whatzup WEB SIGHTS ART & MUSEUMS SNICKERZ COMEDY BAR junk yard band w w w .snickerzcomedyclub .b i z w w w .thejunkyardband .n e t ARTLINK WOODLAND LOUNGE KILLNANCY w w w a r t l i n k f w c o m The End of Summer . . w w w .woodlandloungefortwayne .c o m w w w .k i l l n a n c y .c o m Foellinger-freimann botanical conservatory WRIGLEY FIELDS BAR & GRILL KILL THE RABBIT Opening This Week- w w w .botanicalconservatory .o r g w w w .wrigleyfieldbarandgrill .c o m w w w .k t r r o c k s .c o m end: With the summertime FORT WAYNE MUSEUM OF ART LEFT LANE CRUISER competition finally slow- ScreenTime w w w .f w m o a .o r g DISC JOCKEYS/KARAOKE w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /leftlanecruiser ing a bit, four new films are NORTHSIDE GALLERIES AMERICAN IDOL KARAOKE LOOSE CHANGE GREG W. LOCKE w w w .northsidegalleries .c o m w w w .f a c e b o o k .c o m /americalidolkaraoke w w w .loosechangerocks .c o m set to see wide distribution CINEMA swing time karaoke entertainment MOSER WOODS this week, none of which w w w .swingtimekaraoke .c o m w w w .m o s e r w o o d s .c o m feeling too much like huge sell- Avenger, selling $13.5 million fort wayne cinema center MIKE MOSES ers. First is 30 Minutes or Less, a and $13 million, respectively, in w w w .cinemacenter .o r g MEDIA h t t p ://mikemosespresents .c o m Ruben Fleisher (Adventureland) the U.S. CapAm has already sold DINING & NIGHTLIFE fort wayne music THE PARTY BOAT BAND $143 million in tickets over its first w w w .fortwaynemusic .c o m w w w .partyboatband .c o m adventure comedy starring Jesse 3 RIVERS CO-OP LOCL.NET PINK DROYD Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari and Danny 17 days in the U.S. ($246 million w w w .3r i v e r s f o o d .c o o p w w w .l o c l .n e t h t t p ://p i n k d r o y d .c o m McBride. It will be funny and prob- worldwide). AFTER DARK WBYR 98.9 THE BEAR RAQ THE RIVERS BELLY DANCE ALLIANCE ably kinda dumb and predictable. ScreenRant: Most folks, stud- w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /afterdarkfw w w w .989t h e b e a r .c o m w w w .jordanaandfriends .c o m Final Destination ies say, pick the movies they watch THE ALLEY SPORTS BAR Franchise flick WHATZUP REMNANTS 5 due to three things: (1) advertising w w w .probowlwest .c o m w w w .w h a t z u p .c o m w w w .remnantsband .c o m , directed by Steven Quale, opens, BEAMER’S SPORTS GRILL WXKE ROCK 104 reNEGADE as does Tate Taylor drama The and acclaim; (2) actors starring in w w w .m y b e a m e r s .c o m w w w .r o c k 104r a d i o .c o m w w w .f t w -r e n e g a d e .c o m Help, starring Emma Stone, Bryce the film; and (3) the story/style of CALHOUN STREET SOUPS, SALADS & SPIRITS rosemary gates Dallas Howard, Sissy Spacek and the film depicted in the trailer or w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /calhounsoupssaladsspirits MUSIC SERVICES & SUPPLIES w w w .rosemarygates .c o m Viola Davis. The flick, based on clips seen on TV. There’s also, of CHAMPIONS SPORTS BAR DIGITRACKS SLIP KITTY Kathryn Stockett’s novel of the course, buzz to consider. Cineph- w w w .championsfortwayne .c o m w w w .digitracksrecording .c o m w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /slipkittyband iles, while every bit as aware of cHECKERZ BAR & GRILL FORT WAYNE MUSICIANS ASSOCIATION THE SUM MORZ same name, looks good enough w w w .checkerzbar .c o m h t t p ://f w m a .u s w w w .s u m m o r z .c o m and will probably see quite a bit these factors as casual moviego- cLUB PARADISE sweetwater SOUND TEAYS VEIN of attention for its subject matter. ers, often have a different set of w w w .clubparadiserocks .c o m w w w .s w e e t w a t e r .c o m w w w .t e a y s v e i n .c o m If it weren’t for the involvement criteria. First, actors and direc- columbia street west WOODEN NICKEL MUSIC STORE UNLIKELY ALIBI of producers Chris Columbus and tors matter very much. Especially w w w .columbiastreetwest .c o m w w w .woodennickelmusicfortwayne .c o m w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /unlikelyalibi DEER PARK IRISH PUB URBAN LEGEND Mark Radcliffe, I’d have written directors. Then there are writers, w w w .deerparkpub .c o m PERFORMERS w w w .1urbanlegend .c o m the film off long ago, as I came to producers and studios to consider. DUTY’S BUCKETS SPORTS PUB & GRUB WHATSHESAID know the director, Tate, as a me- And, probably most importantly w w w .bucketssports .c o m 89/90 w w w .8990m u s i c .c o m w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /whatshesaidband diocre face actor who once upon a (though they’ll never admit it), DUTY’S UPTOWN BAR & GRILL w w w .dutysuptown .c o m ALLAN & ASHCRAFT SPORTS & RECREATION time directed an F-minus piece of there are the reviews. The most se- w w w .allanandashcraft .c o m FIREFLY COFFEE HOUSE FORT WAYNE DERBY GIRLS trash called Pretty Ugly People. rious cinephiles consider all these w w w .fireflycoffeehousefw .c o m AUTOVATOR w w w .a u t o v a t o r .c o m w w w .fwderbygirls .c o m Tops at the Box: Director things and more. And when I say THE GIN MILL Rupert Wyatt’s Planet of the Apes more, I mean editors and cinema- w w w .ginmilllounge .c o m BACKWATER THEATER & DANCE w w w .backwaterband .n e t prequel, Rise of the Planet of the tographers. We at the ScreenTime KAYSAN’S 5TH DOWN BAR & GRILL BIFF & THE CRUISERS FIRST PRESBYTERIAN THEATER Apes, opened big last weekend, offices very often find ourselves w w w .k a y s a n s 5t h d o w n .