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DINING GWINNETTTASTES A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: • Three Blind Mice The restaurant uses all fresh ingredients and makes all dishes from scratch, requiring menu changes to keep with what is in season. The breakfast menu changes daily, and each day they write what is on the menu for the morning on the large chalk board in the bar. This gives the restaurant more of a coffee shop feel in the morning. If you are looking for a large breakfast, try their Sunday brunch. They offer many great items including eggs Benedict. Dinner and lunch are their busiest meals. The food has a homemade quality. Some of the customers’ favorites include the Steak Diane, lump crab cakes and the iceberg salad. All three of these items have survived menu changes. 1066 Killian Hill Road, Suite 101, Lilburn. 770-696-4139. www.tbmrestaurant.com • Maracas Cantina Maracas Cantina, known for its various fish platters, combines Dominican, Mexican, Portuguese and Cuban flavors, resulting in an exotic and rich Latin fusion. One popular menu selection is the Pescado Culiacan, a tilapia filet marinated with herbs and garlic in spicy chipotle-habanero sauce and bacon wrapped shrimp smothered in jalapeno pepper cheese. The California Burrito, another popular item, is stuffed with rice, black beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado, sour cream and a choice of meat. 320 Town Center Ave., Suwanee. 678-765-6611 • Grand Bakery and Cafe Grand Bakery and Cafe has added a popular Polish food to its menu of sandwich offerings. Customers can now order up steaming hot pierogi — boiled dumplings of dough that come stuffed with a choice of fillings,
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Genghis Grill serves the Surf N Turf stir fry, front, along with the teriyaki chicken stir fry and a strawberry lemonade. including sauerkraut, sauerkraut and mushrooms, potatoes and cheese, sweet cheese and meat, potatoes and cheddar cheese. The cafe’s hot lunch special includes six pierogi, a drink and a dessert for $5.99. In addition to pierogi, the cafe serves a variety of sandwiches, the most popular of which are the chicken salad and the pastrami. Customers can building their own sandwich selections, choosing from a combination of meats, cheeses and breads. 439 W. Pike St., Lawrenceville. 770-2773377 • The Tamale Factory This restaurant offers a menu of Tex-Mex selections with a contemporary, Southern influence. Many of the dishes are foods owner Jason Jimenez grew up eating, while a few are his own creations. The puffy tacos, a San Antonio comfort food, Jimenez said, are a popular menu selection. The large, deep-friend handmade corn tortillas, which really are quite puffy, can be stuffed with a number of ingredients, from beef or chicken with lettuce, pico de gallo, cheese sour cream and guacamole to scrambled eggs with smoked sausage, onions, tomatoes and
jalapenos. Another popular item, which hasn’t even made it on the restaurant’s menu yet, is the brisket burrito, with tender beef stuffed into a soft tortilla and smothered with cheese. 2475 S. Waterworks Road, Suite D, Buford. 770-9044449 • Genghis Grill At Genghis Grill, choice is key and selections abound under the signature createyour-own stir-fry concept. For indecisive customers who prefer to avoid the fivestep process to building a bowl, Genghis Grill has created a list of six traditional and six signature recipes that guests can use to create a bowl. The most popular of these is the teriyaki chicken bowl, made with fresh chicken seasoned with salt and pepper and combined with carrots, onions, green beans, pineapple, cabbage and steam rice flavored with the island teriyaki sauce. Another popular selection is the Surf N Turf — beef and Khan’s crab seasoned with salt and pepper and combined with carrots, onions and green beans with steamed rice with a honey soy sauce. 1825 Mall of Georgia Blvd.,
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THE DISH
Luciano’s
6555 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 309, Duluth
770-255-1727
BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen@ gwinnettdailypost.com
• Open since: 2008 • Location: Luciano’s is in the Kroger shopping center directly across from the Arena at Gwinnett Center. • Hours: Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday, while dinner is offered from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday. A brunch menu is offered from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Luciano’s offers an upscale dining atmosphere where tables are set with white tablecloths and black cloth napkins. Black and white photographs on canvas of statues decorate the walls throughout the expansive dining room.
which comes with a variety of toppings, including pepperoni, smoked chick• Owner: Norberto • Menu: Many of items en, prosciutto and more. Sanchez, a Duluth restau- listed as “new” are actualLuciano’s also serves rants, owns both the Neapolitan-style pizzas ly dishes that have gone Luciano’s in Duluth and that can be made with an from being specials to the location in Johns regular menu offerings as organic, whole wheat Creek, as well as the a result of customer feed- crust. Frontera chain and PamPasta, salads, steak and back. Executive Chef pas Steakhouse. seafood dishes round out John Soilis revamps the the dinner menu, while the menu every three to four • Atmosphere: lunch menu includes panimonths to coincide with Luciano’s offers an seasons and what ingredi- nis. upscale dining atmosphere ents are available fresh. Luciano’s offers a full where tables are set with bar with wine, beer and One dish that is now white tablecloths and offered as a dinner entree liquor selections. black cloth napkins. Black started out as an appetizer: and white photographs on the scallops and artichokes • Things you might canvas of statues decorate is made with linguine, not know: Luciano’s the walls throughout the hosts live musical perpancetta and a garlic expansive dining room, formers from about 7 to lemon butter sauce. where regular table seat11 p.m. Thursdays and Another popular menu ing is provided. Luciano’s item is the flatbread, Fridays. also offers a patio for outdoor dining.
