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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><B>This week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre-<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>The Upside of Anger (R)<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Friday, June 10<BR>
7:00 PM<BR>
Saturday & Sunday, June 11 & 12<BR>
4:15 & 7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5 adults<BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday shows<BR>
<B>(See Review below)<BR>
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<B>Next week at the Kenworthy-<BR>
</B><H2>Summer Matinee Series Begins June 15<BR>
</H2><U>Thanks to the following Wednesday matinee sponsors:<BR>
</U>Insty Prints & North Idaho Athletic Club, Tom & JoAnn Trail, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Bank<BR>
<B><BR>
</B><H2>Shrek (PG)<BR>
</H2><B>Wednesday, June 15<BR>
1:00 PM & 3:15 PM<BR>
</B>$1/ages 12 and under, $4/ages 13 and over<BR>
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<H2>Dear Frankie (PG13)<BR>
</H2><B>Friday, June 17<BR>
7:00 PM & 9:30 PM<BR>
Sunday, June 19<BR>
4:30 & 7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5/adults, $2/children 12 and under<BR>
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WonderWorks presents <BR>
<H2>Cool Cat<BR>
</H2>by Elizabeth Eagles, with music by Dan Bukvich<BR>
<B>Saturday, June 18<BR>
7:30 PM<BR>
</B>Tickets- $6, children under 3 years are free<BR>
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On Saturday, June 18, at 7:30 PM, Wonder Works will present “Cool Cat,”<BR>
written and directed by Elizabeth Eagles with music by Dan Bukvich. This<BR>
premier evening of theatre, music, and dance features the Gemberling<BR>
Brothers, guest choreographer Greg Halloran, and dancers from the University<BR>
of Idaho Center for Dance and Spectrum II Dance Studio. Tickets are $6 for<BR>
adults. Children under age 3 are free. Tickets can be purchased at<BR>
BookPeople prior to the performance or at the door.<BR>
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A silent art auction will take place in the lobby of the theater before the<BR>
performance and during intermission.<BR>
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<B>June at the Kenworthy-<BR>
<BR>
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (PG)<BR>
</B>Wednesday, June 22<BR>
1:00 & 3:15 PM<BR>
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<B>Melinda & Melinda (PG13)<BR>
</B>June 24, 7:00 PM<BR>
June 25, 4:45/7:00/9:15 PM<BR>
June 26, 4:45 & 7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>Fat Albert (PG)<BR>
</B>Wednesday, June 29<BR>
1:00 & 3:15 PM<BR>
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<B>Coming this summer</B>: Ala Zingara, Racing Stripes, Napoleon Dynamite, Millions, Two Brothers, Because of Winn Dixie, Robots<BR>
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<B>Regular Movie prices</B>: $5 adult, $2 child 12 or younger. <BR>
Wednesday matinee prices: $4/adult, $1/child 12 or younger <BR>
KFS passes accepted year-round for Sunday movies!<BR>
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</TT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana">Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
508 S. Main Street, Moscow, Idaho<BR>
For more information, call 208-882-4127 or visit http://www.kenworthy.org<BR>
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<B>This week’s review-<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>The Upside of Anger<BR>
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Written and directed by Mike Binder<BR>
Running Time: 1 hour, 58 minutes<BR>
Rated R for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Sean Axmaker writing for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer<BR>
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Mike Binder's lightweight handling of midlife crisis and emotional betrayal opens with Terry Wolfmeyer (Joan Allen) already bitter and glassy-eyed with alcohol and anger. Gathering her four daughters at the dinner table, she tartly announces their father ran away with his Swedish secretary, leaving behind everything but his wallet and a goodbye note. <BR>
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It's the beginning of a three-year bender and her fuel of choice (apart from an ever-present tumbler of vodka) is simmering fury. She wallows in resentment at her husband's abandonment and only her withering, sharp-tongued wit makes that scorn interesting.<BR>
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And attractive, too, at least to bachelor neighbor Denny Davies (Kevin Costner), a former World Series ballplayer turned radio personality, coasting through retirement on autographed baseballs and personal appearances and buzzing on beer and marijuana. He volunteers to be her drinking buddy, invites himself over to family dinners and slowly warms her to the idea of romance. <BR>
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There are the daughters in the equation, too, played (from oldest to youngest) by Alicia Witt (the college girl), Erika Christensen (the aspiring broadcast journalist), Keri Russell (the ballet dancer) and Evan Rachel Wood (high school student and narrator), but their stories play like afterthoughts, mere sketches in the margins of Terry's tale.<BR>
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Writer/director Mike Binder (who also plays Denny's entertainingly sleazy producer) scripts sarcastic humor and dialogue that just avoids being glib, thanks in part to a pair of rich performances. Costner carries regret and disillusionment under cocky charm and breezy irresponsibility in his best performance in years. The one-time sports hero is a little older, a little less sure of himself, but finally ready to move ahead. <BR>
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Allen's icy stares could turn you to stone and her cutting sarcasm would finish off what's left, but she gives Terry a self-awareness that undercuts her most careless comments and suggests the raw wounds under her brittle armor. <BR>
