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week end what to do, hear, see, watch, read, listen to, visit and eat in Gwinnett and Atlanta Diana DeGarmo to perform in ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ at the Fox ............................................Pg. 8
Former Snellville resident Diana DeGarmo will star in “9 to 5: The Musical” coming next week to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre.
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Local Event .............................................................Pg. 3 Art Beat ....................................................................Pg. 6 Movies.................................................................Pg. 10-18 Showtimes ............................................................Pg. 12 By Venue ................................................................Pg. 19 Calendars................................................................Pg. 20 Correction The last name of the owner of the Gold Medal Diner in Buford was misspelled in the Sept. 17 edition of Weekend. Peter Costopoulos and his mother, Maria, own the recently opened diner at Mall of Georgia. It is the policy of the Gwinnett Daily Post to correct all errors of fact.
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LOCAL EVENT Kudzu Art Zone squares off to raise funds for center BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
The only requirement for Kudzu Art Zone’s current exhibit of artwork was that submissions measure 12 by 12 inches. Organizers for the exhibit, dubbed the 12 x 12 Xtravaganza, say the X factor is the creativity artists used in employing various techniques and capturing different subject matter on board and canvas. More than 70 12-by-12 works of art are on display and were created by members of Kudzu Art Zone as well as invited guest artists, including Norcross Mayor Bucky Johnson. While Kudzu is known for its engaging exhibits showcasing artwork by local and regional artists, the 12 x 12 Xtravaganza is the first exhibit to serve as a fundraiser for the four-yearold nonprofit art center. Through 4 p.m. Oct. 3, art lovers can bid on each of the
IFYOUGO • What: 12 x 12 Xtravaganza • When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 3 • Where: Kudzu Art Zone, 116 Carlyle St. in Norcross • Cost: Free • For more information: Call 770-840-9844 or visit www.kudzuartzone.org
73 pieces on display. Bidding starts at $50 and increases by $10 with each subsequent bid, with 50 percent of proceeds going to the individual artists and the remaining half to the arts organization. Gallery hours for the Norcross art center are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and the 12 x 12 Xtravaganza will be on display through 4 p.m. Oct. 3. Upcoming exhibits at Kudzu will include Photomix, a member juried exhibit of original photography and mixed media exhibited in conjunction
with the 12th annual Atlanta display from Oct. 8 through bers’ exhibition of work verbally. The Artist’s IntenCelebrates Photography 30, as well as The Artist’s intended to impress the tion will be on display from Festival, which will be on Intention, a juried mem- viewer both visually and Nov. 5 through Dec. 17.
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THE DISH
Gary’s Bistro
1250 Scenic Highway, Suite 1240, BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
Open since: Sept. 3 Location: Gary’s Bistro is located at The Avenue Webb Gin in the space previously occupied by Urban Flats. Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays
ONTHEMENU • Sesame pan seared ahi tuna — Sesame pan seared rare ahi tuna served with a ginger slaw and drizzled with wasabi aioli, $10.50 • Arugula salad — Fresh arugula, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, herb feta cheese and pancetta served with a pomegranate vinaigrette, $8.95 • Pesto chicken sandwich — Basil pesto-marinated free range chicken breast with roasted peppers, goat cheese and arugula served on fresh ciabatta bread with a choice of pomme frites, a cup of soup du jour, pasta salad, house made potato chips or a house or Caesar salad, $9.25 • Grilled mahi-mahi — A 6-ounce piece of fish grilled and served over a creamy herb risotto and topped with a mango and avocado salsa, $17.99
paper bag. “I know you say, ‘This is crazy, peanuts at a wine bar?’” Hays said. “But it’s what I like.” The Southern caviar is the first indication that this neighborhood bistro strives to offer something different, from its fresh, all-organic ingredients to an extensive list of wines that are available by the glass. Gary’s Bistro offers a lunch menu of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and pizzetta, while the dinner menu is expanded to include higherend entrees, all created by Atmosphere: Gary’s executive chef Tess Sanek, Bistro has an upscale yet who plans to change up the casual atmosphere where booth, regular table and high- menu for each season. “We have healthy choices top table seating are providon our menu with the organic ed. Seating at the bar is also available, while a small patio produce and using organic oils and cooking accouteroffers an outdoor dining ment,” Sanek said. “It tends option. to be a healthier way to eat.” Hays’ recommendations Menu: The first food dinfrom the current menu ers are invited to taste when they sit down at Gary’s Bistro include the calamari, which is is Gary’s Southern Caviar — lightly pan fried and tossed in a signature infused fresh boiled peanuts that come in a plastic-lined brown Himalayan lemon salt blend
Owner: You might have seen his name flashed on TV screens in advertisements for his law practice. Local attorney and Duluth resident Gary Martin Hays has broadened his entrepreneurial horizons with the opening of his own bistro. What prompted the new venture? “My wife can’t cook. Honestly,” Hays said. “Whenever she’s in the kitchen we put the fire department on notice.”
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with flash fried capers and lemons and served with garlic lemon aioli charcuterie and imported cheese platter, as well as the pecan crusted halibut, an 8-ounce piece of fish encrusted with Georgiagrown pecans and served with roasted garlic potatoes and fresh arugula. “It’s all the stuff I love when I go out to eat,” Hays said of much of the menu. “And Tess has created other stuff that I (now) love. She has taken food and made it memorable. My genius in all of this is staying out of the way.” Gary’s Bistro also offers an extensive list of domestic and imported wines. Using its large cruvinet system, the restaurant is able to offer 24 different varietals by the glass as the cruvinet keeps the wines fresh for six to eight weeks. Things you might not know: Gary’s Bistro can accommodate customers with food allergies. Hays’ own 4-year-old twins are allergic to eggs.
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Staff Photo: Deanna Allen
Gary’s Bistro at The Avenue Webb Gin serves up its signature jumbo lump crab cakes, front, along with a strawberry and feta salad, left, and mahi BLT, right. Once seated, customers are able to savor Gary’s Southern Caviar, back, fresh boiled peanuts.
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County has festive feel this weekend Four festivals taking place across Gwinnett brews.com. Ticket sales are limited to 1,000 attendees, and craft beer lovers are encouraged to get their tickets as soon as possible. For more information, call 678-4296197 or visit www.graysonbluesandbrews.com.
BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
Fall is festival season in Gwinnett, as evidenced by four festivals taking place this weekend. Rain or shine, the city of Duluth will celebrate its 28th annual Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday with a parade along Main Street, Ga. Highway 20 and Buford Highway, a variety of entertainment and more than 400 arts and crafts vendors offering paintings, jewelry, candles, pottery, furniture, gourmet foods and more. The festival will welcome home soldiers with Fort Benning’s 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment who will be part of the parade and will be recognized during the festival’s opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. For the first time this year, a carnival of rides and games will be part of the annual event and will be open today through Sunday. The carnival will be located on Main Street across from Duluth City Hall. Also new to the Duluth Fall Festival are the Man’s Corner — a one-stop shop for male festival attendees where they will find a putting green, flat-screen TVs showing football games, a professional fishing guide and more — and demonstrations of glass blowing. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on the Duluth Town Green. The event is free to
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Marlene Hopkins talks on her cell phone as she waits for customers during last year’s Duluth Fall Festival. This year, more than 400 arts and crafts vendors are expected to attend the two-day festival.
day and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Town Center Park in Suwanee. For more information, call 770-263-1888. Tisiuc Art Festival This inaugural juried art show will feature the work of more than 100 participating artists. The event will
include musical entertainment, an art tent for children and a play area. The festival, which will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bogan Park, 2723 N. Bogan Road in Buford, is free to attend. For more information, call 770-614-2060.
Second annual Korean Festival This festival, back for a second year after drawing more than 20,000 people last year, will celebrate Korean culture through foods, dancing, shopping and music. The event is, organizers say, the largest and only festival of Korean community in the southeast celebrating the Korean Thanksgiving, called Chuseok. The festival will be held from noon to 10 p.m. Satur-
attend. For more information, at Grayson’s Hail Mary call 770-476-0240 or visit Sports Pub, Johnny’s Pizza or www.duluthfallfestival.com. Grayson City Hall. Online tickets are $32.50 at www.graysonbluesandBlues and Brews Craft Beer Festival and Concert An inaugural festival in ISTORANTE Grayson will celebrate beer TALIANO on Saturday. The Blues and Brews INE AR Craft Beer Festival, which will also include a concert given by the band Critical Velocity, will be held from Real Italian Traditional Cuisine noon to 4 p.m. at Grayson City Park, where more than 150 craft beer varietals will Join us for an Autumn Wine tasting. be available for sampling, Autumn is time for vintage. including the full line of Begin the season of good craft beers from Eagle Rock, Sweetwater, Abita, Atlanta italian vintage wines. Brewing Company, GuinFriday, September 24 at 6pm. ness, Bass and Smithwicks. Make your reservation today. All attendees must be 21 or older. Admission to the festi139 South Clayton St., Lawrenceville, 30045 val is $35 at the gate and includes a commemorative 5• www.italia-cafe.com ounce sampling stein and an ASK FOR CATERING event T-shirt. Tickets can be Hours: Tue-Fri 11-2:30; 5-10 • Sat 12-10 • Sun 12-9 (Hwy 20/Grayson Hwy east, Just past Lawrenceville City Hall on right) purchased in advance for $30
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ARTS Sugarloaf Ballet Company makes its debut with ‘Aladdin’ Gwinnett audiences will welcome a new performing arts organization as Sugarloaf Ballet Company makes its debut with the ballet “Aladdin” on Oct. 2 and 3 at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center. The new company, which just received its nonprofit 501(c)3 status, is headquartered at the Sugarloaf Performing Arts studios in Duluth. “Aladdin” will launch the new company as this full-length, three act ballet is presented in three performances: 2 and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 2 p.m. Oct. 3.
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The ballet is choreographed by SBC Artistic Director Lori ZamzowWire. It tells the story of how young Aladdin struggles with a ruthless sorcerer seeking power and
destruction. With the help of Princess Jasmine, a magical genie and a cast of 60, Aladdin prevails. The character of Aladdin is danced by Nick Hagelin, a professional dancer who studied at the American School of Ballet and danced with the Carolina Ballet and Georgia Ballet. He is also a professional singer/songwriter and recently signed a recording contract. Hagelin will be anticipating more than applause. He is also about to become a father. His •See Ballet, Page 7
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ARTS Ballet teers. SBC spokesperson wife is due to give birth to Brian Wire said, “The their first child the week- cave resembles a panther end of the show. head, and it is over 12 feet The role of the evil sor- tall, 16 feet wide and 8 cerer will be portrayed by feet deep. The huge foam Beau Foister, a Georgia blocks were provided by native. The Genie will be Peachtree Packaging in danced by Nick Lewis, a Lawrenceville.” dance student at the UniStarting a new pre-proversity of Georgia. fessional company during Princess Jasmine will be these hard economic times performed by Jessica is a salute to the perseverOjeda, a pre-professional ance and determination of student at the Sugarloaf the SBC directors. Lori Performing Arts School. Zamzow-Wire, artistic One of the intriguing director, has a good founaspects of “Aladdin” is the dation for making SBC Cave of Wonders. It is successful. She grew up in being carved out of foam Lakeland, Fla., and by Gainesville artist Eddie received much of her early Wright and a few voluntraining and teaching •From Page 6
experience from Florida Dance Theatre. She then obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with emphasis on dance performance from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Zamzow-Wire was a soloist for five years with The Georgia Ballet, headquartered in Marietta, and is a guest choreographer for that organization. She purchased the studio in 2004 and started building her vision for a performing company, hiring top instructors and creating an academy of arts. One SBC student has become so successful that he cannot perform in
“Aladdin.” Julian Duque has been accepted at the prestigious Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and has already started classes in Carlisle, Penn. This institution is one of the leading training grounds for developing young classical dancers in the United
States. Tickets for “Aladdin” are $16 and are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and at the Gwinnett Center Box Office. Group tickets may be purchased at the Sugarloaf Performing Arts studio lobby for $12 each.
For more information, call SBC at 770-476-0025 or visit www.sugarloafperformingarts.com. Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. E-mail her at hcalmes@mindspring.com.
