qw lw V-W -~ - V V W 14B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend Magazine - Thursday, September 12, 2002 A guide to who's where Thursday, Sept.12 what's happening and why through you needto be there ...Tk Wednesday, Sept.18 Films opening The Michigan Daily - Weekend aigazine - Thu Ann Arbor's newest alternative the THE MADSTONE THEATER The Barbershop If only Ice Cube and1 Cedric The Entertainer could recreatec the hilarity of those barbershop scenes from "Coming to America." AtI Showcase: 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:15 (Fri. and Sat.), 11:45 (Fri. and Sat.), 12:15 (Fri. and Sat.). One Hour Photo I can't think of any- thing scarier than Robin Williams Films h Austin Powers in' Goldmembert Nothing funny here - worst movieI of the summer. Yeah baby, NO. AtE Showcase: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:50, 9:50, 11:45 (Fri. and Sat.).; Blood Work All of a sudden, DirtyI Harry has a heart transplant andI nobody cares anymore. At Showcase: 9:40, 11:50 (Fri. and Sat.). Blue Crush I have a crush on lead actress Kate Bosworth, but it's neveri blue. At Showcase: 1:20, 8:10. City By The Sea Our beloved "South1 Park" City Wok owner Twong Lu Kim moves away from Colorado to the stormy seas of Long Beach where the Mongolians follow himand blow up his wall. At Showcase: 1:25,. 1:55, 4:05, 4:35, 6:30, 7:00, 8:45,r 9:15, 11:00 (Fri. and Sat.), 11:30 (Fri. and Sat.).I Fear Dot Corn We didn't think Steven Dorff's career could get any lower. Thanks for proving us wrong, Mr. Deueces Wild. At Showcase: 3:35, 5:45, 10:25, 12:30 (Fri. and Sat.). Lilo & Stitch Yes, it is still in the- aters and no, you should not go see it. At Showcase: 1:10, 2:55.1 Men In Black 11 Will Smith proves he's a credible actor with "Ali" and then he proves he likes money with this diminutive sequel. AtI Showcase: 1:00, 5:35 & 10:15. My Big Fat Greek Wedding In the words of Public Enemy, "Don't believe the hype." At Showcase: 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:20, 11:20 (Fri. and Sat.). Possession Neil Labute should stay away from the love stories and stick to the repulsive tales of human nature. At Showcase: 1:40, 8:00. Road To Perdition Cheers to Sam Mendes for making Jude Law look following me around all the time doing impressions and constantly sweating rivers through that jungle he calls body hair. At Showcase: 1:00, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45, 12:00 (Fri. and Sat.). Stealing Harvard One thing is for sure, it can't be worse than "Freddy Got Fingered." Or can it?! Da-da-da. At Showcase: 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:25, 9:25, 11:25 (Fri. and Sat.). oding ugly and give all males out there a little confidence boost. 1:45, 4:15, 6:40, 9:10, 11:40 (Fri. and Sat.). Serving Sara Wasn't Matthew Perry funnier when he was addicted to painkillers? I think so, so I'm gonna break his leg sometime. At Showcase: 4:45, 6:55, 9:05, 11:10 (Fri. and Sat.). Signs "It's contaminated." That's right, darling, and so is the preachy, unrealistic ending M. Night tacks onto Braveheart's battle against those pesky aliens. At Showcase: 1:10, 1:50, 3:25, 4:20, 5:40, 7:05, 8:05, 9:20, 10:20, 11:35 (Fri. and Sat.), 12:35 (Fri. and Sat.). Spiderman I was hoping "Simone" would be in theaters a little longer so I could make fun of Winona Ryder, but I only have room for this: Winona likes to steal Spiderman's space in the Daily. At Showcase: 3:00, 7:40, 12:10 (Fri. and Sat.). Spy Kids 2 I am looking for a man who calls himself Bucho.:At Showcase: 1:05, 3:10, 5:10, 7:35. Stuart Little 2 Can a mouse have Parkinson's? At Showcase: 1:10, 2:50. Swimfan If we tell youshow good this movie is, will you please come in and take the thousands of movie posters we have left for it? This movie is-good. At Showcase: 1:15, 3:25, 5:25, 7:55, 9:55, 11:55 (Fri. and Sat.). Undisputed If you want to see real prison boxing, then you should have watched "Oz" last season - or basically any Tyson fight. At Showcase: 3:45, 5:50, 10:10, 12:25 (Fri. and Sat.). XXX Not enough of the old in-out, in-out to merit that racy rating. At Showcase: 1:35, 4:10, 4:40, 6:50, 7:20, 9:35, 10:05, 12:05 (Fri. and Sat.). Tom Green acting stupid? There must be some mistake. THEA TER Thursd ay CAMPUS CINEMA 24-Hour Party People When do these guys sleep? MichiganTheater 9:30 p.m. The Good Girl Not quite as good as "Chuck and Buck," but having Donnie Darko in it scores major points. Michigan Theater 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. March Debut film from Michigan alum James Mercurio that features a Q&A with him after the screening. Michigan Theater 7 p.m. My Big Fat Greek Wedding Come on, movie, give another film a chance to make some money. State Theater 7:15 & 9:15 p.m. Read My Lips It's French, it's sexy, what else do you want? State Theater 7 p.m. Sex and Lucia It's Spanish, it's sexy, what else do you want? State Theater 9:30 p.m. MUSIC Charlevoix East Lansing's finest punk- pop. You decide what that amounts to. Blind Pig. 208 S. 1st St. 10 p.m. $4 ($6 under 21). 