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Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon star in The Exorcist director William Friedkin's horror-thriller about a paranoid war veteran who holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. Rated 14A. SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Riverport, Station Square 7, and Granville 7 cinemas .
Directors Christopher Dillon Quinn and Tommy Walker's documentary about four boys from Sudan who embark on a journey to the United States after years of wandering sub-Saharan Africa in search of safety. Rating unavailable at press time. Fifth Avenue .
Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, and Hugh Bonneville star in director Ed Blum's comedy-drama about the relationships of seven British couples during one afternoon in London. Rating unavailable at press time. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Robert Carlyle and Catherine McCormack star in Intacto director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's sequel to 28 Days Later , Danny Boyle's horror-thriller about a deadly virus that turns victims into zombielike murderers. Rated 18A. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Meadowtown, Park Tilford, Grande, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Cottonwood 4, and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas .
Gerard Butler stars in Dawn of the Dead director Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., where 300 vastly outnumbered Spartan warriors fought invading Persians.
Rated 18A. Cinemark Tinseltown and Eagle Ridge cinemas .
Cécile De France and Valérie Lemercier star in director Danièle Thompson's drama about a spirited young French woman who encounters various celebrities while waiting tables at a chic Paris bistro.
Rated PG. Ridge .
Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, and Olympia Dukakis star in director Sarah Polley's drama about a retired couple whose contentment is disrupted by the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Rated PG. Park, Esplanade 6, SilverCity Riverport, and Cinemark Tinseltown cinemas .
Carice Van Houten, Halina Rejin, and Thom Hoffman star in director Paul Verhoeven's thriller about a young Dutch Jewish woman in 1944 who joins the Dutch resistance to find out who betrayed her murdered family.
Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Will Ferrell and Jon Heder star in directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck's comedy about rival Olympic figure skaters who, after being banned from singles competition for life, return as a pairs team.
Rated PG. Station Square 7, Granville 7, Denman, Hollywood 3, and Cottonwood 4 cinemas .
3-D IMAX film features Argentinian paleontologist Prof.
Rodolfo Coria, who hosts a trip back to the time of the plant-eating Argentinosaur and its nemesis, the bipedal carnivore Gigantosaur. Unrated. IMAX Theatre at Canada Place .
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer star in Taking Lives director D.J. Caruso's thriller about a teen living under house arrest who becomes convinced that his neighbour is a serial killer.
Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, Ridge, Station Square 7, Hollywood 3, and Cottonwood 4 cinemas .
Ricardo Darìn stars in Nine Queens director Fabián Bielinsky's thriller about a deluded taxidermist who plans the perfect crime.
In Spanish with English subtitles. Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, and Jason Bateman star in The Château director Jesse Peretz's comedy about a man who has to deal with a wheelchair-bound coworker who had a relationship with his wife in high school. Rated PG. Granville 7 .
Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling star in Primal Fear director Gregory Hoblit's thriller about a hotshot assistant DA who gets lured into a cat-and-mouse game by a man who tried to murder his wife. Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Granville 7, Station Square 7, and Esplanade 6 cinemas .
Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman, Lindsay Lohan, and Dermot Mulroney star in Runaway Bride director Garry Marshall's comedy-drama about a rebellious San Francisco teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to her grandmother's Idaho farm. Rated 14A. Fifth Avenue, Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Meadowtown, Park Tilford, SilverCity Coquitlam, Station Square 7, Cottonwood 4, Clova, Hollywood 3, and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas .
Kurt Russell and Rose McGowan star in directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's exploitation double bill, which includes Tarantino's car-chase thriller Death Proof and Rodriguez's zombie splatter flick Planet Terror . Rated 18A. Granville 7 .
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright's action-comedy about an overachieving London cop who gets sent to a sleepy, seemingly crime-free village and partnered with the bumbling, overeager son of the town's police chief. Rated 14A. Fifth Avenue, Cinemark Tinseltown, SilverCity Coquitlam, and Station Square 7 cinemas .
Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, and Kristen Stewart star in director Jon Kasdan's romantic comedy-drama about a young TV writer who, after breaking up with his actor girlfriend, leaves L.A. to look after his grandmother in suburban Detroit.
Rated PG. Granville 7 .
Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne star in Bliss director Roy Lawrence's drama about a group of men on a fishing trip in Australia who discover the body of a murdered girl in a river.
Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Jamie Kennedy stars in director Harvey Glazer's comedy about a man who, after being in a coma for 20 years, tries to revive his breakdancing career.
Rated PG. Granville 7 .
The voices of Angela Bassett, Daniel Hansen, and Jordan Fry are featured in director Stephen J.
Anderson's animated family adventure-comedy about a 12-year-old inventor who travels through time. Rated general. Twilight Drive-in, Hollywood 3, Clova, and Cottonwood 4 cinemas .
Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend star in Passionada director Dan Ireland's comedy-drama about an elderly British woman who strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer. Rated general. Fifth Avenue .
Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson, and Irfan Khan star in director Mira Nair's drama about an Indian family that moves from Calcutta to New York City. Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore star in Once Were Warriors director Lee Tamahori's sci-fi thriller about a Las Vegas magician who was born with the ability to see two minutes into the future. Based on the 1954 Philip K. Dick short story "The Golden Man".
Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown .
Halle Berry and Bruce Willis star in Glengarry Glen Ross director James Foley's thriller about a journalist who poses as a temp to ferret out her best friend's killer.
