Gwinnett Daily Post Weekend Section

Gwinnett Daily Post

Friday,

July 9, 2010

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what to do, hear, see, watch, read, listen to, visit and eat in Gwinnett and Atlanta

week end

Art Beat ....................................................................Pg. 3The Dish.....................................................................Pg. 4Movies...................................................................Pg. 7-14Showtimes ............................................................Pg. 10Gwinnett Calendar ............................................Pg. 15Metro Calendar ....................................................Pg. 15By Venue ................................................................Pg. 16The “Weekend” arts and entertainment guide includes select events inthe coming week.To be considered for a listing, send a fact sheet to:Weekend, Features Department, Gwinnett Daily Post, 725 Old Nor-cross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045; or call 770-963-9205, e-mail [email protected] or fax 770-339-8081.

Exhibit brings reptiles of all shapes, sizes toGwinnett Fairgrounds ......................................Pg. 6

Weekend design: Brian Giandelone

Special PhotoChildren pet a Burmese python at Repticon last year at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds.

ART BEAT

The North Gwinnett ArtsAssociation isn’t a year oldyet, but its membership isalready planning somedynamic and inclusiveevents to enhance the localarts.

Led by Vickie Johnsonand Alan Zarter, the groupcontinues to expand itsmembership. Now it islaunching Art Walk, anevent to feature area artistsof all kinds from 5 to 9p.m. July 29 in Suwanee’sTown Center.

Businesses throughoutthe city’s inner core featurea Toast at Town Center thelast Thursday of eachmonth from May throughOctober. NGAA hopes touse this ongoing event topromote its membership.Artists will have their art-work featured in shop win-dows and outside on side-walks.

“Visitors will be able tomeet the artists and seeoriginal work on display inavailable store frontsthroughout Town Center,”Johnson said. “Restaurantswill feature ‘artsy’ menuitems. A drawing will beheld to raise funds forAnnandale Village towardthe purchase of art equip-ment, and a lucky winnerwill win cash to be puttowards the purchase ofany NGAA artwork onsale.”

“The opportunity to dis-play your work at Art Walkis for NGAA membersonly,” she said, “and wewant to invite new mem-bers to sign up and partici-pate. There is still time toplan to join NGAA and bea part of this event. We’dlove to line all the side-walks with artwork.”

New members mightwant to bring an easel todisplay their artwork or beprepared to display it on atabletop.

NGAA members arealso making sure visitorswill be able to find them.Individual artists are paint-ing or otherwise embellish-ing large “feet” made outof linoleum to be placed onthe sidewalks to direct peo-ple to the artwork. The feetneed to be ready by July23, so any new memberswho would enjoy this taskare urged to get involvedsoon.

“If this Art Walk goeswell, we will have anotherone in August and Septem-ber,” Johnson said.

Membership in NGAAcontinues to grow. Now upto 70 members, the organi-

zation represents many dif-ferent types of creativity.

“We invite all artists,”Johnson said, “painters,digital artists, photogra-phers, potters, woodwork-ers, metal workers, jewel-ers, fabric artists, writers,poets, actors and actressesand more.”

Some of the artists whowill be participating in theArt Walk include DavidBabulski who creates hisartwork by looking througha microscope and paintingwhat he sees. Another artistis Lee Martin, a retiredArmy colonel and author ofsix suspense novels withmore on the way. SusanRohrabaugh is a “recycleartist,” creating three-dimensional artwork usingscraps of paper. Ben Mathisuses recycled, water-basedautomotive paint to createhis paintings. And, ofcourse, Anita Stewart hasgotten involved as well.Stewart is a well-knownGwinnett artist and theowner of Anita’s ArtsCool.

NGAA has enjoyed aquick start and has opti-mism about its future.

“We plan on being

around for a long time,”Johnson said. “We have astrong board and a diversewealth of members whoare eager to meet others

and share their talents. Ihave no doubt that NGAAwill be a strong force forpromoting the arts and thecreative folks in Gwinnett.”

To get involved in thisorganization and be a partof Art Walk, visitwww.northgwinnettartsas-sociation.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 9, 2010 • GWINNETT DAILY POST • PAGE 3

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Special PhotoOriginal artwork created by members of the NorthGwinnett Arts Association will be on view at ArtWalk in Town Center on July 29.

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BY DEANNA ALLENSTAFF WRITER

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• Open since:January

• Location: Rice Sta-tion is in the CornerstoneVillage shopping centerin Dacula.

• Hours: 11 a.m. to9:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, 11a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Fridayand Saturday and 11 a.m.to 9:30 p.m. Sunday

• Owners: Dacula resi-dents Pan Kevin and GuoJin, who are both origi-nally from China

• Atmosphere: Large,wooden double doorsserve as the entrance tothe upscale, yet still casu-al, restaurant. Regulartable and combinationbooth-table seating (thesemi-circle booths alongthe wall are a uniquetouch) are provided in aspacious dining area,along with seating at thesushi bar.