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Staff Photos: Jonathan Phillips
Luciano’s serves the lamb chops scottadito with roasted potatoes, grilled peppers and aged balsamic. Also served is the smoked chicken flatbread pizza and the braised veal ravioli with buttered finely cut vegetables and truffle oil.
ONTHEMENU Lunch • Italian burger — Black Angus beef, mushrooms, fresh mozzarella, lettuce, tomato and red onion served with French fries and sweet cole slaw, $9 • Siciliana pizza — Spinach, feta cheese, black olives and sundried tomatoes, $9 Dinner • Mista salad — Mixed greens, gorgonzola cheese, diced tomatoes and pine nuts in a balsamic dressing, $6 • Tortelloni con spinach — Brown butter, walnuts, fresh sage and parmigiano reggiano, $16 • Pistachio crusted sea bass — Pistachio-crusted, pan-seared Chilean sea bass, golden beets, mushroom ravioli and salmoriglio, $28
DINING GWINNETTTASTES • From Page 3 Buford. 678-733-5426. www.genghisgrill.com • Jubilate Cafe Jubilate Cafe serves homemade sandwiches, the most popular of which are the Philly steak and egg salad. Other sandwich selections include chicken salad, tuna salad, turkey and Swiss, ham and Swiss and a turkey club. A sandwich combo is available and includes a sandwich, a drink and chips for $5. A selections of soups are also offered and change seasonally, from a mushroom cream soup to clam chowder. 2986 Buford Highway, Duluth. 770-813-0144 • Gary’s Bistro Gary’s Bistro offers a lunch menu of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and pizzetta, while the dinner menu is
expanded to include higherend entrees. The menu will change seasonally. Recommendations from the current menu include the calamari, which is lightly pan fried and tossed in a signature infused Himalayan lemon salt blend with flash fried capers and lemons and served with garlic lemon aioli charcuterie and imported cheese platter, as well as the pecan crusted halibut, an 8-ounce piece of fish encrusted with Georgiagrown pecans and served with roasted garlic potatoes and fresh arugula. 1250 Scenic Highway, Suite 1240, Lawrenceville. 770978-1800. www.garysbistro.com • Gold Medal Diner Gold Medal Diner offers an extensive menu of more than 100 items, and customers can order anything at any time of the day. The diner’s signature breakfast
items include the banana granola pancakes and the Ragin’ Cajun Scrambler. When it comes to entrees, Gold Medal Diner strays from typical diner fare, offering more upscale dishes. Customers can order pork chops, pasta dishes, shrimp scampi, steaks and more. 3333 Buford Drive, Suite 2022C, Buford. 678-7656414. www.goldmedaldiner.com • Fisherman’s Catch As the name suggests, this is a restaurant to come to if you are craving seafood. Much of the meat served is farm-raised. Appetizers include selections such as fried northern oysters and Alaskan snow crab legs. Popular entrees include the captain’s fried shrimp and combination meals where customers can choose a selection of different fish and seafood, such as the Ye Hearty Catch and the Skip-
per’s Choice. 4132 U.S. Highway 78, Lilburn. 770-979-2296 • Samui Island This restaurant serves typical dishes found in Thai eateries with some unique additions. A strong emphasis is placed on the appearance of the food, which is prepared ornately and colorfully. Each dish comes with a small, edible flower and jasmine rice. The most popular dishes are the chef’s special catfish with Thai spice and green curry with soft shell crabs, more unique dishes not often found in Thai restaurants. Common Thai selections such as red curry and green curry, with a choice of chicken, pork, beef, tofu or shrimp, are also hot sellers. 5450 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross. 770-807-7684. www.samuithaicuisine-ga.com
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ARTS Ludwig Symphony Orchestra to present multi-faceted concert The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra will offer concert-goers a roster of guest artists and a variety of classical selections when this professional orchestra takes the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center stage at 8 p.m. Nov. 20. No less than five featured performers or performing groups will be highlighted, perSin Hsing forming Tsai on piano, violin and clarinet. Now in its 12th season, the Ludwig Symphony Orchestra was initially started by Maestro Thomas Ludwig as a way to develop an Atlanta youth orchestra, offering opportunities to musically gifted children. Now the organization has grown to include 80 professional and semi-professional musicians. The concert on Nov. 20 promises to satisfy many musical tastes. The concert is called “A Beethoven Fall Fiesta Gala Concert,” although Beethoven definitely shares the spotlight with many other composers. One featured artist is Taiwanese pianist Sin Hsing Tsai, who will perform the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 2. Born in Taiwan, Tsai graduated with a doctoral degree from the University of Southern California and also holds an artist diploma from the
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Hochschule fur Musik in Hamburg, Germany. She champions rare and underperformed masterpieces and is known for her technical virtuosity. Another soloist is Middle Eastern phenomenon Malek Jandali. Also a pianist, Jandali ia premiering five of his original works including a new arrangement of the famous Chopin Nocturne in B Flat Minor. The German/Syrian Jandali is becoming a hit throughout Egypt, Syria, Iran and Dubai. He is in the middle of a concert tour of the United States, which includes appearances in Washington’s Kennedy Center and in Chicago and Houston. Two other soloists include a violinist and a clarinetist. Alexander Ambartsumian is a 10year-old Russian violinist who will perform the first movement of the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole. Chinese clarinetist Haotien-He will perform the Weber Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra. In addition to these works, a musical surprise of a different type will also be presented. The 28-
