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OutGoing The weekend guideMOVIES

21 jump streetIn 21 Jump Street, Jonah Hill

and Channing atum turn upirst as high school enemies.Hill is a nerd; atum is thepopular jock. ime passes,and both men enrol in thepolice academy. heyrehopeless as cops. Nonethe-less, they get an assignmentto catch a drug lord operat-ing out o a high school, andso our bumbling heroes turnback the clock several yearsto go undercover. he ilm isrude, speedy and outrageous,and we mean that in the best

way. ****

american reunion

Ame ri can Re uni on is theourth installment o thesex-crazed comedy. he oldcrowd gets together back ora high school reunion, and itturns out some things neverchange. Jim (Jason Biggs) is

still preoccupied with mas-turbating; Oz (Chris Klein) isa successul V sportscaster;Stier (Seann William Scott)is still a lusty loose cannonobsessed with high schoolgirls; and Finch (Eddie Kayehomas) and Kevin (homasIan Nicholas) are about thesame.American R eunion is adopey movie with two or threelaugh-out-loud moments. **

bully

he documentary Bullyshows the immediate nega-tive eect o bullying but alsopoints to the lasting damagethat will be done to some othe children. Bullyis an intel-ligent and completely engag-ing flm and its also an impor-tant social document thatshows, in the experience o aew kids, a contemporary epi-demic. ****

the cabin in

the WooDshe set-up in he Cabin in

the Woods is amiliar: a hand-ul o attractive young menand women go o to an iso-lated cabin or a restul week-end. heres the tarty girl(Anna Hutchison), the studlyguy (Chris Hemsworth) a cou-ple (played by Kristen Con-nolly and Jesse Williams) ona blind date and theres stonerguy (Fran Kranz) or comicrelie. heres something elsegoing on here, but youll haveto see the movie to ind out

what. Te less you know aboutthis flm, the more un youregoing to have. he Cabin in

the Hoods is clever, naughty,irreverent, exhilarating andtruly bizarre. ****

chimpanZeehe nature documentary

Chimpanzee goes inside thelie o a young chimp namedOscar and his amily; thegroup has been ollowed ordecades by evolutionary biol-ogist Christophe Boesch, sothe ilmmakers had plenty ohistory to draw upon. Chim-panzee was ilmed in Aricaover a period o about our

years. Chimpanzee oers anopportunity to help childrenlearn more about the primatesand how their environment ischanging. ***

Dr. seuss the loraX

he Lorax, based on Dr.Seuss book, ocuses on a love-struck boy named ed (voicedby Zac Eron), whos deter-mined to ind a real tree or

the beautiul Audrey (aylorSwit), with the help o his rag-ing granny (Betty White). Tequest takes him to the her-mit home o the O nce-ler (EdHelms), who tells the tale oa misguided young man andhow his dream o providingmaterials or the masses pro-duced ecological disaster. Tisdespite the ervent eorts othe deender o the trees, theLorax (Danny DeVito). heLoraxis a un, ast-paced little

movie. ***

the FiVe-year

enGaGement

Opens today.

the hunGer Games

Based on the popular book,Te Hunger Games stars Jenni-er Lawrence as Katniss Ever-deen who lives in an Ameri-

can dystopia, where the rich,decadent Capitol rules bru-tally over 12 districts. heHunger Games are a ritual,

wherein each district choosesa boy and girl to take part in amass ight to the death. Kat-niss steps in to replace herragile kid sister, and is joinedby the local baker Peeta Mel-lark (J osh Hutcherson).heyre joined by a couple odubious mentors, includingetiquette advisor Eie rin-ket (Elizabeth Banks), ward-robe advisor Cinna (LennyKravitz), and the drunk and

cynical Haymitch Abernathy(Woody Harrelson). Te Hun-ger Gamesis undeniably a rich

antasy adventure. ****

the hunterWillem Daoe stars in he

Hunteras Martin David, amercenary employed by abiotech company to ollow upon sightings o a asmanianiger. Hes to hunt down theanimal, keeping blood andbone samples and destroy-ing everything else. He staysin a rural cabin with a hip-pie amily, where the poweris o, theres no hot waterand mom is heavily sedated.heres a constant tension inTe Hunterbetween the dan-ger involved in Daoes relent-less quest or the tiger and thebeauty o the landscape hemoves through. ***

locKoutGuy Pearce stars as Snow

in Lockout, an ex- secretagent who is sent to a utur-istic space jail to rescue thepresidents daughter (Maggie

Grace) rom rioting prisoners.At no point should Lockoutbetaken too seriously. Its unky-silly humour, sense o adven-ture and bravado makes it

worthwhile. ***

the lucKy oneIn Te Lucky One Zac Eron

plays a U.S. Marine whoreturns home rom a stint inIraq. Wracked by survivorguilt, Eron goes on a cross-country journey to ind him-

sel and the woman o his bro-ken dreams. he charismaticaylor Schilling, playing theowner-operator o a Louisi-ana dog kennel, is Erons sal-

vation. And he is hers. Melo-drama and sappy music enve-lope all. Yet, at its core, heLucky One is compelling andEron is surprisingly up to thetask o conveying this human-ity. ***

mirror mirror

In Mirror, Mirror, Lily Col-lins stars as Snow White, aprincess let to end or herselater the king, her ather, van-ishes. She is just a child whenthe kingdom is taken over byher athers second wie; thatstepmother queen (Julia Rob-erts) is concerned only withher own beauty and the thingsmoney can buy. Te rest o theplayers are Armie Hammer asa visiting handsome prince,Nathan Lane as the Queenshenchman and those amedseven little people, here given

names such as Grub andWol to distinguish themrom the whole Disney take.

Whi le col our ul and ul l osilly jokes, Mirror, Mirroris atad too long and slow. ***

the pirates!

banD oF misFits

Opens today.

the raiD: reDemption

he Raid: Redemption isan Indonesian martial artsilm starring Iko Uwais asRama, a member o an eliteSWA team who must enter adecrepit apartment buildingin Jakarta and attempt to cap-ture a drug lord named ama(Ray Sahetapy) who controlsthe entire building. Ener-getic, technically impressive,laced with tension and spec-

tacularly violent, Te Raidhasbeen making waves whereverit plays. ****

the raVen

Opens today.

saFe

Opens today.the three stooGes

he hree Stooges Moe,Larry and Curly updates Larry,Curly and Moe or 21st Cen-tury. Te trio (Chris Diaman-topoulos, Sean Hayes and WillSasso) must fnd enough cashto save their orphanage andind themselves in a varietyo hijinks. Unortunately, ran-dom acts o violence, howeverbeautiully timed, can onlycarry a bad idea so ar. **

unDeFeateD

Opens today.

Wrath oF the titansTe sequel to Clash of the

Titans, Wrath of the Titansreturns us to Perseus (SamWorthington), who is called

into battle again when Zeuss(Liam Neeson) brotherHades (Ralph Fiennes) planto unleash Chronos, theexiled god of the itans. Per-seus fights a Minotaur, notone but three Cyclops, andso on. Wrath of the Titansis a big, dumb, spectacular,dazzling, roller-coaster ofpseudo-awesomeness. **

Ratings out o fve

Reviews by Liz Braun, BruceKirkland, Jim Slotek, Kevin

Williamson and Steve Tilley

Zac Eron stars as a U.S. Marine in the sappy romantic fick, The Lucky One.

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