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Thursday January 24, 2008

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MOVIES

OPENING

2 DAYS IN PARIS (M) Julie Delpy is writer, director and star of this romantic comedy as a photographer in Paris with her American boyfriend Jack. (Ettalong)

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (MA) Abortion drama set in Bucharest during the dying days of the Ceausescu regime. (Avoca Beach)

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (M) Tom Hanks plays a Texas congressman who decides to covertly arm the mujahadeen of Afghanistan during the 1980s. Also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts. (Greater Union Newcastle; Hoyts Erina)

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (MA) Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin star in this neo-Western thriller from Fargo directors Joel and Ethan Coen about a lawman, a freakish killer and a guy playing finders-keepers with a case of cash. Opens next week in Newcastle. (Tuggerah)

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (MA) Tim Burton's version of the Stephen Sondheim musical about bloody revenge stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen. (Glendale, Nelson Bay, Tuggerah, Erina)

WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (MA) Knocked Up and Superbad co-writer/producer Judd Apatow's music industry parody features John C. Reilly as a fictional country music star who staggers through decades of bad behaviour. (Showcase, Glendale, Charlestown, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Singleton, Tuggerah, Erina, Ettalong)

NOW SHOWING

27 DRESSES (M) Romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl, from Knocked Up and TV's Grey's Anatomy, as a woman who has been a bridesmaid 27 times. (Glendale, Charlestown, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Nelson Bay, Singleton, Entrance, Tuggerah, Erina, Entrance, Ettalong) 1/2

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (M) The entire Beatles catalogue is used to illustrate a love story. (Showcase, Avoca Beach) 1/2

ALIENS vs PREDATOR 2: REQUIEM (MA) Alien monster smackdown. (Raymond Terrace, Cessnock) 1/2

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS (G) The critters sing in this family-friendly romp mixing computer animation with live action. (Showcase, Glendale, Charlestown, Lake, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Nelson Bay, Cessnock, Singleton, Entrance, Tuggerah, Erina, Ettalong)

AMERICAN GANGSTER (MA) Gladiator director Ridley Scott's epic crime drama stars Russell Crowe as an honest cop battling drug lord Denzel Washington in 1970s Harlem. (Greater Union Newcastle, Glendale, Tuggerah; Hoyts Charlestown, Erina; Reading Maitland; Cessnock; Singleton; Ettalong)

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (M) Swedish film about a conductor who returns to the village of his childhood to coach the church choir. (Avoca Beach, Ettalong) 1/2

ATONEMENT (MA) Exquisite Keira Knightley wartime romance. (Greater Union Newcastle, Tuggerah; Hoyts Erina) 1/2

BEE MOVIE (G) Jerry Seinfeld provides the voice of an animated bee. (Charlestown, Erina, Ettalong)

CLOVERFIELD (M) Monsters attack New York in this unconventional action thriller from J.J. Abrams, producer of TV's Lost. (Greater Union Newcastle, Glendale, Tuggerah; Hoyts Charlestown, Erina; Reading Maitland; Raymond Terrace; Nelson Bay; Singleton; Entrance; Ettalong)

DARJEELING LIMITED (M) Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman play brothers travelling across India by train. (Showcase, Avoca)

DEATH AT A FUNERAL (M) British farce about a memorial service that goes pear-shaped. (Avoca Beach, Ettalong) 1/2

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (M) Cate Blanchett returns as Queen Elizabeth. Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen and the Hunter's own Abbie Cornish also star. (Lake) 1/2

ENCHANTED (G) An animated storybook princess lands in live-action New York City where she meets Patrick Dempsey, aka Grey's Anatomy's McDreamy. (Glendale, Charlestown, Lake, Maitland, Nelson Bay, Heddon Greta, Cessnock, Singleton, Tuggerah, Erina, Entrance, Ettalong) 1/2

THE GOLDEN COMPASS (PG) Magical fantasy about a girl fighting an evil plot to control the world. (Glendale, Charlestown, Raymond Terrace, Heddon Greta, Cessnock, Singleton, Tuggerah, Erina, Ettalong) 1/2

