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A FEW GREAT MEN Josh Brolin gives a classic comic performance in Men in Black III
FOR GREATER GLORY—Andy Garcia and Eva Longoria star in this drama about a ragtag band of rebels who fight in a violent civil war in Mexico. (R) Opens Friday, June 1. Edwards, 9, 12, 14, 22.
GEORGE PRENTICE If you measure the return on your entertainment dollar by how many explosions are on the big screen, Men in Black III should settle the score nicely. But if you’re looking for something more, say a good story and genius character development, then MIB III is also an investment well into the black. Josh Brolin suits up and delivers one of the best comedic performances since Robert Downey Jr.’s outrageous blackface in 2008’s Tropic Thunder. Brolin’s note-perfect impresJosh Brolin perfects his Tommy Lee Jones impersonation in Men in Black III. sion of Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K can’t be missed. In fact, Brolin is so good that his K is an eyebrow. But Men in Black III easily outpaces MIB more a tribute to Jones than impersonation. Smith is his usual, over-the-top motorII, released a decade ago, and achieves a I must admit to some begrudging relucdelicate balance between blockbuster fun and mouth, a perfect foil for K. tance to suffer through another incarnaJ: “I’m an agent of Men in Black but I’m a sweet-as-you-please character-rich script. tion of Men in Black. The number “3” just from the future. We’re partners. Twenty-five The story opens by introducing us to doesn’t bode well for movies. Sequels can years from now, you’re gonna recruit me, Boris the Animal, a one-armed beast imbe good (Aliens) and, on occasion, great (Godfather II, The Empire Strikes Back) but prisoned on the moon. His confinement and and 14 years after that, the guy you didn’t lack of appendage has everything to do with let me kill today at Coney Island, he escapes three-quels are arthritic (Scream 3) and, on occasion, horrible (Godfather III, Jaws 3-D). Agent K, so it only goes to reason that Boris from prison and jumps back in the past and lives for revenge. The unleashes a full-scale invasion of Earth. We For the record, Toy got about 19 hours to catch him and kill villain time-warps Story 3 gets a pass. It back to 1969, when K him so really, we need to go, right now.” was pretty wonderful. MEN IN BLACK III (PG-13) (Extremely long pause) got the better of him Actors and Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld K: “All right.” (and his arm). That directors, in haste Starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones MIB III visits the 1969 liftoff of Apollo leaves it up to Agent J to take the money and Josh Brolin 11, a Greenwich Village happening and a (Will Smith) to chase and run, usually put Chinese restaurant that you never want to Boris back through Now playing at Edwards 9, 12, 14 and 22 three-quels on cruise time, with the help of visit (hint: don’t order the noodle surprise). control, steering a And in the end, the film offers an all-tooa much-younger K, plot-weary jalopy rare happy ending: a twinkly surprise that down the middle of the road with not much though Brolin’s face-of-stone clearly hasn’t explains so much about the men, their suits aged well (to comic delight). under the hood. In short order, three-quels and their connection. It’s nice stuff until the “Hey man, you got some city miles are destined for the junkyard—better known next go-round. on you,” says J, to which K doesn’t lift as the discount DVD rack.
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN—Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth star in this action-adventure take on the classic fairytale from Joe Roth. (PG-13) Opens Friday, June 1. Edwards, 9, 12, 14, 22. DARLING COMPANION—Diane Keaton plays Beth, a compassionate empty-nester who rescues a dog along the freeway. Kevin Kline plays her distracted husband, who loses the dog while they are on vacation in the Colorado Rockies. (PG-13) Opens Friday, June 1. The Flicks. THE DEEP BLUE SEA— Rachel Weisz stars in this adaptation of the play by Terence Rattigan. Set just after World War II, it tells the story of a married woman who falls in love with a younger man. (R) Opens Friday, June 1. The Flicks.
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