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BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen @gwinnettdailypost.com
When the Broadway production of “Hair” overlapped with the beginning of the tour for “9 to 5: The Musical,” Diana DeGarmo thought playing the role of Doralee Rhodes just wasn’t meant to be. A month after DeGarmo’s agent passed on an audition for the role made famous by country singer Dolly Parton, “Hair” got its closing notice. Her agent immediately reached out to casting agents with “9 to 5” only to learn the role was cast just the day before. A disappointment for DeGarmo. “I’m a huge Dolly Parton fan, so that’s what drew me to it originally and then when I saw the production here in New York I just loved it,” she said. A week later, the woman cast as Doralee had to leave the show for personal reasons and the role came open again. After what DeGarmo said was one of her best auditions, which was taped and sent off to Parton herself for approval, the former Snellville resident was cast as ambitious secretary Doralee. “It was kind of one of these things that the stars kind of aligned,” she said. The production will bring 23-year-old DeGarmo, who rose to fame when she finished as runner-up on season three of the TV singing contest “American
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Idol,” to Atlanta for a eightshow engagement at the Fox Theatre. “Being able to come with this big, huge professional production is very exciting,” DeGarmo said. “To come with a show like ‘9 to 5,’ it’s so well known and even though a lot of people have never seen a production they know what the movie is, they know the songs.” The musical comedy follows three unlikely friends who conspire to take control of the company they work for and learn there’s nothing they can’t do, even in a world domi-
nated by men. DeGarmo’s mother, who still lives in Snellville, as well as friends and family from the metro Atlanta area, will attend a show. “A lot of my friends that are in Georgia who will more than likely never get to come to New York to see me do something get to come to the Fox,” she said. “It’s my hometown. To get a chance to perform on your hometown stage, it’s always exciting.” To purchase tickets for “9 to 5: The Musical,” call Ticketmaster at 800-9822787 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.
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IFYOUGO • What: Midtown Festival of the Arts • When: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday • Where: Along Peachtree Street between Fifth Street and 10th Street in Atlanta • Cost: Free to attend • For more information: Visit www.midtownfestivalofthearts.org
elry, fiber, ceramics, leather, metal, mixed media, woodworking and folk/outsider art. In the area of music, the festival will showcase performers on three outdoor stages as well as inside a historic Midtown neighborhood church.
Headlining bands include Raleigh’s popular “janglepop outfit” The Connell in a rare performance on the main stage on Saturday evening, with first-of-their-genre ’80s tribute band The Breakfast Club set to rock the Festival’s main stage on Sunday. The festival will also include a culinary arts area where chefs will give demonstrations and offer special tastings. “Plates on Peachtree,” an exclusive experience, will showcase special dishes and drinks from 15 of Atlanta’s finest restaurants from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Located at the corner of Peachtree Street and Seventh Street in the Midtown Festival Culinary
Pavilion, this ticketed event, the only paid-ticket aspect of the otherwise free festival, will allow visitors to expand their palates. Advance tickets are available online for $30 per person per day or tickets are $40 at the event. To purchase tickets, visit the Plates on Peachtree section at www.MidtownFestivaloftheArts.com. Also planned are a familyfriendly kid zone, the Midtown Mile Road Race, a public art display and auction, a beer garden and other festival
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starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd. The film will appear on the big screen at 8 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Peachtree Street and 10th Street. Seating for the film is available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Blankets, lowbacked lawn chairs and picnic baskets are allowed, while umbrellas, grills and pets will not be permitted. For a complete schedule of festival events and more information, visit www.midtownfestivalofthearts.org.
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From left, Digger, voiced by David Wenham, Twilight, voiced by Anthony LaPaglia, Soren, voiced by Jim Sturgess and Gylfie, voiced by Emily Barclay are seen in “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.”
‘Legend of the Guardians’ may be too serious for kids Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG) ★★★ ★★
lapped them up. “Owls” is clearly targeted for the child/family market, but MICHAEL CLARK is far too intense, intricate and fussy to be embraced or even comprehended by that keepit-simple demographic. Based on the first three in a series of 15 books by As pretentious and Kathryn Lasky, the largeself-reverential as its ly toothless movie is all overlong and barely proover the place stylisticalnounceable title would ly and pinches shameindicate, this film (to lessly from scores of save time and space, let’s other franchises, most just call it “Owls”) is a notably “Harry Potter” spirited but ultimately “300” and the uneven disappointing talking ani- “Watchmen,” “Owls” was and “The Lord of the mal animated adventure. adapted from what some Rings.” Voiced by a bevy of mostly famous British It also marks another refer to as “second-rate actors with clipped delivsevere misfire from Zack literature” (graphic noveries, it features close to Snyder, a once whiz-kid els, comic books and a dozen principal characdirector who less than young adult fantasies). four years ago was being Snyder’s first two movies ters, and very few of them are distinguishable called the next Spielberg. were aimed squarely at from each other. You’ll Like Snyder’s splendid sci-fi fanboys and they
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need a scorer’s sheet to keep track of them all. Toss out all of superfluous subplots and at its core “Owls” is a riff on the Biblical Cain and Abel. Good son Soren (Jim Sturgess) fully subscribes to the magical stories told by his father Noctus (Hugo Weaving) about the far away land of Ga’Hoole where heroic bands of owls keep the peace. Evil son Kludd (Ryan Kwanten) scoffs at what he considers tall tales and ridicules his brother’s innocent naïveté. While their parents are away, the brothers decide to sneak out to practice their flying and are quickly scooped up by much larger sinister owls
who deliver them to a colony overseen by the Pure Ones. The Pure Ones are defacto Nazi owls who imprison and brainwash weaker strains of their species and then turn them into either slaves or soldiers. Disfigured leader Metal Beak (Joel Edgerton) hides behind a mask while his no-nonsense wife Nyra (Helen Mirren) handles the finer administrative details. With some help from a Pure Ones double-agent librarian Grimble (Weaving again), Soren is able to escape and although given the chance to do the same, Kludd elects to stay and embrace his increasingly darker side. Kludd cements his new
bad boy persona by briefly returning and kidnapping his own sister. Real heartwarming stuff, don’t you think? Mostly because of the brisk pace, short running time (97 minutes), spectacular action sequences and iffy 3-D presentation, few of the children at the preview screening grew restless but neither did they appear to be entertained or uplifted. There’s lots of violence and death in “Owls” and not of the typically light cartoon variety. This is serious subject matter of questionable quality and unless your child is very mature and easy to please you might want to think twice before letting them see it. (Warner Brothers)
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Michael Douglas portrays Gordon Gekko, left, and Shia LaBeouf portrays Jake Moore in a scene from, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.”
