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Hillary Clinton at the upcoming Democratic Party convention in Denver. ers to do the same. and very much centered around the weeks of negotiations between their Obama finished the primary aging baby boomers, who are well respective aides. The two sides made this way will help us celebrate this Added Clinton, a New York sen- season with a 364-delegate lead past their high fertility years,” said the announcement Thursday in a defining moment in our history and ator: “With every voice heard and over Clinton. Obama had 2,254 William Frey, a demographer at the collegial joint statement. bring the party together in a strong the party strongly united, we will delegates, to 1,890 for Clinton, Brookings Institution. “I am convinced that honoring united fashion,” said Obama, an elect Sen. Obama president of the according to an Associated Press The Census Bureau Thursday Sen. Clinton’s historic campaign in Illinois senator. 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The fighting in Georgia has displaced about 100,000 people. defenses with Patriot missiles in Mikhail Saakashvili, speaking exchange for placing 10 missile to foreign reporters in an appeal Georgian Prime Minister Lado tion could be they are trying to rattle stopped in a village near Senaki. defense interceptors in the East- for international intervention, said Gurgenidze said it was “a rather the civilian population.” There was no immediate ern European country. a Russian armored convoy was large column of Russian armor, over Later, a Georgian Foreign Min- response from Russia to the claims. He said the deal also includes a moving toward the city of Kutaisi. 100 pieces.” He said it had departed istry spokesman said the troops Both sides have announced conflict- “mutual commitment” between the Kutaisi, the country’s No. 2 city, is from the city of Zugdidi. were in the western city of Senaki, ing versions of events since the fight- two nations to come to each other’s near central Georgia — not close to “We have no idea what they’re about 35 miles from Kutaisi. The ing broke out Aug. 7, when Georgia assistance “in case of trouble.” the separatist provinces of Abkha- doing there, why the movement, spokesman was not authorized sought to retake breakaway South The clause on mutual assistance zia and South Ossetia where fight- where they’re going,” he said in a to be named. A Georgian govern- Ossetia and Russia responded with appeared to be in direct reference to ing has erupted in recent days. telephone briefing. “One explana- ment statement said the convoy had retaliation. 27A8BC>?74AC>A27800? Russia, which has threatened to aim missiles toward Poland — a former Soviet satellite — if it agreed to host BhaXP;TQP]^] BdXRXST1[Pbc:X[[b &BWXXcTbX]8aP` the U.S. site. 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AHMED AL-HUSSEINI/AP al-Mahdi, the 12th Shiite imam who two nations to establish diplomatic The female bomber detonated An Iraqi soldier watches as Shiites disappeared in the ninth century. relations for the first time. her explosives among a group of pil- arrive for a festival in Karbala, Iraq. Also on Thursday, the U.S. But the agreements won’t mean grims resting by the side of a road military announced that six Navy an end to Syrian influence in Leb- in Iskandariyah, a former Sunni playing nearby when the attacker guards face trial for allegedly anon, and some Lebanese remain insurgent stronghold 30 miles south struck, a witness said. assaulting prisoners and releasing MUHEISEN/AP MUHAMMED concerned that the Damascus of Baghdad. “Minutes after I passed the rest- pepper spray into a cellblock follow- 5A4450;;)An Israeli Arab boy regime will continue to try to exer- Women were cooking dinner, ing spot, I heard a big explosion. I ing a disturbance at the main U.S. jumps into the water in the port cise power over its neighbor. 0? men were praying and children were turned my head and saw big flames,” prison in Iraq. A>14AC7 A4830? of Akko, Israel, on Thursday. 5A830Hk ' $ ! 'k4G?A4BBk( 1;0<48C>=C427=>;>6H)Britain’s second-largest city, Birmingham, recently distributed 720,000 leaflets that praised residents for exceeding recycling targets — featuring a photograph of Birmingham, Ala. Officials said the wrong image was selected from an Internet photo archive. F^a[S ¼6aTT]BPWPaP½D]R^eTaTSX]=XVTa About 200 graves of humans who Cemetery sheds light lived between 10,000 and 4,500 years on 2 ancient societies FWT] ago were found at the site — near and region’s lush past h^dR^\T what would have been a lake — in 2005 and 2006, as well as remains MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES A tiny woman and two children PRa^bbb^\TcWX]V of animals, fish and crocodiles. 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Even the most recent CTaa^a;PfbdXcb is providing clues to two civiliza- startling find, detailed at a news were about 1,000 years before the CA8?>;8;81H0kLibya and the Unit- tions that lived there, a thousand conference Thursday at the National building of the pyramids in Egypt. ed States settled all outstanding years apart, when the region was Geographic Society. The finds are detailed in reports lawsuits by American victims of moist and green. “When you come across some- in Thursday’s edition of the jour- terrorism on Thursday, clearing Paul Sereno of the University of thing like that in the middle of the MIKE HETTWER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY/AP nal PLoS One and in September’s the way for the full restoration of Chicago and colleagues were search- desert, it sends a tingle down your Researcher Paul Sereno examines a National Geographic Magazine. diplomatic relations. ing for the remains of dinosaurs in spine,” he said. skull found in Niger’s Sahara Desert. A0=3>;?74 B27<830? 