http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_331163234.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_331163234.html When considering the meager merits of the bone-snapping, blood-splattered "Ninja Assassin," it's best to remember the words of John Goodman's PC-challenged character in "The Big Lebowski": "The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy ... adversary." Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_068161318.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_068161318.html Find movie times for films playing at theaters in the Wabash Valley. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_329203851.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_329203851.html The spirit of animation maestro Walt Disney lives on. The studio has gone back to its roots with a fresh, funny retelling of a classic fairy tale in “The Princess and the Frog,” Disney’s return to hand-drawn animation after a five-year hiatus. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322185345.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322185345.html It’s post-Katrina New Orleans and there are snakes in the water — none bigger than Terence McDonagh, an exceptionally corrupt detective, who slinks through town snorting coke, smoking heroin, harassing women and brandishing a .44 Magnum stuffed in the front of his pants. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:47:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322184712.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322184712.html It’s been a big year for animation, with a great variety of styles represented by “Up,” “Monsters vs. Aliens,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the upcoming “The Princess and the Frog.” Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322154736.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_322154736.html The redemption-minded sports flick "The Blind Side" serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist. Writer-director John Lee Hancock wisely lets the true story of Michael Oher — the African-American teen who found a home and, eventually, football stardom, after being adopted by a wealthy Memphis family — speak for itself. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_314171117.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_314171117.html It’s an unenviable task, making films about the war on terror for audiences that don’t want to sit through dramatizations of the same bad news they get for real out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_300171953.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_300171953.html “Gentlemen Broncos” is a comedy so weird, so off, so simply wrong that even freakish hero Napoleon Dynamite would have a hard time lending it his catch word, “Sweet.” Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_286163313.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_286163313.html “Where the Wild Things Are,” the book, is just 339 words long. But in turning it into “Where the Wild Things Are,” the movie, director Spike Jonze has expanded the basic story with a breathtaking visual scheme and stirring emotional impact. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:26:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_266192640.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_266192640.html You don’t have to be a soccer expert, or even know all that much about the sport, to get sucked into the competing personalities and personal dramas of “The Damned United. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_262172958.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_262172958.html How do you make a movie about the country’s current economic crisis and actually get people to see it? Two obstacles most obviously arise: illustrating such a potentially dry subject in a compelling way, and persuading audiences to pay money for information they can get at home — and feel depressed about — for free. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:19:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_251211508.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_251211508.html Beyond its generic, forgettable title, “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” feels like some throwaway 1980s TV movie, with its implausible premise, dizzying twists, cheesy montages and melodramatic score. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:30:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_251183053.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_251183053.html Despite their roughhewn appearance, the resourceful rag dolls in "9'' obviously were crafted with great love and care, both by the scientist who made them in the film and the mastermind behind them in real life, director Shane Acker. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:03:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_244160458.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_244160458.html Ten years ago, Mike Judge satirized the absurdities of the workplace experience from the perspective of put-upon employees with "Office Space." It didn't do much when it came out but, as we all know by now, it became a cult favorite on cable and home video, to the point where it changed the way you looked at the common stapler. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_238235236.html http://www.adaeveningnews.com/tribstar/atthemovies/local_story_238235236.html Jim Rome urges his listeners (or "clones," as he so lovingly calls them) to have solid takes, to bring it, when they dial into his sports talk radio show.