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: | Proof of Life: 214A) — Fri, Mon,
“Tue, Wed, Tha 7:10, 10 p.m, Sat,
Sun 1:10, 4:05, 7:10, 10 p.m.
Rugrats in Parts /G) Fri, Mon, Tuc.
Wed, Thu 6:35 p.m. Sat, Sun 1, 3,

_ 653 pm.

~ The Legend of Bagger Vance (PG)
9:30pm
Unbreakable (1-44) — Fri, Mon,
Tue, Wed, Thu 7:25, 9:40 p.m. Sat,
Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:25, 9:40 p.m.
B Fifth Avenue Cinemas
2110 Burrard at Sth, Vancouver (734-
8700}
‘You Can Count On Me (I'G)—7:
9:40 pan. plus Sat/Sun 2, 4:30 p.m.
and Fa/Tue 4:30 pan.

’, Best In Show (PG) — 7:30, 9:30 p.m.
plus Sat/Sun 2:15, 4:45 p.m. and

- Fri/Toe 4:45 p.m. (no 7:30 p.m. show

> Wed, Dec. 13 and Thu, Dec. M4)
Waydowntown (PG) — 7:40, 9:50

2 pam. plus Sat/Sun 2:15, 5 pm. and
“Fri/Tue 5 p.m.(no 7:40 p.m. show

“°: Moa, Dee. #1)
: Ril Btlot (PG) —7, 9:20 p.m. plus
Salen 38 . 4 pam. and Fri/Tuc 4

Goya In Bordeaux {14A) —-6:50,
10 p.m. plus Sat/Sun 1:45, $:15
10, and Fri/Tue 4:15 p.m. |

a Park Theatre noe
3440 Cambie at 18th, Vancouver (876-

2747).
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
14A)—4, 7, 9:48 pam, plus Sat/Sun

‘The Biceist (18A) — 7:30 pm. i
Romo Must Diz (14A) — 9:50 p.m.

131 Howe Sr., Vancouver (684-3456) -

_ (Cold Fever, Northern Lights: Fridrik
This Fridriksson and the Icelandic
Cinema — Cold Fever (Fridcik Thor
Fridriksson, 1995) Saturday, Dee. 9 at

30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10 at 9:10

.mi., Monday, Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m. *
Count Me Out (Ari Ksistinsson, 1997)
Saturday, Dec. 9 at 9:10 p.m. and

* Sunday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m...

Land aad Sons (. Agust Gudmundsson,
1980) Monday, Dec. 11 at 9:10 p.m.,
Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 7:30 p.m. *
ossi/81 0551 (Julius Kemp, 1997)
Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 9:20 p.m."
Thursday, Dee. Ui a 9:30 p 02,
op in Fe ik (Agust Ekobsson,
1997) Thursday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m.,
‘riday, Dee. 15 at 9:30 pnt.

CALL it the year of

millennial mediocrity:
finding 10 films wor-
thy enough to be sin-

‘gled out was a chal-

lenge. It'll be interest-
ing to see what next
year’s anticipated
strikes at the Screen
Actors’ Guild and the
Writers’ Guild of
America do for feature
films. Bring on 2001.

TOP TEN OF 20690

1) Almest Famous:
Cameron Crowe’s tale of
his introduction to “life.
with the band” at the cen-
der age of 15. The acting is
superb, but all glory from
the film must go to the
author. Crowe has great
Fespx ect for every character
is upies, virgins,
addicts and cowards alike
transcend stereotypes and
‘teate a funny, moving,
realistic slice of °70s
American Pie. ;

2) Requiem fer a Drear:
‘The strongest anti-drug

-= Message to come along in

» Requiem is onc long
lucinatory, ry, adrenaline-
infused, migrainc-addled:
. descent into the pits of
addiction. The equal doses

‘of subsrance along with

* Darren Aronoftky’s jarring
syle make it a must-see.

3) Crouching

T% iger/THidaden Dragon:
4 you’re tired rd those
: Matrix-inspired martial arts
moves? Ang Lee’s film has °

_ jaw-dropping action
sequences, powerful female
--warriors and a high level of
“Suspense which blends

_ Seamlessly with tender.

-- romantic scenes. Your.
boyfriend won't mind the
subtitles. oo

Simple, touching,
_Sigpleeeuhing an

4) Gladiator: It made a
dead genre hot again, and
gave overdue star status to
Russell Crowe. That, and it
shows those WWF wussies
how it’s really done.

5) Quills: The film is sexy
and violent, but never gra-
pau and Rush’s superb
gives the Marquis
de "Sade ¢ a human aspect
any historians overlook.
He e and Joaquin Phoenix
are shoo-ins at Oscar time.

6) The Color of Paradise:

» This film, written and
” directed by Tran’s Majid

Majidi can’t helo but leave a
lasting impression. Mohsen
Ramezani gives an amazing-
ly unaffected performance °
as a blind boy who wants
nothing more than the love
mother. His father, ho
sees Mohammed as a liabili-
ty to his impending second
marriage, has other plans.
and beau-

7) Chicken Ren: The hilari-
~ ous, much-anticipated fol-
low-up from claymation
genius Nick Park to his
hugely successful -Wedllace
and Gromit shorts. Mel -
Gibson, Kenneth Branagh, °

: and a star-srudded cast do

the voices of the plucky

mo

Serious Steel .
Rely on us to bring’
othe health club home
_ to you this Christmas

‘PATRICK Fug

” Hanging U;
whining a ain

it and Kate Hudson siar in one of this year’

“ pheto Neal Preston.
‘3 best filmic. Almost" oes

Famous, Cameron Crowe's funriy, moving, raatistic silco of ‘706 American pie.

poultry trying to escape
their cruel destiny.

8) Cimck and Buck: Forgec
Blair Witch 2, this is the
scariest movie of the year.
The indie film never stoops
to porway Buck as a villain
or the village i idiot during
the story of his dangerous
infatuation with childhood

’ friend Chuck.

2) Billy Elliott: A bit on
the sentimental side, but
isn’ it about time we had.
an optimistic story about a

male dancer who DIDN'T --.

take off his clothes? And._

. young actor Jamie Bell i isa
". joy.

10) Wonder Boys: Because
Michael Douglas wasn’t
afraid to look every bit the

old, tired and unkempt col-.:
: lege professor; because

Frances McDormand played |:

- his gizlfriend; because this is
: how those mentor/protege'

relationships really work.

_ WORST OF 2000 S
“Worst Star-Studded Film: :

(tie) The Crew and
ad Enough
iverehing

HAMMER
“STRENGTH

’ Harvey Keite

’ already! Untikeable charac-

ters, uninteresting stories,
unbelievable waste of time.

Worst teen flick: Riding
the success of She’s Al
That, Robert Iscove hoped

. to score again with the:

same formula/same [ead -
actor. Boys and Girls was the
stylistic twin of She’s All:
That, but without any of ©

’ the kuman interest, gags or
- wit of his last film. Teens
‘aren’t that stupid, Bob.

' Worst Drama: Holy Smoke. - a

Kate Winslet j joins acult,
tries to. @
deprogram her. The renal.

Kate pees on herself and

: Harvey crawls through the

Australian outback in a red.
dress and heels... .
Worst Romantic Comedy:
Axtumn in New York: ” .

Richard Gere and Winona

Ryder? Blech! Go meet
someone your own age.

Just the Worst: Batelefield

. Barty. Do tithes to the’
Church of Scientology.”

extend tc entire films

“devoted to L. Ron
-Hubbard’s work? Maybe -

poor John Travoita was”.
“aid he'd bee excommuni

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