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Libyan government official, who Activists say protest IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies spoke on condition of anonymity. said the committee disapproves of The official said there were also zones are traps — not “any attempts to hinder a journal- three outstanding lawsuits filed by places for free speech ist who is going about doing his job Libyan citizens for U.S. airstrikes on seemingly within the rules.” Tripoli and Benghazi in 1986. 14898=6k The International Olym- In its bid to win the Olympics, The settlement completes a near- pic Committee urged China Thurs- China promised to loosen some ly five-year effort to rebuild ties day to allow foreign reporters at aspects of its autocratic rule, includ- between the two countries.0? the Beijing Games to report freely YUAN/APALEXANDER F. ing allowing the media to report free- after a British journalist People sit in Ritan Park, one of three Beijing parks that was designated as a protest ly. 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'k4G?A4BBk " OLYMPIC TENNIS D_bTccX]V3Ph: James Blake B_^acb shocks Roger Federer, while the Williams sisters are eliminated in Beijing. k " FTTZT]S CE ;X]Td_ AP Nationals manager Manny Act has had it up to here with the team’s losses. UaXSPh &)"$? < )Two underachiev- ing baseball teams square off when the Washington Nationals host the Colorado Rockies. MASN/20 PRESTON KERES / TWP; DREW HALLOWELL/GETTY IMAGES HALLOWELL/GETTY DREW TWP; / KERES PRESTON !? < )Pool play of the Little Running backs Ladell Betts, left, and Clinton Portis saw their first preseason game last week — with both scoring. The backs will be asked to catch the ball more this season. League World Series kicks off when the Midwestern division winners face Running back Ladell Betts the Southeastern division winners in thinks the new pass-heavy offense Williamsport, Pa. ESPN will open things up for the running '? < )The Oakland Raiders’ first- backs to contribute in the air as well round pick in this year’s draft, two-time as on the ground. Heisman runner-up Darren McFadden, 1PRZbX]0RcX^] “Everybody is a live receiver in makes his national TV debut when his this type of offense,” said Betts. “We team faces the Tennessee Titans in Redskins runners will ;>20;8B102:8=C74AD==8=6 got four or five guys going out and preseason. FOX be used more in the =^Q^ShTg_TRcTSATSbZX]bQPRZd_ad]]X]VQPRZ Swengali ATSbZX]b6^c^cWT2XaRdb >;H= Favre will be the star >[h\_XRB_XaXc attraction in preseason 8b in this league, to be on a new team IMAGES STOBE/GETTY MIKE now, it is going to be a media circus 1860??;4B) Mayor Michael Bloomberg is among the thousands to welcome Brett Favre to New York since Favre was traded. CWTaT½b]^cW for that game.” X]V[XZTQTPcX]V The Redskins are familiar with Jets uniform,” cornerback Shawn included a win over Indianapo- ers carry the ball. He expects his Favre, having lost three times to Springs said. lis in the Hall of Fame game and players to show the same admira- cWT5aT]RWXb him at Green Bay since 2001. It’s Coach Jim Zorn’s job is to keep last week’s victory at home over tion for Favre. cWTaT. their first preseason game against his team focused on the usual tasks Buffalo. “I fully expect our sideline to all Favre since 1995, which they also of preseason — getting the starters Even so, Zorn compared the be standing up,” Zorn said, “watch- in the pool last Sunday night, but lost. Still, it won’t be the same with some work, improving familiar- upcoming experience to his days as ing him play when he is in.” also that France’s boasting moti- No. 4 wearing a different shade of ity with the game plan and letting an assistant coach with the Detroit And though Zorn figures Favre vated the team to a thrilling vic- green. the backups vie for roster spots. Lions, when players on both side- will only draw on perhaps 30 plays tory. There’s nothing better than “I don’t know how I’m going to The Redskins want to build on the lines would stop whatever they from his new team’s scheme, it only beating the French, is there? react when I see Brett Favre in a progress seen in their 2-0 start that were doing to watch Barry Sand- takes one to beat the Redskins. 0? Oppositely, a loss to China’s gymnasts has sparked more than a few whispers that Chinese gym- ton — and by hitting 17 aces past nast He Kexin is 13, not 16, which Young on Wednesday. would make her ineligible to com- 8b]Ta5TT[bPc7^\TX]3 2 “I always feel like I play very well pete. For the record, she doesn’t here,” Isner said. “There’s something look 13 — she looks 9 — but the Creek Park. about this court and the atmosphere budding rivalry between the dem- Last year’s finalist is On Friday night, Isner faces in the stadium — I can see the ball ocratic United States and commu- once again faring well No. 2 seed Juan Martin del Potro, real well.” nist China must have something to at Legg Mason Classic who got a scare from Israel’s Dudi Isner said he holds this tourna- do with the bitterness. Sela but won in three sets. ment in high regard, citing it and Surely, the new wave of patrio- ;466<0B>=C4==8B2;0BB82kLast Given the number of high seeds the U.S. Open as “the two tourna- tism will diminish along with the year, John Isner came from out of that were upset in the early rounds ments circled on my calendar this Olympic torch a week from