16 BLOCKS
Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse star in Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner’s action flick about a burned-out NYPD officer who must transport a fast-talking convict 16 dangerous blocks from a jail to a courthouse. Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Eagle Ridge, Richmond Centre 6, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Esplanade 6, Meadowtown Centre, Oakridge, Cottonwood 4, New West, Park & Tilford, Caprice White Rock, and Grande cinemas.
AQUAMARINE
Emma Roberts, Sara Paxton, and JoJo star in director Elizabeth Allen’s comedy about two teenage girls who discover a mermaid in their beach club’s swimming pool. Rated general. Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Meadowtown Centre, Oakridge, Granville 7, Cottonwood 4, Park & Tilford, and Grande cinemas.
BLOCK PARTY
Comedian Dave Chapelle is featured in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry’s music documentary, featuring performances by Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kanye West, Common, Erykah Badu, John Legend, The Roots, and a reunited Fugees. Rated 14A. Colossus Langley, Paramount Vancouver, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Esplanade 6, and Grande cinemas.
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal star in The Ice Storm director Ang Lee’s romantic drama, set in 1963, about the love between a Texas ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Rated 14A. Park, Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Esplanade 6, SilverCity Riverport, Station Square 7, Grande, Grande, Hollywood 3, Van East, and SilverCity Coquitlam cinemas.
CACHE
Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche star in Funny Games director Michael Haneke’s psychological thriller about a French family that is terrorized by the mysterious delivery of a series of secretly shot videotapes showing their daily lives. In French with English subtitles. Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown.
CAPOTE
Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in director Bennett Miller’s biopic about famed American novelist Truman Capote, in particular his work on the novel In Cold Blood. Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown, SilverCity Coquitlam, and Fifth Avenue cinemas.
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, and Anna Popplewell star in Shrek codirector Andrew Adamson’s family adventure-fantasy about four children in Second World War London who find a magic wardrobe that leads to a mystical land ruled by an evil witch. Based on the classic novel by C.S. Lewis. Rated PG. Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Riverport, Station Square 7, Clova, and Hollywood 3 cinemas.
CURIOUS GEORGE
The voices of Drew Barrymore, Will Ferrell, and Eugene Levy are featured in Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas director Matthew O’Callaghan’s animated family comedy, based on the popular children’s books about a curious monkey. Rated general. Colossus Langley, Richmond Centre 6, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Station Square 7, Meadowtown Centre, Granville 7, Paramount Chilliwack, Park & Tilford, New West, Caprice White Rock, and Grande cinemas.
DATE MOVIE
Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Eddie Griffin, and Fred Willard star in Scary Movie series cowriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer’s spoof of romantic comedies. Rated 14A. Colossus Langley, Richmond Centre 6, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Station Square 7, Meadowtown Centre, Cottonwood 4, Park & Tilford, Granville 7, and Grande cinemas.
DEEP SEA 3D
Director-cinematographer Howard Hall’s 3-D undersea documentary, narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. Unrated. IMAX Theatre at Canada Place.
DOOGAL
The voices of Chevy Chase, Judi Dench, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jon Stewart are featured in an animated family adventure about a candy-loving dog that helps save the world from an evil sorceror. Rated general. SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Meadowtown Centre, and Hollywood 3 cinemas.
EIGHT BELOW
Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, and Jason Biggs star in Congo director Frank Marshall’s Smithers, B.C.-shot family action-adventure about two explorers and a team of sled dogs that fight for survival in Antarctica. Rated general. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Eagle Ridge, Richmond Centre 6, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Esplanade 6, Meadowtown Centre, Granville 7, Park & Tilford, Caprice White Rock, New West, and Grande cinemas.
EVE & THE FIRE HORSE
Vivian Wu, Hollie Lo, and Phoebe Kut star in director Julia Kwan’s drama about a young girl and her sister growing up in a traditional Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver. In English and Cantonese with English subtitles. Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown.
FINAL DESTINATION 3
Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ryan Merriman star in Final Destination director James Wong’s gory horror flick in which death tries to reclaim a group of teens who evaded a fatal roller-coaster accident. Rated 18A. SilverCity Riverport, Twilight Drive-in, Station Square 7, and Hollywood 3 cinemas.
FIREWALL
Harrison Ford stars in Wimbledon director Richard Loncraine’s action-thriller about a security specialist who is forced to rob the bank he protects in order to save his family. Rated PG. Colossus Langley, Paramount Vancouver, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, and Station Square 7 cinemas.