member a cappella barbershop chorus “Atlanta Vocal Project” will be on hand to entertain the audience with their rousing renditions of popular songs complete with dancing and acting. Led by Musical Director Clay Hine, the group will offer such delights as “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” and more. The concert also will include Mozart’s Overture to “Don Giovanni” as well as selections from Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony.” There will also be the world premiere of a work called “Adagietto in E Major” composed by the conductor himself. Maestro Ludwig has enjoyed a 30-year career that has seen him conducting orchestras around the world. He was formerly music director for the New York City Symphony and resident conductor for American Ballet Theatre during the time when Mikhail Baryshnikov was artistic director. Tickets for the concert are $19 for adults, $17 for seniors, and $10 for students under age 22. Tickets may be purchased by calling 770-623-8623, at the Gwinnett Center Box Office or at Ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit www.ludwigsymphony.org. Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. E-mail her at hcalmes@mindspring.com.
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LOCAL EVENT
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Kudzu Art Zone’s exhibit “The Artist’s Intention” features 35 pieces created by 21 different artists. The exhibit is open through Dec. 17 at 116 Carlyle St. in Norcross.
An inside journey Exhibit captures stories behind the artwork BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen@ gwinnettdailypost.com
For the artists who are members of Kudzu Art Zone, the work they create is subjective: Each viewer has his or her own impressions of a piece. In the gallery’s latest exhibit, viewers can get a little insight into the artists’ minds. “The Artist’s Intention” is a display of works that highlights not only the artwork and various mediums in which they are presented, but what the artist has captured or the story behind a piece as well. Each piece on display — there are 35 created by 21 different artists, some with multiple works — is accompanied by a brief description of the artist’s intention.
IFYOUGO • What: “The Artist’s Intention” • When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 17 • Where: 116 Carlyle St. in Norcross • Cost: Free • For more information: Call 770-8409844 or visit www.kudzuartzone.org
“Some of them have five words, some of them have two paragraphs,” said Kudzu member and silk artist Anne Gordon, who has two pieces on display. “The Artist’s Intention” is Kudzu Art Zone’s final exhibit of the year and will be on display through Dec. 17. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and the exhibit is free to attend.
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OUT IN THE CROWD Christmas comes early with New London Theatre play borrowed bus, picking up a passenger on an adventurous holiday ride. New London Theatre will stage “The Christmas Christmas is coming Bus” today through Nov. early to New London Theatre, this year via an old, borrowed bus. The Snellville community theater will celebrate Christmas Eve with the children of the Peaceful Valley Orphanage in the play “The Christmas Bus.” Mrs. Frump, the orphanage’s director, has borrowed an old bus and has arranged for each of her charges to spend the holiday with a local family — but she hasn’t told the members of the orphanage’s board of trustees, who think Frump has gotten too old and too soft to manage the facility. Determined to carry out her Christmas plans, she and the children set out in the BY DEANNA ALLEN STAFF WRITER deanna.allen@ gwinnettdailypost.com
21. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For more information, call 770-559-1484 or visit www.newlondontheatre.org.
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MOVIES Lights, camera,
questions Test your film knowledge with Michael Clark So, you think you’re good at movie trivia? Every week, we give readers the opportunity to flex their movie muscles by answering five trivia questions from our movie critic, Michael Clark. Congratulations to last week’s winner, Kimberly Watson of Auburn. Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. Who was the youngest person ever nominated for an acting Oscar? A: Justin Henry, age 8 in “Kramer vs. Kramer” 2. Name the shortest movie to win the Best Picture Oscar. A: “Marty” — 91 minutes 3. What is the highest grossing animated film of all-time? A: “Toy Story 3,” which is also the highest grossing G rated movie ever 4. How many times was Janet Leigh’s character shown being stabbed in the “Psycho” shower scene? A: Two 5. Name the last Stanley Kubrick movie to be shot in black and white. A: “Dr. Strangelove”
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Janet Leigh’s character was shown being stabbed twice in the “Psycho” shower scene.
Now, for this week’s questions: 1. What classic Aerosmith song is featured prominently in the current “RED”? 2. In the movie “Goodbye Lover,” Patricia Arquette’s character continuously listened to the soundtrack of what famous film? 3. Name the last person to win an acting Oscar whose character spoke both English and Spanish. 4. Name someone to receive an acting Oscar nomination for playing a film director. 5. What current TV talk show host played Bill Pullman’s love interest in a movie?