now. nowhere to reach the champion- this week, Isner-Del Potro is like- summer.” Then life can return to normal: ship match of the Legg Mason Ten- ly to be one of the evening’s top The tournament organizers seem Cowboys fans will have no place in nis Classic. matches. to think highly of Isner as well, D.C. and LeBron James will trans- Now he’s front and center — and Del Potro comes in riding a giving him top billing with Andy form from an Olympic hero into a he could be about to make another 16-game winning streak, and Roddick in their ads on the Metro Wizards killer. deep run. Isner said the Argentine has “as and elsewhere in recent weeks. The Olympics are like a vacation Isner reached the quarterfinals much confidence as any player out 9>=0C70=C0==4=F0;3 from our typical rivalries. No won- of this year’s event with a 6-4, 7-6 there today.” der we’re so into the spirit. (4) win over another rising young But Isner said he’s playing with A. LIPSKI/TWPRICHARD ;PcTa)CWdabSPh½b\PcRWTbPccWT American, Donald Young, on a “nothing to lose mentality” fueled John Isner will face No. 2 seed Juan ;TVV MedalTracker ( $ CTP\DB06TcbATeT]VT 6>;3 B8;E4A 1A>=I4 Basketball squad sends D=8C43BC0C4BC>C0;)"# a message with rout 2>D=CAH 6>;3 B8;E4A 1A>=I4 C>C0; in rematch vs. Greece 278=0 !! ' $ "$ >;H>?BkIt’s official now. B>DC7:>A40 % & " % This is not Japan and the 2006 0DBCA0;80 $ # & % World Championships, not to men- 5A0=24 ! & % $ tion Athens and the 2004 Olym- ADBB80 " ' " # pics. This is Beijing and the 2008 8C0;H % # " " Olympics, and the United States is 64A<0=H & ! " ! back in men’s basketball. 90?0= $ " " These Americans, who looked so 6A40C1A8C08=! ! " & lost two years ago in Japan, appear =4C74A;0=3B ! # & to have found their Olympic way in China. Batting away balls or swatting RecordBreakers shots on seemingly every posses- sion late in the second quarter, the Americans broke open a close game and went on to a 92-69 victory over Greece Thursday night to clinch a spot in the medal round. “We played like we wanted to win. We played together,” U.S. guard Dwyane Wade said. “We were very VRANIC/AP DUSAN aware of their offensive sets, we Dwyane Wade and the U.S. turned what was supposed to be a tough game against Greece into a laugher on Thursday. were very aware of their person- nel and we played like that. So, we Kobe Bryant, who entered the which moves on to a matchup of shredding the U.S. defense for were kind of a step in front of what game shooting just 37 percent in Group B unbeatens Saturday night 63 percent shooting with clinical %( " they wanted to do because we kind the first two games, was 7-for-14 against world champion Spain. The execution of its pick-and-roll offense 2WX]P½b Du Li was supposed to win of knew everything already.” from the field and finished with winner will earn the group’s top in a 101-95 victory. the first gold of the Olympics. When The Americans were also able to 18 points. seed for the quarterfinals. “We wanted to really keep the she finished fifth, she considered find the range on jump shots when Chris Bosh also had 18 points, Greece stunned the Americans pressure on them. We wanted to dropping out of the games. She stuck the Greeks went to a zone defense Wade added 17 and LeBron James two years ago in the semifinals of kind of redeem ourselves,” Bosh around, though, and got a gold after all, to slow them down. had 13 for the United States (3-0), the 2006 world championships, said. 1A80=<07>=4H0? winning the women’s 50-meter, three- position rifle event and setting an Olympic record in points with 690.3. ]^cTS 7^UUIXTV[Ta5P[[BW^acX]cWT' < <^]V^[XP6^[SAdbW Slow showings ensure reaching Saturday’s eight-woman Mongolia won its first Olympic gold ;PcTATbd[cb final, with Ziegler 10th and Hoff 11th when Tuvshinbayar Naidan defeated U.S. will be shut out Michael Phelps’ quest for his — both were more than eight seconds Kazakhstan’s Askhat — and after two sixth gold of these Olympics ended off their personal best times. for 1st time in 28 years after Express’ deadline, as did the Japanese contenders crashed with individual women’s gymnastics The ouster ensured the U.S. a first-round losses on the judo mats BF8<<8=6kKatie Hoff pulled into final. For results | C^SPh½bB_^acb medals shutout in the grueling event Thursday. the finish of the 800-meter freestyle for the first time in 28 years. Except gasping for air, her chest heaving as for the 1980 boycott year and 1976, F^acWcWTFPXc she clung to the starting block. the U.S. won golds in five straight Not even a downpour could spoil the She was the last to leave the pool, Thursday night with her and rookie Olympics from 1984 to 2000. Olympic debut of the lone college kid with an official urging her to clear teammate Kate Ziegler swimming “My heart really goes out to on the U.S. baseball team — even if the way for the next preliminary too slowly to make the final, a stun- Katie,” said Kirsty Coventry of Zim- he had to wait 6½ hours to get the win. heat. Finally, she did, but paused ning failure in an event the U.S. has babwe. “What she’s feeling today is Stephen Strasburg carried a no-hit bid again to catch her breath on another dominated over the years. a little disappointment, because you into the seventh inning and struck out 11 block before making her way to the TERRILL/AP J. MARK “I don’t think many people bet know how much hard work you put Thursday, helping the U.S. to a 7-0, rain- edge and climbing out slowly. Katie Hoff leaves the Beijing Olympics on that,” Ziegler said. in, and, for swimmers, the Olym- shortened win over the Netherlands. Hoff’s second Olympics ended with a silver and two bronze medals. The women weren’t even close to pics is it.” 14C770AA8B0? %k4G?A4BBk ' $ ! 