• Menu: Rice Stationoffers a fusion of Chi-nese, Japanese and Thaiselections, with morethan 140 items on itsmenu. The most popularselections are the Shang-hai sesame chicken —lightly battered whitemeat chicken stir fried

with mixed vegetablesand a white sweet sesamesauce — and the KungPao chicken.

The most popular Thaidishes are the Thai basiland the panang curry,both made with a choiceof tofu, beef, shrimp,chicken, pork or seafood.

Rice Station offersmaki sushi — cooked andraw sushi rolls — nigiriand combination sushidinners.

A lunch menu is

offered from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Lunch specialsinclude an entree servedwith egg fried rice and anegg roll. A lunch sushimenu is also available.

Rice Station servesbeer and wine.

• Things you mightnot know: Rice Stationoffers four menu selec-tions dubbed Spa Cuisinethat are low in carbohy-drates and include whiterice.

Staff Photos: Deanna AllenRice Station offers a fusion of Chinese, Japanese and Thai foods. Picturedabove is the General Tso’s chicken, front, along with egg-fried rice. Top left,the restaurant offers an upscale, yet still casual, atmosphere.

• Pu pu platter — Two chicken wings, two pot stick-ers, two egg rolls, two crab rangoon and two friedshrimp, $10.95• Maki combo — A California roll, a tuna roll and ayellow tail roll served with a house salad, $10.95• Unagi don — Barbecue eel over sushi rice servedwith a house salad, $12.95• Dragon and Phoenix chef special — A plate divid-ed by mixed vegetables with shrimp meat sauteed ina white sauce and chicken chunks lightly batteredand fried in a hot, spicy sauce and served with whiterice, $14.95• Triple delicacies — Shrimp, chicken fillets andscallops sauteed with bell peppers and mixed vegeta-bles in a spicy sauce and served with white rice,$13.95

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Norcross will celebrateblues music and blueber-ries during an event Satur-day.

The Bluesberry Festi-val, coinciding with theblueberry growing sea-

son, will combine theblues tunes of local bandswith the taste of freshlyplucked, locally grownberries.

Blueberries will beavailable for purchasefrom 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday,with music continuinguntil 1 a.m. throughoutdowntown Norcross. Theband Little Brothers

Blues will perform at 45South Cafe, with bandsHarpalicious and PocketMafia playing at IronHorse Tavern. A fourthblues group will performat Mojitos, where blue-berry mojitos will likely

be served. Other restau-rants will offer chef spe-cials made with blueber-ries as well.

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Snakes, lizards and spi-ders, oh my!

The list of creatures thatwill inhabit the GwinnettFairgrounds this weekendincludes ones that slither,creep and crawl.

The reptile and exotic ani-mal expo Repticon will beheld Saturday and Sunday,drawing both people lookingfor pets — anything frombearded dragons and leopardgeckos to boas and pythons— along with guests attend-ing for the educationalaspects.

“We get almost a 50-50mix,” said event managerBilly Healy. “We get defi-nitely people that purchasepets, that’s about half of it,but we also have a lot of folkswho just come to learn aboutthe animals. We have a lot offamilies who come just tohave something fun to see.”

Repticon has expanded itsvenomous snake display,which last year included onlysnakes native to Georgia. Thedisplay now features exoticvenomous snakes, includingsome of the deadliest slither-ing species from around theworld.

“Stuff that you don’t nor-

mally see sometimes even atzoos,” Healy said.

Repticon will also feature

an interactive seminar withBill Love of BlueChameleon Ventures. Love is

well known in the world ofherpetology for his experi-ence photographing reptiles.He will share techniques forsnapping the best photos at 1p.m. Saturday, and partici-pants are invited to bringalong cameras.

Guests can get up close totarantulas, scorpions andother small creatures during apresentation by Mike Deanwith Exotic Kingdom, whowill introduce guests to hiscreepy, crawling friends at 2p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

“His presentation is actu-ally really neat,” Healy said.“He does get them out, showpeople a much closer view of

the larger tarantulas theywouldn’t normally get tosee.”

Repticon will be held from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdayand 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.One-day admission is $10for adults, $5 for children

ages 5 to 12 and free forthose four and younger,while two-day admission is$12 online and $15 at thedoor. For more informationon the expo, call 863-268-4273 or visit www.repti-con.com/atlanta.


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OUT IN THE CROWD

Exhibit bringsreptiles of allshapes, sizes to Gwinnett

Special PhotoChildren pet a Burmese python at Repticon lastyear at the Gwinnett Fairgrounds.

• What: Repticon• When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday • Where: Gwinnett Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway,Lawrenceville• Cost: One-day admission is $10 for adults, $5 for kidsages 5 to 12 and free for children four and younger, whiletwo-day admission is $12 online and $15 at the door • For more information: Call 863-268-4273 or visitwww.repticon.com/atlanta

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So, you think you’regood at movie trivia?Every week, we give read-ers the opportunity to flextheir movie muscles byanswering five trivia ques-tions from our movie crit-ic, Michael Clark.