Rated 14A. Granville 7 .
Johnny Depp stars in the third in the series of seagoing action-adventures about the exploits of swashbuckling pirate Jack Sparrow.
Rated PG. Colossus Langley, Scotiabank Theatre, Richmond Centre 6, Meadowtown, Grande, Esplanade 6, Oakridge, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Cottonwood 4, Caprice White Rock, Dolphin, Van East, Dunbar, Twilight Drive-in, Rialto White Rock, and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas .
Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews, and Robbie Coltrane star in director Jag Mundhra's film based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, who was convicted of murdering her physically abusive husband in England in 1989.
In English with some Punjabi. Rated 14A. Fifth Avenue .
The voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and Antonio Banderas are featured in the latest in the series of computer-animated family comedies about the adventures of a goodhearted green ogre in medieval times. Rated general. Colossus Langley, Scotiabank Theatre, Richmond Centre 6, Meadowtown, Park Tilford Grande, Oakridge, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Dolphin, Paramount Chilliwack, Caprice White Rock, and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas .
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst star in Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 director Sam Raimi's latest action-adventure, featuring the web-spinning superhero from the Marvel comic. Rated PG. Rio on Broadway, Colossus Langley, Scotiabank Theatre, Richmond Centre 6, Meadowtown, Park Tilford, Grande, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Oakridge, Rialto White Rock, Paramount Chilliwack, and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas .
Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, and Andy Griffith star in I'll Take You There director-writer Adrienne Shelly's last film, a romantic comedy about a pregnant, unhappily married waitress who falls into an unlikely relationship with a newcomer to her town. Rated PG. Fifth Avenue, SilverCity Riverport, and Cinemark Tinseltown cinemas .
1737 Comox, 604-683-2201, /. Note: no shows Sun. » BECAUSE I SAID SO 7:30 mats.
Sat.-Sun: 3:20 » THE LAST MIMZY mats. Sat.
-Sun: 1:30
» WILD HOGS 4:40 7:00 mats. Sat.-Sun: 12:20 » ARE WE DONE YET?
4:20 6:45 mats. Sat.-Sun: 11:40 » THE INVISIBLE 9:10 mats.
Sat.-Sun: 2:20 » MEET THE ROBINSONS 4:00 6:00 mats. Sat.
-Sun: 12:00
Six days of documentaries, with more than 50 feature and short films from around the world, including opening-night gala screening of The Edge of Eden: Living With Grizzlies . To May 27, various Vancouver venues . Tix from $8 to $15, info 604-231-7535, .
Blim and Evil Film School present screenings of the 1960s William Shatner flicks Incubus (7:30 pm) and The Intruder (9:15 pm). May 25, Blim (197 E. 17th).
Tix $10/5, info .
As part of its Seeing Red campaign, the Canadian Red Cross presents short-film submissions from local and international filmmakers, with proceeds going directly to Red Cross HIV/AIDS relief work in sub-Saharan Africa. May 26, 4:30 pm, Ridge Theatre (3131 Arbutus).
Tix $5 advance, $7 at the door, info .
Screening of Life of Brian , the 1979 Monty Python satire on religious fundamentalism and political sectarianism, with discussion to follow. May 27, 7 pm, Dogwood Centre (706 Clark Dr.
). Free admission, info 604-255-2041.
Canadian premiere of the first U.
S. feature to deal with the occupation of Iraq, combining elements of the thriller, the romance, and the war movie. Starring Connie Nielsen and Damian Lewis, directed by Philip Haas ( Angels Insects ).
May 28-29, 7:15 9:15 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix and info 604-683-FILM, /.
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society pre¬sents a retrospective of one of the most acclaimed practitioners of "cameraless" animation.
May 29, 7:30 pm, Pacific Cinémathèque (1131 Howe). Info 604-688-FILM.
Screenings of a selection of 2007 Leo Award–nominated short films and music videos, including Michael Meinhardt's "Nostalgia Boy", Jody Thompson's "Will of the Wisp", Cory Kinney's "Sparkle Lite Motel", Jeff Martin's "The World Is Calling", and Kris Elgstrand's "Love Seat".
May 30, 8 pm, ANZA Club (3 W. 8th). Tix $5 at the door, info 604-734-8339, .
Jews for a Just Peace and the Palestine Community Centre Youth Committee present a series of films from Palestine and Israel marking the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. May 31–June 1, 7 pm, Rhizome Café (317 E. Broadway); and June 8, 7 pm, Palestine Community Centre (1874 Kingsway).
Tix $10/5 at the door, info 604-676-3611
Canadian Classics reunion screening of Mina Shum's Genie Award–winning comedy starring Sandra Oh, preceded by kung fu demonstration by martial arts grandmaster Stephen M.D. Chang.
May 31, 7:30 pm, Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour). Tix and info 604-684-4528, .
» MEET THE ROBINSONS mats.
Sat.-Sun: 1:05 3:20 » GEORGIA RULE 7:20 mats. Sat.
-Sun: 3:35 » SHREK THE THIRD 4:40 7:00 9:00 mats. Sat.-Sun: 1:30
» DISTURBIA "Movies for Mommies" mat.
Wed: 1:00
1660 E. Broadway, at Commercial, 604-878-FILM, /. » SPIDER-MAN 3 12:30 1:00 3:45 4:10 6:45 7:15 10:00 10:20 (no 10:00 show Wed.
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