996-8555. Ron Brooks Trio If you take that annoying girl from class and hum the whole time, she'll leave you alone for- ever. Scouts honor. Bird of Paradise 312 S. Main St. 8 p.m. $5. 662-8310. The Fall-Out Local Band Super Showcase. See Dirty Money and Filth duke it out for smelliest band in A2. Club Above, Heildelberg. 215 N. Main, 9 p.m. $5. 426-3451. Defying Gravity A space shuttle astro- naut, her daughter, and Claude Monet are intricately woven into this new play by Jane Anderson. "Defying Gravity" is a theatrical look at mankind's heroic attempt to tran- scend its earthly bounds. 8 p.m. Performance Network,120 E. Huron. $22.50, $19 for seniors. 663-0681. Jekyll and Hyde This Broadway musi- cal is adapted from the well-known novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"Hby Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Henry Jekyll is dis- traught over his father's mental illness and attempts to help his father to iso- late humanity's dual nature of good and evil, with disastrous results. 8 p.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Michigan League. $19. 976-0605. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures BOOKS Espresso Royale Open Mic Music, poetry and performance. Everyone welcome to present. Call 662-2770 and ask for Jessica to sign up for a time slot. 7 p.m. Espresso Royale Cafe. 324 S. State St. Free. CAMPUS CINEMA 24-Hour Party People See Thursday. State Theater 9:15 p.m. The Good Girl See Thursday. Michigan' Theater 7:15 & 9:15 a.m. My Big Fat Greek Wedding See' Thursday. State Theater 7:15 p.m. BY LUKE SMITH MANAGING ARTS EDITOR W hen the Madstone Theate opens tomorrow in the Briarwood Mall, the stale tang of construction and enamel clouded air will be replaced by the smell of popcorn, snacks and com merce. The United Artists multi-plex i gone, and in its place is the forward fhinking by-product of co-CEOs o Madstone Inc., Tom Gruenberg and Chip Seelig. By design, Madstone Theaters incorporate a dif ferent kind of cinematic experience for a differen kind of moviegoer. Instead of the mainstream pop corn flicks that used to be in the space, Madstone' theater will be a seven screen exhibition of inde pendent, art adjacent, specialty and foreign films The audience experience will be augmented by th company's different take on all things movie going. "It's going to be a lot more subtle, sophisticate and kind of chill," said Dave Anderson, VP, Fiel Marketing & Publicity. Madstone Theaters feature a concierge desk, th type of luxury usually reserved for hotels an resorts. The concierge will provide information o the films holding at the cinema, hold tickets fo late-arriving friends, make restaurant reservation for Madstone patrons and aid customers with th purchase of Madstone Theater membership passes Tomorrow, the Madstone Theater at Briarwoo will begin a weekend-long free movie marathon designed to introduce movie-goers to the theater The seven films showing during this opening weekend will be Orson Wells' "Citizen Kane," las year's surprise French hit "Amelie," Lawrence Kasdan's "The Big Chill," Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Roger and Me,' "American Beauty" and Sam Raimi's cult-hit "Evi Dead 2." This weekend's free movie festivitie serve as a gearing-up for Madstone's grand open ing on Sept. 20. Passes are available online a www.madstonetheaters.com. A DIFFERENT KIND OF THEATER Just as a restaurant's success is determined by a dynamic mix of both its atmosphere and food Madstone Inc. understands the importance o atmosphere in a cinema. In fact, they take the con- Editors: Caitlin Nish W i RAnd ' Taylor abe M AG AZ IN E Writers: David Enders, Neal Pais, Scott Serilla, Todd Weiser Photo Editor: David Katz Photographers: Tony Dinq, Emma Fosdick, Patrick Jones, Fran Payne and Jon Triest Cover Photo: Jonathon Triest Arts Editors: Luke Smith, Mana in Editor, Jeff Dickerson, Associate Edi or Editor in Chief: Jon Schwartz r I- s I- f t 1- 's e d d e d struction of a positive atmos- phere to heart when opening one of the Madstone Theaters. The theater in Briarwood is the seventh the company has bought, retrofitted, rebuffed and reopened under the Madstone "M." Instead of a company with a focus on dollars and cents, the Madstone company seeks only to bring the best possible films to audiences - these films could be anything from Wes Anderson's "The Royal Tenenbaums" to the generally- accepted-as-a-classic "Citizen Kane" (which the theater will screen this weekend as part of its free movie festivities). In addition to its desire to show only the best cinema in independent, foreign, art adja- cent and specialty films, Madstone Theaters seek to