Thursday, October 23, 2003
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Film: Beyond the Multiplex

This week's special screenings

The Big Sleep

(NR, 114 min.) Gumshoe Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) gets embroiled with sexy rich kid Lauren Bacall and a heady, incomprehensible mix of drugs, nymphomania, blackmail, murder and sheer 1946 style, in Howard Hawks' classic noir, based on Raymond Chandler's novel. With John Ridgely, Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Elisha Cook Jr. Movies Al Fresco series, MonteLago Village, 1600 Lake Las Vegas Pkwy., Henderson, 992-7347, free. Thu., Oct. 23 8:30 p.m. (Next week's movie: Woman of the Year.)

Plan 10 from Outer Space

(NR, 80 min.) Mormons meet aliens--and bees--in Trent Harris' 1994 sci-fi spoof, about a woman discovering the inevitable plot for world domination, as documented by an early LDS prophet. Karen Black stars, with Stefene Russell, Patrick Michael Collins and Curtis James. Not to be confused with Ed Wood's notorious 1959 bomb Plan 9 from Outer Space. B-Movie Night, Cafe Espresso Roma, 4440 S. Maryland Pkwy., 369-1540, free. Thur., Oct. 23 9 p.m. (Next week's movie: 2000 Maniacs.)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

(R, 95 min.) The perennial, kinky, audience-participation mock-horror hit. Sci-Fi Empire, 4331 W. Charleston Blvd., 314-0330, $6. Fri./Sat., Oct. 24-25 midnight

Safe

(R, 119 min.) Julianne Moore plays a seemingly happy L.A. housewife who suddenly finds she's allergic to her the toxins in her 21st-century suburban environment, from exhaust fumes to aerosol sprays, in this eerie, disturbing 1995 allegory by Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven). With Peter Friedman, Xander Berkeley. NOTBAD (Nevadans Organized To Better Address Diversity) presents "Switch Hitters" film series, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., 507-3459, free. Tue., Oct. 28 7:15 p.m.

Time Out

(PG-13, 132 min.) [L'Emploi du temps] French stage star Aurélien Recoing gives a supremely sensitive turn as a corporate consultant who, recently fired but unable to tell his family, pretends he has a new job. Loosely based on a true story, Laurent Cantet's thought-provoking 2001 drama poses intriguing questions about work, family, the roles we play and the lies we tell. (Subtitled.) French Club Sandwich film series, Winchester Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive (at Desert Inn Rd.), 455-7340, free. Introduced by Mercury critic Anthony Allison. Wed., Oct. 29 7 p.m.--AA
Film: New This Week
New This Week
Beyond Borders

Casa de los Babys (English and Spanish dialogue, with subtitles.)

The Holy Land (English, Hebrew, Arab and Russian dialogue, with subtitles.)

Radio

Scary Movie 3

(PG-13, 90 min.) Director David Zucker (Airplane!, the Naked Gun flicks) takes over from Keenen Ivory Wayans (and his co-writing siblings Marlon and Shawn) for the third episode of Dimension/Miramax's horror spoof franchise that lampoons The Ring, The Matrix Reloaded, Signs and The Others, among others. Anna Faris and Regina Hall return, along with many others--including Charlie Sheen, Eddie Griffin, Queen Latifah, Jeremy Piven, Denise Richards, Ja Rule, Leslie Nielsen and Pamela Anderson.

Wonderland