Congratulations to lastweek’s winner, BradPrescott of Lawrenceville.

Here are last week’squestions again and theanswers:

1. What is the commonacting bond shared by

Crispin Glover, DavidBowie, Guy Pearce andJared Harris?

A: All have playedAndy Warhol

2. What two sisters had

speaking parts in separatemovies written by QuentinTarantino?

A: Patricia (“TrueRomance”) and Rosan-na (“Pulp Fiction”)Arquette

3. Who was the last per-son to win two GoldenGlobes for film acting (notTV) in the same year?

A: Kate Winslett in2009 for “The Reader”(lead) and “Revolution-ary Road” (supporting)

4. In what Eastern U.S.city are most of directorM. Night Shyamalan’smovies set?

A: Philadelphia, Pa.5. Madonna’s “Material

Girl” music video wasmodeled after a scene inwhat classic film?

A: “Gentlemen PreferBlondes”

Now, for this week’squestions:

1. In what year did VitoAndolini (later Corleone)first arrive in New York in“The Godfather II?”

2. Who has played orvoiced all of the followinghistorical characters:Robert E. Lee, JohnAdams, Charles Lindberg,King Arthur, JohnDillinger and two of theKennedy brothers?

3. What Warren Beattymovie was a remake thatwas remade a secondtime?

4. What foreign lan-guage does BuzzLightyear speak and singin “Toy Story 3?”

5. In what U.S. state didDr. Hannibal Lecter prac-tice medicine?

The first person torespond with all the correctanswers receives a prizepackage of movie-relatedgoodies, which couldinclude promotional T-shirts, hats, posters, DVDs,video games and more. Thewinner also gets their namepublished in the next Week-end section. Please e-mailyour answers, along withyour name to [email protected] “Gwinnett DailyPost Trivia Contest” in thesubject line. In the event noone answers all of the ques-tions correctly, the personwith the most correctanswers submitted by 6p.m. the Monday after thecontest is posted will be thewinner. Only one winnerper household is eligibleeach 30-day period.

questionsquestions

Lights, Lights, camera,camera,

Test your film knowledge with

Michael Clark

MOVIE TRIVIA CONTEST

Special PhotoMadonna’s “Material Girl” music video was mod-eled after a scene in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”

Recently reviewed filmsnow playing in theaters:

• I Am Love (R) This full-of-itself Italian art film is notableonly for its occasional resem-blance to “The Godfather”and a semi-stirring perfor-mance from lead Tilda Swin-ton as a wandering matriarchwith some superfluous mid-life and latent child-rearingissues. 11⁄2 stars — MichaelClark

• Twilight Saga: Eclipse(PG-13) While slightly betterthan the first two, the thirdinstallment of this tepid occultsoap opera only serves thosefaithful to the series of booksthat spawned it. Rarely hasthere been so much attentionlavished on something sostrikingly sub-par. 2 stars —MC

• Grown Ups (PG-13) AdamSandler and his off-screencronies get together for a“family” film that is unsuitablefor children or anyone with asemi-intelligent sense ofhumor. It’s better than lastyear’s similarly themed “Cou-ples Retreat” but not by

much. 1 star — MC

• Knight and Day (PG-13)Tom Cruise and CameronDiaz break out of their col-lective slumps in this actionthriller directed by JamesMangold. More “Mission:Impossible” than “Mr. andMrs. Smith,” it’s not nearlyas funny as the trailersindicate but is still quiteworthwhile.3 stars — MC

• The A-Team (PG-13) —This adaptation of the ’80saction/adventure TV series isappropriately and unapologet-ically cheesy in all the rightplaces yet still manages toeke out a few brilliantmoments thanks to its (most-ly) dead-on casting choicesand modest expectations.3 stars — MC

• Get Him to the Greek (R)— The not-quite-a-sequel to“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”features Russell Brand as thedrug and sex-addicted rocksinger Aldous Snow. Startingoff with promise, the movieloses a lot of steam towardthe end. 21⁄2 stars — MC

NOWSHOWING


With 2010 halfway complete,the suits in Hollywood have much to

be happy about and an equal, if notgreater, amount of serious negatives.Business is up and most of the live-action movies released thus far havelargely performed according to expecta-tions.

The biggest bit of bad news is that themajority of these same films are severelylacking in quality and three of the fourbest movies of the year are animated.While great for children and families,this isn’t so wonderful for the indus-try’s highly desired 18 to 25

demographic, people who steadfastly avoidanimation.

“Despicable Me” could be the youngadult animated movie Hollywood has beentrying in vain to create since the dawn of themedium. It is whip-smart, prickly, topicaland just sinister enough to appeal to anyoneallergic to standard homespun, sickly-sweetanimated fare.