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
David Strathairn, George Clooney, and Robert Downey Jr. star in director Clooney’s film about the real-life 1950s conflict between CBS-TV newsman Edward R. Murrow and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Rated general. Paramount Vancouver.
MATCH POINT
Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, and Emily Mortimer star in director Woody Allen’s drama about a coldly ambitious tennis instructor in London who works his way into a wealthy family by courting its only daughter. Rated PG. Fifth Avenue and Granville 7 cinemas.
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li, and Michelle Yeoh star in Chicago director Rob Marshall’s drama about the life of a Japanese geisha. Rated PG. Paramount Vancouver and Station Square 7 cinemas.
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins star in The Grifters director Stephen Frears’s comedy-drama, set during the Second World War, about a wealthy Englishwoman who buys an old London theatre that becomes famous for its all-nude revues. Rated PG. Park & Tilford, Rialto White Rock, and Van East cinemas.
MUNICH
Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, and Geoffrey Rush star in War of the Worlds director Steven Spielberg’s drama about Mossad agents recruited to avenge the terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Rated 18A. Cinemark Tinseltown and Park & Tilford cinemas.
NANNY McPHEE
Emma Thompson and Colin Firth star in Waking Ned Devine director Kirk Jones’s family comedy-fantasy about a governess who uses magic to control the seven children in her care. Rated general. Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Riverport, Hollywood 3, and Park & Tilford cinemas.
NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD
Stop Making Sense director Jonathan Demme’s documentary about legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, which captures Young’s Prairie Wind concert in Nashville last summer. Rated general. Fifth Avenue.
NIGHT WATCH
Konstantin Khabensky stars in the first part of The Arena director Timur Bekmambetov’s horror trilogy about the forces of good battling vampires in modern-day Moscow. Rated 18A. Paramount Vancouver.
THE PINK PANTHER
Steve Martin stars as Inspector Jacques Clouseau in Cheaper By the Dozen director Shawn Levy’s reworking of the original 1964 Peter Sellers comedy. Rated PG. Cinemark Tinseltown, Colossus Langley, Eagle Ridge, Richmond Centre 6, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Oakridge, Meadowtown Centre, Park & Tilford, Van East, and Grande cinemas.
ROVING MARS
Director George Butler’s IMAX documentary takes the audience to Mars to see the red planet through the eyes of the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Rovers, with score by Philip Glass. Unrated. IMAX Theatre at Canada Place.
RUNNING SCARED
Paul Walker stars in The Cooler director Wayne Kramer’s action thriller about a low-level mob flunkie whose role is to dispose of “hot” guns from mob killings. Rated 18A. Colossus Langley, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Mission, Twilight Drive-in, Station Square 7, Meadowtown Centre cinemas.
SYRIANA
George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Amanda Peet star in director Stephan Gaghan’s political thriller about the global oil industry. Rated 14A. Paramount Vancouver and Empire Studio 12 Guildford cinemas.
TRANSAMERICA
Felicity Huffman and Kevin Zegers star in director Duncan Tucker’s comedy about a pre-operative, male-to-female transsexual who discovers that she has a teenage son from a sexual encounter that occured back when she was a man. Rated 18A. Cinemark Tinseltown.
TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY
Steve Coogan stars in 24 Hour Party People director Michael Winterbottom’s comedy about a film crew trying to shoot an adaptation of Laurence Sterne’s bawdy 1760 novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Rated 14A. Cinemark Tinseltown.
ULTRAVIOLET
Milla Jovovich stars in Equilibrium director Kurt Wimmer’s sci-fi action-thriller about a subculture of humans who have been genetically enhanced with amazing fighting abilities. Rated PG. Colossus Langley, Eagle Ridge, SilverCity Coquitlam, Empire Studio 12 Guildford, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Mission, SilverCity Riverport, Meadowtown Centre, Cottonwood 4, Park & Tilford, and Grande cinemas.
WALK THE LINE
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon star in Girl, Interrupted director James Mangold’s film about the life of country-music legend Johnny Cash. Rated PG. Station Square 7, Hollywood 3, and Granville 7 cinemas.
WHY WE FIGHT
Director Eugene Jarecki’s documentary about the U.S. war machine and the workings of the American military-industrial complex. Rated PG. Ridge.