‘Wall Street’ sequel takes on shady boardrooms of financial crisis Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13) ★★★★ ★
valid but will also probably have something new and substantial to say. There’s a whole lot going on in returning director Oliver Stone’s sequel and he (along with three other co-screenwriters) gets BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic slightly more right than wrong. As with “JFK,” it starts out at a breakneck It’s been 23 years since pace and delivers a lot of the first “Wall Street” and information via a multitude normally when a sequel to of visual styles. We see the such an iconic film takes impending catastrophe this long to emerge it can lurch to fruition not from mean several things. The the perspective of the filmmaker and/or the lead actor are creatively exhaust- swarming media but through the eyes of those ed, are in need of a career responsible for it. A scant boost or are low on cash. few of them feel bad about Or it could be that the world’s financial landscape it, some posture themselves as victims while the majorihas changed so radically ty run for cover and do anythat a sequel is not only
thing in order to save their hides. Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) is none of the above but is still high enough in the pecking order not to be totally surprised by what’s going down. He’s a “good” finance guy who wants to take everyone else’s money and sink it into green energy technology. In a hugely convenient bit of narrative force-fitting, Jake is living with Winnie (Carey Mulligan), another wide-eyed, green-minded sort who is also the estranged daughter of the fallen “Wall Street” antihero Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). Gordon has just left jail after serving an eight-year
stint for insider trading. Grayer, a tad humbled, a little less brazen but still cunning and calculating, Gordon is now hawking a cash-in, tell-all book and looking for some way to get back into the action. He’s working a few angles the filmmakers wisely keep mum on, and through conduit Jake wants to repair his relationship with Winnie. Stone and company are also smart to keep Gordon hovering in the background. Taking Gordon’s place as chief slime ball is the perfectly cast Josh Brolin as Bretton James. Both viper and vulture, James sees to it that Jake’s employer goes down in flames and shortly thereafter offers him a job.
Jake’s accepts but this flies completely in the face of the character’s motives already firmly established by the writers. Assorted three-way games of financial and emotional chicken ensue and a great deal of it is instantly forgettable. While fun to watch, Susan Sarandon’s portrayal of Jake’s scatterbrain mother only takes up time that would be better spent on other issues. After a long, flabby and fussy middle stretch, the filmmakers finally deliver the emotional whammy we’ve been waiting two hours for but it doesn’t come as much of a shocker. Considering its severely cruel nature it also makes
the subsequent faux-heartwarming finale a little too hard to swallow. As sequels go, this one is interesting enough and at least during its first hour, it validates its existence. We get a reasonable peek into those still-not-fullyexplained shady boardroom deals that probably ruined the financial futures of many of your grandchildren. Not enough of those responsible ever get what they deserve and only one truly suffers — and he’s a relatively nice guy. This movie could’ve been far worse, but considering the wealth of material from which it had to draw, it should have been much better. (Fox)
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Alpha and Omega (PG)
1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 8:10, 10:25 Alpha and Omega 3-D (PG)
12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:35, 11:50 Despicable Me (PG)
Wall Street (PG-13)
4:05, 5:00, 6:40, 7:30, 9:00, 9:50
Alpha and Omega 3-D (PG)
11:50, 1:10, 2:50, 4:10, 5:40, 7:10, 8:50, 10:10
Dinner For Schmucks (PG-13)
You Again (PG)
4:30, 7:20, 9:55
10:10, 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20
12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 The Town (R)
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (PG-13)
1:20, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50
4:15, 7:05, 9:30
Easy A (PG-13)
Grown Ups (PG-13)
12:25, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20
5:15, 7:35, 9:55
Devil (PG-13)
Toy Story 3 (G)
11:45, 1:45, 3:40, 5:35, 7:45, 9:55,
4:05, 5:10, 7:10, 8:15, 9:40
The Other Guys (PG-13)
2:25, 7:15
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (PG)
Takers (PG-13)
5:10, 7:15, 9:15
11:55, 4:45, 9:45
Ramona and Beezus (G)
The American (R)
4:00, 7:00, 9:25
7:35, 10:05
Devil (PG-13)
Inception (PG-13)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)
12:25, 2:35, 3:40, 4:45, 5:45, 7:00, 9:10, 10:05, 11:20, 12:05
8:40
3:55, 6:45, 9:30
The Expendables (R)
The Last Airbender (PG)
9:30
5:15, 7:35, 9:50
11:40, 2:20, 7:20
Easy A (PG-13)
11:45, 1:00, 2:05, 3:15, 4:25, 5:30, 7:05, 8:00, 9:25, 10:35, 11:45 Going the Distance (R)
4:50, 9:45 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG)
1:25, 3:50, 6:40, 9:05, 11:30 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3-D (PG)
12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole: An IMAX 3-D Experience (PG)
11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35, 11:55 Like Dandelion Dust (PG-13)
12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D (R)
12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Takers (PG-13)
12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:40 The American (R)
11:40, 2:10, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 The Last Exorcism (PG-13)
12:20, 2:55, 5:10, 7:20, 9:35, 11:45 The Town (R)
11:55, 1:45, 2:50, 4:40, 6:40, 7:35, 9:30, 10:40, 12:20 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13)
1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 10:30 You Again (PG)
1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40, 12:10
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owl of Ga’Hoole 3-D (PG)
11:40, 12:20, 2:00, 2:40, 4:20, 5:00, 6:50, 9:20 Legend of the Guardians: The Owl of Ga’Hoole (PG)
12:00, 12:40, 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:20, 7:20, 9:40 Alpha and Omega 3-D (PG)
12:05, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05, 9:10 Alpha and Omega (PG)
12:35, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D (R)
12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15
Karate Kid (PG)
DULUTH REGAL CINEMAS, MEDLOCK CROSSING 18 9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 170 770-814-8437 www.regalcinemas.com Alpha and Omega (PG)
11:50, 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:35 Alpha and Omega 3-D (PG)
11:30, 2:00, 4:20 Devil (PG-13)
12:05, 2:15, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Easy A (PG-13)
11:50, 12:15, 2:25, 2:45, 4:40, 5:30, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:10 Eat Pray Love (PG-13)
12:30, 4:00, 7:00, 10:45 Inception (PG-13)
12:40, 4:15, 7:25, 10:35 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG)
11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3-D (PG)
4:35, 8:00
Devil (PG-13)
10:00, 10:45, 12:05, 12:55, 2:10, 3:10, 4:20, 5:25, 6:35, 7:45, 8:55, 10:15, 11:15 12:25 Easy A (PG-13)
Legend of the Guardians 3-D (PG)
10:00, 12:20, 12:40, 2:40, 3:15, 5:00, 5:50, 7:30, 8:25, 10:00, 10:50, 12:30
1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:40
Inception (PG-13)
1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:40
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Alpha and Omega (PG)
10:50, 1:20, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20 Devil (PG-13)
10:55, 1:05, 3:15, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Easy A (PG-13)
9:50, 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Eat Pray Love (PG-13)
10:15, 1:30, 4:50, 8:10 Going the Distance (R)
9:55, 12:30, 3:10, 6:45, 9:30 Inception (PG-13)
10:10, 1:40, 5:00, 8:30 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG)
10:20, 1:00, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3-D (PG)
Legend of the Guardians (PG)
11:10, 2:30, 6:15
Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (PG)
9:30
10:15, 12:45, 3:25, 6:00, 8:35, 11:10
Dinner for Schmucks (PG-13)
4:15, 9:45
Legend of the Guardians:The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3-D (PG)
Easy A (PG-13)
11:05, 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30, 11:55
Machete (R)
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D (R)
11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40, 12:20 Takers (PG-13)
