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Regard- from director Bennett Miller (The columbia street west 89/90 ALL FOR ONE PRODUCTIONS Cruise Capote w w w .columbiastreetwest .c o m w w w .8990m u s i c .c o m w w w .allforonefw .o r g less, his new drama/thriller, Dream , ), opened at No. 2 DEER PARK IRISH PUB ALLAN & ASHCRAFT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN THEATER House, starring Daniel Craig, Ra- last weekend, bringing in just un- w w w .deerparkpub .c o m w w w .allanandashcraft .c o m w w w .f i r s t p r e s -f w .o r g /~t h e a t e r /h o m e .h t m chel Weisz and Naomi Watts, der $21 million in sales over its FIREFLY COFFEE HOUSE AUTOVATOR FORT WAYNE BALLET opens everywhere this week- first three days. We went to the w w w .fireflycoffeehousefw .c o m w w w .a u t o v a t o r .c o m w w w .fortwayneballet .o r g end. The trailer looks promising, first showing of the film on Friday THE GIN MILL BACKWATER FORT WAYNE civic theatre and, damn, it was good. Written w w w .ginmilllounge .c o m w w w .backwaterband .n e t w w w .fwcivic.o r g though we hear that Sheridan takes KAYSAN’S 5TH DOWN BAR & GRILL BIFF & THE CRUISERS FORT WAYNE DANCE COLLECTIVE a few too many nods from the cur- by studs Aaron Sorkin and Steven w w w .k a y s a n s 5t h d o w n .c o m w w w .biffandthecruisersband .c o m w w w .f w d c .o r g rent creep-out trends. We plan to Zaillian and starring Brad Pitt, LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL BONAFIDE IPFW DEPT. OF THEATRE see it eventually anyhow, as Sheri- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /latchstring w w w .robbievandheidi .c o m w w w .i p f w .e d u /t h e a t r e dan has already earned his lifelong Pratt and Jonah Hill (amongst MAD ANTHONY BREWING CO. MIKE CONLEY JAM THEATRICALS others), this talk-y drama is more w w w .m a d b r e w .c o m w w w .m i k e c o n l e y .n e t w w w .fwembassytheatre .o r g /e v e n t s _b r o a d w a y .h t m pass in our book. NORTH STAR BAR & GRILL DASH RIP ROCK BAND Also opening wide are a business than baseball, Pitt play- h t t p ://s i t e s .g o o g l e .c o m /s i t e /northstarbar 2 w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /dashriprockband VENUES trashy romantic comedy called ing famed Oakland As GM Billy PEANUTS FOOD & SPIRITS DOWNSTAIT ALLEN CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY What’s Your Number? and über Beane, who changed the game in w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /peanutswings w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /d o w n s t a i t w w w .a c p l .l i b .in.u s cheesy-looking Christian drama 2002 with his new approach to PHILMORE ON BROADWAY THE FREAK BROTHERS ANDERSON PARAMOUNT THEATRE called Courageous. Looks pretty calculating his micro-budget fran- w w w .philmoreonbroadway .c o m w w w .freakbrothersonline .c o m w w w .andersonparamount .o r g chise’s wins. The script and Pitt piere’s entertainment center TIM HARRINGTON BAND C2G MUSIC HALL awful. If you’ve already seen ev- w w w .itstheparty .c o m w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /timharringtonband w w w .c2g m u s i c h a l l .c o m erything worthwhile and want to are the stars here; look for both SHOWGIRL III THE JAENICKE CONSORT INC. EMBASSY THEATRE spend some time at the theater this to get Oscar nominations in a few w w w .s h o w g i r l 3.n e t w w w .j c o n s o r t .c o m w w w .fwembassytheatre .o r g weekend, 50/50 might be your best months. And don’t be surprised if SNICKERZ COMEDY BAR junk yard band FORT WAYNE PARKS & REC. DEPT. bet, as some very reputable critics the film gets a few other nomina- w w w .snickerzcomedyclub .b i z w w w .thejunkyardband .n e t w w w .fortwayneparks .o r g seem to like it. Also: an excellent- tions, including Best Picture. Great WOODLAND LOUNGE KILLNANCY FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC w w w .woodlandloungefortwayne .c o m w w w .k i l l n a n c y .c o m w w w .f w p h i l .o r g looking drama from up-and-com- flick. WRIGLEY FIELDS BAR & GRILL KILL THE RABBIT HONEYWELL CENTER ing director Jeff Nichols (Shotgun Taking the No. 3 spot last w w w .wrigleyfieldbarandgrill .c o m w w w .k t r r o c k s .c o m w w w .honeywellcenter .o r g Diaries) called Take Shelter will weekend was newbie Dolphin DISC JOCKEYS/KARAOKE LEFT LANE CRUISER piere’s entertainment center begin to test in big markets. We Tale, an embarrassingly cheesy w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /leftlanecruiser w w w itstheparty c o m . . family drama about a dolphin who AMERICAN IDOL KARAOKE LOOSE CHANGE hope it does very well and eventu- w w w .f a c e b o o k .c o m /americalidolkaraoke w w w loosechangerocks c o m ally comes to town. Looks like the gets a prosthetic tail – and all the . . 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Just when you thought saying that, if this movie were to things couldn’t get worse with all open big, Lautner would instantly the sequels and remakes and 3D become the new name in action. trash, now we have to assume that Thank goodness that doesn’t seem studios are going to budget in 3D to be the case! reissues of old movies. Sure, Hol- lywood has always been a money- [email protected] 26------www.whatzup.com------September 29, ’11