Owing a great deal to the TV versions of“Rocky & Bullwinkle” and “The AddamsFamily,” Mad Magazine’s “Spy vs. Spy”and a little of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr.

Strangelove,” “Despicable Me”might not be to everyone’sliking but it is easily the

most interesting animatedfilm since “WALL-E.”

Moving with anassured yet stilted

gait and lookinglike a cross

betweenUncle

Fester from “The Addams Family,” theGrinch and Dr. Evil, Gru (SteveCarell) is the world’s acknowledgedtop criminal and a mad scientist toboot. His home is adorned with trib-utes to famous outlaws of the pastalong with antique weapons and theoccasional torture device. Warmand cuddly Gru is not.

When Gru discovers he’s beenusurped by the obnoxious and

peppy upstart Vector (Jason Segal), hemildly panics. Vector has just stolenEgypt’s Great Pyramid and Gru figuresthe only thing that can top that perfor-mance would be to steal the moon. Onlymomentarily stymied, Gru decides toinfiltrate Vector’s lair in order to takeback something with the unknowingassistance of three orphan girls sellingcookies. In order to accomplish this he’llhave to temporarily adopt the girls, lullthem into a false sense of security andthen toss them by the wayside whenhe’s done. Heartwarming stuff, huh?

In an effort to help us make senseof Gru’s pointed demeanor andsharp edges, the four French film-makers regularly interrupt thestory with flashbacksequences showing Gru as

a child trying desper-ately to impress hisdomineering moth-er (an unrecogniz-

able Julie Andrews). In addition to beingdouble-over hilarious, these welcomedbreaks go far in nurturing our empathyregarding Gru’s parent/child issues,stand-offish personality and pile-driving,overachieving nature.

Beating out the orphans in the charmdepartment by just a nose are the hun-dreds, maybe thousands of yellow, cap-sule-shaped minions. For the better partof the last year, the minions have beenthe only characters used to market thefilm and children will adore theminstantly. (Parent should be prepared foran onslaught of tie-in toy requests.)Speaking in a high-pitched, sped-up,incomprehensible babble, they assistGru and his aging professor partner Dr.

Nefario (Russell

Brand) with good-natured, worker-bee fer-vor yet tend to miss theirmarks more than they hitthem.

“Despicable Me” is thefirst feature release fromupstart Illumination Entertain-ment and everything they’redoing — including a cleveropening title sequence motionlogo — echoes Pixar. Some mightcall the movie a Pixar rip-off and inpart, they might be right. However,if you’re going to borrow or pinch,you might as welldo so from thevery best. (Universal)


VIEWPOINTS

MICHAEL CLARK

Despicable Me(PG)

★★★★

Miranda Cosgrove, left, DanaGaier and Elsie Fisher voiceGru’s daughters.

Steve Carell, left, voices Gruand Jason Segel voices hisarch enemy Vector.

Minions, voiced by Pierre Cof-fin,Chris Renaud and JemaineClement, left, form Gru’s crew.


With 2010 halfway complete,the suits in Hollywood have much to

be happy about and an equal, if notgreater, amount of serious negatives.Business is up and most of the live-action movies released thus far havelargely performed according to expecta-tions.

The biggest bit of bad news is that themajority of these same films are severelylacking in quality and three of the fourbest movies of the year are animated.While great for children and families,this isn’t so wonderful for the indus-try’s highly desired 18 to 25

demographic, people who steadfastly avoidanimation.

“Despicable Me” could be the youngadult animated movie Hollywood has beentrying in vain to create since the dawn of themedium. It is whip-smart, prickly, topicaland just sinister enough to appeal to anyoneallergic to standard homespun, sickly-sweetanimated fare.

Owing a great deal to the TV versions of“Rocky & Bullwinkle” and “The AddamsFamily,” Mad Magazine’s “Spy vs. Spy”and a little of Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr.

Strangelove,” “Despicable Me”might not be to everyone’sliking but it is easily the

most interesting animatedfilm since “WALL-E.”

Moving with anassured yet stilted

gait and lookinglike a cross

betweenUncle

Fester from “The Addams Family,” theGrinch and Dr. Evil, Gru (SteveCarell) is the world’s acknowledgedtop criminal and a mad scientist toboot. His home is adorned with trib-utes to famous outlaws of the pastalong with antique weapons and theoccasional torture device. Warmand cuddly Gru is not.

When Gru discovers he’s beenusurped by the obnoxious and

peppy upstart Vector (Jason Segal), hemildly panics. Vector has just stolenEgypt’s Great Pyramid and Gru figuresthe only thing that can top that perfor-mance would be to steal the moon. Onlymomentarily stymied, Gru decides toinfiltrate Vector’s lair in order to takeback something with the unknowingassistance of three orphan girls sellingcookies. In order to accomplish this he’llhave to temporarily adopt the girls, lullthem into a false sense of security andthen toss them by the wayside whenhe’s done. Heartwarming stuff, huh?