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 w w w .biffandthecruisersband .c o m bringing in $54 million in the U.S. watching movies we wouldn’t LATCH STRING BAR & GRILL FORT WAYNE BALLET w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /latchstring BONAFIDE w w w .robbievandheidi .c o m w w w .fortwayneballet .o r g over its first three days and an ad- otherwise watch simply because MAD ANTHONY BREWING CO. FORT WAYNE civic theatre ditional $24 million abroad. Star- of who held the camera. Trust us, w w w .m a d b r e w .c o m MIKE CONLEY w w w .m i k e c o n l e y .n e t w w w .fwcivic.o r g ring James Franco, John Lithgow, it matters. It really matters. While NORTH STAR BAR & GRILL DASH RIP ROCK BAND FORT WAYNE DANCE COLLECTIVE Freida Pinto and Brian Cox, this we’re not going to go into deep de- 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 .f w d c .o r g w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /dashriprockband future blockbuster is getting great tail about our all-time favorite cin- PEANUTS FOOD & SPIRITS IPFW DEPT. OF THEATRE w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /peanutswings DOWNSTAIT 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 .i p f w .e d u /Th e a t r e reviews and will thus, unfortunate- ematographers, we will list a few PHILMORE ON BROADWAY JAM THEATRICALS ly, probably have a sequel in pre- to get you geeks and future geeks w w w .philmoreonbroadway .c o m THE FREAK BROTHERS w w w .freakbrothersonline .c o m w w w .fwembassytheatre .o r g /e v e n t s _b r o a d w a y .h t m production before the end of the started. First off is Christopher piere’s entertainment center w w w .itstheparty .c o m TIM HARRINGTON BAND VENUES year. We didn’t see the movie this Doyle who has shot many of the w w w .m y s p a c e .c o m /timharringtonband weekend, instead opting for a sec- most beautiful movies of the last SHOWGIRL III ALLEN CO. PUBLIC LIBRARY w w w .s h o w g i r l 3.n e t THE JAENICKE CONSORT INC. 30 or so years, including Hero, In w w w .j c o n s o r t .c o m w w w .a c p l .l i b .in.u s ond viewing of Terrence Malick’s C2G MUSIC HALL beautiful, poignant fifth film, The the Mood for Love, The Limits of w w w .c2g m u s i c h a l l .c o m Tree of Life. We’ll check out Apes Control and Chungking Express. WEBSIGHTS listings, including links at www.whatzup.com EMBASSY THEATRE eventually, though not with baited Also brilliant is Roger Deakins, are a valued-added service provided at no additional cost to w w w .fwembassytheatre .o r g breath – and not before a third who many know for his nine Oscar FORT WAYNE PARKS & REC. DEPT. Tree nominations and 11 collaborations contracted whatzup advertisers. w w w .fortwayneparks .o r g viewing of . Why not? C’mon, FORT WAYNE PHILHARMONIC those apes look like the straight-up with the Coen Brothers. Other For information on this and other whatzup advertising w w w .fortwaynephilharmonic .c o m cheese sauce. movies shot by Deakins include piere’s entertainment center More From the Box: Tak- A Beautiful Mind, Sid and Nan- programs, call 260-691-3188 or e-mail w w w .itstheparty .c o m ing the No. 2 spot last weekend, cy, The Shawshank Redemption, [email protected]. unfortunately, was The Smurfs, Jarhead and more. A few more selling another $21 million in tick- cinematographers with bodies of ets, upping its 10-day total to $76 work worth looking into: Janusz million in the U.S. and $130 mil- Kaminski, Sven Nykvist, Robert lion worldwide. Reviews are about Richardson, Tak Fujimoto, Nestor as bad as they come for this one. Almendros, Wally Pfister, Vilmos Taking the No. 3 spot last week- Zsigmond, Emmanuel Lubezki, end was Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Michael Ballhaus and Robert Yeo- Aliens, an under-performing wan- man. nabe blockbuster starring Harrison New to Home Video: Com- Ford and Daniel Craig. The film ing out on DVD and Blu-ray this brought in $16 million over the coming Tuesday, August 16: Jane weekend, upping it’s 10-day do- Eyre, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. mestic total to $67 million – still a Evil, Meet Monica Velour, Priest, far cry from becoming a profitable Something Borrowed, That’s What movie. Rounding out the Top 5 I Am, The Bang Bang Club, The were newbie comedy The Change- Ward, The Grace Card and The Up, starring Ryan Reynolds and Conspirator. Holy mediocrity! Jason Bateman, and comic book flick Captain America: The First [email protected] 26------www.whatzup.com------August 11, ’11