@ Park & Tilford Cineplex 200 - 333 Brooksbank, North Vancouver (985-391 1}: Out of Sight — 1:15, 7:05, 9:45 p.m. daily. Dr. Doolittle — 1:45, 2:15, 6:45, 7:25, 8:45, 9:20 p.m. daily. The X-Files — 1:25, 1:35, 6:55, 7:15, 9:30, 9:40 p.m. daily (No 6:55 show Wed., July 8). Can’t Hardly Wait — 2, 7:30 p.m. daily. The Opposite of Sex — 9:50 p.m. daily. @ Esplanade 6 Cinemas 200 W. Esplanade, North Vancouver (983-2762) Armageddon 12, 12:30, 3:40, 4:10, 7, 7:20, 10, 10:20 p.m. The Truman Show 1:30, 4, 7:15, 9:45 p.m. Mulan 12:15, 12:45, 2:15, 3, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 9:10 p.m. Perfect Murder 7:30, 9:50 Six Days, Seven Nights 12:40, 3:30, 7:25, 9:55 p.m. B Caprice Park Royal South West Vancouver (926- 6699 Bulworth — 9:25 p.m. daily. im Deep Impact — 7:05 p.m. dail P y. Godzilla — 7 and 9:30 Eine Horse Whisperer e¢ Horse Whi: — 7:30 p.m. daily. @ Fifth Avenue Cinemas 2110 Burrard at 5th, Vancouver (734-8700) Chinese Box — 2, 4, 7:05 & 9:25 The Opposite of Sex — 1:40, 4-10 and 9:40 p.m. The Last Days of Disco — 1:35, 7:15 & 9:35 (Note 9:35 show Saturday, July 4 or 7:15 show Monday, July 6): ‘| Gone With The wind — 1:30 & 7 p.m. Cousin Bette -— Fri. &. Sun.--Thurs. 4 & 7:20; Sat. only 4, 7:20 & 9:35 The Truman Show — 1:45, 4:05, 7:10 & 9:30 @ Park Theatre 3440 Cambie at 18th, Yancouver (876-2747) Aumaged lon — 4, 7 & 9:55 daily plus Sat/Sun I p.m. . @ Varsity Theatre 4375 West 10th at- Trimble, Vancouver (222-2235) Mulan — 4, 7 & 9 p.m. - plus Sat/Sun at 2 @ Pacific Cinematheque 1131 Howe St., Vancouver (684-3456) ; Chinese Filn Festival 1998: The Images of Women in Chinese Cinema continues for a second weekend as The Chinese Cultural Centre celebrates its 25th anniversary with over 20 films. Friday, July 3 — 7 p.m. The Last Aristocrats (China, 1989); 9 p.m. Wild Mountains (China 1985). turday, July 4 — 2 p.m. Osmanthus Alley (Taiwan, 1989); 4 p.m. Hu-du-mon (Hong Kong 1996); 7 p.m. Woman, Demon, Emotion (China 1989); 9 p.m. Farewell China (Hong Kong 1991). Sunday, July 5 — 2 p.m. Dust in the Wind (Taiwan, 1986); 4 p.m. Yellow Earth (China 1984); 7 p.m. Peking Opera Blues (Hong Kong 1986); 9 p.m. The Story of Qui fu starring Gong Li (China 1992). The personal made poltical Wayne Wang’s Chinese Box W@ Chincse Box *«&% Starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li and Maggie Cheung. Directed by Wayne Wang. Opens tonight at Fifth Avenue Cinemas. The film opens with the incessant pounding of a pile driver, echoing like a heartbeat through the labyrinth of pre- changeover Hong Kong streets. We are then introduced into the loneiy world of John Geremy Irons), displaced British financial writer, at beginning of 1997. John writes about the money that he thinks defines Hong Kong, but after 12 years he still hasn’t skimmed the surface. The only passion John feels is for prostitute-turned-bar-owner Vivian (Gong Li). But Vivian clings to her relationship with Chang, the man who sct her up in business. She knows which way the wind blows: the future lies with. che Chinese, not with the departing English. Gong Li (Raise the Red Lantern), with the exception of a playful impersonation of Marlene Dietrich, is good but a tad rigid as Vivian, no.doubt because of having to tackle her role in English. John tries to distance himself from Vivian after he discov- ers he has leukemia, and only a few months to live. “I wonder if I can hold out longer than the British?” muses John. The parallel is clear: Joh embodies the dying colonial era in Hong Kong. The defeated expatriate who never knew his chosen home. Jeremy Irons, a bit sad and sallow looking at the best of times, is excel- lent. We don’t need repellent physical evidence of sickness, we sce it in John’s slowing gait, in