In an effort to help us make senseof Gru’s pointed demeanor andsharp edges, the four French film-makers regularly interrupt thestory with flashbacksequences showing Gru as

a child trying desper-ately to impress hisdomineering moth-er (an unrecogniz-

able Julie Andrews). In addition to beingdouble-over hilarious, these welcomedbreaks go far in nurturing our empathyregarding Gru’s parent/child issues,stand-offish personality and pile-driving,overachieving nature.

Beating out the orphans in the charmdepartment by just a nose are the hun-dreds, maybe thousands of yellow, cap-sule-shaped minions. For the better partof the last year, the minions have beenthe only characters used to market thefilm and children will adore theminstantly. (Parent should be prepared foran onslaught of tie-in toy requests.)Speaking in a high-pitched, sped-up,incomprehensible babble, they assistGru and his aging professor partner Dr.

Nefario (Russell

Brand) with good-natured, worker-bee fer-vor yet tend to miss theirmarks more than they hitthem.

“Despicable Me” is thefirst feature release fromupstart Illumination Entertain-ment and everything they’redoing — including a cleveropening title sequence motionlogo — echoes Pixar. Some mightcall the movie a Pixar rip-off and inpart, they might be right. However,if you’re going to borrow or pinch,you might as welldo so from thevery best. (Universal)


VIEWPOINTS

MICHAEL CLARK

Despicable Me(PG)

★★★★

Miranda Cosgrove, left, DanaGaier and Elsie Fisher voiceGru’s daughters.

Steve Carell, left, voices Gruand Jason Segel voices hisarch enemy Vector.

Minions, voiced by Pierre Cof-fin,Chris Renaud and JemaineClement, left, form Gru’s crew.


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In the 35-year period fol-lowing Coco Chanel’s 1971death, there was only onemovie made about her(“Chanel Solitaire”) and itwas a huge stinker. In thespan of the last two years,there have been three morefilms and “Coco Chanel &Igor Stravinsky” is easily thebest of the lot.

Like the other recentefforts, “CC&IS” coversonly a portion of the iconicFrench designer’s life, butwhat an interesting, vital andlurid few years it was.Chanel provided not onlythe stylistic but also the atti-tudinal blueprint adhered tolike chapter and verse byvirtually every designer andfashion guru that followed inher mammoth wake.

Atmospheric and brittlebut not quite the sterile andstatic vacuum some havesuggested, “CC&IS” is asmart and impeccably craft-ed film that doesn’t wear itsheart on its sleeve or resortto histrionics when convey-ing passion and turmoil.More than half of it is pre-sented without dialogue andis overflowing with some ofthe most stirring, sensualand complex music everheard. This movie is not asledgehammer like mostbio-flicks but could easily

knock you over with a feath-er.

It is the nature of themasses to become fascinatedand transfixed when twofamous people — particular-ly artsy types like Chaneland Stravinsky — becomeromantically involved.When both parties are dri-ven perfectionists who don’tlike to lose, you have themakings of major tumult,

emotionally savagery andpossible cataclysmic (verypublic) heartbreak.

Seven years after a briefintroduction at the 1913debut of his controversialopera “The Rite of Spring,”

Stravinsky (MadsMikkelsen) and Chanel(Anna Mouglalis) crossedpaths again when the com-poser had to flee his nativeRussia for Paris after theBolshevik Revolution. In thetime since their first meetingshe established an indelibleprofessional brand name andbecome very wealthy; hejust the former.

Recognizing the kindredspirit of a fellow torturedartist during an economicdown time, Chanel suggest-ed Stravinsky move into oneof her country homes torecharge his batteries andsearch for a muse — proba-bly her. Not the kind toaccept charity, Stravinskydemurred and did so againwhen Chanel insisted he

bring his wife and children.With the pride and honorarguments lost, Stravinskysuccumbed to the irresistibleintrigue of who was at thatexact place in time theworld’s most powerful andseductive woman.

As much as the film’ssuccess should be attributedto Dutch-born French direc-tor Jan Kounen and Britishwriter Chris Greenhalgh(adapting his own novel), itis the two leads that pushthe film into near perfection.

Far more handsome thanthe man he is portraying,Mikkelsen (the bleeding eyeguy from “Casino Royale”)is a coiled spring. Outwardlydispassionate at the onset,Mikkelsen’s Stravinsky everso slowly starts to external-ize the artistic and romantic

demons percolating withinhim.

Slightly more beautifulthan the real Chanel,Mouglalis cuts a physicaland emotional swaththrough the film withoutraising her voice above awhisper and moving with agait that would give a tigerreason to cower. Mougalalis’self-assured performance isstunningly economic andunderstated.

While its contents aremostly bleak, “CC&IS” is ahigh-end art-house triumphand should be requiredviewing for even the mostmarginal followers of its twotitle characters.