HITMAN (MA) Generic shoot-em-up based on the violent video game. (Cessnock)

HUNTING AND GATHERING (M) French comedy starring Audrey Tautou. (Avoca Beach)

I AM LEGEND (M) Will Smith's sci-fi thriller is set in the eerily emptied streets of New York City. (Greater Union Newcastle, Glendale, Tuggerah; Hoyts Charlestown, Erina; Reading Maitland; Raymond Terrace; Nelson Bay; Cessnock; Singleton; Ettalong) 1/2

I'M NOT THERE (M) Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and Richard Gere pay tribute to Bob Dylan. (Showcase, Avoca Beach, Ettalong)

INTO THE WILD (M) Sean Penn directs Emile Hirsch in this portrait of the doomed wanderer Christopher McCandless, who at 22 gave his trust fund to charity and trekked across America, ending up alone in the Alaskan wilderness. (Avoca Beach) 1/2

JUNO (M) Deliciously bittersweet comedy-drama about a pregnant teen (Ellen Page) trying to find the right adoptive parents for her unborn baby. Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner co-star. (Showcase, Glendale, Charlestown, Maitland, Raymond Terrace, Nelson Bay, Cessnock, Singleton, Tuggerah, Erina, Entrance, Ettalong)

THE KITE RUNNER (M) Epic tale charting Afghanistan's history from the end of the monarchy through the brutal Taliban rule. Based on the book by Khaled Hosseini and directed by Marc Forster. (Erina)

LUCKY MILES (MA) Aussie refugee comedy. (Avoca Beach)

MACBETH (G) The New York Metropolitan Opera production. Screens 11.30am on Saturday and 1pm on Sunday. (Showcase)

NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (PG) Treasure hunter Nic Cage cracks another history mystery. (Glendale, Tuggerah, Ettalong)

P.S. I LOVE YOU (M) Hilary Swank tearjerker. (Glendale, Charlestown, Singleton, Erina)

ROMULUS, MY FATHER (M) Aussie drama starring Eric Bana. (Avoca Beach)

SEPTEMBER (M) The mateship of two teenage farm boys, one white and the other Aboriginal, in 1960s Western Australia. (Avoca Beach)

THE WATERHORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP (PG) A boy finds a baby sea monster in a Scottish loch. (Showcase, Glendale, Raymond Terrace, Nelson Bay, Cessnock, Singleton, Tuggerah, Erina, Entrance, Ettalong)

THEATRE

THE PHILANTHROPIST A nice guy who tries to please everyone ends up pleasing no one; comedy by Christopher Hampton. Newcastle Theatre Co, at Newcastle Repertory Theatre, Lambton. Tomorrow at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm (final shows). 4952 4958.

OPENINGS

February 6: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Bright musical comedy about a young woman seeking a wealthy match in New York in the 1920s. SNAP Productions, at The Playhouse, Newcastle. February 6 to 16. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm; matinees Sunday, February 10, and Saturday, February 16, at 2pm. 4929 1977.

February 8: TALES OF TOCAL Dinner and show at Tocal Agricultural College. Upstage Theatre. 4939 8901.

CLASSICS

AUSTRALIAN INTERVARSITY CHORAL FESTIVAL Great Hall, University of Newcastle, Friday, January 25, 8pm. Directed by Brett Weymark, with Waratah Brass and the Australian Intervarsity Festival Choir. Music by Orlovich, Grainger, Anne Boyd and Kats-Chernin. Tickets $25/$20. Phone 4954 8781 or 1300 552 130.

THE MET OPERA: MACBETH Showcase City Cinemas, Wolfe Street, Newcastle, Saturday, January 26, 11.30am. Live transmission from The Metropolitan Opera in New York. James Levine conducts Lado Ataneli and Maria Guleghhina. Also on Sunday, January 27, at 1pm. Tickets $25/$21. Phone 4929 5019.

AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: VITAL Newcastle City Hall, Thursday, January 31, 7.30pm. Featuring Melvyn Tan, piano, music by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert and Smalley. Tickets $63/$48. Phone 1800 444 444.

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