@ Park & Tilford Cineplex
200 — 333 Brooksbank,
North Vancouver (985-3911)
Drowning Mona (subject to
classification) — 1:10, 3:25,
6:50, 9:25 p.m.

Hanging Up (PG) — 1:15,
3:15, 7, 9:15 p.m.

Stuart Little (G) — 1:30,
3:40 p.m.

American Beauty (14A) — 1,
3:35, 6:50, 9:25 p.m.

Pitch Black (14A) — 7:05,
9:30 p.m.

What Planet are you From?
(14A) — 1:20, 3:50, 7:05,
9:20 p.m.

The Beach (14A) — 1:05,
3:30, 7:10, 9:45 p.m.

@ Esplanade 6 Cinemas
200 W. Esplanade, North
Vancouver (983-2762)

The Whole Nine Yards —-
Fri, Mon-Thu 7:10, 9:45 p.m.
Sat/Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:10,
9:45 p.m.

Cider House Rules -- Fri,
Mon-Thu 7, 9:40 p.m, Sat/
Sun 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:40 p.m.
Boiler Room — 9:30 p.m.
The Tigger Movie — Ii,
Mon-Thu 7:15 p.m. Sat/Sun
1:30, 3:30, 5:20, 7:15 p.m.
Wonder Boys — Fri, Man-
Thu 7:30, 9:55 p.m. Sat/Sun
2, 4:2, 5, 7:30,9:55 p.m.
Snow Day — Fri, Mon-Thu
7:25, 9:35 p.m. Sat/Sun
2:15, 4:40, 7:25, 9:35 p.m.
My Dog Skip — Fri, Mon-
Thu 7:05, 9:25 p.m. Sat/Sun
1:45, 4, 7:05, 9:25 p.m.

@ Caprice Park Royal
South

West Vancouver (926-6699)
Talented Mr. Ripley (14A)
— 9pm.

End of the Affair (PG) — 7
p.m. plus Sat/Sun 2 p.m.
The Hurricane (PG) — 7:30

p.m.
Toy Story 2 (G) — Sat/Sun
2:10 p.m.

2:10p

The Green Mile (PG) —
7:15 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:45
p.m,

@ Fifth Avenue Cinemas
2110 Burrard at Sth,
Vancouver (734-8700)

The Cup (G) —- 7:20, 9:20
p.m. plus Sat/Sun 2:10, 4:40
p.m. and Tue 4:40 p.m.
Holy Smoke (14A) — 7:10,
9:40 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:50,
4:20 p.m., Tue 4:20 p.m. (no
7:10 p.m. show on Thu,
March 9}

American Beauty (14A) —
7:05 and 9:35 p.m. plus
Sat/Sun 1:40, 4:10 p.m. and
Tue 4:10 p.m.

The Cider House Rules
(PG) — 7, 9:30 p.m. plus
Sat/Sun 1:30, 4 p.m. and Tue

4pm.

Ali About My Mother (14A)
— 7:15, 9:25 p.m. plus
Sat/Sun 2, 4:30 p.m. and Tue
4:30 p.m.

@ Park Theatre

3440 Cambie at 18th,
Vancouver (876-2747)
Topsy Turvy (PG) — Fri
6:30, 9:30 p.m. Sat 3:30,
6:30, 9:30 p.m. Sun 3:30, 7
p.m. and Mon-Thu 7 p.m. ©

@ Pacific Cinematheque
113] Howe St., Vancouver
(684-3456)

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Photo Francois Duham:t

A simulator (Tammy Tavares) is brought in to help explain earthly matters to men
from Harold's planet. What Panet Are You From? opens today at Park and Tilford.

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@ What Planet Are You ”
From? x * (out of 5)

Directed by Mike

Nichols. Starring Gary
Shandling, Annette

Bening, Greg Kinnear

and Ben Kingsley.

Opens today.

SOPHOMORIC,

underdeveloped and

duli: a bit like my first boyfriend,
What Planet Are You From? is a sur-
prisingly mediocre film from veteran
director Mike Nichols.

What went wrong? Gary Shandling’s self-
deprecating wit usually keeps audiences in
stitches. Annette Bening is no slouch herself,
well on her way to an Oscar win for American
Beauty. Mike Nichols has proven his talents in
both drama (Silkwood) and comedy (The
Birdcage) genres. ,

But Nichols’ sci-fi comedy seems self-con-
sciously lacking in purpose, direction, and
worst of all, laughs. Shandling plays an alien
with an alias: Harold Anderson, who's been
sent to Earth to impregnate a woman. His all-
male planet is going for intergalactic domina-
tion, and despite their highly evolved, emo-
tion- and genital-free state, they need a baby
earthling to do so, ,

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then to an Alcoholics
Anonymous meeting where,
hankies in hand, the men hit
on the most vulnerable of
the herd.
After a rocky start,
Harold woos Susan
(Bening), whose clock is
ticking double-time. No sex
on the first date, marriage
on the second. Susan doesn’t
scem to mind that she
knows nothing about Harold, or that there’s
a distinctive humming sound coming from his
crotch on their wedding night.