11:50, 2:45, 8:10, 10:45 The American (R)
10:40, 1:30, 4:10, 6:45 The Expendables (R)
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9:20, 11:50 The Last Exorcism (PG-13)
9:45, 12:15 The Other Guys (PG-13)
5:30
1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:00
Nanny McPhee Returns (PG)
1:15, 4:10, 7:00
Takers (PG-13)
1:35, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50
The American (R)
1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45
The Last Exorcism (PG-13)
1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40
The Lottery Ticket (PG-13)
1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 10:00
The Other Guys (PG-13)
The Town (R)
1:00, 3:35, 6:05, 8:35
10:30, 11:30, 1:35, 2:35, 4:40, 5:35, 7:55, 8:50, 10:55, 11:55
1:45, 7:20
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13)
10:05, 11:00, 11:40, 1:00, 2:00, 2:40, 4:05, 5:05, 5:40, 7:20, 8:20, 9:00, 10:30, 11:30, 12:10 You Again (PG)
10:20, 11:55, 1:05, 2:25, 3:40, 5:15, 6:30, 8:00, 9:10, 10:40, 11:45
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11:00, 1:50, 4:25, 6:50, 9:25
The Switch (PG-13) The Virginity Hit (R)
1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20
REGAL SNELLVILLE OAKS 14 2125 E. Main St., Snellville 770-972-7469 www.regalcinemas.com
Alpha and Omega 3-D (PG)
2:15, 4:20, 6:30, 8:30, 10:35 Despicable Me (PG)
2:45, 7:55
Devil (PG-13)
2:50, 4:55, 6:50, 8:50, 10:45
Eat Pray Love (PG-13)
Lottery Ticket (PG-13)
Dinner For Schmucks (PG-13)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)
10:05, 12:45, 3:25, 6:30, 9:10
5:00, 8:00
2:30, 5:30, 8:25
11:30, 2:10, 4:35, 7:55, 10:15 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D (R)
9:45, 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG-13)
2:25, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20
7:05, 9:45
Takers (PG-13)
Salt (PG-13)
10:05, 12:45, ,3:20, 6:15, 9:15
4:15, 7:15, 9:45
12:25, 2:55, 5:35, 7:55, 10:25
9:55, 12:30, 3:10, 6:25, 9:05
12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55
The American (R)
11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 8:10, 10:55 The Town (R)
11:40, 2:05, 3:20, 5:10, 7:30, 8:05, 10:30, 10:50 The Virginity Hit (R)
12:05, 2:40, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13)
12:00, 1:00, 3:15, 4:10, 7:40, 8:00, 10:40, 11:00 You Again (PG)
11:35, 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)
The American (R) The Expendables (R)
11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 The Town (R)
9:35, 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:40 The Virginity Hit (R)
10:00, 12:25, 3:00, 5:20, 7:55, 10:20 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13)
9:40, 11:10, 12:50, 2:20, 3:55, 5:30, 7:00, 8:40, 10:00 You Again (PG)
11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05
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Despicable Me (PG)
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Despicable Me (PG)
Get Low (PG-13) Inception (PG-13)
2:15, 5:25, 8:30
5:15, 7:40, 9:55
Resident Evil: Afterlife (R)
Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (PG)
Resident Evil: Afterlife 3-D (R)
5:20, 7:20, 9:25 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG)
4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Grown Ups (PG-13)
2:20, 4:45, 7:00, 9:25
2:55, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45
The Expendables (R)
5:35, 10:25
The Town (R)
4:25, 7:35, 10:05
2:35, 5:20, 8:05, 10:50
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (PG-13)
2:40, 6:35, 8:35, 10:40
4:05, 7:05, 9:50 The Last Airbender (PG)
4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Ramona and Beezus (G)
4:10, 7:10, 9:40 The Karate Kid (PG)
5:30, 8:30
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Vampires Suck (PG-13) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (PG-13)
2:20, 3:45, 5:10, 6:40, 8:00, 10:50 You Again (PG)
2:15, 3:25, 4:35, 5:45, 6:55, 8:10, 9:15, 10:30
MICHAEL CLARK
American Beauty (Blu-ray) (R) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★ Winner of five Oscars, “American Beauty” was fully deserving of its high praise, but also an unlikely Best Picture winner. Far from the traditional Hollywood product, it is black comedy at its darkest and most cruel with an array of startlingly original yet heavily flawed characters. There’s midlife crisis, drug use, homophobia, adultery and the suggestion of impending statutory rape with a zombie-eyed voyeur teen capturing almost all of it on a digital camcorder. Buy it for the technical attributes (which are superb) and try to forget that the extras were already included on the previously released DVD. Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1080p/2.40:1), audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French, Portuguese and Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese. Special features include: • Filmmaker commentaries • “Look Closer” documentary • Storyboard presentation (DreamWorks, $29.99)
MOVIES ‘You Again’ a bit formulaic but enlightening chick flick You Again (PG-13) ★★★★ ★
superb ability to strongly appeal to its target audience: Most women over the age of 25. For that huge and hugely lucrative demographic, the BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic film will be tremendously appealing. It’s easy to follow, addresses a mulIf you weigh it based solely on its plausibility titude of “just us girls” issues and never once and strength as a story, “You Again” barely reg- goes more than a minute isters. It is rife with plot or two without providing holes and virtually every a giggle or an acknowledging deep belly laugh. scene reminds us that It starts at a most we’re watching a producobvious private hell for tion following a precise almost everyone — but and formulaic A-to-Z girls in particular: High trajectory. Almost every final act school. Marni (Kristen Bell) wears glasses and detail can be predicted braces, has major acne, a long before the first act bad hairdo and is socialis even done. A lot of ly ostracized. The bane critics, cynics and men are going to hate it. And of her existence is J.J. (Odette Yustman), a their reasons will be cheerleader, the most valid; this is a pure, unadulterated chick-flick popular girl in school and vicious when it fluff. comes to thoroughly What its detractors demoralizing downtrodmight miss is the den types like Marni. movie’s intent and its
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Eight years later Marni is a successful PR executive and J.J. (now known has Joanna) is engaged to Marni’s older jock brother Will (James Wolk — a less edgy version of Russell Crowe). When Marni hears of the impending marriage she goes ballistic and sets out to achieve two goals: save her brother by stopping the wedding and exact some latent, sweet revenge on Joanna. If they had stuck with this basic, yet potent premise, director Andy Fickman and screenwriter Moe Jelline might have had something with a nastier bite but instead chose to double the friction while softening and diluting the overall impact. Marni’s mom Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis) had a
falling out in the ’70s with her then BFF Mona (Sigourney Weaver), also Joanna’s aunt. Gail is happy with her mom thing and Mona is quite proud being the head of an international high-end hotel conglomerate. Still not fully satisfied, the filmmakers pile on yet a third too-ironic-tobelieve coupling that thankfully waits until the film’s last scene to arrive. Take note of the surprise stunt casting here and the embedded inclusion of an attentionseeking sequel. “You Again” is not a movie you’ll want if you’re into surprises, serious character development or depth. In its own vaguely humble yet loud and obvious way, it drums a steady beat of feminine bonding where
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Extending its welcome by a good 15 minutes, the film nonetheless achieves exactly what it sets out do: Give grown women reasons to get beyond their often petty and inconsequential jealousies while laughing at themselves. It might seem easy to pull off but this movie walks a thin tight rope between mockery and enlightenment and it generally succeeds. (Disney)
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past glories — and the frequent slighting — are eventually able to be overlooked. In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the Disney-produced movie also finds a way to wedge in a happy ending alongside a snappy song and dance passage. Look for a nostalgic ’80s musical act to show up not so unexpectedly just before the closing credits start.
