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June 30, 2004 - Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels April 15, 2004 Alamo In 1836, nearly 200 men held a fort - the Alamo - for 13 days against the forces of General Santa Anna, commander of the Mexican forces. Led by three men - the young, brash Col. William Travis, the violent, passionate James Bowie, and the larger-than-life David Crockett - the Texans would pass into history as the rallying cry for Texas independence. With Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and Jason Patric. Rated PG-13 for sustained intense battle sequences. 137 min. Bubba Ho-Tep An elderly resident of an East Texas rest home who claims, but nobody believes to be, Elvis, teams ups with a fellow resident who claims to be President John F. Kennedy, to battle an evil Egyptian entity preying on their long-term care facility. With Bruce Campbell, and Ossie Davis. Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violent images. 92 min. Connie and Carla Two struggling Chicago dinner theater performers witness a media hit and hit the road, running for their lives. They head to L.A. where the assume new identities and find their talent perfectly suited to a a new career as drag queens. Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette. PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual humor and drug references. 98 min. Ella Enchanted An enchanting fairy tale about a well-meaning fairy who casts a spell on young Ella to help her be more obedient, resulting in the girl being unable to refuse a command. With Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Fox and Minnie Driver. Rated PG for some crude humor and language. 95 min. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Joel discovers that his long-time girlfriend has undertaken an experimental procedure where all of her memory of Joel is removed. Frustrated by the idea of still being in love with a woman who doesn't remember their time together, Joel agrees to undergo the procedure as well, erasing memories of her. But he begins to regret his decision. Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Kirstin Dunst, Mark Ruffalo. Rated R for some drug and sexual content. 108 min. HHHH Girl Next Door An 18-year-old straight-arrow over-achiever falls for his beautiful, "innocent" neighbor. When he discovers she is a one-time porn star, his sheltered existence begins to spin out of control. With Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert. Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug/alcohol use. 109 min. Hell Boy A rookie FBI agent and a gentle demon spawned in Hell, race to thwart an evil that could destroy humankind. Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair. PG-13 for sci-fi action, violence and frightening images. 122min. Home on the Range Ordinarily, an animated movie about talking, singing cows, which contains the tag line "Bust a moo," might be udderly (sorry, couldn't help it) cringe-inducing. But "Home on the Range" is so darn cute, and features such an impressive array of vocal talent, it's hard not to be lassoed in. As Disney movies go, it's not extraordinary enough to be deemed an instant classic; the story from the writing-directing duo of Will Finn and John Sanford is weak and the pacing drags a bit in the middle. But kids will enjoy the colorful characters and grown-ups will chuckle at many of the jokes. Featuring the voices of Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Randy Quaid and Steve Buscemi. PG for brief mild rude humor. 76 min.HHI Kill Bill Vol. 2 In volume 1, a female assassin was shot down, with child by her employer, Bill, at her wedding. Everyone else at the wedding was also shot. Five years later she emerged from a coma seeking revenge, which she continues in this film. Written and directed by Quentin Tarrantino. Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Darryl Hannah. R for violence, language and brief drug use. 120 min. Ladykillers "The Ladykillers" - It looks like a Coen brothers movie. It sounds like a Coen brothers movie. And, unfortunately, it runs out of steam after about an hour like the last Coen brothers movie, "Intolerable Cruelty." Until then, this remake of the 1955 caper starring Alec Guinness is funny, quirky, and has a terrifically twisted eye for detail. Tom Hanks, playing his first truly bad bad guy, is a marvelous mixture of Foghorn Leghorn and Sideshow Bob as the pretentious leader of a gang of thieves who use an elderly woman's cellar to tunnel into a casino vault. Irma P. Hall avoids caricature and shows real poignancy as his feisty landlady. The supporting roles, though, are too cartoonish to be three-dimensional, even for a Coen brothers movie. R for language, including sexual references. 104 min. HHI Johnson Family Vacation Packing all the tired trappings of the raunchy road-trip genre, this loutish comedy plays out as a loosely threaded collection of cliched gags. All the predictable highway hijinks are clumsily tossed in: the crazy hitchhiker, the run-in with the traffic cop, the mishap with a construction crew, the encounter with a mad trucker. Cedric the Entertainer plays an uptight dad who persuades his recently separated wife (Vanessa Williams) to accompany him and their three children (Solange Knowles, Bow Wow and Gabby Soleil) to a family reunion. Steve Harvey co-stars as Cedric's overbearing brother, and Shannon Elizabeth appears briefly as a wacko hitchhiker. Rated PG-13 for some sexual references, crude humor and brief drug material. 97 min. HI Punisher Frank Castle decides to leave his dangerous life for a desk job to better provide for his family, but when they are murdered as a result of a past job, he seeks revenge anyway he can. Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton. R for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity. 119 min. The Whole Ten Yards It's only three feet from "The Whole Nine Yards," but the jokes get stretched so thin in this sequel, it feels more like a mile. The 2000 original wasn't exactly begging for a follow up - it seemed to wrap itself up in a rather tidy, satisfactory fashion - but it was surprisingly funny in an low-key, film-noir way. Bruce Willis, as a retired hit man, was supremely cool and confident. Matthew Perry, as a dentist who's his nervous next-door neighbor, allowed the laughs to flow from his often deadpan delivery. And Amanda Peet, as a dental hygienist, was disarming in her perky obsession with becoming an assassin. All that has been scrapped here in favor of broad slapstick and loud, shrill repetitiveness. PG-13 for sexual content, some violence and language. 97 min. 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