'k5A830H FTTZT]SkB_^acb CT]]XbBTaeTbD_D_bTcb Matches were delayed 3 hours, Blake tops Federer in 35 minutes at the start because of straight sets; Williams rain, pushing back the schedule. sisters are eliminated With four matches still in prog- ress and top-ranked Jelena Jank- JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) C4==8Bk Roger Federer directed ovic about to begin against Dinara American Becca Ward helped the U.S. an angry scream toward his feet. Safina, rain at 1:15 a.m. forced a win a bronze over France on Thursday. He swatted a stray ball in frustra- halt until Friday. tion. He slapped his thigh, hung The sequence of surprising his head and stomped behind the results came in a tournament that D B 5T]RTab baseline. had gone mostly according to form And, finally, he questioned calls, through three rounds. But upsets 3dT[c^1a^]iT something he hates to do. That have long been the norm in Olym- 54=28=6kSada Jacobson lunged merely made him madder: He went pic tennis — since 1988, no top-five at her opponent and landed one 0-4 on replay challenges. player has won the gold medal in last touch. Then she walked off the For Federer, it was that kind of men’s singles. strip, pausing briefly to encourage night. It has been that kind of year. Federer won’t do it this year. a teammate. Federer’s long slump continued, With the sort of lackluster perfor- With that, Jacobson’s work for and the bid for his first Olympic sin- mance once unthinkable for the American fencing was done. gles medal ended Thursday when he stylish Swiss, he was eliminated Becca Ward took it from there, lost to American James Blake. 6-4, 7-6 (2). closing out a 45-38 win over France So began an upset parade in the “If you play him enough times, that gave the U.S. the bronze medal quarterfinals. Serena Williams lost he’s bound to have an off day,” Blake in women’s team saber Thursday. It to Elena Dementieva of Russia, said. “I proved that I played with was a bittersweet win for Jacobson, and as the clock approached mid- ELISE AMENDOLA/AP the best tonight, and it couldn’t who is retiring from the sport. “I’m night, Li Na of China beat Venus Venus Williams reacts to a disappointing day for her and sister Serena Williams at have happened to me on a better disappointed. I really wanted that Williams. the Olympics. Both Americans lost in the quarterfinals, as did Roger Federer. stage.” BC4E4=F8=40? gold medal,” Jacobson said. 0? 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Croatia is the only team with no losses or ties. would love more than anything to end the Americans’ reign as Olym- pic champion. “We hope to play soccer and find a rhythm,” said Sundhage, who wants her team 6aTR^ A^\P] to make sure they don’t have to go into many bone-crunching tackles. 6h\]Pbc½b0VTX]@dTbcX^] FaTbc[Tab0aT A>14AC<8;;F0A30? Chinese state paper Xinhua report on the site Thurs- day morning and saved a copy of 1^d]RTS4Pa[h said ‘little girl’ was 13 the page. Later that afternoon, >;H and reported that she beat Yang FIFE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES FRANCK Yang was also on Wednesday’s Sjoberg lost the first period 3-0 ? < U.S. men’s volleyball vs. China. Yilin on the uneven bars at those China’s He Kexin is on of the gymnasts team. Questions have also been but won the next two by 1-1 scores NBC games. In the final, “this little girl” whose ages have been questioned. raised about her age and that of a when Byers couldn’t turn him from ? < Men’s beach volleyball, men’s pulled off a difficult release move third team member, Jiang Yuyuan. the top position. It was a disappoint- round of 16, match 43. NBC on the bars known as the Li Na, which appeared on one of its Web Chinese authorities insist that ing finish for a wrestler who nearly !0 < Women’s softball, prelimi- named for another Chinese gym- sites, Hb.xinhuanet.com all three are old enough to com- bumped Gardner off the Olympic naries, USA vs. Chinese Taipei. nast, Xinhua said in the report, The Associated Press found the pete. 9>7=;4824BC4A0? team in 2004. 0? CNBC 'k4G?A4BBk ' $ ! 'k5A830H HOUSE 4]cTacPX]\T]c CWT1^hb0aT1PRZ: DJ Sam ‘The Man’ Burns and DJ Doug ‘95 North’ Smith, both formerly of Red, will FTTZT]S spin in Petworth tonight k! played straight by the actors, and that’s the source of laughs. The construct would seem pretentious if Allen weren’t undermining it at 6^c every turn. Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson, Allen’s recent muse, ?[P]b. co-star as best friends who couldn’t 5>A 2>=?>BC 2>< 4=C4AC08=<4=C practical and structured student pursuing her master’s degree in FWTaTX]cWT3XbcaXRcRP]8UX]S Catalan culture, and she’s engaged b^\TRWTP_P]SPdcWT]cXRFTbc to marry very proper, dull business- 0UaXRP]U^^S. man Doug (Chris Messina). Cristina It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten (Johansson), meanwhile, is a rest- there, but I remember the food at less aspiring photographer who is Bukom Café in Adams Morgan fresh from a disastrous attempt at being pretty good. I have no idea making a short film and yet another how authentic it is, having never tumultuous breakup. been to West Africa, but there But both bright young women you go. If you go, go early. Once VICTOR BELLO/THEVICTOR COMPANY/AP WEINSTEIN respond in surprising ways to sexy the Adams Morgan party crowds >7101H) Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson look so steamy in this “Vicky Cristina” scene, we wonder whether they’re acting. artist Juan Antonio (an