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‘Lebanon’ gives a claustrophobic look at war Lebanon (R) ★★★★
style is everything. Starting on the first day of the 1982 war, the movie makes its first of many BY MICHAEL CLARK artistic leaps by featuring a Movie Critic quartet of soldiers who are charged with performing Lacking anything resem- mop-up duties. They are to bling a traditional plot, the follow in the path of far Israeli-produced war film braver and more competent “Lebanon” is a collection foot soldiers and take care of largely unrelated events of whatever they might presented from a highly have missed. original perspective. For It’s a second-shelf the most part, war movies assignment and they are depend heavily on strong essentially second-shelf stories in order to distinguys. One of them whines guish them from others in a bunch and another tends this micro-genre. Style — to find fault with his great if and when you can machinery. The man with get it — is generally an his finger on the trigger of afterthought. In “Lebanon,” a gun turret lacks steady
will and the guy in charge of all of them is easily rattled and indecisive. The soldiers’ collective weaknesses are made all the more pronounced because they share tight quarters inside of a tank. Dreary, dank and strewn with waste of all sorts, the tank is a metaphor for war itself and not since “Das Boot” has claustrophobia and frayed psyches been employed to such curdling effect. Based on his own experiences as an Israeli soldier, writer/director Samuel Moaz puts us in direct company with the men by shooting everything (save
for the opening and closing scenes) from inside the tank. When we see what might be going on outside, it is always through the tunnel vision lens of the gunner’s crosshairs and often what is shown has no accompanying sound. It is highly disconcerting and after a while we can understand why these men are so skittish. There are regular visits from the men’s stern commanding officer who grows increasing agitated with their inability to perform and compensates by
suggesting the international rules of engagement might not fully apply to this particular mission. Three brief but highly charged scenes also feature a Syrian prisoner, his interrogator and a deceased Israeli soldier with the generic code name “Angel.” Angel is one of a handful of buzz words that are tossed about with regularity and through sheer repetition we figure what they mean, and most of time we’d really rather not know. In a manner quite similar
to “Saving Private Ryan,” “Lebanon” is apolitical and the men involved often aren’t up to or simply don’t want to perform their assigned tasks. Unlike “Ryan,” there’s no grand sweeping ending, a swelling inspirational score or men dying as heroes on the battlefield. “Lebanon” is more than likely what war is to most of those fighting it: toxic, tedious, nerve-wracking, inglorious and frustratingly pointless. Presented in Hebrew with English subtitles. (Sony Classics)
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MOVIES Pretty ‘Blood Simple’ remake doesn’t live up to original just asking for trouble. Choosing to redo a movie as near-perfect as “Blood Simple” makes no sense whatsoever. With that said, “A Woman” isn’t nearly as horrible as it could have BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic been; Yimou is too talented an artist to make a total stinker. Wisely avoiding a The second movie of the shot-for-shot copy (like Gus week with a silly and tooVan Zant did with his “Psylong title, “A Woman, a cho”), Yimou set the story Gun and a Noodle Shop” wouldn’t be of much interSpecial Photo: Sony Pictures Classics in what appears to be 15th Yan Ni plays Wang’s wife and Ni Dahong plays century China, right about est to anyone in this counWang in “A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop.” the same time pistols were try if it weren’t for the invented — a very wise source of its screenplay and decision. When keeping a China’s greatest living film- it was announced Yimou the director. serious mindset with the maker. Even with his conwas going to direct this The man behind countfour principal characters, movie, a remake of the less classics such as “Hero” siderable stature in the Yimou and his two screenindustry and impeccable Coen Brothers’ “Blood and “Raise the Red writers also pull off a major track record, many Simple.” Redoing any Lantern,” Yimou Zhang is scratched their heads when movie — good or bad — is coup. They have nothing to considered by most as
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (R) ★★★★ ★
be ashamed about regarding this facet of the film. The Coen Brothers movies work so well because they’re so tightly constructed with not a word or even a comma out of place. The filmmakers make the catastrophic mistake here of not only adding new characters and situations but presenting a fair chunk of the story as a slapstick comedy. This is like Steve Martin taking “Hamlet” and turning it into “The Jerk.” The sole bit of anything new that works is a dialogue-free scene when three employees at a noodle eatery take a pizza-sized piece of pasta dough and toss it around until it’s big
enough to fully cover an SUV. The juggling and ballet-like choreography is hypnotic and a joy to watch. The same can be said for every one of the dozens of still twilight shots taking place in the multicolored clay desert hills surrounding the eatery. If you want to watch a skin-crawling movie about a greedy and paranoid husband who hires a slimy thug to kill his wife and her would-be lover, start and stop with “Blood Simple.” It might not be as pretty as “A Woman” but then again, it’s not supposed to be pretty. Presented in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles. (Sony Classics)
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Affleck shines as actor, director in ‘The Town’ EDITOR’S NOTE — Film Fans features local residents reviewing the film of the week: “The Town.” Want to be a Film Fan? E-mail features@gwinnettdailypost.com.