cre- ate an environment not only con- ducive to film lovers' experience within the cinema, but also to creating conversation outside it. n One feature that will surely r facilitate conversation from Madstone patrons is and seat, which is what we don't want." Two of the s the alternative concessions offered by the theater. seven theaters in the Briarwood Mall feature e In addition to standard movie-going fare, (pop- Madstone's Walk-Thru seat- corn, soda, candy) Madstone Theaters offer some- ing. - d thing a little more eclectic to enjoy during the film. a "We'll have imported chocolates, smoothies, frap- WHAT TO SEE, . puccino, baked goods and sandwiches," said WHAT TO SEE an Anderson. The downtown Ann t Gruenberg, 25-year movie industry veteran is Arbor theaters, the e highly focused on the relationships between audi- Michigan and State, show a CEO Madstone, ence and screen. Gruenberg's focus led Madstone variety of independent and downtowr " Theaters to integrate a different kind of seating for foreign films, and the 1 a handful of their theaters. Walk-Thru seating, as Madstone Theaters look to form an interconnected s Gruenberg coined it, is designed to "give people a market with them instead of a competitive one, - comfort zone so that they can sit down in a movie "We look at them as an ally," said Gruenberg. "It is t theater, and if they all about offering have to get up, they're good storytelling to not going to disturb the audience, and anyone.a they're doing great. To create Walk-Thru work and we have to seating, Madstone _ do good work too." , removed 20% of their - Madstone doesn't f seating in a theater and seek to steal business - then re-spaced all of the from the popular seats in new rows. The-. downtown theaters, result: A theater with but instead seeks to plenty of leg-room and increase the number comfort, a theater ยข; ..... of quality films being where someone walk- shown in Ann Arbor. ing in front of seated This augmentation is patrons with an arm- geared toward people load of popcorn and who love movies, not brownies isn't going to popcorn. "What we bother them, or in most are trying to offer," cases, even touch them. said Gruenberg, "is a "When someone walks TONY DING/Daily place where someone in front of you and dis- The lobby of the Madstone earlier this summer. who wants to see a turbs you,' said movie that is sophisti- Gruenberg, "it breaks that relationship between film cated and they don't want to run into 13-year- The concession stand will soon be filled with a variety of healthier snacks in addition to a o, *1/ olds." But Gruer ing to create a it them - Tom Gruenb n competition \Aln Arbor Thea One Hour Photo Robin insane. Not funny, but used to it. State Theater' Williams is insane. Get 7 & 9 p.m. ALTERNATIVES MUSIC them now - it' as opposed to film's budget. H releasing an ii Martin Scorsese the long-delayed $1 00-million-dc Scorcese pictur Viewers can ex Madstone Theat USA Films, Lic be our suppliers Ai Madstone Inc York City, is d functioning inde simultaneously i 1999, by Tom partner Chip Se work toward they finest independe technology. To reach this es, the first bei New York Observed: The Mythology of the City This exhibit, located in the West Gallery, features a variety of dif- ferent photographers portray the transformation of New York from colo- nial outpost to teeming metropolis. Museum of Art, 525 S. State. Free. 764-0395. Ansel Adams: A Centennial Celebration This exhibit, located in the Box Gallery, was created in obser- vance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ansel Adams, a master of pho- tography. Adams is best known for landscapes, portraits, still lifes and engaging studies of trees, and this exhibit displays all aspects of his career,staken from UMMA own collec- tion, as well as private collections in the region. Museum of Art. 5235 S. State. Free. 764-0395. Friday Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Eddie Palmieri y La Perfecta II Orchestra Mmmm salsa music Michigan Theater. 8 p.m. $25;$40. Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Olu Dara IsOlu a man's nameor a girl's? Only one way to find out. Bird of Paradise. 312 S. Main St. 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. $25. 662-8310. THEA TER Defying Gravity See Thursday. 8 p.m. $27.50, for seniors $24. Jekyll and Hyde See Thursday. 8 p.m. $19. ALTERNATIVES New York Observed: The Mythology of the City See Thursday. Ansel Adams: A Centennial Celebration See Thursday. A. WHATS P AYING OPENING WEEKEND .AM.ElIE AMERICAN..BIG CITIZEN EVIL DlEAD) PJ BEAUTY...LL..KNE 2: DEAD Ros BlY fAWIT A FOR SWN5WMES AND ASESEEWWW.M ADsT xONE HATF] Phone Numbers: Michigan Theater: 668-8397; Quality 16: 827-2837; Showcase: 973-8380; State: 761-8667. Showtimes are effective Friday through Thursday. Matinee times at State Theater are effective for Saturday and Sunday only.