the lonely, desperate look on his face. Much credit here should go to director Wayne Wang, wno chose to shoot Chinese Box with a hand-held camera. This is usually an overused and stylized distraction in film and TV, but here it involves the audience in the action. It puts us in the huddle of for- cign journalists and captures the strangeness felt by a visitor in a foreign land, the frenetic pace of Hong Kong, and the woozy, off-balance feeling of John’s declining health. Juue Crawrorp MOVIE REVIEW 3 y a ~ A male humpback shadows a mother and her caif dur- ing the long migration from Hawaii to Alaska. The new CN iMAX movie Whales opens today at Canada Place. Whale of a movie WHO says you can’t see whales near Burrard Inlet anymore? Beginning today through October, you'll be able to see humpbacks, orcas, rights and blue whales just a stones throw from the busy Vancouver waterway. The newest CN IMAX movic, Whales, opens tonight at the popular large-format theatre in Canada Place. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, of Star Trek: The Next Generation fame, the 40-minute movie takes us below the surface and into the ancient world of these incredible creatures. Rare footage of blue whales is worth the cost of admission alone, as is the sight of a impossibly huge humpback turning effortless loops in aqua blue water. The film follows blue, humpback, orca, right whales and dol- phins (which are also whales) through the coastal waters of Patagonia, Columbia, Hawaii, California, Alaska and Newfoundland. The closest the filming came to Vancouver was off the San Juan Islands in Washington State. My only complaint with Whales is the at-times overly simplis- tic narration, giving one the sensation of watching a Sunday morning nature show rather than a big screen event. But in fair- ness, education is a hallmark of CN IMAX nature-based films, and so Stewart’s doting manner — accompanied by whimsical music — is somewhat forgivable. Unlike those television nature shows, however, Whales does not delve deeply into the kill or be killed storyline that so often has the subjects of the film doing the killing — or being killed. Only once dead whale is shown in Whales, and it looks more like it is sleeping on a coastline than actually expired. Meaning, Whales is perfect tor kids of all ages. As is the case with all IMAX 70mm films, though, it is the images not the words that make this a whale of a movie. Whales shows daily at neon, 2, 7 and 10 p.m. through Oct. 8. — Andrew McCredie a d Qos f FIRST with New. *. Releases *, Every Monday ta ‘ Midnight Photo Kam Tsuen | JEREMY Irons and Maggie Cheung star with Gong Li in Wayne Wang’s latest film Chinese Box which opens tonight at Fifth Avenue Cinemas. In the midst of all this John meets Jean (Maggie Cheung), ’a street hus- tler who sells everything from watches to a last breath of colonial Hong Kong air. John thinks if he can only dissect this enigmatic, physically and emotionally scarred girl, he will finally understand Hong Kong. ‘ Of the three main characters Jean most represents Hong Kong’s future. Not John, the vanquished Englishman. Not Vivian, clinging to an old-world definition of respectability. ; Cok, Jean is a hodgepodge of colonial and Chinese, loyal to no way of life and living only in the moment. And with the future of Hong Kong uncertain, she is most likely to survive. . : Those anticipating a political statement from Wayne Wang may be disap- pointed — he uses the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese as'a'mere backdrop — but the relationships he expiores tell us more about life in Hong Kong than a political drama could. pf ae Morgan Freema errpenepemn cone 10. 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