The first person to respond with all the correct answers receives a prize package of movie-related goodies, which could include promotional T-shirts, hats, posters, DVDs, video games and more. The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section. Please e-mail your answers, along with your name to clarkwriter@mindspring.co m. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. In the event no one answers all of the questions correctly, the person with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monday after the contest is posted will be the winner. Only one winner per household is eligible each 30-day period.
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MOVIES
THIS JUST
IN...
‘Morning’ too much like ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Morning Glory (PG-13) ★★★★ ★ Considering its derivative content and multiple opening date changes, “Morning Glory” isn’t nearly the turkey most feared and actually could be a comic gem in the eyes of some viewers. Something of an update of “Broadcast News” married with a variation on “The Devil Wears Prada,” the movie sputters quite a bit but never completely stalls and is ultimately saved from driving into a ditch by a handful of impressive, often atypical performances. Front and center in practically every scene is the vastly talented and underrated Rachel McAdams as Becky, a spunky and fledgling TV morning news producer whose boundless zeal and unwavering optimism are both inspirational and mildly overbearing. After being let go for monetary reasons from a
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From left, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford star in “Morning Glory.”
low-budget local New Jersey show, Becky is eventually hired by Jerry (Jeff Goldblum), the pessimistically blunt head of the fictional IBS network news division. The network’s forever bottom-dwelling morning show “Daybreak” is on its last legs. Jerry is sure it’s going to be cancelled but has nothing to lose by giving Becky free rein to possibly overhaul it. He never gets in her way but also avoids giving her any kind of praise or encouragement. Sort of the same goes for Mike (Harrison Ford), a world-weary, too-serious former evening anchor clearly modeled after Dan
Rather. At one point, an overzealous fan actually mistakes Mike for Rather and later he’s seen pounding down cocktails in a Manhattan watering hole with some real-life TV news veterans. Because of a clause in his multi-million-dollar contract that protects the network, Becky can essentially force Mike to co-host the show against his will, and he’s not about to part with any future income. In retaliation, Mike becomes dead-set on making Becky’s life utterly miserable. Mike is now the new co-host for the exasperatingly perky Colleen (Diane Keaton), a former beauty queen who is a
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cross between Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric before they became anchors. Rounding out the quartet of on-screen talent is Lisa (J. Elaine Marcos), a ditzy Eurasian news reader who flubs her copy almost as much as Ann Curry, and Matt Malloy as the eager-to-please weatherman Ernie. “Morning Glory” is a movie in which you can see everything coming a mile away, yet it never goes more than a few minutes without tossing in a snarky rejoinder or a laugh-out-loud putdown. It’s an ideal film for people who thought “Prada” was too edgy and mean — which is both a compliment and a slam toward
Aline Brosh McKenna, the woman who wrote both screenplays. McAdams is in the Anne Hathaway role playing a bright-eyed upstart who must coddle and manage an egotistical beast (Ford here, Meryl Streep in “Prada”). John Pankow in the Stanley Tucci role gives the McAdams character inside dope when he thinks she needs it and provides avuncular council regarding her private life. In both movies (Adrian Grenier in “Prada” — Patrick Wilson here), the male love interest is given little to do besides look “hot” and remain tolerant and understanding of the workaholic girlfriend’s
flaky mood-swings and emotional meltdowns. Keaton’s is the only “new” character and it is mostly underwritten. Much like Becky, director Roger Michell is charged with juggling more balls than he can probably handle and gets metaphorically winded in the process. By keeping the pace so brisk, we don’t often notice the frequent slip-ups as much as if Michell had presented the story in a more evenkeel manner — as with the slightly better “Notting Hill” or “Venus.” Given his task and the iffy material he had to work with, Michell did as good a job as anyone could. (Paramount)
Chris Pine, left, and Denzel Washington star in the action film “Unstoppable.” Special Photo: Fox
‘Unstoppable’ offers plenty of action, solid acting to stop an unmanned train. To say the truth is stretched here is putting it lightly. But none of that matters because this is a movie and it is quite entertaining. “Unstoppable” marks the BY MICHAEL CLARK fifth collaboration between Movie Critic leading man Denzel Washington and director Tony During the opening and closing credits of “Unstop- Scott, whose last project together was the uneven pable,” the filmmakers remake of “The Taking of include text indicating the events in the movie actually Pelham 1 2 3,” another movie about a train. happened to non-fictional characters in Pennsylvania. “Unstoppable” is far better and is one of those rare It won’t spoil anything by letting you know in advance action thrillers without a villain. There are a couple of that this is not the case. Something very remotely characters who aren’t very like it occurred in Ohio and bright, but being dim doesn’t equate to being evil. about the only thing the With his almost shorn movie has in common with reality is that someone tried gray hair and noticeable
Unstoppable (PG-13) ★★★★ ★
paunch, Washington plays Frank, a no-nonsense, oldschool, blue-collar train conductor who is nearing retirement (or something like it). Frank’s not very pleased at recently being paired with engineer Will (Chris Pine), a guy at least 25 years his junior with some book and even less street smarts and — because of what could be nepotism — is higher up on the company food chain than him. After some requisite firstact bickering and ego flexing, Frank and Will settle into something resembling a comfort zone and share details of their personal lives. For completely different reasons each man has
been separated from his wife and both men appear to be caring fathers. This male bonding segment is nice, but goes on longer than it should. During a routine trip, the men are notified by shift manager Connie (Rosario Dawson) that an unmanned locomotive carrying highly volatile explosives is headed their way and to get out of its way post haste. Barely avoiding catastrophe, Frank takes a moment to regroup and tells Connie he and Will are going to chase the train in reverse gear and stop it. A long-shot gamble at best, Frank’s plan is immediately shot down by company bigwigs who are more concerned about the loss of the