irresistible set in, even the dining room gets Javier Bardem), a stranger who crowded. invites them to spend the week- Bukom Café, 2442 18th St. NW; 202- end with him. Vicky thinks he’s a 265-4600. (Woodley Park-Zoo) Eurotrash cliche and tries to fend him off, but Cristina is intrigued. How things begin with him, though, Allen Intrigues aren’t necessarily how they end, which is where the fun lies. ourselves engaged in their adven- isn’t just mocking his characters Penelope Cruz enters the picture, F^^ShSXaTRcbWXb tures in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” but also feeling a certain amount a force of nature as Juan Antonio’s QTbc\^eXTX]hTPab his strongest film in awhile. of sympathy for them in their con- tempestuous ex-wife, Maria Elena. It’s a romantic comedy, yes, in the fusion. She’s fiery and impossible to stop fXcWPa^\P]cXRa^\_ writer-director’s great tradition of What’s fascinating is the jux- watching. It may be the best work A434=kYou should hate these absurdity and longing. It’s an easy taposition he’s created here: In of Cruz’s career. Johansson will get people, really, these smug American European romp, though it’s surely obviously stilted, literary tones, his all the attention, of course: Those yuppies chatting gaily about boat- superior to Allen’s recent trilogy narrator describes his characters’ lips! Those eyes! But “Barcelona” ing over red wine on a sun-splashed of London-based movies, “Match every action and emotion, and yet wouldn’t be the same without Vicky Spanish afternoon. Point,” “Scoop” and “Cassandra’s they consistently act in impulsive, or Cristina. Or Juan Antonio. And CROWE/AP LARRY Somehow, Woody Allen makes Dream.” But it’s also tinged with contradictory ways. These are civ- certainly not Maria Elena. D.C. restaurants are rife with gazpa- us not just tolerate them but find melancholy, letting us know Allen ilized people, behaving badly but 27A8BCH;4<8A40? cho, best of all summery soups. 0]hXSTPbPQ^dcfWTaTc^VTcP V^^SQ^f[^UVPi_PRW^. Cheesetique has a homemade gaz- pacho. 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Join the discussion Thursdays at Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Gagnon), science geek IQ (Philip remember flys aren’t really this cute. fly. 30E8364A<08=0? 1 p.m. kfPbWX]Vc^]_^bc R^\ [XeT^][X]T 5A830Hk ' $ ! 'k4G?A4BBk ( 4]cTacPX]\T]ckFTTZT]S The Force Isn’t Strong ¼2[^]TFPab½S^Tb]½c those three movies — chronicling the downfall of Anakin Skywalker PSS\dRWST_cWc^ from snotty, brooding teen to black- WARNER BROS. & LUCASFILM LTD/AP cWT¼BcPaFPab½bPVP hearted Darth Vader — is gone, 1A8=68C)Jedi Knight and Clone Army Gen. Obi-Wan Kenobi prepares to do battle in the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” replaced with a variation of campy 60;02C82kYou’ll know you’re in humor and camaraderie that char- There was a passing reference and Obi-Wan (James Arnold Tay- conspiracy that gives all our familiar a different galaxy within the first acterized the original trilogy. to this civil strife in 1977’s “Star lor) start off in the heat of battle, prequel heroes a part to play. seconds of “Star Wars: The Clone Still, a “Star Wars” movie should Wars” and a few glimpses of its leading a band of the Republic’s While the movie has a huge body Wars,” which substitutes the War- be an event. But whether because of onset in “Star Wars: Episode II: clone soldiers against the comically count as ray guns and light sabers ner Bros. logo and theme music its cartoony format or its relative- Attack of the Clones.” The action inept android troops of a separat- flash, “Clone Wars” comes off as for the familiar 20th Century Fox ly lightweight story, “Clone Wars” here and in the TV series takes place ist movement led by the evil Count rather cute overall. The Shake- searchlight and fanfare. definitely is not an event. between that movie and “Episode Dooku (Christopher Lee, reprising spearean tragedy of Anakin’s trans- While anything remotely “Star For fans, it serves as a fair- III: Revenge of the Sith,” before his live-action role). formation into Vader behind him, Wars” potentially is a welcome ly promising introduction to the Anakin goes bad. To show Anakin’s soft, mushy, Lucas turns his gang loose to be trek for hard-core fans, however, “Clone Wars” animated series The new movie sets up a seem- pre-Vader side, he’s given his own merry, even silly. it will be a mixed thrill, given that debuting on Cartoon Network this ingly bottomless well of story pos- Jedi apprentice, Ahsoka Tano (Ash- Again, that tone probably will the saga returns to the big screen fall. The movie centers on a fresh sibilities for the TV show. There are ley Eckstein), a spunky alien girl work better in the shorter TV as a cartoon. adventure of Anakin and his Jedi plenty of returning characters, new who quickly forges a wisecracking installments. In theaters, it makes George Lucas’ prequel trilogy knight elder Obi-Wan Kenobi dur- faces and bit players around which bond with her stoic mentor. for a reasonably fun if generally was so overloaded with computer- ing the Clone Wars that have been Lucas’ team can build episodes, so The two are assigned to lead a forgettable story, at least in terms generated imagery that the digital so pivotal to “Star Wars” since the the series won’t be another ‘Droids- rescue of giant slug crimelord Jabba of the grand-opera standards of animation of “Clone Wars” isn’t beginning — but about which we’ve versus-Clones battle every week. the Hutt’s squishy, squirmy baby the live-action “Star Wars” films. much of a leap. The somber tone of heard so little. Anakin (voiced by Matt Lanter) Hutt, who has been kidnapped in a 30E8364A<08=0? 