★★★★ ★ “The Town” lived up to the reviews and early buzz. The story was compelling and the acting Oscar worthy. Ben Affleck should stick to directing and acting in movies that take place in his beloved Boston because that is where he shines.
To make you understand and feel bad for an armed bank robber takes talent. I had to question who the villain Laurel was. Grams The only thing that kept it from being a perfect movie was the end. It left me somewhat unsatisfied. Other than that, I expect this film to be mentioned a lot during awards season. — Laurel Grams, Lawrenceville
★★★★ ★ This isn’t the type of movie that I normally enjoy, but I was actually impressed with “The Town.” Ben Affleck did a great job as an actor, writer and Kimberly Watson director. Maybe I’m a bit naive, but I found it most impressive what those thieves did to pull off their jobs. It was very convincing. Thankfully the accents weren’t overdone. The vio-
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lence and language leave much to be desired, but it was still a good movie. Dark would be the best
word for this drama. This isn’t one of those movies that I’d wait to see when it is available to rent. The big
screen is the way to go this time. — Kimberly Watson, Auburn
MOVIE TRIVIA week’s winner, Dale Krambier of Suwanee.
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Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. Name someone who is a multiple Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Test your has acted in a movie that film knowledge with won the Best Picture Oscar. A: Paul Simon (film: Michael Clark “Annie Hall”) 2. Alan Alda had the So, you think you’re good leading role in a film playat movie trivia? Every ing a famous writer who week, we give readers the played quarterback for a opportunity to flex their NFL team. Name the writer movie muscles by answerand the team. ing five trivia questions A: George Plimpton from our movie critic, and the Detroit Lions Michael Clark. (film: “Paper Lion”) 3. What did the brother Congratulations to last characters played by Tom
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Hanks and John Candy in “Splash” do for a living? A: They owned a wholesale produce distribution company 4. Name two movies where Tommy Lee Jones played a law enforcement officer. A: Answers included: “Man of the House,” “The Fugitive,” “U.S. Marshalls” and “No Country for Old Men” 5. What U.S. president has been portrayed the most in feature films? A: Abraham Lincoln
contest? 2. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Patricia Arquette have both played movie characters who share their first names with U.S. states. Name the states. 3. Name the oldest feature film that includes both Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in the cast. 4. What performer has had the most speaking roles in Coen Brothers movies?
your answers, along with 5. What performer your name to appeared in both the first and last scene in “Sin City”? clarkwriter@mindspring.com . Include “Gwinnett Daily The first person to respond Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. In the event no with all the correct answers one answers all of the quesreceives a prize package of movie-related goodies, which tions correctly, the person could include promotional T- with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monshirts, hats, posters, DVDs, day after the contest is posted video games and more. The will be the winner. Only one winner also gets their name winner per household is eligipublished in the next Weekble each 30-day period. end section. Please e-mail
Now, for this week’s questions: 1. In “Glengarry Glen Ross,” what are the three prizes in the real estate sales
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‘Never Let Me Go’ dreary story with great performances Never Let Me Go (PG-13) ★★★ ★★
universe somewhere. The people — mostly pre-teen children — behave just like people in our world, but exist within a society that BY MICHAEL CLARK has made some radically Movie Critic extreme decisions regarding life and death. Thirty minBefore “Never Let Me utes in, the movie’s pivotal Go” kicks in, a pre-credit scene plays out revealing a scroll tosses out some stajarring twist and our jaws tistics that reference hit the floor. Unfortunately, advancements in medicine this scene also marks the that were realized in the film’s dramatic peak. 1950s. They are clearly fabAs complicated as it ricated and plant the seeds appears when watching it, for a darkly serious piece of in hindsight “Never Let Me space-age science-fiction. Go” is modestly simple When the movie opens at a and lightweight. With the prim and proper English big plot revealed, the boarding school during the movie has stolen its own ’70s, we’re simultaneously thunder far too soon and intrigued and befuddled. must make it to the finish As the film steadily pro- line running on the fumes gresses, small details conof a tepid love triangle. firm that it is indeed sciThis barely noticeable shift ence fiction and perhaps in tone will give most sci-fi taking place in a parallel fans cause to nap, but will
begin the “fun” for lovers of depressing British romantic dramas. Like all of the other students at the boarding school, Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Ruth (Keira Knightley) and Tommy (Andrew Garfield, also the title lead in the next “Spider-man”) are orphans and appear to be groomed for upper-crust professions. Their curriculum is geared more toward finishing than academia and everyone is kept closely in check by a stern headmistress (a menacing Charlotte Rampling). Of the three, Kathy (also the narrator) is the most grounded. It’s clear she adores the emotionally mercurial Tommy yet has neither the will nor the killer instinct needed to keep him from ultimately falling for the self-serving Ruth.
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When they reach their late teens, the trio is relocated to a desolate campus called “The Cottages” which is more of an artsy summer camp and less of a traditional prep school.