trains than the considerable possible human collateral damage. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to the similarly themed, Oscarnominated “Runaway Train” from 1985, “Unstoppable” makes up for its lack of original story with some above-average character development, daring photography and unconventional editing. Scott is mostly able to keep his trademark manic style in check while recognizing a production with this much motion — and emotion — doesn’t need a lot of audio/visual embellishment. Pine (Captain Kirk in last year’s “Star Trek”) offers further proof that he’s more
than just a pretty face and a Paul Walker lookalike by keeping pace with his esteemed co-lead. Based on what we learn of Will in the opening scenes, Pine could have played him as either sullen, incompetent or hysterical, and while getting close to all on occasion, Pine keeps his balance, loses himself in the role and takes us right along with him. After a summer filled with subpar action “event” movies, “Unstoppable” makes for a welcome and rousing mid-fall diversion. It’s inspiring, gripping and engaging enough to make you not care that it never actually happened in reallife. (Fox)
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HOWTIMES S MOVIE TIMES FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 12
For movie showtimes for Saturday and Sunday, visit the theater websites.
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Conviction (R)
1:20, 4:05, 7:15, 9:45 Due Date (R)
Easy A (PG-13)
12:00, 12:45, 1:25, 2:30, 3:10, 4:00, 5:00, 5:35, 6:45, 7:25, 8:05, 9:10, 10:00, 10:30
1:45, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 Hereafter (R)
For Colored Girls (R)
1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55
12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:20, 6:30, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20
Jackass 3-D (R)
Hereafter (2010) (PG-13)
1:00, 1:30, 3:15, 3:45, 5:30, 6:05, 7:45, 8:25, 10:00
1:10, 7:15
Morning Glory (PG-13)
Jackass 3-D (R)
12:00, 2:20, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30
Saw VII 3-D: The Final Chapter (R)
Megamind 3-D (PG)
12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 8:05, 10:20
Megamind (PG)
11:30, 12:30, 1:50, 2:50, 4:20, 5:20, 6:40, 9:00
Secretariat (PG)
1:30, 3:55, 6:20, 9:00
Morning Glory (PG-13)
11:20, 1:40, 2:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 10:20
11:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:10
Life As We Know It (PG-13)
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‘Monsters’ may cause laughter instead of screams and after seeing the sets, costumes, lighting and props, $15,000 makes a lot more sense. Imagine a BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic less grainy, badly lit color flick While not having much of Whitney with the a sensible plot, an original Able production story or anything real scary, “Monsters” has managed to value of “The Blair Witch Project.” create some semi-heated Pinching far more than he water cooler debate among should from the vastly supethe divergent art house and rior “District 9,” Edwards horror fan cliques. starts the film about six years There are beings in the movie that could technically after an alien invasion of northern Mexico. (How’s be called “monsters,” but that for irony?) Battle-weary some folks are interpreting the title as something else far tabloid photojournalist more sinister and metaphori- Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is on permanent cal. The budget has been assignment and there to capreported as low as $15,000 ture shots of the elusive and as high as $500,000. A lot what is seen was created invaders. Already not having a on filmmaker Gareth Edwards’ personal computer, good day, Andrew gets a call
Monsters (PG-13) ★★★ ★★
from his editor, is told to drop everything and meet up with Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able), the daughter of the publisher who is in Mexico for reasons that are never explained. The publisher wants Andrew to escort Samantha out of the country and bring her back home by any means necessary in double time. This will be tricky as Andrew has no car and evidently there are no longer airports in Mexico. Needless to say the couple begins bickering immediately and the tension only escalates while they hoof it
across miles of unfriendly terrain looking to hitch a ride. They are successful but get thwarted by a pesky, mostly off-screen alien and must start again from scratch. With few options left, they are able to secure passage via an expensive black market ferry, but Andrew’s comical and unfortunate encounter with a hooker shortly after the booking leaves the pair penniless, still stranded and back at square one. These endless fits and starts leave the narrative in dead neutral the majority of
the time with nothing of substance taking place until late in the third half of the film. Following the example of “Jaws” and “Alien,” Edwards finally gets around to fully revealing his creature creation. While slightly imposing, the beings look more like mutant seafood than life-threatening monsters. This is also the point in the film where some viewers might break into unintended laughter when the creatures start to — for lack of a better
word — dance. Far more adept at generating Internet buzz than creating art, Edwards has accomplished in failure what few upstart filmmakers ever achieve. He got a reputable art house studio to distribute a movie that, by today’s standards, cost nothing, which will likely lead to a multi-picture deal with a mainstream studio where he’ll probably churn out equally subpar productions. (Magnolia)
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MOVIES ‘Tamara Drewe’ features too many unlikable characters “Cold Comfort Farm” or “Howard’s End,” “Tamara Drewe” wants so bad to be risqué, nasty and deep, yet plays it too safe and never realBY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic ly kicks into high gear. Distinctly and unapologetFollowically British, director ing up her Stephen Frears’ adaptation Gemma riveting of the Posy Simmonds Arterton turn in comic strip (based on the “The Disappearance of Alice Thomas Hardy novel “Far Creed,” Gemma Arterton From the Maddening Crowd”) tries at once to be a again plays the title characcomedy and a drama and is ter, a part more akin to her throwaway ornamental peronly a little bit of each. Unlike the similarly toned formance in the recent action
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dud “Prince of Persia.” After an extended hiatus, Tamara returns to a secluded, rolling hills hamlet and moves back into the home left to her by her late mother. Previously a bookish teenager with no confidence and an abnormally large schnozzle, Tamara makes her entrance wearing a sleeveless tank top, a pair of barely-there Daisy Dukes shorts and a perfectly bobbed nose. It’s clear Tamara has reinvented herself and is out to both impress and get back at those who previously insult• See Tamara, Page 16
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‘Megamind’ doesn’t please all Film Fans EDITOR’S NOTE — Film Fans features local residents reviewing the film of the week: “Megamind.” Want to be a Film Fan? Email features@gwinnettdailypost.com.