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The little “s’’ in “Predators”winkingly promises morebeasts in the latest sequel toJohn McTiernan’s 1987 origi-nal (and singular) “Predator.”

The subtle ploy worked for“Aliens,” and one wonders if asimple twist of pluralitywould entice as well in fol-low-ups such as “Taxi Dri-vers” or “The Apartments.”

Nevertheless, true to itspledge, “Predators” supplies awhole bunch of ’em, in vari-ous shapes and sizes.

This, the third “Predator”film (there have also been two“Predator vs. Alien” spinoffs),opens with Adrien Brody infree-fall.

His parachute barely opensin time, and he crashes hardonto the floor of a jungle.Others fall around him, andsoon a group of eight gathersto make sense of their situa-tion.

They are all mercenaries ofvarious sorts, among them aMexican drug cartel veteran(Danny Trejo), a Brazilianblack ops sniper (Alice Braga)and a Yakuza assassin (LouisOzawa Changchien).

Topher Grace, playing adoctor and the least muscularof the bunch, also drops in forcomic relief. The always

entertaining Grace does helpenliven the purposeful grim-ness of “Predators,” as doesWalton Goggins (exceptionalin the FX series “Justified”),who plays a wild death-rowinmate, still clad in an orangejumpsuit.

This motley crew knows nothow or why they’ve beenassembled. But when they gettheir first sense of the lurkingpredators (still with the dread-locked monster look of theoriginal) and notice the sky

contains a few too manymoons, it dawns on them thatthey’ve been transported toanother planet to serve as lit-tle more than the game of apredator game preserve.

There are, of course, a fewholes in such a plot and,thankfully, “Predators” does-n’t try to explain them. It’senough that a gang of alienpredators and a gang ofhuman predators square off —or so goes the appeal of thisand earlier “Predator” films.

The “most dangerous game”thrill is so much the center of“Predator” movies that there’salmost nothing else to it. Thehunter vs. hunted dynamic cli-maxes when the star — firstArnold Schwarzenegger, nowBrody — covers himself inmud.

For those unfamiliar withthe sensory capabilities of thepredator species, mud-cakingis done to disrupt theirinfrared vision. As in the orig-inal, we’re occasionally treat-

ed to their blurry, red-and-orange point-of-view, whichremains the most interestingvisual of the series.

Director Nimrod Antal(“Kontroll,” “Armored”) haspreserved that trademark andkept the bloody action set inthe gritty green of a jungle, allslickly shot. The predatorsstill bleed glowing neongreen, like a spilled lavalamp.

“Predators” stays close tothe more hallucinogenic origi-nal, to which it pays homagewhen Isabella (Braga) recallsbeing a witness to the eventsof McTiernan’s film: “’87.Guatemala,” she intones.

The new movie has its ori-gins in a script written byRobert Rodriguez in the1990s. When Twentieth Centu-ry Fox decided to do it,Rodriguez was enlisted to pro-duce. His name lends the filmcredibility and fans will likelybe pleased to see the QuentinTarantino collaborator.

There isn’t anything ascomically grisly as theexploding head or Carl Weath-ers’ arm removal, both well-remembered moments fromthe original “Predator.”

Much of the drama in“Predators” comes not fromthe aliens but from theinfighting among humans,who are predators, too. Lau-rence Fishburne, in a Col.Kurtz-like cameo, plays aloony survivor who has man-aged to stay alive.

More isless in‘Predators’Back in the hunt

Special Photo: FoxAdrien Brody, left, and Alice Braga star in “Predators.”

Predators (R)★★★★★★

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If you’ve followed theart-house scene for anylength of time, you’realready familiar with thebizarre and whimsicalstyle of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Althoughbest known for his mostlystraight-ahead, traditionalromance “Amelie,” Jeunetusually trades in intellec-tual farce and is theFrench equivalent of TerryGilliam, Tim Burton or aneven more hyper “RaisingArizona” strain of theCoen brothers.

While all of his filmsaddress serious issues andpush a great deal of emo-tional and moral buttons,Jeunet delivers his mes-sages with what somemight call an overly-fussy,Chaplinesque manner. Hisoften frantic, always fast-moving films areimmensely fun to watchbut also seem to some-what value style over sub-stance. Happily, the sub-stance in “Micmacs” isconsiderable.

The films’ first fiveminutes tells us more thanmost movies usually do inan hour. Lead characterBazil (Dany Boon) loseshis dad in war, gets shoterrantly in the head, loseshis job and takes up resi-dence with a band ofplayful anarchists that livein the bowels of a trashdump.

After discovering thatthe bullet lodged in hisbrain and the bomb thatkilled his father weremanufactured by the samecompany, Bazil takes onthe fervent attitude of aGreenpeace extremist. Hewants to mess with theheads of the people sell-ing munitions and arms toanyone willing to pay thefreight but doesn’t reallywant to do them anyphysical harm. He’s thealternative-universe ver-sion of Nicholas Cage in“Lord of War” and a kin-dred spirit of Tyler Dur-den from “Fight Club.”

