestuous lover of Bard was an unsavory fellow. In fact, the film tion of authorship is that there has been this portrays Shakespeare as not only a fraud but a Queen Elizabeth but also the true and only build-up over time of Shakespeare as this really author of the works of Shakespeare. blackmailing, thieving murderer. unique, individual genius,” said Hansen. “I can’t lie and say If the movie wasn’t “The reality of playwriting in the 16th that I’m convinced so wonderfully enterand 17th centuries is that it looked a lot more that it was actually Oxtaining, the plot would ANONYMOUS (PG-13) ford,” Rhys Ifans, who like modern movie scripts are produced,” he fall flat as an Oliver Directed by Roland Emmerich plays the earl, told BW continued. “Hollywood films almost never Stone flop, who was Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave and at the film’s premiere at come from a single writer who does the whole infamous for taking David Thewlis thing start to finish, it’s more often a team or the Toronto Internaliberties with JFK and Opens Friday, Oct. 28 collaboration. tional Film Festival. Nixon. But with gor“The same was true for the vast majority “But I’m adamant that geous stagecraft—the of plays in the early modern period. We it was not a guy called production boasts know for a fact that Ben Johnson colmore than 70 beautiful hand-built sets recreat- William Shakespeare from Stratford.” laborated on a number of these plays. Matthew Hansen, a published Shakespeare ing Elizabethan London—a very smart, dense 29 Macbeth is now widely held to be at scholar and Boise State professor, said that script and some Oscar-worthy performances,
SCREEN/THE BIG SCREEN REEL ROCK: NATIONWIDE FILM TOUR HITS BOISE STATE OCT. 26 Cooler autumn weather doesn’t mean outdoor activities have to cease until the ski slopes open. Local outdoor enthusiasts can tide themselves over with a dose of cinematic excitement at the Reel Rock Film Tour, returning to Boise State Wednesday, Oct. 26. Now in its sixth year, the traveling one-day film festival (reelrocktour.com) features six films about the extreme highs and lows of climbing. Each year Reel Rock invites adventurebased submissions from the nation’s top filmmakers. This year’s edition includes ice climbing, bouldering, free climbing and slacklining—a sport that is similar to tightrope walking, using stretchy nylon webbing that is not pulled taut, allowing practitioners to
The Reel Rock Film Tour is Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Building’s Simplot Ballroom at Boise State. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 in advance at the Outdoor Program Office (rec.boisestate.edu/outdoor) in the Student Recreation Center through Tuesday, Oct. 25, or $8 at the door.
bounce and per form aerial tricks. According to Heather Carlson, promotions coordinator at Boise State’s Recreation Outdoor Program, which is a sponsor of the festival, all ticket proceeds go directly to the Rec Center. Carlson said Boise State hopes to use the event to promote the center’s programs. “Not only do we have the climbing gym, but we also have outside trips,” said Carlson. “Our hope is by people coming to the Reel Rock Tour, they can learn about the trips they can go on.” She added that the Rec Center does about 20 to 30 outdoor trips each semester, including rafting, hiking, backpacking and climbing expeditions for Boise State students and their family members. —Talyn Brumley WWW. B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M