★★★★ “Megamind” was one of those great films that appeals to children, but has enough sophisticated humor to entertain adults. And by sophisticated, I mean quick oneliners and fast moving diaLaurel logue, not Grams jokes dripping with sexual innuendo that you have to explain to your bewildered children. A movie for kids can appeal to adults without stooping to potty humor. I am a huge fan of Tina Fey and her character, Roxanne, was Tina in cartoon form. I highly recommend you catch this one soon, but I don’t think it’s necessary to spend the extra money on 3-D. There were a couple of sight gags, but nothing worth the extra cost. — Laurel Grams, Lawrenceville
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day morning cartoons. I put on the 3-D glasses and all I got was a cute moronic cartoon story about super heroes and super villains through their midlife crisis with existential angst with Alfred voices Richner from people I’ve become familiar with — Will Ferrell (Megamind), Brad Pitt (Metro Man) and Tina Fey (Roxanne Ritchi). The only Nemo-like character I enjoyed was Minion, voiced by David Cross. I knew I was in trouble when I overheard so many young kids at the 9 p.m. show, but after a while they quieted down since most of the movie’s subplots were geared to adults (or they dozed off). Wait for the DVD. — Alfred Richner, Duluth
★★★★ Just as their planet was being sucked into a black hole, Megamind’s parents placed their infant son in an emergency escape pod and launched him into space, toward Earth. Meanwhile, another baby’s parents launched him out on the same path. But while the latter will
land in the home of a wealthy couple and grow up to become Metro Man (voice of Brad Pitt), poor Megamind’s (voice of Will Ferrell) pod crashes in a prison yard, leaving him to be raised by convicts. Later, in grade school, Metro Man is popular using his super powers, leaving a frustrated Megamind to embrace a Gail Nunezdiabolical Blackshear life bent on destroying Metro Man. As the years go by, Metro Man and Megamind develop an intense rivalry and they battle over Metro City. The pretty reporter Roxanne Ritchi (voice of Tina Fey) is the damsel in distress as Megamind kidnaps her time and time again to use as bait to lure Metro Man in hopes of destroying him. Even though he is always defeated by Metro Man, Megamind once again hatches another scheme, he uses a disguise watch and escapes from jail and then he kidnaps pretty reporter Roxanne and lures the predictable hero into a deadly trap. I enjoyed this with my family. — Gail NunezBlackshear, Lawrenceville
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MOVIES Tamara • From Page 14 ed and shunned her. Tamara’s quaint but spacious estate sits adjacent to one like it owned by the very successful crime novelist Nicholas Hardiment (Roger Allam) and his wife Beth (Tamsen Greig). Full of himself with a long track record of philandering, Nicholas is always able to soothe the borderline naïve Beth’s feathers after the end of his affairs but we can see she’s reaching her breaking point. In addition to being Nicholas’ editor and advisor, Beth runs a writer’s retreat out of their home where fledgling scribes come for inspiration, to discover a muse or cure their writer’s block. Most of them are untalented but have yet to
figure that out. The only interesting one is Glen (Bill Camp), an American who is as frumpy as Beth and takes an almost inordinate level of interest in her failing marriage. Upon arrival, Tamara (also a writer) rattles the otherwise sleepy town and in one way or another gets under every man’s skin. There to make enemies, she more than accomplishes her task, but didn’t count on two local teen girls getting into mix, one of whom has an obsession-level crush on Ben (Dominic Cooper), a heavy mascara-wearing rock drummer who fancies Tamara. In adapting another adaptation, Moira Buffini’s screenplay bears next to no resemblance to the Hardy novel and feels more like
one of those lame BBC sitcoms that air Saturday nights on PBS — but with sex and profanity. Speaking of which; while the sex and nudity is mostly implied, the language isn’t and could be a big turnoff to the target audience — mature female PBS viewers. Usually much more comfortable with his material, Frears’ tentativeness only makes the script come off weaker and unrealized. The filmmakers also give us no one to root for or rally around. Every character save for Beth and farmhand Andy (Luke Evans) brings with them varying degrees of unlikability and even while we’re feeling sorry for Beth we halfway want to smack her for being such a wishy-washy doormat. (Sony Classics)
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I Know It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (NR) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★ Everyone knows James Dean, but few could identify John Cazale who, like Dean, died far too young yet forged a legacy with only a few feature credits. He played Al Pacino’s cohort in “Dog Day Afternoon” and his brother Fredo in the first two “Godfather” movies. He had a pivotal role in “The Deer Hunter” and also shared a special off-screen relationship with co-star Meryl Streep. Had Cazale lived longer, there’s no telling how much he could have
done. This documentary is a brilliant and heartbreaking work and is an essential addition to any serious movie fan’s collection. Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.78:1), audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), subtitles: English. Special features include: • Extended interviews with Pacino and playwright Israel Horovitz • Mark Harris essay (Oscilloscope, $19.99.)