With the plot firmlyestablished and on solidground, Jeunet and histroupe of highly skilledplayers spend most of theremainder going through aseries of well-choreo-graphed and expertly exe-cuted set pieces that arefreak-show spectacularbut don’t really propel thenarrative all that much.Jeunet seems more inter-ested in seeing how far he

can go while staying juston this side of actuallykilling his actors than hedoes with sticking withthe core story.

The last five minutesare almost as good as theopening salvo and wrapup the film with signifi-cant heft without gettingoverly sanctimonious orself-righteous. “Micmacs”isn’t an anti-war state-ment as much as it is ananti-industry movie, andit rightfully proclaimsneither enterprise wouldbe possible without theother.

Jeunet is spot on withhis observations, providesus with a nifty little tripand the title of his movieis kind of an indicator ofwhat you get. It rhymeswith “knick-knacks” —little things you kind oflike, put on a shelf anddon’t want to lose but ifyou did, it wouldn’t bethat big of a deal.

Presented in Frenchwith English subtitles.(Sony Classics)

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Summer Film Festivalpresents “How To TrainYour Dragon” at 2 p.m.July 31 at the Fox Theatre,660 Peachtree St. N.E. inAtlanta. For more informa-tion, visit www.FoxThe-

atre.org.The 2010 Coca-Cola

Summer Film Festivalpresents “Iron Man 2” at7:30 p.m. July 31 at the FoxTheatre, 660 Peachtree St.N.E. in Atlanta. For moreinformation, visitwww.FoxTheatre.org.

Aug. 1The 2010 Coca-Cola

Summer Film Festivalpresents “Butch Cassidyand The Sundance Kid”at 2 p.m. Aug. 1 at the FoxTheatre, 660 Peachtree St.N.E. in Atlanta. For moreinformation, visitwww.FoxTheatre.org.

Aug. 10The 2010 Coca-Cola

Summer Film Festivalpresents “The General” at7:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at theFox Theatre, 660 PeachtreeSt. N.E. in Atlanta. For moreinformation, visitwww.FoxTheatre.org.

OngoingMudFire Gallery is pre-

senting the exhibit “Ameri-can Masters Biennial”through July 24 at the studio,located at 175 Laredo Drivein Decatur. For more infor-mation, visit

www.mudfire.com.The Center for Puppetry

Arts will present “BillyGoats Gruff and OtherStuff” through July 18 at1404 Spring St. in Atlanta.Tickets are $9 for membersand $16 for non-members.For tickets or more informa-tion, call 404-873-3391 orvisit www.puppet.org.

Atlanta ShakespeareCompany will present“Hamlet! The Musical!” at7:30 p.m. today through Aug.8 and at 6:30 p.m. Sundaysat the Shakespeare Tavern,499 Peachtree St. in Atlanta.For tickets or more informa-tion, call 404-874-5299 orvisit www.shakespearetav-ern.com.

The National Black ArtsFestival will run fromWednesday to July 18 inCentennial Olympic Parkand other locations. Formore information includingevent schedules, call 404-224-3463.

Special PhotoThe 2010 Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival presents “How To Train YourDragon” at 2 p.m. July 31 at the Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E. inAtlanta. For more information, visit www.FoxTheatre.org.

METRO CALENDAR

GWINNETT CALENDARSend items for Gwinnett

Calendar to [email protected] or theGwinnett Daily Post, P.O.Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA30046. The fax number is770-339-8081. Pleaseinclude event name, timeand date, location, withaddress, phone number andcost. Deadline is two weeksprior to the event.

SaturdaySuwanee Town Center

Park will host CinemaUnder the Stars at 7 p.m.Saturday at 370 BufordHighway in Suwanee. Formore information, visitwww.suwanee.com/what-snew.events.php or call770-945-1524.

Norcross presentsBluesberry Festival from5 to 10 p.m. Saturday indowntown historic Nor-cross. For more informa-tion, visit www.aplace-toimagine.com

July 16Vines Botanical Gar-

dens’ summer concertseries “Music at the Man-sion” will present Drivin’n Cryin’ at 7 p.m. July 16 at3500 Oak Grove Road inLoganville. For more infor-mation visit www.musi-catthevinesmansion.com.

July 30Suwanee Town Center

Park will host the Suwa-nee Performing Arts Pre-sentation at 5 p.m. July 30and 31 at 370 Buford High-way in Suwanee. For moreinformation, visitwww.suwanee.com/what-snew.events.php.

July 31Movie at the Rock pre-

sents “The Spy Next Door”at 8 p.m. July 31 at RockSprings Park, 550 RockSprings Road inLawrenceville. Cost is $5 andincludes festival games and

movie. For more information,call 678-442-7283.

The Grayson Communi-ty Park will presentPickin’ starting 6:30 p.m.July 31 at 1 Park Drive inGrayson. For more informa-tion call 770-963-8017.