They take long day trips where little happens and discuss their futures, something that was determined for them long before they were even born. If you’re still interested,
expect to be slightly wowed by a handful of mostly standout performances and an ultra-downbeat story that will seriously bum you out. (Fox Searchlight)
MUSIC BY VENUE 40 WATT CLUB
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• Today: Jenny and Johnny • Thursday: Matt Joiner • Oct. 1: Futurebirds’ 3-D Rodeo • Oct. 2: Elf Power (CD release) • Oct. 4: Upright Citizen Brigade Touring Company • Oct. 7: Deer Tick, Blitzen Trapper and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and Malcolm Holcombe
RIALTO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta 404-651-4727 www.rialtocenter.org
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• Tuesday: Alice in Chains ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Sunday: Joan Sebastian — Jaripeo de Oro, 3 A Caballo • Monday: So You Think You Can Dance • Oct. 1: Slayer and Megadeth with Anthrax • Oct. 27: Carrie Underwood • Nov. 20: Jason Aldean • Dec. 10: Trans-Siberian Orchestra • April 18: Lady Gaga PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Oct. 2-3: Sugarloaf Ballet Company’s “Aladin, The Ballet” • Oct. 10: Melodies USA 2010 • Oct. 16-17: Atlanta Chinese Dance Company’s “Nezha” • Oct. 30: GCANA — Diwali Show ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER 395 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-523-6275 www.atlantaciviccenter.com
• Oct. 23: Rickey Smiley and Friends CENTER STAGE 1374 W. Peachtree St. 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com
• Oct. 12: Lyfe Jennings • Oct. 16: Playing for Change • Oct. 27: Jason Derulo
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• Oct. 2: Mary J. Blige with Jazmine Sullivan, Miguel and guest El DeBarge • Oct. 30: Weezer COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta www.cobbenergycentre.com 770-916-2800
• Oct. 2, 5, 8 and 10: The Atlanta Opera’s “La Boheme” • Oct. 15: Timeless Voices • Oct. 22-24, 28-31: Atlanta Ballet’s “Moulin Rouge” • Nov. 5: Guido’s Orchestra — Live from the Heart of Europe • Nov. 6: American’s Got Talent Live EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com
• Today: Michael Tolcher and Molly Parden • Saturday: Afternoon show: Laughing Pizza / Evening show: Freddy Jones Band • Sunday: Afternoon show: Gustaffer Yellowgold / Early show: Laughing pizza / Evening show: Lara Oshon • Tuesday: Garrison Starr and Angel Snow • Wednesday: Jeremy Aggers, Chelsea Lynn LaBate, Tyler Lyle, and Channing and Quinn • Thursday: Kim Richey and Mando Sanez
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• Oct. 1: David Sanborn Trio featuring Joey DeFrancesco • Oct. 3: Rockapella • Oct. 15: Diavolo • Oct. 17: Steven Halpern FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 www.foxtheatre.org
• Today-Sunday: “Church Girl — The Musical” • Tuesday-Oct. 3: “9 to 5 — The Musical” • Oct. 5: The National • Oct. 6: Drake • Oct. 8-9: Ron White THE LOFT 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.theloft-atlanta.com
• Today: Plump DJS • Monday: Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers • Oct. 12: Two Door Cinema Club PHILIPS ARENA 1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com
• Oct. 13-17: Disney on Ice presents “Toy Story 3” • Nov. 16: Dave Matthews Band RED LIGHT CAFE 553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 www.redlightcafe.com
• Today: Mark Scott Duo, Steve Baskin Band, Kiki Mora, Lotus Slide and Paper Tiger
• Saturday: Mid-Autumn Gala Performance • Oct. 9: Rhythmic Rhapsody Showcase • Oct. 17: “Blood Relatives” • Oct. 23: Noche Flamenca SMITH’S OLDE BAR 1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta 404-875-1522 www.smithsoldebar.com
• Today: The Gourds • Saturday: Early show: Marshall Crenshaw / Regular show: The Mosier Band • Sunday: Greensky Bluegrass • Wednesday: Please Pleaserock Me THE TABERNACLE 152 Luckie St., Atlanta 404-659-9022 www.livenation.com/venue/ getVenue/venueId/1294/
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GWINNETT CALENDAR Today Jimmy Buffett tribute band Sons of Sailors will perform at 8 p.m. today as part of the Lawrenceville’s Moonlight and Music Concert Series on the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse lawn at 185 Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. The concert is free to attend. For more information, call 678-226-2639 or visit www.visitlawenceville.com. Comedian Jodie White will perform at 9 p.m. today at Buford Variety Theater, 170 W. Main St. in Buford. The show is for those 21 and older only. For more information, call 770-271-7878 or visit www.bufordvarietytheater.com.
Saturday The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host a free Family Day event Saturday at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300, in Duluth. For more information, call 770623-6002 or visit www.thehudgens.org. The Blues and Brews Craft Beer Festival and Concert featuring the band Critical Velocity will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Grayson City Park. No children are allowed. For more information and ticket prices, call 678-429-6197 or visit www.graysonbluesandbrews.com. The 28th annual Duluth Fall Festival will be held from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday on the Duluth Town Green. The event is free to attend. For more information, call 770476-0240 or visit www.duluthfallfestival.com. The second annual Korean Festival will begin at noon Saturday at Town Center Park in Suwanee. For more information, call 770-2631888. Elvis tribute artist Mark Pitts will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at New Dawn Theater, 3087 Main St. in Duluth. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for children. For more information, call 678-887-5015 or visit www.newdawntheatercompany.com. The Tisiuc Art Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Bogan Community Park Recreation Center, 2723 N. Bogan Road in Buford. The event is free to attend. For more information, call 770-614-2060. Comedian Jodie White will perform at 9 p.m. Saturday at Buford Variety Theater, 170 W. Main St. in Buford. The show is for those 21 and older only. For more information, call 770-2717878 or visit www.bufordvarietytheater.com. The Brookwood Performing Arts presents “While the Lights Were Out” at 7 p.m. Saturday at Brookwood High School, 1255 Dogwood Road in Snellville.
Sunday The 28th annual Duluth Fall Festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on the Duluth Town Green. The event is free to attend. For more information, call 770476-0240 or visit www.duluthfallfestival.com. The second annual Koran Festival will begin at noon Sunday at Town Center Park in Suwanee. For more information, call 770-2631888. The Tisiuc Art Festival will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Bogan Community Park Recreation Center, 2723 N. Bogan Road in Buford. The event is free to attend. For more information, call 770-614-2060.
Oct. 1 The Stephen Lee Band will perform a free concert from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in Norcross’ Thrasher Park. For more information, visit www.norcrossartfest.com.
Oct. 2 The seventh annual Norcross Art Fest will he held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 2 in historic downtown Norcross followed by a special performance by the Beau Hall Band from 7:30 to 9:30 in Thrasher Park. Admission to both the festival and concert is free. For more information, visit www.norcrossartfest.com.
METRO CALENDAR Saturday
Ongoing events
The Chopin Society of Atlanta will present Joyce Yang in a piano recital at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St. in Roswell. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for society members and seniors and $5 for students. For more information, call 770-6411260 or visit www.chopinatlanta.org.
The Atlanta History Center will host the exhibit “Voices Across the Color Line: The Atlanta Student Movement” through Saturday. Center hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission to this exhibit is free. The center is at 130 W. Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. For more information, call 770-814-
4000 or visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com. The Center for Puppetry Arts will present “Wake up Your Weird” with Lolly and Leslie at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Fridays, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 3 p.m. Sundays through Sunday. Tickets are $16 and the center is at 1404 Spring St. N.W. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-8733391 or visit www.puppet.org.
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