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The Stone Mountain Chorus and special guest quartet OC Times will present “Songs of the South” at 8:30 p.m. today and 3 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. For more information, call 770-355-3737 or visit www.stonemountainchorus.org.
A Winter Art Festival, including a juried art show, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 20 at Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 N. Bogan Road in Buford. The event is free to attend. For more information, call 770-614-2060. The Ludwig Symphony Orchestra will perform “A Beethoven Fall Fiesta Gala Concert” at 8 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Gwinnett Center-Performing Arts Center. Ticket prices are $19 for Adults, $17 for Seniors, and $10 for Students under 22. For more information, call 770-623-8623 or visit ticketmaster.com.
Nov. 19 The Aurora Theatre will present a club comedy show as part of its Funny Friday series at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Nov. 19 at 128 Pike St. in Lawrenceville. Tickets are $15. For more information, call 678-2266222 or visit www.auroratheatre.com.
Ongoing Events Tannery Row Artist Colony will present “The Music in Me,” an exhibit of artwork, through Dec. 4. Gallery hours are noon to 5
p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Tannery Row is at 554 W. Main St. in Buford, and the exhibit is free to attend. For more information, call 770904-0572 or visit www.tanneryrowartistcolony.com. The Buford Artists’ Group will present an exhibit of art work titled “Visionary Reflections — Studies in Aesthetics” through February at the George Pierce Park Community Center Gallery, 55 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information, call 770-831-4173 or visit www.gwinnettparks.com. An exhibit of work by John Lawrence will be on display through Saturday at The Hudgens Center for the Arts, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Building 300, in Duluth. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, students and children and free
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for children younger than 2. For more information, call 770-623-6002 or visit www.thehudgens.org. Kudzu Art Zone will present The Artist’s Intention, an exhibit of juried artwork, as well as a bonus exhibit, The Wall of Small, through Dec. 17. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The exhibit is free to attend and Kudzu is at 116 Carlyle St. in Norcross. For more information, visit www.kudzuartzone.com. Lionheart Theatre Company will present “Strange Snow” at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 21 at
10 College St. in Norcross. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students and include a complimentary dessert. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the Georgia Vietnam Veterans Alliance. For more information, call 678-9388518 or visit www.lionhearttheatrecompany.org. Next Stage Theatre Company will present “Up the Down Staircase” at 8 p.m. through Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at New Dawn Theater, 3087 Main St. in Duluth. Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. For more information, visit
www.nextstagetheatre.net. New London Theatre will present “The Christmas Bus” today through Nov. 21 at 2485 Main St. E. in Snellville. For more information, call 770-559-1484 or visit www.newlondontheatre.org. The Aurora Theatre will present “Christmas Canteen” 2010 at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from Nov. 26 through Dec. 23. The theater is at 128 E. Pike St. in Lawrenceville. Tickets start at $16. For more information, call 678-226-6222 or visit www.auroratheatre.com.
METRO CALENDAR Nov. 19 The High Museum of Art will present its monthly Friday Jazz performance featuring trumpeter Etienne Charles from 5 to 10 p.m. Nov. 19. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and college students with ID, $11 for children ages 6 to 17 and free for children younger than 6. The museum is at 1280 Peachtree St. N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-733-4437 or visit www.high.org.