Upcoming/Ongoingevents

Acting Up Theater pre-sents “Rumplestiltskin” at2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdayand 2 p.m. Sunday at GoodShepherd PresbyterianChurch, 1400 Killian HillRoad S.W. in Lilburn. Ticketsare $10 at the door and $5in advance. For more infor-mation, call 678-691-7646.

The 2010 season ofmovies in Braselton Park,located off Harrison Streetbetween Ga. highways 124and 53 in downtown Brasel-ton, will be held select Sat-urdays through Sept. 18.For more information, call706-654-5551.


40 WATT CLUB285 W.Washington St., Athens

706-549-7871www.40watt.com

• Monday: Mates of State

AARON’S AMPHITHEATER AT LAKEWOOD

2002 Lakewood Way, Atlanta404-443-5090

www.livenation.com/venue/lakewood-amphitheater-tickets/

• July 17: 311 and The Offspring• July 26: 2010 Vans Warped Tour

ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER

6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth770-813-7500

www.gwinnettcenter.com

• Aug. 1: American Idol LIVE!

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ATGWINNETT CENTER

6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500

www.gwinnettcenter.com

• Nov. 26-28: Northeast Atlanta Bal-let’s “The Nutcracker”

ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER395 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta

404-523-6275www.atlantaciviccenter.com

• July 30: Beres Hammond andFriends

CENTER STAGE1374 W. Peachtree St.

404-885-1365www.centerstage-atlanta.com

• Sunday: Kassav Live • Aug. 28: Who’s Bad

CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATER

4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta

404-233-2227www.livenation.com

• Monday: Chicago and The DoobieBrothers• July 16: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly• July 18: Counting Crows

COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta

www.cobbenergycentre.com770-916-2800

• July 23: Melissa Etheridge• July 28: Happy Together Tour

EDDIE’S ATTIC515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur

404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com

• Today: Beth Nielsen Chapman andWard Davis

• Saturday: Rebecca Loebe, Miss Tessand the Bon Ton Parade and AlexaWoodward• Sunday: Malcolm Holcomb andTommy Womack• Tuesday: Joe Pug and Rayland Baxter• Wednesday: Joshua Fletcher and TheSix Shot Romance and Andrew Combs• Thursday: Lexi Street and Lindsay Appel

FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS

349 Ferst Drive, Georgia Tech campus

404-894-9600www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu

• Sept. 11: Debbie Reynolds

FOX THEATRE660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta

404-881-2100www.foxtheatre.org

• Today-Sunday,Tuesday-July 18 andJuly 20-25: “Phantom of the Opera”

THE LOFT1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta

404-885-1365www.theloft-atlanta.com

• Saturday: Rooney• July 16: JFK of MSTRKRFT, St.Mandrew and Bird Peterson

PHILIPS ARENA1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta

404-878-3000www.philipsarena.com

• July 28: Rihanna with guest Ke$ha

RED LIGHT CAFE553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta

404-874-7828www.redlightcafe.com

• Saturday: Mary Jennings, Runedog,Jonathon Sexton and Big Love Choirand Small Town Mayors• Thursday: Seven Handle Circus andJam• July 19: After Midnight

RIALTO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta404-651-4727

www.rialtocenter.org

• Today-Saturday: Atlanta’s Gay Men’sChorus’ “All You Need is Love: TheMusic of the Beatles”

SMITH’S OLDE BAR1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta

404-875-1522www.smithsoldebar.com

• Today: An evening of the AllmanBrothers Band Music RIVIVAL• Saturday: Shamora and friends • Wednesday: Stereo Reform, JeremyThornton and The Dana Plato Experi-ence • Thursday: Wirerose

THE TABERNACLE152 Luckie St., Atlanta

404-659-9022www.livenation.com/venue/

getVenue/venueId/1294/

• Tuesday: As I Lay Dying, Underoath,BTBAM and more • Aug. 1: Crowded House• Aug. 19: Slightly Stoopid

VARIETY PLAYHOUSE 1099 Euclid Ave., Little Five Points

404-521-1786www.variety-playhouse.com

• Today: Victor Wooten• Saturday: Edward Sharpe and TheMagnetic Zeros• July 16: Here Come The Mummies

VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATER

AT ENCORE PARK2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta

www.ticketmaster.com/venue/115485

• Wednesday: Scorpions with Ratt• July 16: Atlanta Symphony Orches-tra’s “Planet Earth”

WILD BILL’S2075 Market St., Duluth

678-473-1000www.wildbillsatlanta.com

• Today: Bobby Compton and DanielLee Band • Saturday: Almost Kings, Kadenseand The Paradigm Shift • July 16: Ultra Drive, Eleven StandingStill and SidAerial

Most tickets available through Ticket-master at 404-249-6400 or www.ticket-master.com. Call venues for information.

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