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When one of them was on blazing event when its anniversa- the decks, the atmosphere in the ry rolls around, but that’s because candlelit room changed: everyone DJ Mark Zimin has his night down relaxed, everyone got funky, and to a science: Play classics from the you never knew what kind of jour- golden 1995-2000 era (Blur, Pulp, ney you’d be taken on. No wonder Oasis, Suede, Elastica, etc.) salted the regulars compared it to “going in with newer cuts and some ’80s to church.” Since Red closed, to be indie gems (Smiths, New Order) replaced by Fly, it’s been hard to and voila: Everyone from under-21 find a venue that could recapture college students to over-30 hipsters the old Red spirit, a place for laid- shows up at the Black Cat, and the back, friendly folks who didn’t want dance floor is full for most of the to deal with dress codes or bottle night. Admission is $10; when you service. 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The movie asks its audience to sus- summer of 1994 in Manhattan, and recent ator-director Chris Carter does alight THE CLONE WARS (PG) At intersection of Crescent & Southway (!)11:50, 2:15, 4:50, 7:15, 9:50 All shows before 6:00pm are $6.00 pend disbelief on one thing: its entire high school graduate and weed man Luke upon a new, au courant kind of creepa- TROPIC THUNDER (R) BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (PG-13) (!)11:40, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 4:45, 7:25, 9:55 premise. ;H Shapiro (Josh Peck) is approaching the zoid: priests. The paranormal gives way STEP BROTHERS (R) Moviefone (301 or 202) 333-3456 #781 11:45, 2:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:50 P&G WESTFIELD MONTGOMERY BARGAIN MATINEES BEFORE 6PM xn F0;;4(G, 97 minutes) Set in a future in season with anxiety. Levine does a good to normal. 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TELL NO ONE (NR) MIRRORS (R) STAR WARS: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 (!)12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 and swept by dust storms and where the at the dawn of Giuliani Time, thanks espe- A4E84FB1HC74F0B78=6C>=?>BC½B THE CLONE WARS (PG) BOTTLE SHOCK (PG-13) THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) 1:05, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 0==7>A=030HBC4?74=7D=C4A 12:00, 3:00, 6:15, 9:30 TROPIC THUNDER (R) VICKY CRISTINA ONLY WILDLIFE IS THE COCKROACH h7!,,s%v cially to a soundtrack dominated by such PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) 1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:35, 9:45 BARCELONA (PG-13) <82704;>½BD;;8E0=34BB>=C7>=0=3 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 refers to our hero: a Waste Allocation hip-hop godfathers as Nas and Notorious THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG-13) BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (PG-13) C4A4B0F8;CI 5>A<>A420?BD;4B0=35D;; TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG-13) 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Load Lifter, Earth class. He has been left B.I.G. He doesn’t do quite as effective a job A4E84FB>5C74B40=3>C74A58;=?>BC 2>< 4=C4AC08=<4=C PHOENIX ADLABS XXY (NR) VIRGINIA 2:50, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 LAUREL CINEMA 6 xn BOY A (R) 1:45, 7:20 Laurel Shopping Center Rt. 1 AMERICAN TEEN (PG-13) Advanced Ticketing 301-604-2885 4:20, 9:55 Bargain Matinees Daily before 6 at MovieWatcher.com Showtimes available at ALEXANDRIA www.oldtowntheater.com www.PhoenixTheatres.com 815 1/2 King Street 703-683-8888 A.M.Cinema - All seats $4, $5, or $6, Digital 3D $7 or $8, before noon on Fri., Sat., Sun., & holidays - denoted by ( ) Fine Dining Beer & Wine PHOENIX THEATRES TROPIC THUNDER (R) THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) 4:15, 7:10, 9:15 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 xn AMC Select - Special films for select tastes. TROPIC THUNDER (R) UNION STATION 9 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF Metro's Red Line AMC HOFFMAN CENTER 22 AMC POTOMAC MILLS 18 AMC TYSONS CORNER 16 THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG-13) 5:15, 7:30, 10:00 4:10, 7:15, 9:35 202-842-4455 Eisenhower Ave and Telegraph Road in Alexandria 2700 Potomac Mills Circle, Ste 886 7850 Tysons Corner Center STAR WARS: Bargain Matinees Daily Before 6 703-998-4AMC 703-998-4262 703-998-4262 THE CLONE WARS (PG) PHOENIX THEATRES Advance Ticketing Available at 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 THE O EXPERIENCE THE O EXPERIENCE DIGITAL 3D WORLDGATE 9 xn www.PhoenixTheatres.com KUNG FU PANDA: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 6:45, KUNG FU PANDA: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) INDIAN MOVIES Exit 10, Dulles Access Toll Road 9:20 (11:40 @ $9), 5:35, 7:55, 10:20 (9:55 @ $8), 12:20, 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55, 12:20 SEPARATE ADMISSION Centreville Rd., Herndon 703-318-9290 SPACE STATION 3D (NR–NOT RATED) 12:35, 4:00 ADULTS $10 / CHILD $6 * No Passes SPACE STATION 3D (NR–NOT RATED) (10:00 @ $9), MIRRORS (R) (11:00 @ $6), 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00, 12:45 Bargain Matinees Daily before 6 DIGITAL 3D 2:15, 4:00 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) (10:10 @ $6), 12:40, 3:10, 5:45, SINGH IS KINNG Advance Ticketing Available at *STAR WARS: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 8:15, 10:45, 12:55 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 