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Allen and Costner enrich and elevate the film and give the growth of their characters a hard-earned gravitas.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Ruthe Stein writing for the San Francisco Chronicle<BR>
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In a rare adult moment, Hollywood gave the go-ahead to "The Upside of Anger" -- the kind of drama that's become a dinosaur on screens overrun by computer-generated creatures. The characters are actually believable, and the messes they get into approximate real life. <BR>
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Allen stars as Terry, a suburban Detroit housewife whose husband abruptly runs off to Sweden with his secretary, leaving her a large house and four headstrong daughters to care for. Anger contorts this abandoned wife's face, deepening the lines between her nose and mouth. When Terry screams at her children out of frustration, the veins on her neck pop out. Often shot with no makeup, Allen gives the most naked performance possible with your clothes on. <BR>
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Costner is her neighbor, a retired baseball player, Denny. Hollywood's onetime golden boy has been in a slump lately, but playing sluggers is something he knows how to do, and in "Anger," he hits one out of the park. Costner is built like an athlete, agile and loose. His Denny is still loose even though he's gone soft with the beginnings of a paunch. <BR>
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This is a man whose best years are behind him. As he tells Terry while trying to convince her to sell her land so a subdivision can be built on it, "I'm just a front man flashing my World Series ring. They get the sales -- I get a free lot out of it." Costner makes Denny's resignation palpable in the embarrassed way he autographs baseballs for money -- his shoulders are hunched and his head hung low. <BR>
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Exercising a screenwriter's prerogative, Binder has penned a juicy role for himself as Shep, the producer of Denny's radio talk show, which was supposed to be about baseball except that the host finds the subject a bore and would rather offer stock tips. <BR>
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Mike Binder wrote and directed "The Upside of Anger," and he knows that people behave foolishly but are also capable of noble acts. Terry and Denny's bumpy relationship is a prime example. <BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Steve Persall writing for the St. Petersburg Times<BR>
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Some movie stars have physical traits that set them apart from the rest, like Julia Roberts' smile and Bruce Willis' smirk. It's usually something in the eyes or mouth that signals the star wattage is being turned on.<BR>
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For Joan Allen, it's her neck: a long, slender, uncommonly expressive anatomical part that she may not be aware she's using. But it's the first thing you notice in her juicier performances, the way it tenses and relaxes, or disappears behind her down-turned chin in vulnerable moments. It almost upstages her face.<BR>
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Her neck muscles get a workout in “The Upside of Anger,” a meandering family drama that Allen holds together with the laser focus of her performance. She isn't the only good thing about Mike Binder's film, but without Allen, nothing else would matter. We're only three weeks past the Academy Awards and already we have a best actress frontrunner for next year.<BR>
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Binder obviously used “Terms of Endearment” as a template for Terry's relationships with her daughters, employing the same kind of crisply written, passive-aggressive bonds. Each young woman has her conflict with Mom. The eldest, Hadley, is pregnant and getting married, something she kept hidden from Terry. Andy skips college to intern at Denny's radio station, where she gets involved with his slimy producer, Shep, a much older man. Emily has health issues to keep Terry worrying while "Popeye" detaches herself from everyone except Denny.<BR>
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The screenplay brings out the best in its actors. Allen, as noted, deftly juggles the varied moods and humors of her role. Binder makes a sitcom role something deeper, and each of Terry's daughters is credible. The film's best surprise is Costner's portrayal of Denny, the kind of work he can do when his ego doesn't get in the way. He never overplays the beer buzz, or seeks to shine Denny's emotional armor. It's his best performance in a decade, one that should silence his career snipers - like me - for a while.<BR>
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<I>Film reviews researched and edited by Peter A. Haggart<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="5"><U>Kenworthy Film Society Passes on sale<BR>
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<B>Kenworthy Film Society pass prices will increase on July 1</B> to $30 for a 10-punch card and $75 for a $30-punch card. <BR>
That's still only $3.00 and $2.50 per movie, respectively -- the best deal on movies in Moscow.<BR>
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Why are prices increasing? Specifically, because the cost of film shipping has increased. <BR>
Generally, because the cost of doing business has increased.<BR>
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<B>Passes can be purchased at the current prices through June 30, 2005, so get yours now.<BR>
</B>Passes are available at BookPeople and at the Kenworthy box office during regular showtimes.<BR>
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Thanks for your continued support of independent and foreign films on the Palouse!<BR>
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PAMELA PALMER, <B>Volunteer<BR>
</B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>Mailto:ppalmer@moscow.com<BR>
</U></FONT>Film and Events Committee <BR>
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
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