It seems Anderson's new penis could have
benefited from some tweaking before he left
for Earth. The best exchange of the film takes
place between Shandling’s character and
Helen (Linda Fiorentino), who notices the
odd noise while trying to seduce Harold:
Harold: “It’s my penis. It hums.” Helen: “I
guess it doesn’t know the words.” Funny, bat
the humming penis thing gets tired quickly (if
you'll pardon the pun).

It’s one thing to build a movie around
penis jokes ( There’s Something About Mars
made millions doing it) but it’s quite another
when a movie relies on the same penis joke to
sustain two hours of faughter.

There are some chuckles to be gleaned
from the stereotypical male/female patterns
of behaviour, which Harold toc readily falls
into. After successfully getting Susan preg-
nant, he retires to the sofa, remote in hand,
and tends off pleas from Susan to communi-

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This week’s TV highlights
>» Beggars & Choosers — tonight on BRAVO ch. 28
> The Lady Eve — Sunday on WIN ch. 20

> Jeni Legon — Monday on BRAVO ch. 28

FRIDAY
M COMEDY Beaqaars and Choosers (BRAVO, Channel
28,8 pin.)

The production will recurn to Vancouver at the end
of March to begin filming its second season.

SATURDAY
W@ HOCKEY New Jersey at Vanconver (CBC, Channel
3,7 p.m.)

B MOVIE *#&x%* Teorema (Italy 1968) (Knoweldge,
Channel 5, 10 p.m.)
Pier Paulo Pasolini’s attack on bourgeois values.

M MOVIE xx Red Rock West (1968) (VTV,
Channel 9, I a.m.)

Nicolas Cage is perfect as the drifter who can’t leave
town jn John Dahl’s seriocomic film noir. The film
originally made for Cable TV includes Dennis Hopper,
Lara Flynn Boyle and J.T. Walsh.

SUNDAY
MOVIE & xk wk The Lady Eve (1941) (WTN,
Channel 20, 1 p.m.)

Preston Sturges’ classic screwball comedy stars Henry
Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck.

@ MOVIE The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
(2000) (A&E, Channel 17, 9 p.m.)

Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaikin appear in this
new instalment in the Nero Wolfe detective series.

@ MOVIE xxx She Wore A Yellow Ribion (1949)
(BRAVO, Channel 28, 11;15 p.m.)

john Wayne stars in John Ford’s classic western as
aging Captain Nathan Brittles.

MONDAY

DOCUMENTARY Jeni Legon: Living in a Great

Way (1999) (BRAVO Channel 28, 5:30 p.m.)
Vancouver-made NFB film tells the fascinating story

of multi-talented entertainer Jeni Legon.

M@ HOCKEY Toronto at Vancouver (Sportsnet,
Channel 22, 7 p.m.)

TUESDAY
@ DOCUMENTARY Stepping Razor Red X (1992)
(BRAVO Channel 28, 1 p.m.)

A profile of Reggae legend Peter Tush directed by
(Da Vinci’s Inquest star) Nicholas Campbell.

@ BASKETBALL Vancouver at New York (VTV,
Channel 9, 4:30 p.m.)

MOVIE *&%% Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
(Showcase, Channel 24, 10 p.m.)

Todd Solondz’ nasty slice of life centres around the
exploits of an 11-year-old girl from New Jersey.

WEDNESDAY
@ HOCKEY Vancouver at Dallas (Sportsnet, Channel
22,5 p.m.)

THURSDAY
M@ HOCKEY Vancouver at St. Louis Ch. 9, 5 p.m.

“West Coast Impressions”

In this, his second one man exhibition, Alan offers
a few ship portraits with other subjects he enjoys to
paint. These are mostly of water, rocks und trees, the
prevalent elements of our West Coast environment.

Included, are his first paintings in oil which he began
to experiment only last November.

Showing March 4 - March 30, 2000

OPENING RECEPTION

Saturday, March 4, 2000
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Artist will be present from 12:00 noun - 2 pur

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For Information call: 904-0907 Ask for Beatrice or Stefan
Bet Art GALLERY INC.

3053 Highland Boulevard, North Vancouver
E-mail: belart@axionet.com
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Friday 1am - Spm ¢ Saturday 10:30am - 4:30pm