Ongoing events Cirque du Soleil’s show “Ovo” will be open through Dec. 19 under the Grand Capiteau at Atlantic Station. For more information, visit www.cirquedusoleil.com. MudFire Gallery will present the exhibit Asheville in Atlanta, featuring work by Asheville, N.C.-based potters
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MudFire Gallery will present the exhibit Asheville in Atlanta, featuring work by Asheville, N.C.-based potters, through Saturday. through Saturday. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. MudFire is at 175 Laredo Drive in Decatur. For more information, call 404-3778033 or visit www.mudfire.com. The Center for Puppetry
Arts will present “Nightingale” at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Fridays, 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays and 1 and 3 p.m. Sundays through Sunday. Tickets are $16 and the center is at 1404 Spring St. N.W. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-873-3391 or
visit www.puppet.org. ART Station will host Quilting in the Heartland, an exhibit of quilts made by members of the Cotton Boll Quilt Guild of Covington, from Saturday through Dec. 31. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. ART Station is at 5384 Manor Drive in Stone Mountain. For more information, call 770-469-1105 or visit www.artstation.org. Fernbank Museum will present the exhibit Winter Wonderland: Celebrations & Traditions Around the World beginning Wednesday. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $15 for adults, $14 for seniors 62 and older and students, $13 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children 2 and younger. Fernbank is at 767 Clifton Road N.E. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-929-6300 or visit www.fernbankmuseum.org. Whitespace gallery will present the photography exhibition Interior Mind | Exterior World featuring work by Julie Sims and Yukari Umekawa through Nov. 20. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Whitespace is at 814 Edgewood
Ave. in Atlanta. For more information, call 404-6881892 or visit www.whitespace814.com. Theatrical Outfit will present “A Christmas Memory” Dec. 15 through 23 at The Balzer Theater, 84 Luckie St. N.W. in Atlanta. For more information, call 678-528-1500 or visit www.theatricaloutfit.org. Georgia Ensemble Theatre will present the romantic comedy “Tokens of Affections” from Jan. 6 through 23 at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St. in Roswell. For show times, ticket prices and more information, call 770-6411260 or visit www.get.org.
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MUSIC BY VENUE 37 Main 37 E. Main St., Buford 678-288-2030 www.37main.com
• Today: 12 oz. Prophets • Saturday: Appetite for Destruction • Wednesday: Butt Naked Rocks • Thursday: Rock Mafia • Nov. 19: Iron Mullet 40 WATT CLUB 285 W. Washington St., Athens 706-549-7871 www.40watt.com
• Today: Modern Skirts (CD release) • Saturday: Reptar and Venice is Sinking • Thursday: Joanna Newsom ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Nov. 20: Jason Aldean • Dec. 10: Trans-Siberian
Orchestra • Feb. 10: Brad Paisley
• Nov. 24: Joe Morrison CENTER STAGE
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com
• Today-Saturday: Stone Mountain Chorus’ “Songs of the South” • Nov. 20: Ludwig Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert • Nov. 21: Atlanta Professional Dance Academy Dance Festival ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER 395 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-523-6275 www.atlantaciviccenter.com
• Nov. 19: The Hit Men of Comedy BUFORD VARIETY THEATER 170 W. Main St., Buford 770-271-7878 www.bufordvarietytheater.com
• Today-Saturday: Kid Dave Miller • Nov. 19-20: R. Bruce
1374 W. Peachtree St. 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com
• Saturday: Pouya • Nov. 20: Charley MaGruders Reunion • Nov. 24: The Stuffing — Manchester Orchestra and guests • Nov. 27: 4Troops COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta www.cobbenergycentre.com 770-916-2800
• Saturday: An Evening with Styx • Nov. 27: Dave Koz and Friends 2010 Smooth Jazz Christmas EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com
• Today: Maura O’Connell and John Mock
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• Saturday: Scott Miller and Bill Mallonee • Sunday: Slaid Cleaves and Graham Weber • Tuesday: Michelle Shocked EVERETT BROTHERS MUSIC BARN Stonecypher Road, Suwanee 770.945.9098 www.everettsmusicbarn.com
• Saturday: Redhead Express • Nov. 20: Grasstowne • Nov. 27: The Crowe Brothers FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS
• Saturday: Men of Soul • Monday: BBC Broadcast Orchestra THE LOFT 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.theloft-atlanta.com
RIALTO CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta 404-651-4727 www.rialtocenter.org
• Saturday: Angelique Kidjo SMITH’S OLDE BAR
• Today: Matt Costa • Saturday: 10 Miles of Blue • Tuesday: Toots and The Maytals
1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta 404-875-1522 www.smithsoldebar.com
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• Today: Future, Jerry Joseph and Wally Ingram • Saturday: The Dirty Guv’nahs
1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com
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349 Ferst Drive, Georgia Tech campus 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu
• Tuesday: Dave Matthews Band • Nov. 18: Roger Waters
• Today: Lily Cai Dance Ensemble • Sunday: Humorista Venezolano — Laureano Marquez
553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 www.redlightcafe.com
2075 Market St., Duluth 678-473-1000 www.wildbillsatlanta.com
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FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 www.foxtheatre.org
• Today: Lady Antebellum
• Today: Jeff Shephard Band, Grapefruit Rebellion String Band, The Backup Plan and Southpaw • Saturday: Rene Brenton, Lexi Street and Life and Limb • Thursday: Mike Brown Bluegrass Band and Jam
• Today: Slippery When Wet • Saturday: Gorilla Zoe and Yung LA • Nov. 20: Thompson Square • Nov. 26: Josh Thompson Most tickets available through Ticketmaster at 404-249-6400 or www.ticketmaster.com. Call venues for information.