www.phoenixtheatres.com THE CLONE WARS (PG) (11:15 @ $8), 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 DIGITAL 3D TROPIC THUNDER (R) (9:20, 10:50 @ $6), 12:10, 1:30, 2:55, 4:10, 5:40, GOD TUSSI GRATE HO 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15, 9:30 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 7:05, 8:25, 9:45, 11:15, 12:30 4:45, 8:00, 11:15 MIRRORS (R) (10:40 @ $6), 1:35, 4:35, 7:40, 10:30 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) (9:40, 11:15 @ $6), 12:35, 1:55, 3:15, 4:45, BACHNA AE HASSENO *BACHNA AE HASEENO STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) (10:00 @ $6), 12:40, 1:30, 3:20, (10:05 @ $8), 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 STAR WARS: 4:10, 5:50, 7:00, 8:20, 9:50, 11:00 5:55, 7:25, 8:45, 10:15, 11:35, 1:00 4:10, 7:30, 10:50 (NR) TROPIC THUNDER (R) (10:30, 11:30 @ $6), 1:20, 2:20, 4:05, 5:10, 7:10, MIRRORS (R) (10:45 @ $6), 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 10:00, 12:15 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) THE CLONE WARS (PG) 12:05, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05 8:10, 10:00, 10:50 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) (11:10 @ $6), 1:45, 4:35, 7:05, (10:25 @ $6), 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 11:55, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:45 *TROPIC THUNDER (R) PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) (10:15 @ $6), 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:25 JF MARLOW 6 THEATRES MIRRORS (R) 9:45, 12:00 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) 11:50, 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) JF (11:20 @ $6), 2:10, 5:05, 8:15, 11:10 TROPIC THUNDER (R) (10:30 @ $6), 12:00, 1:20, 2:35, 4:05, 5:10, 6:45, (11:05 @ $6), 1:50, 4:30, 7:35, 10:35 Temple Hills, Md. 301-316-1031 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:20 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) (10:05 @ $6), 7:45, 9:35, 10:30, 12:05 SWING VOTE (PG13) 10:10 PM, 12:55 AM Showtimes may change without notice. SALUTE - TELUGU (NR) *THE SISTERHOOD OF THE 12:10, 1:05, 3:15, 4:15, 6:25, 7:20, 9:30 STEP BROTHERS (R) (11:25 @ $6), 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35, 11:55 12:20, 3:45, 7:10, 10:35 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) (10:25 @ $6), PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) (10:50 @ $6), 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 TRAVELING PANTS 2 12:00, 1:10, 3:00, 4:30, 6:10, 7:30, 9:05, 10:15 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) JF (10:10 @ $6), 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) (10:15 @ $6), 1:35, 3:25, 5:00, 7:00, 8:30, STAR WARS: BALAADUR - TELUGU (NR) 10:30, 11:50 (PG-13) SWING VOTE (PG13) 10:05 PM 9:05, 11:40 THE CLONE WARS (PG) 12:10, 3:35, 7:00, 10:25 11:55, 3:00, 6:40, 9:25 STEP BROTHERS (R) (10:45 @ $6), 1:00, 1:55, 3:40, 4:50, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) (10:15, MAMMA MIA! (PG13) (9:30 @ $6), 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:10, 10:50 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:00, 9:10 TROPIC THUNDER (R) WALL-E (G) (9:45 @ $6), 12:05, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 *PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) 10:35 11:00 @ $6), 1:00, 1:55, 3:45, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 TROPIC THUNDER (R) 11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) (10:10, 11:00 @ $6), 1:40, 2:40, 5:20, 6:20, GET SMART (PG13) (9:50 AM @ $6), 12:30 PM 11:45, 2:20, 4:50, 7:35, 10:05 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) (11:05 @ $6), 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) 9:00, 9:55 ————$AMC SELECT%———— 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 *SINGH IS KINNG (NR) MAMMA MIA! (PG13) (10:20 @ $6), 1:25, 4:45, 7:25, 10:45 2:05, 4:50, 6:30, 7:40, 9:30, 10:25 MIRRORS (R) HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (PG13) 7:55, 10:40 STEP BROTHERS (R) (11:15 @ $6), 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15, 11:45 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG13) (10:00 @ $6), 12:25, 3:00, 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE 12:15, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 HANCOCK (PG13) (11:40 @ $6), 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) (11:35 @ $6), 2:55, 6:15, 7:35, 9:50, 10:50 5:30, 8:00, 10:25, 12:50 STEP BROTHERS (R) TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG-13) THE MUMMY: TOMB OF HENRY POOLE IS HERE (PG) (9:35 @ $6), 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:40, WALL-E (G) (10:55 @ $6), 2:05, 5:15 MAMMA MIA! (PG13) (10:20 @ $6), 1:05, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20, 11:55 12:20, 2:20, 4:20, 6:20, 8:20, 10:20 12:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 10:05, 12:35 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE THE DRAGON EMPEROR ————$AMC SELECT%———— HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (PG13) (10:25 @ $6), 3:50, 9:25 (PG-13) VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG13) (10:50 @ $6), 1:45, 4:40 HANCOCK (PG13) 1:25, 7:00 DRAGON EMPEROR (PG-13) DRAGON EMPEROR (PG-13) HENRY POOLE IS HERE (PG) (11:10 @ $6), 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:20 11:35, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 9:55 WALL-E (G) (9:55 @ $6), 12:15, 2:40, 5:05 AMC MAZZA GALLERIE 1:15, 3:35, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Jenifer and Wisconsin THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) THE DARK KNIGHT (PG-13) AMC COLUMBIA MALL 14 ————$AMC SELECT%———— 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 12:05, 3:20, 6:40, 10:15 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG13) 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 202-537-9553 10300 Patuxent Parkway HENRY POOLE IS HERE (PG) (11:30 @ $6), 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 TROPIC THUNDER (R) 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 703-998-4AMC PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) 1:40, 4:10 THE O EXPERIENCE AMC COURTHOUSE PLAZA 8 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (CLUB CINEMA) (R) 7:15, 10:10 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) 1:20, 4:20, KUNG FU PANDA: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (PG) 2:45, Courthouse and Birch Rd. 7:10, 9:50 5:10, 7:35, 9:50 703-998-4AMC THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) 1:50, 4:40 SPACE STATION 3D (NR–NOT RATED) (11:40 @ $9), THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON 1:15 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 EMPEROR (CLUB CINEMA) (PG13) 7:30, 10:15 DIGITAL 3D THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) 12:00, 1:20, THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:20 MAMMA MIA! (PG13) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 2:25, 3:50, 4:50, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:15 (10:45 @ $8), 1:10, 3:35, 6:10, 8:40, 10:55 SWING VOTE (PG13) 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 WALL-E (G) 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:40 MIRRORS (R) (10:15 @ $6), 12:50, 3:30, 6:05, 8:45, 11:20 STEP BROTHERS (R) 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 7:00, 8:00, 9:20, 10:20 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) (10:00 @ $6), 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, SPACE CHIMPS (G) 12:50, 3:00, 5:00 LOEWS RIO CINEMAS 18 8:00, 10:30 GET SMART (PG13) 2:10, 7:20 9811 Washingtonian Boulevard TROPIC THUNDER (R) (11:35 @ $6), 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 SEX AND THE CITY (R) 1:40, 4:45, 7:50, 10:45 301-948-0906 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) (10:05 @ $6), 12:40, 3:15, 5:55, 8:35, 11:10 IRON MAN (PG13) 4:40, 10:00 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) JF (11:20 @ $6), 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:35 DIGITAL 3D THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) (10:20 @ $6), MAGIC JOHNSON CAPITAL CENTRE 12 JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (PG) 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 (9:35 @ $8), 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 SWING VOTE (PG13) 1:25 800 Shopper’s Way, Largo “Grab ” STEP BROTHERS (R) (10:35 @ $6), 1:00, 3:25, 6:00, 8:25, 11:00 301-324-4220 MIRRORS (R) 12:05, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:45 THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) (10:05, 11:30 @ $6), 2:50, 4:10, 6:20, 7:30, STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) (9:45, 11:00 @ $6), 12:15, 1:20, Bag 9:35, 10:50 MIRRORS (R) 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 2:45, 3:50, 5:10, 6:20, 7:45, 8:50, 10:15, 11:15 MAMMA MIA! (PG13) (10:40 @ $6), 1:20, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 TROPIC THUNDER (R) (9:30, 11:15 @ $6), 12:00, 1:45, 3:00, 4:20, 5:40, HANCOCK (PG13) (10:10 @ $6), 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25, 9:40 TROPIC THUNDER (R) 12:30, 1:25, 3:25, 4:25, 6:25, 7:25, 9:25, 10:20 7:10, 8:15, 9:50, 10:50 Weekly treasure trove of ————$AMC SELECT%———— PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) (9:40 @ $6), 12:20, 3:05, 5:55, 8:40, 11:20 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG13) (10:30 @ $6), 12:45, 3:10, 5:45, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) 1:10, 4:10, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (R) JF (10:55 @ $6), 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 8:10, 10:45 7:05, 10:10 THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS 2 (PG13) (10:15, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) 1:05, 4:05, 11:30 @ $6), 1:15, 2:30, 4:05, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 9:45, 11:25 home and fashion finds! LOEWS GEORGETOWN 14 7:00, 9:40 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13) 3111 K Street, N.W. STEP BROTHERS (R) 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 (11:05 @ $6), 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) 12:05, 1:30, 3:30, 4:45, 6:45, 8:30, 10:00 SWING VOTE (PG13) 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 202-342-6441 HANCOCK (PG13) 12:20, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30, 9:45 STEP BROTHERS (R) (10:10 @ $6), 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 DIGITAL 3D WANTED (R) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13) (10:45 @ $6), 12:30, 2:00, 3:45, 5:15, 7:05, 8:35, 10:20 FLY ME TO THE MOON 3-D (G) 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:15, MAMMA MIA! (PG13) (11:25 @ $6), 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 10:25 LOEWS SHIRLINGTON 7 WALL-E (G) (11:10 @ $6), 1:40 MIRRORS (R) 12:05, 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:40 2772 South Randolph Styles. Every Friday STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (PG) 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45, ————$AMC SELECT%———— 12:10 703-671-0910 801 VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (PG13) (10:20 @ $6), 12:40, 3:10, TROPIC THUNDER (R) 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10,